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An Interview With Tim Owens

As a part of various endeavors to grow KCSB’s archival collection, Archives Coordinator Lekha Sapers will be blogging about our collection of audio archives. For the remainder of the school year, you’ll get a chance to explore our collection, highlighting the…

blog DJ Posts featured Lists music music reviews playlists January 17, 2023

The Top 50 Underground Rap Albums of 2022

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…

blog featured from the archives January 17, 2023

Beyond The Burning of the Bank – IV Riots 1, 2 and 3

photo courtesy of Brian Negin Words By: Lekha Sapers U CSB lore is illustrious – particularly as it is documented from the KCSB lens. Coming from the archives coordinator herself, no event embodies the station’s core tenet more so than the February 25, 1970…

blog featured Lists music January 15, 2023

Music Department’s Top Albums of 2022

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,…

weyes blood and in the darknesss, hearts aglow

add of the month blog music music reviews January 15, 2023

January’s Add of The Month – And In The Darkness, Hearts Aglow by Weyes Blood

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 .…

blog conversation featured music playlists December 21, 2022

Zan Zendegi Azadi: Iranian Music and Revolution

photo courtesy of Craig Melville 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,…

blog featured December 9, 2022

Something’s Happening in CDMX

Words by Marion Suchowiecky, edited by Ava Kuredjian KCSBfm’s External Music Director, Marion Suchowiecky, sits down to reflect on her Thanksgiving weekend, a knee-deep delve into Mexico City’s music scene. This article is a dispatch and scene report from CDMX, from the…

add of the month blog featured music December 9, 2022

December’s Add of the Month: Kadhja Bonet’s California Holiday

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…

blog music playlists December 9, 2022

ExComm Holiday Playlist

This holiday season, KCSBfm’s executive committee put their heads together to bring you the best tunes to keep you warm and jolly! We hope these songs will be the soundtrack to your wholesome winter season! MARION’S RECS “These Days” - Cat Power Winter is…

blog featured interviews music November 30, 2022

Acid Dad Interview

by Marion Suchowiecky Last month, Marion Suchowiecky, KCSBfm’s External Music Director, sat down with the New York psych-rock band, Acid Dad. They talked about their most recent tour with the Psychedelic Porn Crumpets, their approach to music, their recent singles, and (most importantly),…

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