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December 19, 2019

Primo: “Christmastime With You”

By: Jack Anderson

As we step into the 2020s you may find yourself getting nostalgic over decades past, and if you’re in the mood to revisit an over-saturated VHS version of the late ’80s right here in Austin, look no further than Laura Lee Bishop, better known as Primo the Alien or simply Primo. Primo’s soaring vocals sound great over a number of styles, ranging from rock to electropop to synthwave, as always, entirely written and produced by Primo herself.

This Saturday at Swan Dive Gay.Do512 present’s Primo the Alien’s Holiday Extravaganza benefitting Out Youth so shake up a retro-futuristic snow globe with “Christmastime With You”!


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August 8, 2022

9m88: “Love Is So Cruel”

Ranging from Wu-Tang Clan’s RZA & GZA to Austin’s own Slothrust, the first step to truly appreciating an artist is knowing how to say their name correctly. So even though 9m88 may sound more like a robotic bounty hunter to a Native English speaker, when we loosely translate from phonetic Taiwanese, the actual pronunciation rolls […]

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August 3, 2022

Personality Contest: “Would You Like to Know”

So often when we’ve heard someone say, “it’s not a popularity contest”, the opposite turns out to be true. But here in the Live Music Capital, it’s perfectly clear that having a larger-than-life persona and being in vogue will get you pretty far. Enter Austin four-piece Personality Contest, who’ve been curating a style of indie-psych-rock […]

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August 2, 2022

The Harlequins: “TIME”

Relationships of all kinds deserve commemoration. Whether it’s with romantic partners or creative projects, after the initial handful of anniversaries, every fifth one merits something grandiose. This year Cincinnati three-piece The Harlequins celebrate their first decade and a half together, with the most recent third of that period spent writing and recording their next album, […]

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August 1, 2022

Otis Wilkins: “Eat Yer Phone”

We here at KUTX aren’t shy about our adoration for Austin songwriter Taylor Wilkins. And why would we be? Between his two semi-eponymous projects – the hard rockin’ Otis the Destroyer and the soft poppin’ Otis Wilkins, Taylor doesn’t really miss. We’re still patiently holding out for a full record from the latter, but Wilkins’ “quality over quantity […]

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July 29, 2022

Bruce Smith: “Campbellton”

Without too much hard data to support this claim, songwriters who’ve divided their time between several metropolises and musical hubs tend to have some of the most fascinating insights. Just look at Bruce Smith, who was reared near Detroit and based in Atlanta during his late teens and early twenties. The early portion of Smith’s […]

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