KCSB FM Takes Lightning in a Bottle: A Preview

[February 8, 2016] Editors: Shay Mehr, Spencer vonHershman, & Kenneth Oravetz Contributors: Alex Siegers, Anne Trinh, Esha Suri, Kyle Roe, & Adriana Aguilar Do you like live music? Do you find sanctuary in yoga and spiritual healing? Do you want to woogie down? After generating sterling…

Local Band Spotlight: Video Duct

California by-way-of Missouri band Video Duct keeps a low profile. In March 2015 they released their ‘Anti-Human Hate’ cassette and just a little over a year later, another is about to be released. KCSB’s Spencer vH spoke to the band. – KCSB: When exactly was Video…

KCSB Goes to CMJ Music Marathon: A Review

[November 9, 2015] KCSB had the honor of sending a record number of student representatives from the Executive Committee to the CMJ Music Marathon, an annual convention, music festival, and college radio wonderland, held this past October in New York. Contributors: Kenny Oravetz, Sam Goff,…

Music’s Manic Episode Over Digitization

Nestled on the side of the California coast breathing in salty air and luring in young audiophiles is Sound Spectrum, a record shop that’s been right where it’s sitting since 1967. Wave Baker, a 15-year employee of Sound Spectrum, believes that in music we…

REVIEW: SNOOP DOGG at Delirium (Oct 31)

[October 30, 2015] by Kenny Oravetz By Thecomeupshow Uploaded by MyCanon (Snoop Dogg) [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia CommonsThis Halloween, the streets of Isla Vista were deserted. The smell of sea air and horse poop drifted down an abandoned Del Playa as police hung…

KCSB Talks FYF Fest

[September 14, 2015] Contributors: Shay Mehr, Amanda Katz, Nkechi Ikem, Kenny Oravetz, Kimmy Tejasindhu, & Samantha Villalobos. The live music experience is something that palpates, pulses, and sends pure joy through your synapses from your head to your toes. It’s something we at KCSB cannot…

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