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It’s been a few months, and you might’ve missed our August Artist of the Month, Mamahawk.
The Austin synth-pop trio has been around since 2015 and truly came into their own this past year with a killer new single and KUTX favorite, “Brain Invaders“. Today Mamahawk teases their upcoming album with yet another single before wrapping things up late tonight at Swan Dive. The weekend is beckoning you closer, so embrace it with the premiere of this prog-influenced psychedelic journey, “Moonride”!
Troops at the border: a test of mettle for the Military? The defense chief in south Texas defends the use of soldiers at the U.S. Mexico line. Border security is part of national security says James Mattis at a forward operating base in south Texas. But what’s the long term goal for those 23 hundred troops at the Texas border with Mexico? We’ll take a look. And the state of kids in Texas, today we get new data. Also the President set to sign a bill with bipartisan congressional support. Come again? We’ll hear about the issue that’s brought Congress, the White House, Democrats and Republicans together. Those stories and so much more today on the Texas Standard:
Avid Austin concertgoers already know Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears, but did y’all know that they have a brand new album out? This Studio 1A veteran and beacon of Austin blues stopped by the station once again this past Tuesday in support of his sultry and soul-filled record, The Difference Between Me & You, already released and ready for your listening pleasure!
Relive the Studio 1A session with an exclusive recording before catching Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears tonight at ABGB with “Do Yourself In”!
Fighting fire with…Texans. Crews from the Lone Star State travel west to help Californians battling historic blazes on several fronts. Also, some believe it could be both a watershed moment in the so-called drug war and a cultural moment – as the drug kingpin known as El Chapo heads to trial. Plus, are citizen militias really headed to the border to meet a migrant caravan? Politifact checks it out. And spoiler alert: it won’t be the Amarillo Jerky after all. The Panhandle city picks a name for its minor league ball club… and not everyone’s a fan. All that and more, today on the Texas Standard.
Welcome to a new generation of jazz, folk and world music, known collectively as Nori. This Austin outfit’s 2016 debut World Anew was a triumph of positivity and creativity, highlighted by Akina Adderley’s effortless vocals and matched with just the kind of discipline you’d expect from a traditional jazz quintet.
The next step in Nori’s ethereal journey is their sophomore full-length Bruise Blood, formally out November 30th. The instrumentation and arrangements are spectacular as expected, and the ten new tracks are woven together by a narrative that, while fictional, is still tangible, relatable, simultaneously rooted in the past and reflected in the present. Nori joined us in Studio 1A yesterday and they’re celebrating the album release show this Saturday 9PM at Radio Coffee and Beer. Wander into Bruise Blood with the record’s sensational second song, “Wildfire”!
Is there a Speaker in the House? Texas lawmakers rally around a replacement for Joe Straus and introduce a raft of new potential laws. More than 400 bills already proposed to kick off the 2019 legislative session, we’ll hear about the big ones. Also, Helen Keller and Hillary Clinton out of the classroom? Proposed new standards for Texas public school history classes. And Historian H.W. Brands on why the generation after the founding fathers matters today. And remembering Stan Lee: the passing of a hero maker hits home for a Texas writer. All that and more today on the Texas Standard:
With the current popularity of Red Dead Redemption II, Godless, and Westworld, Nashville singer Lindi Ortega couldn’t be more at home. Over the past two decades, this Toronto-born songwriter has wowed international audiences with her soaring vocals and jaw-dropping skills on guitar and piano.
Earlier this year Ortega released her fifth full-length, Liberty, a Spaghetti Western-inspired record that sounds somewhere in between Ennio Morricone and Emmylou Harris. Lindi’s lyrics simultaneously embrace and challenge the Western mythos on Liberty (and again on Liberty: Parkhill Sessions), and wraps with Ortega riding off into a sunset of seductive sonics. Lindi Ortega performs tonight at The Parish, so be quick on the draw with a free download of Liberty’s midpoint, “The Comeback Kid”!
The nation focused on races too close to call in Florida and Georgia, but what about the one in Texas: the largest district in the nation? We’ll have an update on the still unsettled contest between incumbent Will Hurd and his Democratic challenger, Gina Ortiz Jones. Also, a day after Texas is ordered to pay back more than 30 million dollars for violating laws over special education, evidence emerges that may leave Texas on the hook for another 41 million dollar plus federal penalty. We’ll hear why. Plus a view from the border as thousands of active duty troops take positions. Those stories and so much more today on the Texas Standard:
Local lyricist Eric Mikulak rocked house parties at the helm of his RATM-meets-RHCP group Karmatron for years before focusing on his solo rap career as Click-Clack. This self-imposed hip-hop hermit has since produced around five hundred tracks for himself and others and just when you think he’s mastered his craft, Click-Clack puts out yet another end-all release.
