REVIEW: Adam Lipman – From Your Mouth to God’s Ears (Shrimper)
Adam Lipman is a former Riverside resident who I believe now lives in the Bay Area. However, the internet tells me that this record was recorded in Salt Lake City. Like most of his previous works, Lipman uses music as…
REVIEW: Wavves – Wavvves (Fat Possum)
Wavvves (3 v’s) is the second full-length album from Wavves (2 v’s), the pseudonym of San Diego musician Nathan Williams. This album radiates with the atmosphere of Williams’s laid-back hometown, helping to create fuzzy, relaxed beach punk reminiscent of surf…
REVIEW: Blanketship – The Sound of Fun Surrounds You/Klangwunder (Gigante Sound)
Blanketship, AKA, turntable-list Jared Blum of San Francisco, has (gracefully) spit out his fourth album, 'The Sound of Fun Surrounds You/Klangwunder'. Beware of the bizarre alien sounds in KLANGWUNDER! Blanketship’s conduction takes us on a ride through a collage of…
REVIEW: Night Control – Death Control (Kill Shaman)
The first Night Control album took more than 10 years to get here, but it was so deeply worth the wait. Lovingly assembled by our friends at Kill Shaman, �Death Control� collects the best of a massive back-catalog of unreleased…
REVIEW: Mirah – (a)spera (K)
Mirah Yom Tov Zeitlyn makes beautiful music based mostly around her picked guitar and amazing voice. This is her fourth solo album, and first since 2004's 'C'mon Miracle' (separated by her collaboration with Spectratone International on the also excellent 'Share…
REVIEW: tUnE-YaRdS – BiRd-BrAiNs (Marriage)
tUnE-YaRds is a one-woman (Merrill Garbus) creative force. As a graduate of Smith College, she knows what us elitist liberal arts students want, and does a great job making it: unique yet instantly accessible pop music. 'BiRd-BrAiNs', recorded over 2.5…
Claremont Straight Ahead: Dr. Q interview
INTERVIEW: Dr.Q of "Big Papa & the TCB" will be interviewed by "Larry the Fox" on "Claremont Straight Ahead" at 1:00 pm on Monday, March 9, 2009. Formed in 2006, "Big Papa and the PCB" have taken audiences by storm,…
Friday night concert!
This Friday, February 27th, LuxCorp, the dA Center for the Arts, KSPC and the beating heart of Pomona's underground art culture present a concert featuring: • the furious winds of Edmund Welles, the world’s only Bass Clarinet Quartet, • local…
Death by Panda
Sure, Pitzer kids talk a lot more than they act and don't show up to awesome KSPC Blowouts like they should (granted, it's a long walk to Doms, and Pomona kids don't show up either), but let me tell you:…
Ray Drummond returns to KSPC!
On Thurs., Feb. 19, jazz bassist extraordinaire and Claremont Colleges alum Ray Drummond stopped by his old stomping grounds -- KSPC, thankyouverymuch -- to speak with Wal, host of KSPC jazz radio show "Bop, Drop and Roll." The New York-based…
REVIEW: Benjy Ferree – Come Back to the Five and Dime Bobby Dee Bobby Dee (Domino)
Washington D.C. based singer/songwriter Benjy Ferree is back with his second major release, a concept album, 'Come Back to the Five and Dime Bobby Dee Bobby Dee'. The album is loosely based on the tragic life of Bobby Driscoll, the…
REVIEW: Pan-American – White Bird Release (Kranky)
This is the 6th solo release from Mark Nelson, the guitarist/vocalist from the excellent Labradford, the 5th on the estimable Kranky Records. As Pan-American, Nelson makes minimalist electronic music, teetering on the brink of ambience, with an organic bent -…
REVIEW: Autumn in Halifax – The Soft, Soft Shakes (Carbon)
This is the 6th release by David Merulla of NYC, AKA Autumn in Halifax. AiH makes mellow and homey tunes (just how I like 'em), and Merulla acknowledged this album as an effort to create a poppier release. While I…
Monday noon-2pm: Claremont Straight Ahead
JAZZ HAPPENINGS: Would you like to know about jazz happenings in the Inland Valley area? If so, tune in to "Claremont Straight Ahead" hosted by Larry the Fox each Monday from noon until 2:00 pm. INTERVIEW: Sandy Megas, composer, arranger,…
General Profanity at the dA Center for the Arts featuring Bambu, Pepe, & Jerms
KSPC Presents General Profanity at the dA Center for the Arts in Pomona - this Saturday, 2/21 Doors 8 PM, Bands 9 PM FREE!! Featuring: Bambu (Los Angeles) myspace Pepe (of Pitzer College) myspace Jerms (of Pitzer College) myspace DJ…
REVIEW: Psychic Ills – Mirror Eye (The Social Registry)
The Brooklyn improvisational robo-psychedelia quartet, Psychic Ills, debuted in 2006 with their acclaimed album, Dins. The band just liberated their second album, Mirror Eye. The record is intoxicatingly groovy: an eclectic compilation of synth sounds and primitive beats. A notably…
REVIEW: M. Ward – Hold Time (Merge)
M. Ward's specialty is singing about the universal and timeless theme of all music (love) with a great voice. You can just as easily imagine listening to him sing these songs while riding a train across the country in the…
Calvin Johnson Show + Interview
DJ Cosmonaut here, and I'm going to be writing about one of my favorite musicians. Calvin Johnson, born in Olympia, WA in 1962, founded K Records in 1982 and the label has been going strong since. Chances are if you…
Celebrate KSPC’s 53rd Birthday with Faun Fables!
On Thursday, February 12, KSPC turns 53 years young! Come celebrate KSPC and its many years in your ears at a KSPC Blowout! Concert featuring FAUN FABLES! FITNESS! as well as cupcakes and merrymaking! Thursday, February 12, 2009 Show starts…