KUPS FM

KUPS FM is a college radio station that refuses to be pigeonholed. One moment you're hearing an Aphex Twin banger, next a deep cut from Kendrick Lamar. Then suddenly it's Kamasi Washington stretching out on sax. The transitions can be jarring. That's the point. It's like having a friend with impossibly broad taste commandeering the aux cord. The alternative rock selections lean toward the '90s and early 2000s - think Pavement, not Coldplay. Electronic slots get properly experimental. Jazz picks run from classic Blue Note to contemporary avant-garde. It's not polished. It's not predictable. And…