This week: “Capsule Gang Chill Hour” with DJ Ugly Flax Butter, Thursdays from 9 to 10 p.m. For the last radio show review of the semester, I bring you a show by possibly one of the most recommended DJs on air this semester. Will Peil has two different shows and a vast knowledge of all genres. Yet electronic is where his heart lies, and this hour displays the best of mellow electronic beat music and ‘future-y hip-hop.’ The best tracks of the hour included one vocalist with a stellar ethereal...

This week: “The Funk” with DJ Mike Villa, Thursdays from 2-3 p.m. In a word, the music chosen during this hour is “colorful.” Perhaps it was the sunny day, but even when dreary, “The Funk” will add some pizzazz. On an absolutely gorgeous Thursday afternoon, just when it was heating up for real, the airwaves started getting a little funky. The song choice during this show matched perfectly with the mood of the day: festive, cool and downright joyful all at the same time. DJ Mike Villa brings back dancing...

In response to a Hey You! saying that KUPS is not accessible­—meaning too avant-garde to even listen to—this week’s review is a little different. Instead of focusing on one show that has been recommended to me by listeners and visiting the station while it airs, this week’s review focuses on a few different shows from the perspective of someone who randomly tunes into the radio. Is it possible that the Hey You! is right? The remainder of this column will discuss sort of a mood match, how well the music...

By GAELYN MOORE This week: “Mattress Music” with DJ Mel Kohler (aka DJ Hoklem, see if you can figure that one out), airs Thursdays from 5-7 pm. DJ Mel’s “Mattress Music” show should come with a warning statement: “WARNING: This music may turn you on. Proceed with caution.” The purpose of this radio segment is to play music that one might like to hear to get in the mood for a little sexy-time. The show is well appreciated on our University campus where there are more and more sex-positive dialogues...

The University of Puget Sound President has a great name for radio. Even more impressive is his knowledge of Woodstock and Bob Dylan. Kicking off the KUPS open house last Thursday, President Ron Thomas sat on a barstool across from DJ Mel Köhler and turned the tables back half a century with his playlist of Bob Dylan songs that were performed by other artists at Woodstock Festival in 1969, which was a year after KUPS was founded—another mile-marker in music history, President Thomas was quick to point out. Like any...

The award for most thematic show on KUPS goes to “Music to Blank to,” heard Friday mornings at 9 a.m. Every week the blank is filled in with some sort of musical subject or grouping, something that gives the listener some way to identify the songs played during this smart hour of songs old and new. This week was “Music to Protest to.” Songs about revolution, change, speaking your voice and government gave listeners something to think about as they rocked out to the likes of Arcade Fire, Crosby, Stills,...

This Week: “L’Âme-Biance” with DJ Lune and DJ Lavender, Tuesdays at 1 p.m. Some music is wonderful and other music is just weird; this music is, incredibly, both. DJs Lune and Lavender take their listeners on a trip, from Latin America to Scandinavia, Western Africa to Eastern Europe and everywhere in between. Several themes connect their music. The most influential element of the songs is their embodiment of ‘soul’. Not soul music in the gospel or spiritual sense, but rather artists that put their soul into what they produce. The...

This Week: “My Sound Collection” with Ali McGrath, Wednesdays at 11 a.m. If you want a music recommendation or something new to listen to, Ali McGrath from “My Sound Collection” is the woman to talk to. She has a tendency to suggest music she thinks you will like. Soon enough a mix CD will be in your campus mailbox with a few off-the-wall artists, a few go-to bands and at least one or two songs by The Books. Researching song meanings and listening to lyrics is McGrath’s form of procrastination:...

This Week: Ubiquitous They Radio with Jeff, Robin and Friends Sunday at 5 p.m. Head honchos Jeff and Robin bring you a show unlike any other on KUPS. Shows like theirs (although there really are none like theirs) make the station proud to be diverse. Ubiquitous They Radio is a talk show, a comedic improvisation show, and an old-fashioned radio drama. UT started in the 1980s as a radio show. The current show is a tribute to the past and a plea for the future of UT to also involve...

This Week: The Blues with Lillian Thursday at 8 a.m. Lillian still uses CDs as opposed to scratch records or ScratchLive, a computer program. That is the only real negative element to be said about “The Blues.” She simply has not received the memo that electronically playing your songs over the airwaves, or at least spinning records, boosts up your cool factor. Lucky for Lillian’s listeners, you cannot tell from listening that she still plays old-school, un-cool Compact Discs. Lillian’s show is a hit-after-hit hour of songs that blend together...