So here’s a question. What makes a good artist? Of course there is no real answer; this question is completely subjective. Some judge an artist by their technical talent that they’ve spent years refining through practice and execution. Some judge an artist based on their ability to create...
KCPR had the chance to drop in on a practice session with local legends, Pancho and the Wizards. The psych-rock trio has been an integral part of the SLO music scene for years now and shared a few cuts from their latest EP, Cemetery. Their studio space, adorned...
San Luis Obispo, as you may know, gets plenty of rain, and when it rains, there isn’t much to do. Though, on this particular rainy Friday afternoon, my friend Vince offered the idea of going to a Jeffrey house show. I had never heard of the Jeffrey house,...
Following the release of their new album, Allons’y, Dudeo Perez is the local band on everybody’s radar. Band members and Cal Poly Students Jackson Reynosa, Noah Boland, and Spencer Cefalu joined us in the KCPR studio to talk about their album and share their musical influences. Each of the members...
Hickey Fest: a small festival that felt like a different world, with recovered footage from a time I thought was lost in translation. Last June, following finals week, I spontaneously decided that I was going to attend a music Festival called “Hickey Fest.” The Festival The only thing...
Eduardo, Barto, Gabriel, and Carlos make up the four-piece Latin funk band, Chicano Batman. The guys came filing into the green room just after their sound check had ended. On the final leg of their tour, KCPR’s HQ sits down with the band members to dig into what it’s like...
Gabe Rodriguez from Hideout came to the KCPR studio to play some acoustic songs off his new album So Many Hoops, So Little Time. The songs off the new album are representative of the album’s title. Rodriguez’s lyrics are sweet, reflective and exhausted by the notion that there...
After a quick round of mimosas, The Frights, a San Diego surf punk band, came in to answer some questions for us and play “Hype or Swipe.” The Frights started out as a joke. Eventually, and accidentally, they blew up into one of the best SoCal outfits around. Mikey Carnevale...
KCPR was lucky enough to get an acoustic set with Nick Larson and Aaron Kroeger from San Luis Obispo’s Próxima Parada, named after the automated phrase announced before every stop on SLO Transit buses. Próxima Parada uses their bluesy folk music to construct an energy with a syntax...
Central Coast native Joel Alexander came into the KCPR studio and played some dreamy songs for us. Joel Alexander, formerly known as verydeadly, is a one-man show — just Alexander, his guitar and an impressively complex pedal board. For consolation, he doesn’t go by verdeadly due to the awkward, weirdly...
Bay Area post-rock band Pastel rolled out of bed early last Saturday to head back up to San Francisco; we invited the band, Nick, Henry, Michael and Matt, to stop by KCPR on their way up to share some art and talk music. The four-piece has two EP...
Los Angeles based virtuosos El Ten Eleven create sonically astounding harmonies. If you listen to their music without seeing who they are, you would think you were listening to an 8- piece band. Some try to put their sound into a box by labeling it “math rock” or...
Last Friday, a bedroom pop musician whose side job is an administrative assistant for a skin cancer surgeon arrived at the KCPR studio to perform live. Marten Roark, better known throughout the reaches of the World Wide Web as Tomemitsu, creates ephemerality with an acoustic guitar and digital...
So-Cal indie heartthrobs HUNNY have definitely made a hefty footprint on the alternative music scene in the past year. The six-piece group of friends traveled the states bringing their unique sound, reminiscent of The Cure, to sold out audiences while opening up for The Neighborhood. Off their debut EP Pain/Ache/Loving,...
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