Click-Clack’s latest endeavor is also his most commercially accessible one, the full-length Blue Eyed Black Boy, a the fourteen-song treasure chest of introspective and infectious trap, produced almost entirely by Mikulak and his Ballteam partner Swish Fifty. It’s hilarious, heartwarming, soul-crushing and all around bangin’ and it’s been out for a whole week! Check out the album’s closer, and one of many on Blue Eyed Black Boy that’ll convert you into someone who enjoys autotune, “Last Song”!
Poet Erika Meitner reads her poem “I’ll Remember You As You Were, Not As You’ll Become,” and talks with poet and novelist Carrie Fountain about working in documentary film, coming to poetry, and what it means to her to write “political poetry” today.
In Black America producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. speaks with actor, singer-songwriter and film producer Leon Robinson, known for his portrayals of David Ruffin in The Temptations and Little Richard, as well as numerous other television and film roles. He is currently the leader of reggae-soul band Leon and the Peoples.
Matthew Murphy, aka “Murph,” from the British rock band The Wombats describes how hearing Weezer’s “Say It Ain’t So” and Radiohead’s “Creep” when he was a teenager set him on an alt-rock path, and describes what it’s like to talk about songwriting with Paul McCartney.
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Watch the Wombats perform an acoustic version of “Lemon To a Knife Fight” backstageat ACLfest
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A look at some down ballot election results in Austin. Plus, why urbanists think they won the local election. And how Austin’s efforts to feed an outsized migration of Monarch butterflies will be tested this fall. Those stories and more in this edition of KUT Weekend!
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Humans are not rational beings, and when it comes to data this is blindingly evident. On this episode of Two Guys on Your Head, Dr. Art Markman and Dr. Bob Duke talk about data and the brain.
Migrants entering the U.S. illegally can request asylum according to U.S. law, but not according to the President. We’ll explore the emergency order on asylum seekers. Also, a federal court orders Texas to pay back millions after a scandal involved special education, we’ll take a look. And a Texas-sized problem for folks with disability parking privileges. Plus an effort in Dallas to get more women conducting symphonies: are their neighbors listening? We’ll explain. And what a week in Texas politics: we’ll look back with the Texas Tribune and a whole lot more today on the Texas Standard:
The Texas Standard asks listeners for poetry requests. This one is for Jess.
Only five years into their journey together as musicians, Austin rock outfit Coattails has already shown immense talent through their first album and unapologetic drive in the local music scene. Toss some impressive songwriting skills in the mix and you’ve got a few great reasons why Coattails has opened for the likes of Israel Nash and even Blue Öyster Cult.
The latest step in this quartet’s musical maturation is their six-song EP Imaginary Friends, a record that alternates between pleasant, heartbreaking and just plain badass! Coattails joined us in Studio 1A this past Tuesday and celebrated their EP release show last night at Empire Control Room. If you’re around Fort Worth tomorrow night, they’re playing at Lola’s Trailer Park, otherwise wind up for the weekend with the lead single from Imaginary Friends, “Clocks & Knives”!
Lost in large part in the immediate aftermath of the midterms: do you really know what’s changed in the Texas legislature? We’ll get you up to speed. Lt. Governor Dan Patrick may have held on to his partisan supermajority, but he may have a tougher fight over issues of social conservatism. Two state lawmakers, a Democrat and a Republican offer a reality check. Also, a gut check when it comes to probiotics. They’re all the rage, promising better digestion and better health, but a Texas researcher raises serious new questions. And did Texas shut down the world biggest marketplace for human trafficking? A politifact check and more today on the Texas Standard:
Recognize the name Unnar Gísli Sigurmundsson? No?! If that doesn’t ring any bells, perhaps his musical moniker Júniús Meyvant does. This Icelandic singer-songwriter began writing and releasing originals after years of creatively-induced cabin fever cooped up in his parents’ home. The constant surge of ideas and unwillingness to slow down convinced Sigurmundsson to undertake the compositions all on his own rather than work with a band, and in 2014 Júniús Meyvant was born.
Sigurmundsson’s sultry vocals and compelling arrangements accommodate a folk pop aura with splotches of soul, and the latest from Júniús Meyvant is out on Friday. Júniús Meyvant second full-length Across the Borders is out tomorrow and you can get the pre-emptive mental klaxons firing with the record’s lead single, “High Alert”!
As the singer and Gaita player for the Austin based Afro Columbian band Superfónicos, Jaime Ospina often finds musical inspiration in some pretty interesting places. In this episode, Jaime talks about his love for Gary Clark Jr’s song “When My Train Pulls In” and how the Blues Brothers soundtrack pushed him to discover roots music from his own country. Plus, he tells us how African American music can help us all survive and thrive in an increasingly chaotic world.
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