words by: Yousef Srour (Int. Music Director 21-22') In the concrete jungle of the Hollywood Park Grounds, Rolling Loud California has emerged as a key festival for hip-hop fans. Especially hip-hop fans of West Coast music. In the age of internet rap superstars, leak/snippet culture, and early rap [...]

KCSB is headed to Rolling Loud! Every year Rolling Loud brings some of rap music's hottest talent all over the world, and they're finally landing back in California! From March 3rd-5th, we're going to be seeing some of our favorites perform on the big stage! Fans will also be able to experience t [...]

Music Review Committee is a weekly meeting hosted by our very own Music Department, in which volunteers sort through and listen to (sometimes unreleased) music that has been sent to the station and curate which CDs get added to our library. It’s a space for friends, group listening sessions, mus [...]

https://open.spotify.com/album/669sonZhhw67k7o1GhlSCd?si=QdSplBpMTI-TvfE3m8fQKw words by: Jack McKinnon (Internal Music Director 22-23') With February being Black History Month, it only makes sense to highlight some of the amazing Black talent that exists throughout the music industry today. I [...]

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4M2BLvZL0RBWiEvroTuvCC?si=367050bedf5a4009 It’s Valentines Day, and whether you’re a lover or a loner, KCSBfm’s Executive Committee’s got the tunes to keep you covered. MARION’S RECS  “Tender” by Blur This song's lyrics do a really good job [...]

words by: Dorien Medina (Digital Media Coordinator 22-23') It’s that time of the season when everyone puts together their end-of-year lists to highlight the best music they heard, BUT this time I’m doing something a little different, because If I had to rank my favorite albums across ALL genres m [...]

Words by: Jack McKinnon (Int. Music Director), Justin Africawala (Music Librarian), & Marion Suchowiecky (Ext. Music Director) As 2022 has wrapped up, and 2023 has begun, KCSB’s music department has reflected upon their favorite releases of the year, and compiled them all, along wit [...]

Words By: Marion Suchowiecky (External Music Director 22-23')  Edited By: Ava Kuredjian  When I was 15 and in high school, I spent many lunch hours in the library, nervously poring over the lyrics of Father John Misty’s third album Pure Comedy. The omniscient narrator in this story p [...]

words by: Ava Kuredjian Music is a huge part of Iranian culture. From classical to jazz to pop to hiphop, Persian music covers every base imaginable. Before 1979, Iranian music was a meld of influences from around the world, merging them with a distinct Persian flair. However, after the Islamic R [...]

words by Jack McKinnon, Internal Music Director 22 As Thanksgiving ends and we are approaching the holiday season, we need to find some new festive music to diversify our seasonal needs. What we really need is some soul music to soothe our own souls while we sip hot cocoa by the firepla [...]