What exactly is KCPR? Many locals in the San Luis Obispo area and students at Cal Poly might recognize this four-letter call sign as merely the presence of an FM and online radio station here on campus, but when you get down to it, KCPR is much more...
Those who like camping often enjoy researching a fun hike at a national park, making a reservation for a campground, looking forward to s’mores around the fire ring, dinner served on a picnic bench, and mentally preparing for what creepy bugs could be hiding in the campground bathrooms....
After six long years, rap revolutionaries Gorillaz released their fourth album, Humanz, on April 28th. It’s massive: 26 tracks – six of which are interludes, plus one introduction – featuring 22 different artists in addition to the four virtual virtuosos (cyborg spitters? mechanical MC’s?) of the band itself....
Welcome to Utah: ski destinations, salty lakes, birthplace to a religion, numerous national parks and monuments and, as of recent, controversies surrounding them. Right before leaving office, former President Barack Obama dedicated a plot of land in Utah as a national monument – a 1.35 million acre plot named...
DAMN. may not be drastically expanding and exploring the genre of hip hop, but as Kendrick Lamar did on his last album, To Pimp A Butterfly, DAMN. is a masterpiece. Lamar’s most recent release is the best representation thus far of his persona. From the second track on the...
Presenting dense textures of noise weaved through bright vocals and esoteric samples, Panda Bear’s 2007 album Person Pitch is a modern classic that brings indie rock to the platform of a fine art. The third solo album by Noah Lennox (aka Panda Bear), widely known as a founding...
Hip-hop fans have an uncanny knack for being critical of their favorite artists changing sounds or styles. The phrase, “I miss the old *insert rapper name*” is littered throughout any and every hip-hop music video’s comment section on Youtube. After relative radio silence since 2015, when he released...
Sometime last year, Drake saw a change in his identity. He went from being one of the biggest names in hip-hop – to becoming a full-fledged pop star. While this change has allowed his audience to expand immensely, he’s not the same kind of artist anymore. Some people...
As the twentieth anniversary of Radiohead’s magnum opus OK Computer is approaching, I want to take a look back at one track off the album that changed my vision of music and holds its relevance two decades after its release. Although all may not agree that “Paranoid Android”...
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...
Nucklehead and Pancho and the Wizards are growing in recognition in the Central Coast’s DIY music scene. Between the two bands, they’ve opened for punk powerhouses like Tijuana Panthers, Joyce Manor and The Frights. This week, the two acts will perform at San Luis Obispo’s homegrown music festival, Shabang,...
Go ahead, call me an angry woman – because I am. There are a lot of things to be angry about right now in the face of our misogynistic government, ask any woman. The wage gap is alive and well, Planned Parenthood is fighting to receive federal funding....
Local bands, Pancho and the Wizards and Nucklehead, are taking on the music scene here in the Central Coast, playing alongside huge names in the California surf punk realm such as Joyce Manor, Tijuana Panthers and The Frights. This week, the two acts will perform at San Luis...
After booking a trip to Europe, Asia, Latin America or any other part of the world, the next thing to do is find lodging that seems like a good fit. All in all, hostels are a cheap way to travel with an undeniable social aspect that allows you to...
At KCPR, we talk about a lot of stuff. Typically, this leads nowhere. One time, it led somewhere. A few of us were having a conversation, sparked but what we see as a booming trend in alternative living set ups. It prompted the question, “What sort of irregular...
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