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[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,…

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…

[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…

[September 14, 2015] Written by Jake Weeks (Jacob Spaceman) Ah, Thee Oh Sees. Where do I even begin? They’ve been shifting and evolving around Garage Warlord John Dwyer for close to a decade. What began as a bedroom side project is now closing major festival…

[August 30, 2015] Photo from Outside Lands site taken by Andrew Jorgenson - used for review only.  Written by DJ Ken aka Kenny Oravetz The Atmosphere Outside Lands takes place in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco. This means a few things. One, it’s big. Getting from…

[May 31, 2015] Neutral Milk Hotel, NC by mdl70 c/o Flickr   Written and attended by Kenny Oravetz Neutral Milk Hotel was about to start. They were about to play one of their last shows ever. The excitement was palpable. Hipsters of all ages had come from…