Song of the Day

April 7, 2022

The Lonesome Heroes: “Cloak And Dagger”

Compared to other genre pairings, indie and country typically don’t get corralled together, but they’ve made for some successful formulas in the past, perhaps most notably with Band of Horses. A good representation of those crossroads here in Austin is The Lonesome Heroes, a “cosmic Americana” quartet whose cornered their sunny, acoustic sound over three […]

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April 6, 2022

Sneaky Peaches and the Fuzz: “Footsteps”

When your debut single harvests one-and-a-half million streams on Spotify, you must be doing something right. Take for example Austin trio Sneaky Peaches and the Fuzz, whose hook-driven drupes have catapulted them into international indie pop recognition. These surreptitious freestones are all still college-age, but clearly each member’s got a lot of talent within their […]

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April 5, 2022

Tody Castillo: “Landlocked”

If you were a regular in the Live Music Capital during the mid-late-aughts, you may remember the name Tody Castillo. Castillo self-released his eponymous debut in 2004 as well as his sophomore Windhorse in 2009, but he’s since shied away from the studio, at least on the surface. Turns out…that’s no longer the case. After […]

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April 4, 2022

Buenos Diaz: “Cocaine Queen”

For anyone, it’s good to reflect on your goals and see which dominoes can teeter now towards great results ten years from now. And for someone as accomplished as Austin’s Nick Diaz, we’d be surprised if Buenos Diaz was far from what he first envisioned in Brooklyn back in 2010. Nick’s semi-eponymous lo-fi alt-pop project […]

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April 1, 2022

Lil Ripper: “Bubble Bubble”

Thanks to shifting social interests and categorical curiosity, we here at KUTX are now able to explore an entirely different product of musical appreciation. We’re talking about that vase-looking thing that sounds like a broken aquarium filter and tends to get used before throwing on Dark Side of the Moon or trekking out to ACL […]

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March 30, 2022

Factor Chandelier: “Insecticide” (feat. Eligh)

Down here in Austin we’ve got a lot of pride for our FC, but up in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan a completely different FC commands an arena’s worth of attention. I’m talking about underground hip-hop producer Graham Murawsky better known by his handle Factor Chandelier. Between Murawsky’s contributions, collaborations, and compilations, it’s tough to pinpoint exactly how […]

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March 30, 2022

Mark Ghastine: “Did You Do the Math?”

Indie-jazz is a pretty accessible inlet within the bay that yacht rock usually drops anchor. And though the latter is trickier to define than the former, their currents and tides undeniably influence one another. You’ll hear that same fluidity in Mark Ghastine‘s budding discography, which so far consists of six standalone singles. They’re chock-full of […]

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March 29, 2022

Antelope: “Silence”

With a genre as sprawling as indie rock, it can be tough to track down exactly what you’re looking for. But if you’re on the hunt for some vintage indie in the vein of Built to Spill, Sonic Youth, and Dinosaur Jr., you’ll want to check out Antelope. Not to be confused with D.C. post-punk […]

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