This month, KCSBfm is celebrating the wide-reaching impact of Hispanic culture. For this month’s playlist, members of KCSBfm’s Executive Committee highlight the breadth of Hispanic culture’s contribution to music by choosing their favorite songs from a myriad of culturally-influenced genres. https: [...]

Words by: Marion Suchowiecky.  As the music department’s resident “old-head,” Marion Suchowiecky reimagines the Add Of The Month series, writing about older records that deserve to live another day in the sun. Here, Marion highlights new, retroactive additions to the library and records [...]

Words by Yousef Srour, Internal Music Director 21-22' Welcome to Way Out West. For those of you who aren’t enlightened and haven’t been to the premier festival in Gothenburg, Sweden, this is a three-day festival with five stages, four theaters, and seven independent music venues spread out througho [...]

words by: Dorien Medina, Digital Media Coordinator 22-23' Peyton shows us how we can appreciate something that's more than just a cover        In her first release since her 2021 Album PSA, Peyton reminds us how much of an engaging artist she is with her vivid reimagining of the Isley [...]

Need a new playlist for those late summer barbecues? ExComm has got you covered.  Each summer, KCSB gains a new Executive Committee made up of 18 members that together are responsible for the planning and execution of daily station operation and programming. Together, we also curated this summer- [...]

words by: Jack McKinnon, Internal Music Director 22-23'      If you’re a fan of hip-hop and/or R&B, you’re probably familiar with the names of either Ras Kass or Teedra Moses. Both immensely talented artists, they have worked with some of the biggest names in the music game, spreading [...]

Words by Chloe Kimmel Digital Media Coordinator 21-22' It’s a Tuesday in Koreatown two hours before the venue doors are scheduled to open and the line for general admission already wraps around the block in a complete loop. Wiltern staff are perplexed at how to manage such a [...]

Last Weekend, KCSB's own Aidan Manousos and Ryan Miller travelled to San Bernardino for Hard Summer, an annual dance and electronic music festival put on my Insomniac Events. With excitement and open ears they saw several familiar and unfamiliar artists play throughout the three days of performances [...]

Words by Jack McKinnon, Internal Music Director 22-23' The quartet you didn’t know that you needed to know about, Caramelo Haze. This group of four talented musicians have put together their debut album NOESTÁSAQUÍ (you aren’t here) and it definitely makes you feel as such, out of this world. The q [...]

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5NoE1VbMZhmsxsjQcQk65v?si=05deafd89bb54ea3 July 23 - August 22 element: fire key words: confident, bright, bold, proud, regal,  symbol: the lion modality: fixed - steady, determined, calm planetary ruler: Sun Words and Music Curation by Chloe Ki [...]