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January’s Add of the Month: BabyTron’s Bin Reaper 2

Although it may be common knowledge that the California rap scene is multi-faceted, splitting off into regional forms from whisper rap to hyphy music to G-funk, Michigan has an ever-emerging rap scene that has never failed to breed new talent. When one of…

blog featured music December 23, 2021

By the Time I Get to Phoenix: Injury Reserve at the 1720

Written by Yousef Srour // Photos by Yousef Srour The metal doors of the 1720 clanked down as the lights dimmed. A human eye revealed itself onstage atop a wire monitor. A bulb of light behind their set’s backdrop emanated red, seeping the…

blog featured music music reviews December 22, 2021

Add of the Month

Make Drunk Cool Again - RXK Nephew This review is not for the faint of heart. I foreword my review with this statement because RXK Nephew makes music that is egregiously alternative - it’s music that sounds so anti-music that it wavers into…

blog featured playlists December 22, 2021

EXCOMM Holiday Playlist

☆EXCOMM HOLIDAY PLAYLIST☆ AIDAN’S RECS 4th Dimension by Kids See Ghosts - This Kanye West X Kid Cudi collaboration pairs a sample of Louis Prima’s yuletide favorite “What Will Santa Claus Say?” with some hard hitting drums, making for a lit way…

blog featured music music reviews December 22, 2021

Top 25 Albums of 2021

Yousef and Marion, KCSB's music directors, have compiled their picks for the 25 best albums of 2021. Yousef: For me, this year has been as hard as can be. Dealing with my mental health and constant turmoil within my relationships, I’ve had to…

blog featured music November 16, 2021

November’s Add of the Month: JPEGMAFIA’s LP!

KCSB’s music department is sitting down each month to write to you about one album added to our music library that left a strong enough impression on them to be crowned Add of the Month. For November 2021, KCSB’s Internal Music Director Yousef…

blog featured music music reviews October 12, 2021

October’s Add of the Month: Injury Reserve’s By the Time I Get to Phoenix

KCSB’s music department is sitting down each month to write to you about one album added to our music library that left a strong enough impression on them to be crowned Add of the Month. For October 2021, KCSB’s Internal Music Director Yousef…

blog music reviews playlists September 13, 2021

♪ September Music Department Recommendations ♪

Yousef and Marion, KCSB's internal and external music directors, have compiled a playlist of their September favorites just for you <3 Enjoy! ******* ☆SEPTEMBER 2021 MUSIC DEPARTMENT PLAYLIST ☆ MARION’S RECS Jonathan Richman - “That Summer Feeling” - Jonathan Richman’s lyrics always cut deep. But…

blog featured music music reviews August 8, 2021

August’s Add of the Month: DARKSIDE’s Spiral

KCSB’s music department is sitting down each month to write to you about one album added to our music library that left a strong enough impression on them to be crowned Add of the Month. For August 2021, KCSB’s Internal Music Director Yousef…

blog music music reviews August 6, 2021

Music Department: August Recommendations

Marion and Yousef, KCSB's External and Internal Music Directors, share their August music recommendations here. For more updates from the Music Department, sign up for their monthly newsletters right here on KCSB.org! Mdou Moctar - Afrique Victime (Yousef's pick). An escapade through the lesser-known…

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