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The KUTX music team looks high and low for songs and artists that should be on your radar. It's a no-frills showcase for some of the great music that comes through the "live music capital of the world." Join us to discover new music and revisit some old favorites -- one song at a time.

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Redbud: “Pink Pear”

Redbud started as a passion (and let’s be real, therapy) project for Katie Claghorn during the pandemic. Following the release of the group’s debut EP Long Night in 2023, Redbud has been blossoming. At this point, it’s becoming increasingly harder to find people who haven’t heard of Redbud. The group returns with their follow-up album All Chorus next month, and they’ve been kind enough to give us a little taste. Specifically, they’ve given us a pink pear. The new song shows the indie pop group’s growth and graduated cohesion amongst themselves. “Pink Pear” shows experiments in new directions for Redbud, adding more intricate layers and an edge to their sound. But the slightly blurred, catchy hooks and Claghorn’s ethereal voice remain at the center. And the band remains booked and busy. Redbud has five shows next week during SXSW, the first one being next Tuesday afternoon far away from the SXSW crowds at Double Trouble on North Loop. “Pink Pear” is out now. All Chorus is out April 25th. Redbud Upcoming Shows:Tues 3/11 @ Double Trouble (103 N Loop Blvd E)Thurs 3/13 @ Love, Tito’s (215 Lavaca St.)Sat 3/15 @ Inn Cahoots (1221 E 6th St.)Sun 3/16 @ The Long Time (5707 Dunlap Rd N)

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Magic City Hippies: “Little Bit of Love” (ft. Antwaun Stanley)

When you go through a break-up the traditional thing to do is to pull in, find solace in your platonic relationships, and try new things. Very new things. Like, perhaps, uprooting yourself clear across the country to make your next album. Magic City Hippies follow tradition with their new album Enemies. In the three years since the group’s Water Your Garden release, each member has experienced the loss of a significant romantic relationship, and they’ve poured that energy into their latest album that among other things, saw the Miami trio head west for L.A.. “Little Bit of Love” highlights the group’s study in staying true to their Miami-inspired funk roots while having fun with wild production experimentation and songwriting that beats close to the heart. Together, the energy creates a sense of persevering, not merely existing; introspective songs about hard feelings don’t have to be downers. Especially in our darkest times, we sometimes need something relatable, but upbeat. And to seal it all together, they’ve brought in longtime Vulfpeck collaborator Antwuan Stanley. “Little Bit Of Love” is on Enemies, out now. You can see Magic City Hippies tomorrow night at Stubb’s with fellow Miami band Mustard Service (Austin’s the Capitol plays aftershow indoors).

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J’cuuzi: “How 2 Get Everything You’ve Always Wanted 4 Free (Forever)”[PREMIERE]

Austin’s J’cuuzi are about as avantgarde as you can get. Or as I like to call them pop-vantgarde. They’re too electronic to be post-punk, too post-punk to be considered electronic, and a hair too melodic to be straight noise rock. But it’s hot, wild, and maybe a little dangerous, like a jacuzzi. Their live shows match their songwriting: performing on a stage made to look like a scantily clad apartment filled with its members strutting outrageous, matching homemade costumes that could be described as sideshow couture. All the while, their insatiable high-octane energy locks you in. “How 2 Get Everything You’ve Always Wanted 4 Free (Forever)” is a raucous, metallic beat-driven tune, growling against the woes of late stage capitalism and their solutions to it and your teetering happiness. “How 2 Get Everything You’ve Always Wanted 4 Free (Forever)” is out now.

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Brittany Banowsky: “Two Sunglass Town” (Song Confessional)

If you’ve been paying attention to KUTX the last few years, you’re aware that we have a number of podcasts. One of them is Song Confessional, an effort led by Walker Lukens and Zac Catanzaro where they collect anonymous, wild stories or “confessions” from people then have a musician write a song about the confession. Sometimes Walker and Zac will select a confession and put out an open call to their listeners to submit a song. This is the winner from their latest contest. Austin songwriter Brittany Banowsky penned “Two Sunglass Town” a downtempo indie pop tune based on a confession about moving to a small town and days later winding-up on the front page of the newspaper for evading cops on a motorcycle for not wearing the proper eye gear. The kicker: the family had just moved there after his father had accepted a job as a dean at the town college. You can find the full archive of Song Confessional episodes here. And you can make your own confession in the booth next week during KUTX Live at Scholz Garten.

