Free Week

Sweet Limb: “Who’s This”

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, but his new EP The Pastel Noise is all him, venturing into more experimental sounds and introspective lyrics, making the new direction more than a metaphorical artistic manifestation.

On “Who’s This,” Robinson takes a look in the mirror and proudly pontificates on his new, self-confident stride while reflecting on the journey that brought him there. Proving you don’t need density to be deep, these two-and-a-half minutes wrapped in a minimalist yet head-bopping groove are a sweet mantra you can use during your own regularly scheduled reflecting glass time.

Sweet Limb plays KUTX’s Free Week show tomorrow, January 9th at Stubb’s Indoors at 9:45PM.

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 with a Free Week Show this Saturday at Mohawk right before the Bright Light Social Hour, almost like a metaphorical torch passing between eras of Austin indie darlings. And sure, they sound fantastic on the radio, but their live show will consume you. The line-up rounds out with Parker Woodland and Hayden Butler.

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 looking for something totally off the wall that you’ll spend the rest of the year trying to describe to your friends, look no further than haha Laughing. The experimental noise rap group duo of Jay Dilick and Aby Oviedo blends hardcore, rap, free-jazz, electronic, and other elements, creating sublime shambolic chaos. It’s like a stone soup of sound, to be understood only through experience, as they nourish the ~~villagers~~ their audience.

haha Laughing plays a Free Week show this Saturday at Chess Club with Night Ritualz, Die Mart, and more!

Crime statistics for Austin trended downward in 2025

Crime statistics for Austin trended downward in 2025, with the city experiencing the lowest number of murders this decade. We’ll talk about the trends, both locally and nationally, and discuss why the sentiment that crime is rising still persists.

Also, the city has released an updated design plan for a revamped Sixth Street. What will it look like and when will that work begin?

Plus, the first full week of January means it’s Free Week in Austin. Some of the city’s finest musicians will be putting on shows in venues across the city. We’ll have a lay of the land and let you know what our sister station KUTX is cooking up.