KBVR-FM Assistant Station Manager, Jenn Dirstine, explains her picks for top albums of the 2010s. Read more
Condensing music is both my favorite and least favorite activity. It gives you a chance to revisit old songs and albums you may have forgotten, but then forces you to pit them against each other and decide a winner. I had to set specific criteria for this list for me to do it in a reasonable… Read more
KBVR-FM Productions Director, Nate Pereira, explains his picks for top albums of the 2010s. Read more
KBVR-FM Station Manager, Ameer Fofanah, explains his picks for top albums of the 2010s. Read more
binki is an up incoming music artist that shows a lot of potential. He has released songs such as Heybb! and Marco. Read more
With the 2010s behind us, major artists aren’t wasting time with their 2020 discography. The beginning of 2020 will be defined by the female pop singers dropping albums. Selena Gomez, Halsey, Meghan Trainor, and Kesha are all releasing music. Artists that are making returns this year are Tam… Read more
Damnation — condemnation or eternal punishment in hell. Through time mankind has played with the idea of an afterlife and how one ends up there. Whether you spend eternity in bliss or sorrow is chosen by the gods that you do, or do not, believe in. Many philosophers and religious critics arg… Read more
The Macks “YUP” has been highly anticipated by DIY fans from Eugene to Portland. The 4-piece rock and roll band from Portland, Oregon has been making waves all over the Pacific Northwest since 2015, and more recently, all over the country from Boise, ID to Atlantic City, NJ. The Macks consis… Read more
A sold-out show at the Roseland Theater causes the line to be wrapped around the entire block of the downtown music venue in Portland on Friday, Oct. 6. The line featured loads of teen girls and almost everyone was wearing yellow. A bag of little slips of paper and ‘thank you’ notes were pas… Read more
“Doom Days” is a concept album that follows a night out. Each of the songs tells the story of one part of the night, based on true events that have happened through each member’s own experiences with nights out Read more
Summertime is officially upon us and with that comes the festival season. From Lollapalooza in Chicago to Bumbershoot in Seattle, you have your fair share of festivals to pick from in the United States, all ranging from genre focused to the best up-and-coming acts. Whether you’re a newbie to the festival scene or are a professional, we have the list to end all lists (related to the festival season at least). Read more
Jefferson brings with her a powerful swagger that fat (plus-size) woman usually avoid or are shunned from exerting. Her music is a mixture of pop, hip-hop, soul, and rap. She makes songs that you can dance to in the club to soulful, emotional songs. Read more
What makes listeners keep coming back to it? Why is a biblical story that many know so popular for listeners and performers? I believe that the strong themes are seen throughout the play, the composition of the performance itself (how we shift from moody to joyful throughout the scenes, and the role of biblical figures themselves all lend to this powerhouse of a production. Read more
MCU have successfully built a large playlist that will hold up alongside the movies over time and become synonymous with the movies for those who were unaware of the songs before the movies. Read more
Weezer, what in God’s name are you doing? You’re better than this. Read more
Podcasting has swept the nation, with over 660,000 registered active shows on Itunes only, as reported by Ross Winn ofpodcastinsights.com and Apple Inc. It’s no different at KBVR-FM, where DJ’s and guests can create their own show. Read more
You walk into the booth, The last DJ is almost done is almost done, ten till the top of the hour. You pull up your computer, your phone, or take CDs and Vinyl from the shelf. Five till. You’re alone in the booth, or with your guests. You quickly adjust the DJ chair because the person before … Read more
What makes Sneaks so great is how she successfully separates herself from other artists of her age and genre group and shows a maturity to how she moves through life via the album. Read more
In August of this year, musicians Lucy Dacus, Julien Baker, and Phoebe Bridgers came together to form the collaborative project, boygenius. Each musician is well respected in the indie scene, with solo projects released in the last 18 months to popular and critical acclaim. Their first EP, s… Read more
Relentless, unwavering, and decidedly sinister, this debut self-titled album fronted by Denée Segall is an absolute beast of an album. Lovers of femme punk and crusty noise grunge will be head over heels for this breath of fresh air into the genre. The C.I.A. has replaced the typical thrashi… Read more
Calpurnia graced the floors of the Crystal Ballroom last Friday, so what better chance than now to take a look back at their debut EP, Scout? Read more
