Song of the Day – KUTX

So, you're a runner looking for a playlist. Maybe you do a quick Spotify or Tidal search, hit the one that matches your personal taste the most, or just hit play on the first one that pops up. Maybe you go an extra step to ask a friend or consult a subreddit. Maybe. Eventually, you […] The post Local Al: “Hold Me – Pidän (mä pidän)” appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

Even if the name Tamir Kalifa is new to you, his projects certainly are not. A member of both the orchestral-indie collective Mother Falcon and its alter ego rowdy party band Sip Sip, Kalifa’s part of two of Austin’s biggest “moment bands” of the 2010’s. A photojournalist who splits his time between Austin and Berlin, […] The post Tamir Kalifa: “Jackie’s Rock” appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

It's the last week of Pride Month, and we've got one more great profile for you, and this one gets a little teaser. Ramesh Srivastava spent the 00's enchanting audiences with the catchy indie-pop group Voxtrot, a group Ramesh started after high school and moving to Europe. He brought Voxtrot back home to Texas, making […] The post Ramesh w/ Invoke: “Broadway” [RECORDED LIVE IN STUDIO 1A] appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

South Texas rockers West of Rome are here to dislodge the kernel from your craw and even offer you a spittoon so you can get that novel, satisfying “ting.” The band is made-up of childhood friends who, in the absolute tumult leading up to and including the pandemic, decided to finally come together creatively to […] The post West of Rome: “Movement In Your Picture” appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

For about a decade, Austin power pop group Magic Rockers of Texas have been certifiable Austin Music Darlings, going through long periods of performing across town, sometimes as often as three times a week. And that’s just meeting demand. On their new album Gorging On American Fair, Magic Rockers serve-up a more decadent version of […] The post Magic Rockers of Texas: “Where Did My Life Go?” [Live In Studio 1A] appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

Wet Hot Austin Summer is here, baby! And while we’re out all over town putting on free shows like The Drop-In and Music Under the Star, we’re here to splash some new tunes onto your summer playlist. Members of Austin punk band Miss Guilty met in a rockabilly project over a decade ago and in […] The post Miss Guilty: “Not the One” appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

Our April 2025 Artist of the Month was Next of Kin, the country trio, made up of Lili Hickman, Madison Baker, and Caelin bring a breath of fresh country energy to the Austin music scene they've been part of individually for years. In that time, the three fell in love with each other's music, and […] The post Next of Kin: “Jekyll & Hyde” [Live in Studio 1A] appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

Like the sun finally coming out from the clouds after five days of relentless summer thunderstorms, comes the new album from Detroit indie pop duo JR JR. On Back to the Land, it’s all in the name. After spending time letting their bubbly, direct indie hooks take side stage for some more experimental endeavors, here, […] The post JR JR: “Back to the Land” appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

Today we feature duality. Duality in name, sound, and time. Austin’s Joy Baldwin has been releasing music under the name Steel Gemini for the past several years, an electropop project that grabs your ear with punchy, tinny drumbeats shimmery synths, and pulls you in with Baldwin’s powerful, yet unexpected, jazz-meets-country vocals. On her upcoming debut […] The post Steel Gemini: “Sound and the Fury” appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

When you're an Austinite, words like Brownout and Superfónicos paint a very clear, distinct picture. Not only in sound, but in community and philosophy. A distillation of this comes from Superfónicos co-founder Jamie Ospina's debut solo album The Vessel, a collection of songs of resilience, community, and storytelling blending sonic influences from Africa and Latin […] The post Jamie Ospina: “The Vessel” appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

On Tanika Charles’s new album Reasons To Stay, pain becomes soulful beauty and vulnerability takes center stage. More than five years after her album The Gumption, the Toronto soul singer returns with her most intimate album to date. On Reasons To Stay, she goes deep on her family history in terms of the stages of […] The post Tanika Charles: “Talk to Me Nice” appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

Old 97's bassist Murry Hammond grew-up in Boyd, TX, a rural town outside of Ft. Worth whose population reached a staggering 1,400 residents in 2020. Growing up surrounded by wide open spaces is a metaphor for Hammond's intrepid curiosity of the world, not only geographically, but for the people who populate it. These themes have […] The post Murry Hammond: “Take This Heart And Lock It Up” appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

For three decades, Eric Hilton and his groundbreaking electronic duo Thievery Corporation have been household names considered required listening for new electronic fans and general music enthusiasts alike. Their signature downtempo blend of dub, bossa nova, lounge, and club music finds its way in Hilton's solo work as well. On his new compilation-like album Midnight […] The post Eric Hilton- “Beautiful Moment” appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

