Our Promotions Director, Julia MacNelly, got the chance to interview Cloud Control this past month at The Satellite! Check it out below: Sometimes you don’t realize how much you love a band until their second album comes out, and you…
Crisis Arm are without a doubt one of the most hardworking bands I can think of. As a matter of fact, every time I talk to them they are working on a new release. They are also the embodiment of…
Tony Palkovic invites Jamie Glaser to his Jazz Show this week. Â Tune in Tuesday, January 28 from 12:00 to 2:00 pm to hear the interview on 88.7 KSPC Claremont!
Indie pop: what does that even mean? The confusing history of “pop†and “indie†complicate what should be a simple issue. The fact is the term indie pop has expanded far beyond the literal meaning. Theoretically, indie would refer to…
TOP 10 KSPC HIP-HOP ALBUMS OF 2013 1. Quasimoto – Yessir Whatever (Stones Throw) This album could’ve been great with just Madlib’s productions but his blunted irreverent ramblings as Quasimoto set it apart. 2. Tree – Sunday School II (Creative…
In this installment of WIB, we move beyond genres to “the feels.†What is it about music that makes it emotional? How are natural human instincts related to this? And how does detachment lend itself to emotion? When I hear…
Be sure to tune in next Tuesday, November 26 from 12:00-2:00 p.m. to Tony Palkovic's jazz show to hear an exclusive interview with acoustic jazz musician Tom Kennedy!
Hello from your friendly DJ Rubix! (Long time no post, I know.)Â Thanks to the insanity of senior year, I haven't had time to DJ full-time or write for the blog. However, I just reviewed "Glacier" by Teen Daze for…
This past week on KSPC's talk program The Interchange we celebrate the month of monsters and magic with a special radio drama entitled "The Robot Killer" performed by Claremont Colleges' Bottom Line Theatre. Listen below to see what happens when…
This week’s genre is more widespread than the previous niches. As usual, we will look at this issue by analyzing a main band, chiefly CAKE for this week. There are plenty of bands who have blended rap and rock before,…
As far as I am aware, there are not many films made about 70 year-old men from Detroit, Michigan with a Wikipedia profile listing them as a singer-songwriter, guitarist, poet, excavation worker, and demolition worker. Searching for Sugar Man (2012)…
Dr. Reed Gratz will be a guest on DJ Larry the Fox's show "All that Jazz" at 4:00 pm on Saturday, October 19. Dr. Gratz is a Professor of Music and Music Department Chair at the University of La Verne…
I’m a dancer, so music has always been a very important part of my life. Truth be told, however, my taste in music, which happens to very eclectic if not somewhat bipolar, is based much more on gut reactions than…
KSPC's latest installment of The Interchange, our Public Affairs program, featured the work of Stephanie Huang, whose poem "Flora" can be found below. "I'm a sophomore at Scripps majoring in Media Studies and minoring in Poetry. For me, poetry…
To be honest, this is one of the hardest types to categorize out of my repertoire. The WIB for this week is based mostly off of the Swedish band Wintergatan. They have a general air of electronic, but also…