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Song of the Day
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The KUTX team looks high and low for songs and artists that should be on your radar.
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Luna Luna: “Call Me Up” [Backstage at ACL Fest 2022]
Oct 900:03:10Tap to summarizeWe’re smack between ACL weekends, rolling out all kinds of nifty gifties for you from social media content to amazing performance photos to videos and free downloads of our backstage performances. Today, we take a look back at one of our favorites with an artist you can see live next week. Austin’s Luna Luna is the solo project of Kavvi, a Colombian-American artist seamlessly blending his Spanish and English roots for an infectious blend of nostalgia-tinted Latin soul with a modern indie-pop flair. The former KUTX Artist of the Month performs at 3Ten at ACL Live next Thursday, October 16th. The post Luna Luna: “Call Me Up” [Backstage at ACL Fest 2022] appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.
Transcribe →The Heavy Heavy: “Happiness” [Backstage at ACL Fest]
Oct 800:03:07Tap to summarizeFor the last five years, UK duo the Heavy Heavy have been dancing through our airwaves with their retro-inspired brand of indie rock, injecting modern hooks and riffs with harmonies that sound positively Woodstock. We played several songs from the duo’s 2024 album One of A Kind, and they stopped backstage at ACL Fest to hang with us and perform a stripped-down version of “Happiness,” one that landed on our Favorite Songs of 2024 list, that will have you asking if this was recorded at a festival in Austin today or Newport a few decades ago. The post The Heavy Heavy: “Happiness” [Backstage at ACL Fest] appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.
Transcribe →Clover County: “Sweetest” [Backstage at ACL Fest]
Oct 700:03:17Tap to summarizeA.G. Schiano is Clover County, an Athens, Georgia-based project that was largely chiseled and polished on the road while touring with acts like Lord Huron and Shakey Graves. Going through your twenties is like encountering constant change with a seemingly endless number of metamorphoses as you really cement who you are and what you’re all about. The result here is her debut album Finer Things, a sonic coming-of-age scrapbook brimming with reflection, love, and a collection of notions and mementos. Schiano brought Clover County’s blend of classic country, indie pop, and Americana (which she’s cleverly branded “bootgaze”) to the KUTX tent backstage at ACL Fest last weekend to perform “Sweetest,” a poem deep with the metaphor that if love is like baking, in this case, one is the delicate, imperative sugar and the other is the naive chef, still learning how to treat and work with their most important ingredient. The post Clover County: “Sweetest” [Backstage at ACL Fest] appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.
Transcribe →The Animeros: “Gózalo” [Backstage at ACL Fest]
Oct 600:03:17Tap to summarizeBand plays SXSW, the right person catches their set, and the big ball starts rolling. And while that treasured dream has largely been lost to obscurity, merely existing in the whispered annals of Live Music Capitol lore, Austin’s the Animeros are smack in the throes of living it. Their blend of Colombian, Mexican, and West Texas influences weaves a sonic tapestry blending boleros, psychedelia, and cumbia. Their SXSW set last year put them in the crosshairs of one Dan Auerbach, who produced the group’s debut single “Gózalo” that came out in August. A cover of “Gózalo Mulata” by Texas Latin soul artist Esteban “Steve” Jordan (AKA the Jimi Hendrix of the accordion), the trio married Jordan’s raw, emotive energy to their own psych-funk edge. The Animeros swung by our tent backstage at ACL Fest last weekend to perform “Gózalo.” Find the video at KUTX.org. The post The Animeros: “Gózalo” [Backstage at ACL Fest] appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.
Transcribe →SOB & the Dangs: “I Don’t Mind”
Oct 300:04:09Tap to summarizeIt’s Friday, I think five planets are still in retrograde, so let’s all take a breath and let out a big ol’ “GOT DANG!” And now let’s get to the real danged thing. Stacey McCann leads the Austin blues-funk group SOB & the Dangs (and the SOB is for StaceOnBass thank you very much!). McCann’s voice was made for the blues, full of raw emotion belting from a place of a life lived. They’ve got a new EP on the way, and today we’re thrilled to share “I Don’t Mind,” a tune that takes a break from the booty shaking for an honest self-check-in and not throwing away the past, but concluding “it is what it is, and for myself, I can only look forward.” The post SOB & the Dangs: “I Don’t Mind” appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.
Transcribe →Warmduscher: “Midnight Dipper” [Live In Studio 1A]
Oct 200:03:34Tap to summarizeFor ten years, London’s Warmduscher have been tantalizing audiences with their raucous brand of post-punk, weaving throbbing guitar melodies with elaborate stories about ridiculous run-ins with characters of all stripes. It’s like getting a dive bar soundtrack to the best stories you’ve heard from your favorite regular. Despite ten years and five albums under their belt, the quintet has never lost its dirty debonair attitude, and that was manifested for our Studio 1A audience last Thursday ahead of their Levitation show at 13th Floor that night. Even better, they blessed us with this classic from 2019’s Tainted Lunch. Find the full Studio 1A video at KUTX.org. The post Warmduscher: “Midnight Dipper” [Live In Studio 1A] appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.
Transcribe →Kelly Willis: “I Don’t Care”
Oct 100:03:23Tap to summarizeKelly Willis has been a stalwart of Austin’s country and Americana scene for decades, so it’s no surprise to find her on Grey DeLisle’s new project: IT’S ALL HER FAULT: A TRIBUTE TO CINDY WALKER. For the compilation, Willis chose the 1955 tune “I Don’t Care,” written by Walker and Webb Pierce, that spent 12 weeks at the top of the Country and Western charts and later became a hit again for Ricky Skaggs in 1982, the first version of the song Willis heard. Inspired by Willis’s personal memory of performing the song with her husband and brother-in-law at a family wedding (celebrating Bruce and Charlie Robinson’s sister and the band’s longtime bass player), Willis’s take on this country swing classic strikes a particularly romantic and tender chord, like her buttery, twangy vocals always do. IT’S ALL HER FAULT: A TRIBUTE TO CINDY WALKER is out October 10th. Kelly Willis plays a birthday bash show tomorrow night, October 2nd, at the 04 Center with BETTYSOO. The post Kelly Willis: “I Don’t Care” appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.
Transcribe →Magic Rockers of Texas: “Where Did My Life Go?” [Live In Studio 1A]
Jun 5, 2025Tap to summarizeFor 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 their usual fare, in large part due to the addition of powerhouse guitarist Will Grover, freeing Campo to focus even more on his penchant for punchy, sardonic songs that make “miserable bastard” seem almost aspirational and his adept propensity for songwriting and composition. Bassist Chris Kues brings in his pedal steel to add the right touch of honky-tonk to a couple of great bar anthems, and as a drummer should, McGarrity Stanley is deftly able to hold the chaos together and throw himself in. While Magic Rockers of Texas albums are always stellar, anyone in the know knows the real magic is in their live performance. And if you don’t know, welcome in. Magic Rockers of Texas open for David Ramirez tonight at CBoys. The post Magic Rockers of Texas: “Where Did My Life Go?” [Live In Studio 1A] appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.
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