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APRIL 1

JAZZ MONTH CELEBRATION


We’re kicking off our FUNdraiser with 24 hours of jazz programming curated by our own Jazz Director, Michael Fishman. This event is brought to you in partnership with the Ella Fitzgerald Foundation (http://www.ellafitzgeraldfoundation.org).

APRIL 5

MOVIE NIGHT


Join us in the Harris Hall Courtyard for an outdoor screening of Invisible War (http://www.notinvisible.org) from Academy Award Nominated Director, Kirby Dick. Co-presented with Program Board.

APRIL 7

BANDS AND BINGO AT GROUND ZERO


TIME: 7 PM to 10 PM

We’re partnering with GZ (http://www.usc.edu/student-affairs/gzcoffee) to bring you some rad students bands and a bingo game with awesome prizes (free milkshakes?). We personally can’t think of a better way to spend a Sunday evening at USC.

APRIL 7

DUBLAB TAKEOVER


TIME: 12 PM to 8PM

Tune-in for 8 hours of unique, live programming from DubLab (http://dublab.com), an internet radio station that’s exploring the possibilities of audio entertainment. There will be special giveaways, DJ sets, live performances, and more.

APRIL 14

KXSC FLEA MARKET


TIME: 12 PM to 6PM

KXSC welcomes vendors from USC and the surrounding community for our first-ever flea market! Snatch a grab bag of CDs from our Music Department, check out the wares for sale, and jam to some blissed-out Sunday afternoon beats from KXSC DJs.

APRIL 16

65 YEARS OF STUDENT RADIO


TIME: 10 AM to 8PM

Celebration of KXSC and the history of student radio here at USC, from the 1950's to today!

This event will devote an entire day of programming to every period of USC student radio's diverse history. On April 16th, we will be re-airing old programming and discussing the history of the station in order to celebrate our heritage and preserve it for future generations of DJs and staff.

Hear programming from all eras of college radio and interviews from passed DJs recalling all the trials and triumphs of being a student run college radio station

APRIL 19

BATTLE OF THE BANDS


TIME: 8 PM to 12 AM

Come on down to Tommy’s Place (http://tommysplaceusc.com) to see some of the best student and local bands duke it out for killer prizes. Grand prize is 5 hours of studio recording, on-air promo, and a website profile of the band. If you can’t make it in person, never fear. We’ll be broadcasting the complete battle live on air. This event is proudly co-sponsored with Spectrum (http://sait.usc.edu/spectrum/).

APRIL 24

ELLA FITZGERALD'S BIRTHDAY PARTY: 24 HOURS OF PROGRAMMED ELLA


Happy Birthday to the First Lady of Song! We’re celebrating with 24 hours of Ella Fitzgerald recordings curated by our Jazz Director, Michael Fishman. Much thanks to the Ella Fitzgerald Foundation (http://www.ellafitzgeraldfoundation.org) for their support!

APRIL 26

TRADDIES HAPPY HOUR


We’re partnering with Traditions (http://www.usctraditions.com) to bring you a special Traddies & KXSC happy hour, featuring live KXSC Djs, drink specials for students over 21 years-old, and food specials for all ages!

APRIL 27

RADIO KICKBALL


Come watch KXSC play a friendly tournament of kickball with other college stations (KXLU, UCLA, KSPC) while our sports DJs give a live play-by-play on-air.

APRIL 14 - APRIL 27

24 HOUR PROGRAMMING EXTRAVAGANZA


Tune in for two weeks of 24 hour programming by our beloved DJs!

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Sunday
Mar172013

Show Review: Swedish House Mafia

Swedish House Mafia played two back-to-back shows for almost 70,000 fans during in Los Angeles on their One Last Tour before splitting up indefinitely.

Selling out its Saturday, March 9th show in a matter of hours when tickets went on sale back in 2012, the trio added a Friday show to their tour. With the announcement that SHM members Axwell, Steve Angello and Sebastian Ingrosso will no longer produce and play music together as Swedish House Mafia, fans clamored to purchase tickets even after it sold out. Tickets sold for hundreds of dollars more than their original price. An average general admission ticket had originally cost about $117, including fees.

The Masquerade Motel themed show was held at the L.A. State Historic Park on March 8th and 9th, and was a truly remarkable production. Pyrotechnics, smoke, lights and lasers, as well as bubbles and massive LED stage displays all played a role in creating a sensory experience for the sea of attendees.

 

What was interesting about this show was the timing, which was not announced when tickets first went on sale towards the end of 2012. The party started in broad daylight, when doors opened at 2:30 p.m. To ticket holders' greater surprise, the event ended at the relatively early hour of midnight. However, the fans' allegiance to their beloved headliners was so great that no complaints were heard once the party got started.

SHM is known for taking its audience on a journey of sound, with emotional highs and lows, and one such moment occurred when they played "Calling" featuring Ryan Tedder. The words displayed on the LED screens, and the crowd sang along, "I will find you / I will reach you / Or I will lose my mind...." The SHM remix of Coldplay's "Every Teardrop is a Waterfall" and Temper Trap's "Sweet Disposition" also got major crowd reactions.

Zedd played a high-energy, hard-hitting set as he often does, and it was one of the best sets of the evening. He played a much more varied set, and got the crowd especially hyped during "Spectrum," "Clarity," and "Sweet Nothing." Alesso followed, playing crowd favorites such as his own remix of "Pressure" featuring Nadia Ali, Starkillers & Alex Kenji.

 

Others playing on one of the two stages on Saturday included AN21 & Max Vangeli along with the talented and bass-heavy Clockwork, NO_ID and Monsta. As is often the case, the crowd was much more bearable towards the front before the headliners took the stage. As soon as SHM appeared, it felt like we were in a human compressor the remainder of the night.

The three black t-shirt-clad DJs did not disappoint with the much-anticipated finale, as they thanked the crowd and and teased it towards the end by finally playing "One." They also turned the sound down as they held out a mic for the crowd to rap some of Tinie Tempah's verses on "Miami 2 Ibiza." The screens then flashed the words, "We came, we raved, we loved."

Finally, Swedish House Mafia ended with an acoustic version of "Don't You Worry Child," and with one final burst of fireworks in the sky, they were gone.

-Tanaya Ghosh

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