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Spooktober Playlist

This month, our staff put together an October themed playlist for you to listen during your spooky tomfoolery! Read on to see words from our staff about why they chose the songs they did! MARION’S RECS “Anemone” - Brian Jonestown Massacre From the outset,…

blog featured music playlists September 28, 2022

Hispanic Heritage Month Playlist

This month, KCSBfm is celebrating the wide-reaching impact of Hispanic culture. For this month’s playlist, members of KCSBfm’s Executive Committee highlight the breadth of Hispanic culture’s contribution to music by choosing their favorite songs from a myriad of culturally-influenced genres. Hispanic punk/emo/skramz…

fund drive music playlists February 23, 2021

Finnegan & Yousef Experiment for Psychedelics for Fund Drive 2021: A Playlist from KCSB’s Music Department

It's Day 7 of Fund Drive 2021, and we have one more treat for you! KCSB's Music Directors, Yousef & Finnegan, have traveled back in time to the year that station was founded (circa 1961, Isla Vista), just to find some psychedelic music for…

blog playlists December 23, 2020

A KCSB Winter Playlist: Yousef & Finnegan Like Winter

We present to you: A KCSB Winter Playlist, "Yousef & Finnegan Like Winter"! "Happy holidays from your Music Directors here at KCSB! Sadly, we can’t give you any gifts in person this year, but we’ve curated a very special **wintertime** playlist for your listening…

blog DJ Posts playlists November 27, 2020

DJ DARLA BEA’s PLAYLIST: AS HEARD ON KCSB

DJ DARLA BEA's PLAYLIST: AS HEARD ON KCSB* (1 HOUR EXACTLY) (*songs Sunday night programmer DJ Darla Bea discovered by listening to KCSB-FM Since 1993; featuring songs played by Prozac Cat show Das Williams guest, Ryan Ealum, Ted Coe, Adam Korn, Smiley Smile,…

blog featured playlists October 31, 2020

A HALLOWEEN PLAYLIST FROM KCSB-FM

Happy halloween, ghouls and fools! This Halloween, your Music Directors here at KCSB (Yousef & Finnegan) have decided to give you a bag of treats in the form of a *spooky* HALLOWEEN PLAYLIST! In this eclectic mix of songs, prepare to entrance yourself with sounds that are sure…

blog featured playlists October 28, 2020

KCSB Artists Playlist Series Presents: Ntu

In this installment of KCSB's Artists Playlist Series, the New York-based artist, Ntu, curates a playlist that channels the idea of "the happening": the feeling that music was recorded in a real place and time, as opposed to a vacuum. Photo Credit: Saint…

blog featured playlists October 13, 2020

KCSB Artists Playlist Series Presents: Alms

In the first installment of KCSB's Artists Playlist Series, we present a playlist curated by the Los Angeles-based band Alms! About Alms : Alms was started in 2017 by Roman Zangari as a recording outlet for songs he had written while attending college…

blog featured playlists August 24, 2020

AUGUST 2020: A KCSB COLLABORATIVE PLAYLIST

It seems we've almost reached the end of one of the craziest summers in history. Here at the ~temporarily virtual~ station, we've cooked up a playlist to commemorate this last month. KCSB's Executive Committee was asked to contribute a few songs they've been listening…

blog playlists December 21, 2018

An Intro to Plunderphonics w/ N.Weis

Recently, Negativland’s Mark Hosler and Wobbly performed a live set in the KCSB courtyard alongside KCSB programmer Irene Moon. Negativland helped pioneer the practice of “plunderphonics”, so DJ N. Weis put together a brief soirée into “plunderphonics” for those unfamiliar with the genre. John…

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