Song of the Day

June 23, 2021

Michael Cormier: “More Light!”

As drummer for Friendship and songwriter for Hour, multi-instrumentalist Michael Cormier‘s already made quite the impact on Philadelphia’s music scene. And that’s not even including his solo work that dates back to his 2019 debuts Days Like Pearls and M-F, which both introduced us to the inherent human nature of Cormier’s profound folk. In the brief couple years […]

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June 22, 2021

Armlock: “Power Of A Waterfall”

In their salad days of jazz standards, Melbourne multi-instrumentalists Simon Lam and Hamish Mitchell first connected over a mutual disgust in the genre they rehearsed academically. Fast forward a full decade, where, following shared endeavors with experimental electronic in I’lls and Couture, Mitchell and Lam are now tackling a lo-fi indie-shoegaze sound as Armlock. Armlock […]

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June 21, 2021

Jah Sun & The Rising Tide: “Rock Paper Scissors”

With summer entering full swing and live music quickly trickling back, seasons are certainly changing. And all the earthly elements seem to be pointing the same way, Jah Sun & The Rising Tide. This California-bred reggae project has been surfing through the states in promotion of their upcoming album Running Through Walls, wrapping up a month-long […]

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June 18, 2021

Tortuga Shades: “Revolving” [PREMIERE]

With Texas heat slowing us all down to a turtle’s pace and in search of a cool spot out of the sun, there really is no better time for Tortuga Shades. This Austin four-piece first built up their carapace of R&B-blooded alt-rock with the 2017 EP Migrations, following it up with a spread-out pair of […]

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June 17, 2021

S.L. Houser: “Mirror”

For three quarters of a decade Sara Houser’s been at the front and center of Austin indie pop quartet Löwin and has laid down session vocals and piano for fellow KUTX favorites like Walker Lukens, Golden Dawn Arkestra, Otis Wilkins, Spoon, and A Giant Dog. But despite her prominent role in Löwin and impressive catalogue […]

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June 16, 2021

dreamgoth: “cant wait to die”

Claiming Austin as their local haunt, guitarist-vocalist Marshal Spaulding has built up a repertoire of primarily electronic music under the handle dreamgoth. But as one might expect from the moniker, dreamgoth does indeed dabble with the dark arts of dreampop and shoegaze in their more recent arrangements, soon to be heard on their new EP damien […]

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June 15, 2021

Sam Pace and the Gilded Grit: “Hot Blood”

Specializing in what they call “soul surrealism”, Sam Pace and the Gilded Grit stir up flavors of blues, rock, funk, and of course, soul into their glowing blend, anchored by the eponymous frontman’s rugged baritone voice. Based right here in Austin, Sam Pace and the Gilded Grit got their start nearly a decade back with […]

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June 14, 2021

Indoor Creature: “Get Away” (KUTX Pop-Up)

For the past couple weeks you’ve heard plenty about our June 2021 Artist of the Month, Indoor Creature, a jazz-pop beast that’s evolved from a humble duo into a quaint quintet since their 2015 inception. And though Caleb Fleischer (keys/synth/sax/vocals) continues his tenure as Indoor Creature’s chief visionary, the effortless movement of interior specimen across […]

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