Sometimes we need to revel in the melancholy to understand it and pick ourselves up, and sometimes we have to combat darkness with warm sunshine, finding growth and therapy in a catchy earworm. Such is the case for L.A. producer Jordan Topf AKA Windser, who mulls over and emotes on his mix of sadness and […] The post Windser- “These Days” appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

Austin's Britny Lobas is a pop rock powerhouse. Originally a member of the pop rock group Corbella, Lobas broke out on her own. But her volume of output is the opposite of her volume of talent and vocal power, preserving her song coins like the Four of Pentacles and methodically doling out one banger after […] The post Britny Lobas: “You Can Have It” [PREMIERE] appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

Austin duo Felt Out (FKA “Emme” for you fellow 2010’s Austin music scenesters) mesmerize and catch audiences off-guard with their signature blend of kitchen-sink alt-pop — no sound or notion is off-the-table, one song can be metallic and the next quite earthy, with maybe a guitar as a shared element. But the infinitely-instrumentalist duo are […] The post Felt Out: “Fruit Cart” appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

Songwriter and instrumentalist David Alvarez walks among the echelon of Austin musicians whose personal musical and production diversity has afforded them space in nearly every corner of the city’s music scene. Blackchyl, Sun June, and Dorio make up some of their repertoire, but now Alvarez has turned to focus on their own project, e. artifact. […] The post e. artifact: “Rightly Timed” appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

Austin's Cactus Lee could be described as merely a country artist, but to be truly accurate, it's Texas country. Frontman Kevin Dehan, a lifelong fanatic and student of the Lone Star State's tenured history of folk and country, has dedicated his music career to being a concrete contributor. In late March, Cactus Lee released their […] The post Cactus Lee: “Rabbit” appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

Atlanta indie rocker Becca Harvey AKA Girlpuppy has been through it, y'all. After getting off the break-up rollercoaster following a four-year relationship, she lays out her journey is an almost epistolary way, intimately detailing her process in a way that feels like she's soundtracked her diary. But there's plenty of resilience in her album Sweetness […] The post Girlpuppy: “I Just Do” appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

Despite only releasing music since 2019, Austin indie rock outfit Daily Worker seems to be taking a page from the Robert Pollard and King Gizzard book of prodigious releases. The group, helmed by Cotton Mather guitarist Harold Whit Williams, has released over a dozen album in just six years. Not surprising when you're not only a musician, […] The post Daily Worker: “Delmar Overload” appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

Austin duo Pendulum Hearts take over stages with their blend of Western Swing and rockabilly, filled-out by a rotating cast of characters to round out the rhythm section and sprinkle in soloists. The beat of Pendulum Hearts comes from guitarist and vocalist Chase Risinger and fiddle player Tony Perez. They're sweat-inducing, boot-scooting live shows are […] The post Pendulum Hearts: “Cocaine Cowboy” appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

UT Austin alums Andy Baxter and Andy Jahnke have been releasing music together as Penny & Sparrow for a decade. Revered for their poetic lyricism and ability to pull off acoustic gems and electronic meditations masterfully on the same album, Penny & Sparrow continue that tradition on their current album Lefty. An ambitious, twenty-song release […] The post Penny & Sparrow: “Ketamine” (ft. Tobe Nwigwe) appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

Nashville indie folk artist Melanie MacLaren has garnered praise for her music all across americana outlets. In just three years, she's released dozens of songs and several EP's and live tracks. Her warm, effortless vocals tend to be just one of the many patterns running through her tapestry of many orchestrated layers. Not shying away, […] The post Melanie MacLaren: “Get It Back” appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

Nashville’s Sophie Allison has been releasing music as Soccer Mommy for almost a decade. Historically her albums are story-based outputs and we, the listener, are invited to have a sit and listen. Her latest album Evergreen however is simply a collection of great songs with some really great little surprises. “Abigail” is about the purple-haired, […] The post Soccer Mommy: “Abigail” [Live In Studio 1A] appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

Dayton, Ohio's M. Ross Perkins has an affinity for blending 60's British Invasion music with the sounds of American pop standards with just enough of a contemporary veneer to let you know the sound is an homage to the time, not a hint to its release date. His third album What's the Matter, M Ross? […] The post M. Ross Perkins: “Spiritual Kick” appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

