Song of the Day
Jack Anderson
January 20, 2026
Support for KUTX’s Love Austin Music Month coverage comes from Eldorado Cafe, embracing a community of folks who believe sharing food and music feeds the soul. Austin-based indie dance, post-punk duo Almost Heaven is having a strong start to 2026. After a C3-produced Free Week performance at Stubb’s, the pair recently released “oscillation,” ahead of […]
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January 13, 2026
Support for KUTX’s Love Austin Music Month coverage comes from Eldorado Cafe, embracing a community of folks who believe sharing food and music feeds the soul. It’s not difficult to compare the economic turbulence of 2026 to 2009 – and Marlei, a Houston-born, Austin-based pop/R&B artist, thinks of that time often. In 2009, Marlei was […]
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January 12, 2026
Support for KUTX’s Love Austin Music Month coverage comes from Eldorado Cafe, embracing a community of folks who believe sharing food and music feeds the soul. Indulge in the dreamy, shoegazy splendor of Austin’s Keepsake. All the players are here: lush guitar hooks, head-bopping basslines, and smooth, ethereal vocals. On “Appalachian Trail,” you’re dropped right […]
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January 9, 2026
Russell Taine Jr.: “Strangers”
I’ve said it before, but Austin quartet Russell Taine Jr. is about as cozy Austin as it gets. The kind of band you hear pouring out of a dark bar you might not have otherwise noticed. It sounds like that welcoming, sticky-sweet dive bar aroma. Their new EP Ghost (out last month) is “shaped by […]
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January 8, 2026
Support for KUTX’s Love Austin Music Month coverage comes from Eldorado Cafe, embracing a community of folks who believe sharing food and music feeds the soul. While one taste may be in the name, the latest from Austin’s Sweet Limb is savory and brimming with umami. Historically, Sweet Limb founder Chris Robinson has performed with a band, […]
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January 7, 2026
Good Looks: “Vaughn” [Live In Studio 1A]
Support for KUTX’s Love Austin Music Month coverage comes from Eldorado Cafe, embracing a community of folks who believe sharing food and music feeds the soul. Good Looks! You know Good Looks. Our May 2022 Artist of the Month was fairly quiet throughout 2025, but they’re kicking off the new year in perfect Austin fashion […]
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January 6, 2026
haha laughing: Pulled Apart By Horses
Support for KUTX’s Love Austin Music Month coverage comes from Eldorado Cafe, embracing a community of folks who believe sharing food and music feeds the soul. I like to say that Free Week is a time for exploration, moving on feeling, looking to be pulled in by sound and locked into place. And if you’re […]
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January 5, 2026
Je’Texas: “California Sun” [Live In Studio 1A]
Support for KUTX’s Love Austin Music Month coverage comes from Eldorado Cafe, embracing a community of folks who believe sharing food and music feeds the soul. It’s Free Week, baby! Time to see your favorite groups you haven’t seen in a while, check out bands you haven’t seen but perhaps have heard on your favorite […]
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About
Through countless emails, personal connections, and the occasional poach in the digital wild, each Song of the Day is hand-picked for sound quality, relevance, and recommendableness. Eclecticism across the week is a must, so expect a blend of several genres. Song of the Day launched in December 2012 and has since been heard on KUTX’s airwaves every weekday at approximately 12:55PM Central Standard Time. Song of the Day’s online iterations exists as permanent streaming links with a free download in the first 24 hours of posting. Song of the Day’s on-air theme is composed by producer Jack Anderson.
Taylor Wallace
Taylor Wallace-Riegel has called Austin home longer than her hometown of Midlothian, TX, which she never called home. She began her radio career in 2011 as an intern on the music side of KUT 90.5 when KUTX was a mere sparkle in the eye. Returning as the Saturday Overnight Host in 2014, she was the producer of Eklektikos with John Aielli for three years until she became KUTX’s Weeknight Host, taking over the shift from Laurie Gallardo. In 2020, following the retirement of John Aielli, she stepped into the never-to-be-replicated role as the KUTX Morning Drive Time Host, where she ensures you get your regular dose of Pavement, LCD Soundsystem, PJ Harvey, and the Fall. Taylor has two senior pets: Lewey the cat (adopted in 2013 the day after Lou Reed died) and Otis the dog, whose favorite activity is watching and discussing Bravo with his Mom.
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