By Kylie Hogg Local Music Journalist Last week I attended South by Southwest festival in Austin, Texas where I had the chance to see and photograph many live music showcases; some that I knew of previously and some I discovered while there. Most of the artists I saw were very entertaining, so I have compiled a ranking of the artists I saw at South by Southwest from my least […]
By Kylie Hogg Local Music Journalist KTSW 89.9 got together with the rest of the San Marcos community last Thursday, adding a second day to this month’s International Women’s Day festivities. Each year, KTSW books bands with female-identifying members to play at local venues as a way to highlight some of the women in the Central Texas music scene. This year the spotlight was on Crash Test Girls and […]
By Kylie Hogg Local Music Journalist Last Saturday, I got the chance to attend Texas State Film Club’s first look at their short film, "Near Miss". The film is written and directed by Andrew Hodge and follows two strangers, Frank and Marie, as they meet and form an unlikely friendship on their last night on earth when they believe a giant meteor is set to hit earth and end humanity. […]
By Kylie Hogg Local Music Journalist Austin-based five-piece band Bleach Burn has been making music for the past two years. Silver Linings, the band's debut album published in December 2022, takes a slow and sludgy introspective dive into heartbreaking subjects including drug usage and traumatic relationships. With fuzzy guitars and intense synthesizers, this album is sure to be a favorite for fans of shoegaze. The group began in 2021 when […]
By Kylie Hogg Local Music Journalist Indie-rock supergroup, boygenius, made their much-anticipated return to the music scene last week with the release of three songs and a feature Rolling Stone cover. The group was formed when Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers and Lucy Dacus were set to tour with each other in 2018. To promote the tour, the trio released an EP titled boygenius. After the EP, however, the three focused […]
By Kylie Hogg Music Journalis I talked to the singer of the Nashville-based band, Champagne, recently about Nashville, concept albums, and robots! Champagne is composed of frontman Nick Seaman, Chris Cabaniss, and Aaron Umberger. They were based in Austin but recently moved to Nashville Tennessee. Champagne will be playing our next Third Thursday event at The Porch, this Thursday, November 17, 2022! Kylie Hogg: So you’re in Nashville right now, correct? […]
Kylie Hogg Music Journalist I sat down with Nik Parr, the lead singer from Austin-based band, The Selfless Lovers to talk about their upcoming Third Thursday show with us on October 20, 2022, as well as other general music opinions. Kylie Hogg: So, your website says you tour around 150 dates per year. Does that get emotionally draining as a band that is not yet ‘established’? Nik Parr: Yes, […]
By Kylie Hogg Local Music Journalist On Tuesday, September 26th, 2022, I had the honor of spending the night at Harry’s House. For those of you who may be unaware, Harry Styles has been going on a residency tour for the past month and a half or so. He has taken over Madison Square Garden for fifteen nights (sold out and earned an honorary banner) and now resides at the […]
By Kylie Hogg Music Journalist I sat down with Arthur Black, one of three local artists expected to perform at The Porch this week for KTSW’s September Third Thursday, to talk about his most recent album, Broken Pop Machine. I was interested to learn more about his beginnings in music, as well as his opinions on that ever-so-controversial word in the music world right now: genre! Kylie Hogg: I listened […]
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