Last year, Monophonics bandleader Kelly Finnigan released his second solo album A Lover Was Born, a stellar study in psychedelic soul extending cleanly from the classic Monophonics sound. A song that didn't make it onto the album was “Keep Me In Mind,” a smooth soul bop featuring Chicago soul legend Renaldo Domino. While most of […] The post Kelly Finnigan: “Keep Me In Mind” (ft. Renaldo Domino) appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

Austin psych-rock group Queen Serene was conceived during COVID when former Naked Tungs guitarist Sarah Ronen began writing her own music following the band’s dissolution, but soon realized she preferred creating in a group. Now the group is filled out with Charlie Cassells, Dave Pohly, and co-songwriter Galceran. Queen Serene’s sophomore album 2 feels out […] The post Queen Serene: “In A Rut (I’m Stuck)” appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

Welch trio The Bug Club have been continuing the traditions of garage rock since 2016. Short, punchy songs with humorous lyrics and catchy hooks bulk out the group’s discography, and under the freewheeling rollicking is an understated seriousness to their musicianship. Aside from the wild wall of sound that makes the trio sound like a […] The post The Bug Club: “Better Than Good” [Live In Studio 1A] appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

Austin’s Larry Llodra has fronted a couple of Austin groups including noise rock band UVH. Llodra’s new project Roaring Sun is a hard turn from the hard, fuzzy songs of UVH, opting for a bristly, folk rock sound. The debut album Turn and Wave is melancholic and tender, raw and unflinching. The project was born […] The post Roaring Sun: “View So Blue” appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

After over fifteen years of making and releasing music, Austin's David Ramirez considered hanging up his music career, but he rescinded that notion following the outcry from his fans and a prolonged tenure of soul searching. After all, when raw emotion and critical self-reflection are consistent tenants of your music, sometimes that process can feel […] The post David Ramirez: “I Got People” [Live In Studio 1A] appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

Austin singer-songwriter Taylor Rae released her debut album Mad Twenties in 2021, a release that led to a 30-week stint on the Americana radio charts and opportunities to hit the road opening for bands like the Head and the Heart and Band of Heathens. After a stretch of playing an average of 200 gigs a […] The post Taylor Rae: “Cologne” appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

Brian D'Addario and his brother Michael came onto our radar back in 2016 as the duo the Lemon Twigs and their debut album Do Hollywood, a throwback splash of 60's and 70's rock and pop akin to the Beatles and the Beach Boys. Now after five Lemon Twigs albums, Brian D'Addario has released his debut […] The post Brian D’Addario: “Till the Morning” appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

 Austin's Jeremiah Jackson has been shaking-up the traditional sounds of the Austin music scene for the last several years with his self-signed “Glam Daddy Blues.” Donned in one of his signature capes of many lengths and many textiles typically matched with street clothes underneath, before the band strikes a chord, you already know you're in […] The post Jeremiah Jackson: “I Believe In You” [PREMIERE] appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

Danny Lee Blackwell has been performing under the moniker Night Beats since 2009, but there's an argument that he could just as well be called “The Distiller.” Night Beats has a reputation for concocting. Blackwell can make a country song sound like a trip through the desert with Hunter S. Thompson. He can turn a […] The post Night Beats: “Behind the Green Door” appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

Mobley’s career has been a fun, transformative one over the last decade. You heard that right, we've been talking about and championing Mobley for almost ten years. What started as writing smart R&B pop bops has grown into full concept albums revolving around racism, technology, and our future, composing cautionary tales warning of a regressing society […] The post Mobley: “Yesterday’s Another Day” [PREMIERE] appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

Austin's Ley Line has been celebrated for their beautiful songs that encapsulate the Earth and its connection to the musical traditions of blues and folk as well as Brazil, West Africa, and Latin America. Songs that celebrate older, more traditional genres with a delicate soul that always feels grounded in nature. Whether it's the song's […] The post Ley Line: “Flores” [PREMIERE] appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

Austin’s Paige Renee Berry has had music at the center of their life since before they could talk. The Knoxville, Tennessee native began writing their own music in college, and when they moved to Austin in 2015, Berry co-founded the folk duo The Rosaries. In 2018 Berry started taking their own solo music head-on but […] The post Half Dream: “Fly” [PREMIERE] appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

Texas band Chaparelle harkens back to a golden era of country with modern lyrics. What started as a mind-meld between Zella Day and Jesse Woods in 2023 not only evolved into a match on its way towards matrimony, but also into a trio, originally working with Beau Bedford in a producer role before he became […] The post Chaparelle: “Playing Diamonds, Cashing Checks” appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

