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This Song: Zettajoule

On this episode of This Song, Meggan Carney and Matt Sheffer of Austin’s Zettajoule tell us how Kate Bush’s “Running Up that Hill (A Deal With God)” and Rufus Wainwright’s “Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk” helped them expand their ideas about the possibilities of pop music and explain what inspired them to record their new low-fi electronic EP, Always Looking Up, on an iPhone.

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Zettajoule is our KUTX Artist of the Month

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This Song: BUHU returns

Austin’s BUHU returns to This Song with a new lineup and a new sound. Now the band centers around the husband and wife team of Jeremy Rogers and Tiffany Paciga. In this episode Jeremy explores how Tiffany, along with Peter Gabriel’s “In Your Eyes” inspired him to be more open and vulnerable in his work. Later Tiffany explores how “I Wanna Win” by Jaako Eino Kalevi made her feel safe enough to let loose.

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This Song: Duckwrth

Rapper and songwriter Duckwrth talks about how “If 6 was 9” by Jimi Hendrix opened his mind to the universe, why San Francisco and psychedelia call to him and what the key to finding peace might be.

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This Song: The Wombats

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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Listen to The Wombats’ New Record Beautiful People Will Ruin Your Life

Watch the Wombats perform an acoustic version of “Lemon To a Knife Fight” backstageat ACLfest

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This Song: Superfónicos

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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This Song: Listener Episode

The This Song listener episode is finally here! Emily La Framboise describes how Tracy Chapman’s “Fast Car” got her interested in social justice. Lee Miller explains how “Darling Be Home Soon” by the Lovin’ Spoonful helped him discover his love of songwriting. We revisit Joanna Castillo as she explores the heartbreaking beauty of Kathy Mattea’s “Where’ve You Been.” And Charlie Press tells us about the impact that the Rolling Stones “Sympathy for the Devil” had on him as a young child.

Thanks to everyone who shared their transformative musical experiences with us! We’re going to make another listener episode! If that sounds like something you want to be a part of all you have to do is record your story about a song that changed your life to a voice memo and email it to us at ThisSong@kutx.org

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This Song Extra: Elvis Costello

In this This Song Extra, Elvis Costello explains why he wanted to get outside of himself and tell other people’s stories in an expansive musical style on his new record Look Now.

Photo by James OMara

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This Song Extra: Janelle Monáe

Janelle Monáe talks to host Elizabeth McQueen after her performance at the Austin City Limits Music Festival about music, love and voting.

Today, October 9th is the last day to register to vote in Texas in order to be eligible to vote on November 6th.

Check out kutx.org/voteOur sister station KUT did an article on Everything You Need to Know to Register to Vote in Texas.📸 Gabriel C. Pérez/KUTX

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This Song: Liz Phair

Liz Phair describes how The Soft Boys “I Wanna Destroy You” put her in touch with her anger and talks about what it’s been like to revisit the music she wrote for the Girly-Sound tapes and Exile in Guyville. Plus she gives host Elizabeth McQueen insight into motherhood.

Liz’s Phair’s Exile in Guyville turned 25 this year. To mark the anniversary the record has been re-released along with the early demos she made when she called herself Girly-Sound — the project is called Girly-Sound to Guyville

📸 Elizabeth Weinberg courtesy of the artist

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This Song: Ghostland Observatory

Thomas Ross Turner from Ghostland Observatory explains how hearing “White Horse” by Laid Back piqued his interest in electronic music and started him on his journey as a musician.

Ghostland Observatory has a new album out called “See You Later Simulator.” Listen to the record here.

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Listen to Aaron Behrens talk about how Curtis Mayfield’s “We People Darker Than Blue,” influenced his musical journey.

Listen to Ghostland’s Spotify playlist of songs that inspired their new record “See You Later Simulator.”

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This Song: Fishbone

Chris Dowd, keyboardist, vocalist and founding member of the iconic ska/punk/funk/rock band Fishbone describes how “I Can See Clearly Now” by Johnny Nash changed his life when he was a kid and explores the reasons that Fishbone’s music is as relevant today as it was in the 80’s and 90’s.

Fishbone is now touring with most of the original lineup. Check out their tour dates here.

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This Song: Israel Nash

Israel Nash describes how hearing the Hollies’ “Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress” inspired him to start writing songs and explains what role inspiration played in the writing and recording his latest record “Lifted.”

This interview was recorded live at Waterloo Records

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This Song: Ethan Hawke and Ben Dickey

The new movie, BLAZE, about legendary singer and songwriter Blaze Foley, is in theatres now. Listen as Ethan Hawke and Ben Dickey describe why they love the music of Blaze Foley and what led them to make a movie about his life.

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This Song: Live at Waterloo Records with Israel Nash

Come to Waterloo Records on Thursday, August 30th at 5pm for a live taping of the This Song podcast with Israel Nash followed by an artist signing. Israel will talk about a song that changed his life, explore his brand new album, LIFTED, and provide an intimate look at his creative process.

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This Song: Beach House

Alex Scally from the dream pop duo Beach House explains how he learned to love a bad note in Bob Dylan’s “Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands” and how that experience showed him the beauty of imperfection and errors in music.

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Experience Beach House’s new record, “7”

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Listen to Twin Shadow describe how “Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands” changed his life

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This Song: Tegan and Sara Rerun

Tegan and Sara give insight into twin sister dynamic, The Smashing Pumpkins‘ Siamese Dream, Phil Collins melodies, teenage bedrooms, finding self-identity, how to be the change and (for all of you songwriters) the secret to writing a hit pop song.

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This Song: Adam Sultan

Austin Artist and podcaster Adam Sultan describes how “Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On)” by Talking Heads changed his life and explains how his life as a musician has informed the making of his podcast “Friends With Deficits.”

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This Song: Lizzo (Rerun)

Lizzo delves into her love for Lauryn Hill ‘s “Zion” and Radiohead’s “Subterranean Homesick Alien,” takes the listener on a journey through her musical influences, and explains why Minneapolis made it possible for her to find her musical way.

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This Song: Night Glitter

On this edition of This Song, we talk to LouLou Ghelichkhani and John Michael Schoepf of Austin’s dreamy synth-pop band Night Glitter about a couple of classic songs that taught them a little bit about themselves. For LouLou, listening to Neil Young’s “Old Man” as a teenager helped her come to terms with some of the difficult feelings surrounding her parent’s divorce. And John Michael says Little Richard’s “Tutti Frutti” not only set him on the musician’s path it taught him what it really means to have fun.

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Night Glitter is KUTX’s Artist of the Month for July

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This Song: Tame Impala (Rerun)

Kevin Parker of Tame Impala describes how hearing Led Zeppelin’s “Good Times Bad Times” made him realize that he could meld his love of rock music with his love of dance music.

Tame Impala will be headling Float Fest in San Marcos Texas on July 22nd. Buy tickets to Float Fest.

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