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Mike Chouinard

Killer Couture on KALX Live!

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Saturday,  May 10th, Bartleby will be hosting your weekly dose of KALX Live! with Killer Couture.



Killer Couture are an industrial band founded and based in Sacramento, CA. Though starting from influences such as Ministry, Nine Inch Nails, Einstürzende Neubauten, and more, Killer Couture have fused synthesizers and sampling, scrap metal and drum machines, bellowing vocals and machine-gun guitars, to create a driving and dynamic sound that is uniquely their own. Since stepping onto the scene in 2016, they quickly gained a reputation on the West Coast for their intense live shows, known for their frenetic stage energy, audience participation (as well as confrontation), and use of metal and power tools as instruments. In 2018, they self-released their first album “God Forgive The Children”, followed by 2019’s “What’s Left?”. In 2024, they joined Transylvanian Recordings, to release their third and most aggressive album to date, Everything Is Normal.


Photo by Geoffrey Smith

Zachary James Watkins on KALX Live!

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On Saturday, April 26th, Frontal Lobe hosts Oakland-based investigative musician and engineer Zachary James Watkins. After studying composition at Cornish College and receiving an MFA in Electronic Music and Recording Media from Mills College, Watkins has gone on to craft a diversified body of work via commissions, performances, residencies and collaborations. Highlights include: his band Black Spirituals opening for pioneering Minimal Metal band Earth; a commission from the Kronos Quartet; and a residency at the Headlands Center for the Arts.

In 2024 Watkins released the 6-part suite, Affirmative Action (Sige Records), realized in three modes of practice: solo improvisation, composed notation and ensemble writing. This rich and sweeping relational exploration reflects his “current sonic and social concerns” through melodies, drones, empty space, and the harmonic exchanges between instruments.

That same year he put out Chatty Mandrill Volume III on his tape label Sixty Hurts. This playful “solo-nasty-space-dub” journey features riffs from local sax legend Raffi Garabedian and drum samples by Thriftstore Cowboys’ Kris “Tug Boat” Killingsworth. Tune in to KALX Live! to expect the unexpected from this deeply thoughtful experimentalist.

Photo by Benedetto Manzella

Fundraiser Programming: Wednesday, April 23rd

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This is it deal listeners, today is the last day to help support local freeform community radio all made by student and community member volunteers. Donate at kalx.berkeley.edu/donate.

[9-12pm] Sparkle Motion & Conscious Pilot take you through the year 1975

[12-3pm] Jack the Stripper

[3-5:45] Massari & Muddy Rich

[5:45-6] News, every weekday.

[6-8pm] Donut Monoxide hosts Tommy Guerrero for a live in studio performance and interview

[8-9:30pm] qb(X) & Sly Ida

[9:30-10pm] Bear Talk, your weekly sports talk show

[10-12am] MagNetic

Fundraiser Programming: Tuesday, April 22nd

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You’re cutting it close but we’re still here, our wild week of fundraiser programming continues until the end of April 23rd. Donate at kalx.berkeley.edu/donate.

[9-12pm] Control Issues & Daily Pretense

[12-3pm] Microtone & Pacifica

[3-5:45] Charley Varrick & Eli

[5:45-6] News, every weekday.

[6-8pm] Wristrocket & Play Doe

[8-10pm] Figure Skater & Feel Good Weird

[10-12am] JJ Cool L

Fundraiser Programming: Monday, April 21st

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The final days of the fundraiser are here, don’t wait til Wednesday. Donate at kalx.berkeley.edu/donate.

[8-10am] Vic Vocab & Kendra K

[10-12pm] Jon the Reptilian & Sully

[12-3pm] Rare Earth & Ears of Maize

[3-5:45] Ears of Maize & Sully

[5:45-6] News, every weekday.

[6-8pm] Cuppa Joe & Surface Tension

[8-10pm] Lazaras & Slime Man

[10-12am] Cheetah Puff the Rockstar

Tommy Guerrero In-Studio Performance & Interview

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During the final hours of the 2025 Fundraiser, KALX is thrilled to bring a live performance and conversation with the one and only Tommy Guerrero! Hear it all for yourself on April 23rd during Donut Monoxide‘s 6-8pm fundraiser show.

Tommy Guerrero may be better known in the world of skateboarding than music. Born in San Francisco, Guerrero joined the skate company Powell Peralta in 1984 and became one of the original members of the legendary “Bones Brigade” team. TG has been playing music since the late 70s with his brother Tony – both raised on a steady diet of DIY punk music/ethos and skateboarding, which informed and shaped the person he is today. Since then, Guerrero has become an accomplished bassist and guitarist with influences as diverse as John Coltrane, Bad Brains, Joy Division, Gabor Szabo, and Chico Hamilton.