They say the SXSW trifecta is free food and drinks, seeing one of your favorite bands (current or past) and discovering your next beloved band. I hit that trifecta this year, and it is my absolute pleasure to bring you my new obsession. Atlanta's CDSM (short for Celebrity Death Slot Machine) are a rag tag […] The post CDSM: “Not Another Bleeder” appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

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 29th Street Ballroom with Christian […] The post Gus Baldwin & The Sketch: “Itch” (Live in Studio 1A) appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

Bassist and singer Anastasia Wright has long been a part of the Austin music tradition of being part of about a dozen bands you've seen and heard of. Hong Kong Wigs, Tyler Jordan and the Negative Space, Black Basements, and the B-52's cover band Mock Lobster. Additionally, she's been running her own vegan catering and […] The post Soft Bones: “Let the Sun In” appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

Athens, Georgia. A fertile ground for breeding world famous bands like the B-52’s, R.E.M., of Montreal, and Drive-By Truckers. Now, humbly moving their own way up the ranks is hey, nothing. The emo-folk duo, originally from Atlanta, are, for better, or worse, writing music that is much more raw and reflective than what you’d expect […] The post hey, nothing: “Barn Nursery” appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

Over the last several years, Kenneth Frost has made his mark in the Austin underground scene with his band the Cuckoos, a group that blends classic rock sentiments with neo-psych and club beat attitude and punctuation. Now Frost is stepping into a new project, a six-piece outfit called Blush Fantasy. Blush Fantasy is like a […] The post Blush Fantasy: “Dreamboat” appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

Austin's Julian Neel grew-up in Lubbock surrounded at home by the music of artists like Joe Ely and the Flatlanders. Then he spent the last half of the 2010's on the road with Molly Burch touring the US and Europe. All the while, he was fronting his own band, and he released his debut album […] The post Julian Neel: “Mermaid of the Rodeo” appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

Austin's Nick Garza is Texas music personified. The 13th-generation singer-songwriter uses his baritone voice to add an extra layer of salve to his beautifully-crafted songs that embody not only Western music, but plenty of notes and nods to various Texas-centered genres like Tejano. He's even collaborated Texas with music stalwarts like Augie Meyers and Los […] The post Nick Garza’s Get Along: “Silver to Hold” appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

The last day of Spring Break deserves a real party, doesn’t it? Well, Chinese American Bear has the honey pot for just that. Classically trained Anne Tong immigrated from China with her family when she was around six years old, and after moving around several states in vastly different parts of the country, the family […] The post Chinese American Bear: “Feelin’ Fuzzy” (Live At Scholz Garten) appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

Happy first day of spring! With sunny skies in the 70s and school out, let's put an extra spring in that step. Mexico City's Los Eclipses are a cosmic duo. Blending many Latin music influences with singer Eva De Marce's Franco background, a lot of their music feels like it's created a rare new space […] The post Los Eclipses: “Elodie” (Live At Scholz Garten) appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

It’s Wednesday, baby, and we are halfway through our week of celebrating some of our favorite performances from last week’s KUTX Live at Scholz Garten, where over 2,000 music fans local and visiting came and celebrated with us. “Contigo Quiero Todo” or “I Want Everything With You,” is one of Edgar Alejandro’s many captivating love […] The post Edgar Alejandro: “Contigo Quiero Todo” (Live At Scholz Garten) appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

As we continue our week-long celebration of our week at Scholz Garten where we raised over $20k for the Central Texas Food Bank, we turn our ears north and south to King Cruff. Raised in Jamaica, based in Montreal, and being Bob Marley’s grandson, Solomon Markey-Spence AKA King Cruff, furthers the family legacy with his […] The post King Cruff: “Easy” (Live At Scholz Garten) appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

Last week, the SXSW storm rolled in, and KUTX was part of the rolling thunder over part of downtown. 16 artists took the Scholz Garten stage across four days, and one of the standouts was Cork, Ireland’s Cardinals. While the band tends to dance around calling themselves post-punk, they do set themselves apart from their […] The post Cardinals: “Unreal” (Live At Scholz Garten) appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

Austin native Elijah Delgado has been releasing his self-proclaimed indie rock lullabies since 2021. Since then, he's performed with national acts like Sister Hazel and Dayglow and performed at Old Settler's Music Fest and Utopiafest. Since the release of his debut EP in 2021, Delgado has been sprinkling his audience with a few singles, now […] The post Elijah Delgado: “Hide + Seek” appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.