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Every December, we celebrate the year’s class of 11 Artists of the Month by filling your airwaves, throwing back to Studio 1A’s and My KUTX DJ sets, and giving the year a proper Austin music sendoff. We’ll also be revisiting some of the Studio 1A songs here on Song of the Day, which means you get another chance to grab a free download of these live tracks.

We’re kicking off December with our March Artist of the Month Gus Baldwin & the Sketch, who released their debut album, The Sketch, at the beginning of 2025. After playing shows with Frankie & the Witch Fingers and Hinds during SXSW, the quartet hit the road twice, including their November stint opening for Mississippi band Bass Drum of Death on the southwest and west coast leg of their tour and frontman Gus Baldwin releasing his debut solo album in October.

Ahead of their next show next Saturday, December 13th at Chess Club, we’re revisiting their raucous, high-octane Studio 1A session.

We’re already in April. Q1 is gone but not forgotten. And as a final sendoff to the first part of the year, we’re throwing down with our March Artist of the Month, Gus Baldwin & The Sketch, one more time.

The quartet had an affirming SXSW, playing big shows at 29^th Street Ballroom with Christian Bland & the Revelators and Frankie & the Witch Fingers and Hotel Vegas with Madrid’s Hinds. Those shows were ramping up towards their quick tour kicking-off this week. But before leaving town, they stopped by Studio 1A to bring their live, infectious garage rock energy to our concert club members and airwaves. So let’s give it up once more for our March Artist of the Month!

You can see Gus Baldwin & the Sketch at Mohawk on Monday, April 21st.