Remembering Larry the Fox: Wal, host of Bop, Drop & Roll
I remember getting the phone calls, the many phone calls. I’d been a DJ at KSPC for nearly two decades and was used to callers making requests or just wanting to talk jazz. But nearly all of the calls on…
Our Summer Roses, Buds and Thorns
It's been a summer to remember here at KSPC. We shared memories, listened to and wrote about a lot of music, put out new podcasts and community messages, created new shows and collaborated with friends at the Claremont Colleges —…
Music Mondays: The Microphones, Makaya McCraven, Thou, and More Modern Classics
By Alan Ke This past week, I've been listening to a whole bunch of The Microphones/Mount Eerie with the recent release of The Microphones in 2020, one long autobiographical track encompassing an artist's entire career. For that reason, this week's…
Fire up your Fridays: The Weekend Warmup with DJ Hannah
Friday’s a big day. We all need some invigoration to get us to the weekend — even more so right now, when an ordinary day can stretch on for ages and ages. Luckily for KSPC’s listeners, DJ Hannah is here…
Music Mondays: Helvetia, Vile Creature, Unwound, & More!
By Alan Ke This week's album reviews span everything from tranquil space ambient to crushing doom metal. Last week, we featured a review of Valium Aggelein's Black Moon, a precursor to the slowcore legends Duster. This time around, we have…
Music Mondays: July Review Roundup
By Alan Ke August is finally here. Since our last review roundup on Music Mondays, we've worked on adding a whole lot of different kinds of music to our ever-expanding library. Sometimes, a new release will fly under our radar…
In-Depth: Chinese Football
By Alan Ke The Tutorial With the reunion of American Football and the success of new artists like Weatherday and Dogleg in recent years, there’s been buzz about the emo genre receiving a bit of a resurgence. After a decade…
Music Mondays: 100 Gecs, Art Blakey, and Everything In Between
by Alan Ke PO'22 After a week off for catching up, KSPC brings to you an insider peek into what our DJs - or rather DJ (singular) - thought of the latest releases. Here, we have everything from bubblegum pop…
Music Mondays: Boris, Matana Roberts, Ana Roxanne, Pottery & More!
Every month, dozens of albums get added to KSPC’s ever-growing library. Our dedicated staff of DJs and volunteers have a long tradition of sharing music that we love with each other. In this column, we open that up to you…
El Don Queue, Live from the Lounge of the USS Excelsior
Within the last two weeks, if you are an avid KSPC listener, you may have heard a brand new show air on Tuesdays between 6 pm and 8 pm. Filled with sounds of spaceship-like noises in the background, it may…
Making It Work: how to stay well while staying at home
Music Mondays: June Review Roundup
Every month, dozens of albums get added to KSPC's ever-growing library. Our dedicated staff of DJs and volunteers have a long tradition of sharing music that we love with each other. In this column, we open that up to you…
Prison Abolition: General Information and Resources
Can you imagine America without prisons? Hard, isn’t it? While many Americans will never come into contact with the prison system, a much larger portion of the population is affected by the prison system and the prison industrial complex on…
In Solidarity: Black Lives Matter
POSTPONED: Tony Palkovic Memorial Celebration
POSTPONED 3/12/20: Due to increasing concerns over public health, and the weather predicted today for heavy thunderstorms, we unfortunately will need to postpone the celebration planned tonight for Tony. Please feel free to post your memories of Tony and messages…
Pomona Hosts the 28th Ussachevsky Memorial Electro-Acoustic Festival
This past weekend, from Friday, January 31, to Saturday, February 1, marked the 28th Annual Ussachevsky Memorial Electro-Acoustic Festival. The event takes place every year at Pomona College's Lyman Hall in memory of its distinguished alumnus Vladimir Ussachevsky. Vladimir Ussachevsky…
Remembering KSPC’s Tony Palkovic
I was probably no older than 12 when I first heard Tony Palkovic's show. I called him on the KSPC request line to talk to him about jazz, perhaps his favorite subject in the world to converse on, though I…
Album Review: Emily Alone by Florist
By Elinor Aspegren PZ '20 On the opening track of Florist’s third album Emily Alone, the lead singer Emily Sprague asks listeners, and herself, “I could have words or I could have solitude/Silent but falling, what is my place in…
Have a Nice Life Concert Recap
IDLES Concert Recap
May 22nd, Wednesday night, Los Angeles was shaken with an immeasurable, staggering force. The epicenter: The Fonda Theatre. But, unlike most storms, there was no calm to precede it. Instead, it began with the calculated chaos of Fontaines D.C., a…