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Pink Must: “Morphe Sun”

When a project is born from a mutual love of PJ Harvey, you know I’m all in. Pink Must began with this love shared from half a country away, but once Mari Maurice Rubio and Lynn Avery, better known as More Eaze and Iceblink respectively, were both located in Brooklyn, it was game on. As Avery’s moniker insinuates, the duo have crafted an album with several 90’s genre-bending elements. It’s a lot like PJ Harvey wrote songs with one of the decade’s premier trip-hop groups like Massive Attack or Portishead. But then they sometimes throw-in things like strings against a vocoder, again, subverting every expectation, even as you think you’re catching on. Post-punk and trip-hop blend beautifully on the album’s first track “Morphe Sun.” Instead of a melodic earworm, you get a solid beat keeping center on a laid-back song that waxes and wanes between different tempos and pockets of sounds for your ear to swing between. “Morphe Sun,” from Pink Must, out now.

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Illiterate Light: “Payphone”

The Ohio duo Illiterate Light have been making music together for a decade: starting from humble pastoral beginnings making music while working on a farm in the Shenandoah Valle, to their latest album Arches, which saw the band splitting time between Ohio and Hollywood’s Sunset Sound, a room formerly graced by Bob Dylan and Paul McCartney with producer Joe Chiccarelli, who totes the Strokes and Beck on his CV. In the six years since their debut album, Illiterate Light has only continued to make music that fits their headspace, whether that takes the form of something more psychedelic or garage rock. And Arches is their most live-feeling album to date, infusing the studio with the raucous, chaotic energy brought to their shows by their fans. It’s truly a love letter to them. That energy can be experienced tonight in person at Mohawk on Red River with Philadelphia’s Caioga.

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Marlei Dismuke: “Fantasy”

Born in Houston, partially raised in Plano, and now an Austin resident, Marlei Dismuke has been writing and performing music since she started piano lessons at age five. Writing songs for her brothers turned into composing music for family musicals complete with choreography, and eventually truly honing her craft in high school and college, performing everything from jazz to pop to opera. Dismuke’s myriad of musical interests pour through her songs that sometimes leans a little pop and others a little R&B, but there’s little bits of all of her talent baked in. “Fantasy” is a sultry bi-curious anthem, celebrating the female figure while being caught-up in that all-too-relatable moment of, “what do I do with these feelings?”. “Fantasy” is out now.

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Anastasia Hera: “Ambitions” (Live in Studio 1A)

Austin’s Anastasia Hera has been blending her brand of rap and R&B for almost fifteen years. In addition to releasing her own solo work, leading her group Anastasia and the Heroes, and putting her mark on various other projects, she’s also the founder of CAKE (Creativity, Abundance, Knowledge, Education), a non-profit empowering and educating women pursuing music careers. Her deft lyrics, sultry vocals, and smooth, earwormy beats have led her to becoming our February Artist of the Month. And, just announced today, she’s part of our line-up for KUTX Live at Scholz Garten during SXSW next month. As our Artist of the Month, she recently stopped by our Studio 1A to share songs from her latest album Way Outside. And now, you get a taste of what’s to come on the stage at Scholz. “Ambitions” is on Way Outside, out now.

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Finally no intros

15/12/2021

Jpisel

They finally got rid of the dude screaming about tacos of Texas at me every 3 minutes or less.
This is awesome 👏🏼

20/08/2023

Hdaisy2020

Great job bringing these back thank you! 😁🫶🏼👌🏼
We heard you!

20/12/2019

KUTX 98.9

After reading the complaints about too many promos, we cut them by more than half. If you hear one at all, it’ll be at the beginning of a song only. KUTX is a public radio station so we do have to find ways to make what we do (play awesome music and support those artists) possible. Thanks for listening and supporting the Austin Music Experience. Enjoy the tunes!
Good music too much talk

07/05/2019

PAK manza

The adds between all songs make it hard to listen to.

The KUTX music team looks high and low for songs and artists that should be on your radar. It's a no-frills showcase for some of the great music that comes through the "live music capital of the world." Join us to discover new music and revisit some old favorites -- one song at a time.