New podcasts are up and coming at KBVR-FM! Current events and fictional narratives join the tried and true “Inspiration Dissemination” as Oregon State University students create and weave their stories through the soundboards. As a gift to yourself during dead week and finals, sit back and l… Read more
Bug Hunter is a musical act that has been featured on KBVR’s show Locals Live which is a show dedicated to musicians around Corvallis and those who have influence in the community. Read more
Mitski Miyawaki is a master of disguise. From the masteries of distortion and melancholy that are “Bury Me at Makeout Creek” and “Puberty 2”, “Be the Cowboy” stands uniquely alone. Read more
Did you know that the majority of the music being played at KBVR is from physical CDs? And people thought the CD industry was dead. Fortunately for us and KBVR’s Music Director, we get 10 to 20 CDs in the mail every week and they get so much love in the booth from our DJs. To give thanks to … Read more
It took a while to arrive but we are now in the midst of fall. Cold weather, warm drinks, and dangerously wet leaves you have to be careful not to slip on. In this college town, you don’t see a lot of people without music playing through their headphones. We decided to go through our team an… Read more
Next to the music, the name of an artist is the most important thing. Finding the perfect name for your band is like naming your child after they are born. You send them out in the world and it either makes or breaks them and they might hate you forever. A band can become a household name and this name becomes more of a symbol than the actual music. The name becomes synonymous with the music. Read more
Mons La Hire, a popular local band in Corvallis, is back with their latest EP, Kind of Neutral, Kind of Blue. This is the first EP with the new lineup, Daniel Watkins on guitar and vocals, Suzanne Watkins on the bass, violin and vocals, Greg Miller on drums and Ida Jane and Julia Miller on t… Read more
KBVR-FM got the chance to sit down with author and activist, Julia Turshen and talk about her cookbook “Feed the Resistance.” We talked about inspirations, thoughts about connecting foods and politics, and registering to vote (in which you can register HERE). Take a listen above and feel fre… Read more
A local DJ is creating safer space events around town to celebrate people who love music and dancing. Read more
Orange light beams through the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, fog floats across front of house, filling the audience’s lungs, Miguel enters from left stage, Criminal begins to play and there the spiritual journey begins. War and Leisure, Miguel’s fourth studio album, combines sultry R&B,… Read more
Fanbases for musicians have been around forever, but American-Rapper, Hoodie Allen takes it to the next level. Steven Markowitz aka Hoodie Allen, began making music publicly in 2009 and has been going full time since then. He has had success on iTunes, Billboard and has been featured on MTV … Read more
Armed with loop pedals, a drum machine, and impeccable vision, Sidney Gish’s No Dogs Allowed remains one of the most albums of 2018. Read more
Based in Los Angeles, songwriters Etta Friedman (18) and Allegra Weingarten (19) formed their band Momma after bonding over their love of the LA DIY scene. Read more
A band from Virginia Beach, Turnover first began playing music in 2009. They were signed with Run for Cover Records in 2012, and released their first album Magnolia in 2013. Since then, they have produced two more albums- Peripheral Vision and their most recent album, Good Nature. Read more
As the Music Director at KBVR one of my responsibilities is to keep track of which bands or artists are popular at the station in regards to who is getting the most plays on air. Alvvays has been topping our charts for weeks and as a staff we thought we’d finally see the group that seems to … Read more
On Saturday, February 24th the band Bully performed at the HiFi lounge in Eugene, OR. Read more
Italians Do It Better is Johnny Jewel’s label and its own genre in and of itself – every artist and album are either touched or curated by Johnny, creating a distinct vibe that is melancholy and beautiful. Read more
With 2017 being such a great year for rap music and not wanting to do a generic top ten of 2017 list. We decided to go through each month of this year and gave each excellent album the recognition it deserves. Read more
In Polygondwandaland the Melbourne band tries their hand at polyphonic music – in short, multiple rhythms and progressions laying over each other. Essentially two songs at once. Read more
The Macks are a four-piece garage rock band hailing from Portland, OR. They include vocalist Sam Fulwiler, guitarist Ben Windheim, bassist Bailey Sauls, and drummer Joe Windheim. Sam and Joe are both students at the University of Oregon, while Ben goes to Oregon State and Bailey attends Geor… Read more
