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 [...]

Thanks to all of your continued love and support, we’re elated to announce that KCSB-FM has been nominated for “Best SB Radio Station” in the Santa Barbara Independent's 2022 Best of Santa Barbara Readers’ Poll! THIS MONTH you can show your love for KCSB and all of your favorite things in the [...]

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 [...]

Hey Ravers! Aidan and Ryan here, we’ll be in San Bernardino covering Hard Summer this weekend, and we wanted to put together a playlists of some artists to watch for! From techno to house, to jersey club and hip-hop, Hard Summer features three days of stacked lineups across a multitude of diverse [...]

Words by Ryan Miller, Promotions Director 2021-2022 Pitchfork Music Festival is a 3-day festival held in Union Park, Chicago, and organized by the curators behind Pitchfork Media. Whether you love them or not, the website has long been an important platform to highlight left-field, alternative, [...]

For this month's playlist, the music department imagines that while on a journey across the high seas in search for great music for the KCSBfm music library, their ship is wrecked by a torrential storm and they were left stranded on a desert island. These are the ten songs that they’d hope to have w [...]