I hope you are all as excited for another great semester for KCSCradio.com as I am!  With that said, the time is here.  The first KCSC DJ sign-up meeting will be:

Date:  Thursday 8/26

Time: 6 pm

Place: Plumas 205

We will be out spreading the word the first week of campus, so stop by, tell your friends and we’ll see you on August 26th at 6 pm in Plumas 205!

-Jillian Cleveland, KCSCradio.com General Manager

Album: Teen Dream

Label: Sub-Pop

Release: 1/26/2010

The atmospheric bliss that is Beach House is a sound that is simultaneously innovative and vintage; it evokes images of pearls and sand, of washed out photographs, of white linens in a wicker laundry basket.  Front woman Victoria Legrand has been compared to such singers as Nico and Hope Sandoval countless times, yet she brings something fresh to the table.

Beginning with their self-titled debut in 2006, the product of this tagged “dream pop duo” is a shadowy daydream.  Fans of the sound were delighted with Beach House’s 2008 follow up album, Devotion, which gave the band a place on the Indie map.  It was apparent the band had improved while somehow managing to keep their effervescence.  The signature and memorable sound marked Teen Dream (January 26, 2010) as their most anticipated album yet.

My initial attraction went to Norway, floating in on the same outlasting organ note that ended the track before it.  The intensity of Legrand’s breathy intro melts into a series of low verses, only to be brought back during her varying runs of the word “Norway”.

The next track, Walk In The Park, is a brilliant matching of repetitive organ chords with Alex Scally’s guitar singing a duet of sorts with Legrand as she sings “In a matter of time/It would slip from my mind”, venturing into some higher, but still melancholic, notes.  As seems to be the trend, the song builds up to a particular intensity for the last sparkling minute.

But the true, and so far overlooked, star of this album is Real Love.  Setting aside her organ for this track and playing the piano, Victoria Legrand’s croon leaks more soul than I have yet to hear from her on any song of any album.  The unprecedented change almost pulls you out of the dream world Beach House puts you in, while at the same time luring you back into the haze of this reverb-filled ballad.  Add some tambourine for their token last minute of intensity and we have something so pure that we don’t want it to end.

Good thing there is one more track.  It ends fading out to “I’ll take care of you” and nobody can deny that Beach House has once again proven themselves to be getting nothing but better.  As a whole, Teen Dream presents a more upbeat Beach House than the solemn drones of their first two albums.  It will be interesting to see the route they take with their distinctive sound and a growing fan base.

Marchese Taylor [DJ Evergreen]

Show: The Forbidden Forest, Wednesdays 4-6

KCSC Top 30 Chart for the week of April 18-25, 2010

1            TALLEST MAN ON EARTH: The Wild Hunt

2            MATT POND PA: The Dark Leaves

3            DUM DUM GIRLS: I Will Be

4            FREE ENERGY: Stuck On Nothing

5            SLOW CLUB: Yeah, So

6            LOCAL NATIVES: Gorilla Manor

7            STORNOWAY: STORNOWAY

8            TWO DOOR CINEMA CLUB: Tourist History

9            RADIO DEPT: Clinging To A Scheme

10            FRIGHTENED RABBIT: The Winter Of Mixed Drinks

11            HARLEM: Hippies

12            LIARS: Sisterworld

13            FANG ISLAND: Fang Island

14            CARIBOU: Swim

15            AVI BUFFALO: Avi Buffalo

16            MUMFORD AND SONS: Sigh No More

17            A WEATHER: Everyday Balloons

18            JOANNA NEWSOM: Have One On Me

19            LAURA MARLING: I Speak Because I Can

20            SHE AND HIM: Volume Two

21            FREELANCE WHALES: Weathervanes

22            KATE NASH: My Best Friend Is You

23            MORNING BENDERS: Big Echo

24            RIVER CITY EXTENSION: The Unmistakable Man

25            TYPHOON: Hunger And Thirst

26            APPLES IN STEREO: Travellers In Space And Time

27            DR. DOG: Shame, Shame

28            BONNIE PRINCE BILLY AND THE CAIRO GANG : The Wonder Show

29            LA STRADA: New Home

30            DRINK UP BUTTERCUP: Born And Thrown On A Hook

Curious as to what we’re spinning? Check out our bi-weekly charts!

