KSPC featured on NPR Music website!
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Guys, we’re famous! KSPC was one of eight college radio stations chosen to help curate a playlist on the NPR Music website.
Charts 9/26-10/3
The Dum Dum Girls’ newest album, Only in Dreams, released on Sub Pop records, tops our charts this week.
INTERVIEW: CHARLIE PARKER MEETS BOB WILLS
Jazz guitar virtuoso Bruce Forman will be a guest on "Claremont Straight Ahead", hosted by Larry the Fox, at 1:00 pm on Monday, October 3. Bruce has performed and recorded with most of the legends of jazz and has 16 CD's to…
KSPC Charts 9/12/11-9/18/11
The Horrors’ latest album, Skying (out now on XL Recordings), was the #1 played album last week. This marks the third album from the British post-punk/shoegaze band, and the very first that the band has self-produced. Find out what else was being played on KSPC here!
SHOW REVIEW: KSPC Presents TOKiMONSTA and Gavin Turek
Gavin Turek and TOKiMONSTA kicked off this semester of Art After Hours on September 15th, bringing energy and style to Thatcher’s southeast lawn—the opposite side of Lyon Garden than last year’s Art After Hours setup, and a minor change, but one that both felt like a refreshing alteration and spared the garden’s grass by encouraging more spectators to stand along the paved walkway. Complementing the rebellious theme of the current exhibit at the Pomona Museum of Art, which celebrates the young artists whose work populated the museum between 1969 and 1973, Gavin Turek SC ’09 started the evening with her buoyant set of vibrant, danceable pop music.
Charts 9/06-9/11
Hey everyone, #1 this week is the debut album Out of Love by Mister Heavenly, released on Sup Pop. Mister Heavenly is composed of Nick Thorburn (Islands/The Unicorns), Ryan Kattner (Man Man), and Joe Plummer (Modest Mouse). I saw these guys on tour with Passion Pit, and have been waiting for an album ever since! <3
KSPC Charts 8/22/11-8/28/11
Brooklyn band Woods’ latest LP, Sun and Shade, was last week’s top played album. This album is non-stop psychedelic 60s pop/lo-fi “campfire folk” greatness. Check out the rest of this week’s charts!
SHOW PREVIEW: KSPC & Rhino Records Present: Halloween Swim Team
Don’t miss the final installment of our summer concert series with Rhino Records. Halloween Swim Team will conclude the series with a free performance at Rhino Records (located at 235 Yale Ave in the Claremont Village) tomorrow at 7pm.
IN-STUDIO: Jeffertitti’s Nile on the Nitty Gritty Show TONIGHT 11pm
Tune in to the Nitty Gritty Show tonight from 10pm-midnight to catch a live in-studio performance by local experimental psych-folk band Jeffertitti's Nile. Plug in your headphones, put the volume way up, and let the sounds take you to the…
KSPC Charts 8/15/11-8/21/11
Dengue Fever hits #1 this week with their album, Cannibal Courtship. Read the rest of the charts here!
INTERVIEW: SUPER JAZZ DRUMMER GUESTS ON “CLAREMONT STRAIGHT AHEAD”
Jazz drummer Paul Kreibich has been a mainstay on the jazz scene for many years, both in his native city of Los Angeles and internationally. From Carnegie Hall to Japan, he has toured with Carmen McRae, the Ray Charles Band…
KSPC Charts 8/8/11-8/14/11
Shannon and the Clams are back at #1 this week with their newest LP, Sleep Talk. Read the rest of last week’s top played albums here!
KSPC Charts 8/1/11-8/7/11
Coming in at #1 for the week is Ty Segall’s latest album, Goodbye Bread, off Drag City records. On this album, Segall takes a decidedly more subdued approach to the garage pop madness that has come to characterize his solo work. Nonetheless, it makes for great summer listening, particularly those lazy days spent sitting in the shade cursing the sweltering weather. Read the rest of our charts here!
KSPC Charts 7/25/11-7/31/11
Last week’s top played album is the Cosmonaut’s self-titled LP off of Burger Records. Loud, fuzzy, abrasive garage psych–what more could you ask for? Check out the rest of the charts here!