KCSC Top 30 Chart for the weeks of April 4-18, 2010

1            MUMFORD AND SONS: Sigh No More

2            LOCAL NATIVES: Gorilla Manor

3            DUM DUM GIRLS: I Will Be

4            GORILLAZ: Plastic Beach

5            SLOW CLUB: Yeah, So

6            JOANNA NEWSOM: Have One On Me

7            MATT POND PA: The Dark Leaves

8            FREE ENERGY: Stuck On Nothing

9            HOT CHIP: One Life Stand

10           TALLEST MAN ON EARTH: The Wild Hunt

11           FRIGHTENED RABBIT: The Winter Of Mixed Drinks

12           LIARS: Sisterworld

13           FANG ISLAND:  Fang Island

14           BEACH HOUSE: Teen Dream

15           LAURA MARLING: I Speak Because I Can

16           SHE AND HIM: Volume Two

17           BROKEN BELLS: Broken Bells

18           APPLES IN STEREO: Travelers in Space and Time

19           MORNING BENDERS: Big Echo

20           A WEATHER: Everyday Balloons

21          ARCHIE BRONSON OUTFIT: Coconut

22           THESE NEW PURITANS: Hidden

23           DR. DOG: Shame, Shame

24           SHARON JONES AND THE DAP KINGS: I Learned The Hard Way

25           PAVEMENT: Quarantine The Past: The Best Of Pavement

26           AWESOME COLOR: Massa Hypnos

27           SEABEAR: We Built A Fire

28           RUBY SUNS: Fight Softly

29           BALKAN BEAT BOX: Blue Eyed Black Boy

30           JJ: Jj No. 3

The first KCSC Radio DJ and class sign-up/informational meeting will be on Tuesday January 26, 2010 in Tehama 106 at 6:30.  Tell everyone you know!!  If for any reason you can not make the meeting but would still like to get involved with KCSC please email me at gm@kcscradio.com and I will let you know what steps need to be taken.  We will hand out fliers in the Free Speech Area or inside of the BMU on the 25th and 26th!  Hope to see everyone there!  We’re looking forward to this next semester here at KCSC! Big things!

Jill Cleveland, General Manager KCSC Radio

Thank you to those of you who let us know that our feed was down, it is much appreciated.  Unfortunately, the Asociated Students server is having domain problems, which is result affects our ability to stream our great shows.  Please bear with us, and keep checking back, hopefully the server will be back up and running soon.

-Jill Cleveland

KCSC General Manager

KCSC will be having our DJ and class sign-up/informational meeting the first week of classes on Thursday, August 27th.  The meeting will be held in Plumas 201 at 6 pm.  See you there!

-Jill Cleveland

KCSC General Manager

Jill

gm@kcscradio.com

I wanted to inform you that our server is being upgraded to a larger storage space today, and our stream is currently down and may not be back up until tomorrow. Thanks for hanging in there with us!

That being said, KCSC will begin its Summer schedule this coming Monday, with shows going from 10am to 4pm (pacific time), Monday through Thursday. We will update the site’s schedule as soon as everything gets sorted out.

Thank you,

Sergy El-Morshedy

KCSC General Manager

Thanks for visiting our lovely new website. We dearly appreciate all of those listeners who have stood by us through the switch, and the tough times with the old site and all of its problems.

That being said, CHECK OUT KCSCRadio.com today and tomorrow from 6-7pm for exclusive interviews with all the Associated Students Elections candidates!

Two of our own DJs, who double as Orion
news reporters will be interviewing all of the AS Student Elections candidates, asking them real, relevant questions. You too can get your questions answered by calling the request line (530-898-6228) anytime from 6 to 7pm.

To all students:

DON’T FORGET TO VOTE FOR KCSC FOR REVENUE SHARING WHEN YOU VOTE ON APRIL21, 22, or 23rd.

KCSC is #115 on the ballot. # 115 on the ballot is KCSC…. vote for us!!!! WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT!!!!!

…for more info go to www.aschico.com

-Sergy El-Morshedy

KCSC General Manager