By The KTSW Music Department Finals week has officially hit Texas State’s stomping grounds and we have the perfect Spotify playlist to ease your stress. Being a completely student-run staff we know your pains this week and complied a list … Continue reading The Finals Countdown (Playlist)
By Janelle Abad Music Director Fun Fun Fun fest’s 10th year anniversary brought out the most eclectic and widest range of acts Austin has ever seen in one festival. One among many was folk-punk project, Andrew Jackson Jihad of whom … Continue reading Song writing and Southern U.S. Tour Talk with Sean Bonnette (Andrew Jackson Jihad)
By The KTSW Music Department Werewolves, witches, and wicked tunes, oh my! The streets are lined with jack-o-lanterns of all characters and sizes which means one thing: Halloween is creeping around the corner. KTSW has lined up a spooky Spotify … Continue reading Dead Beats (Halloween Playlist)
By The KTSW Music Department Come one, come all! Fun Fun Fun Fest hits Austin, Texas’ Auditorium Shores November 6th-8th and the KTSW Music department has created a Spotify playlist of your musical essentials for the festival. Our playlist contains … Continue reading KTSW X Fun Fun Fun Fest 2015 (Playlist)
Written and interviewed by Troy Burke Kieran Shudall and Joe Falconer are members of the English pop band Circa Waves. Kieran is on vocals and rhythm guitar while Joe plays the lead. They are here in the United States supporting … Continue reading Circa Waves Interview
By The KTSW Music Department This year’s Austin City Limits is just around the corner! This weekend, October 2nd – 4th, and next, October 9th-11th, attendees should be ecstatic to see some of the best artists from around the world play in … Continue reading KTSW X ACL 2015 (Playlist)
By The KTSW Fall 2015 Music Staff The Music staff has complied a list of 15 songs best fit for hyping up your very own bobcat football team this season. This playlist will get your heart pumping and will prepare … Continue reading Bobcat Football Tailgating Playlist
By Janelle Abad Music Director Tomorrow kicks off the second year of the three day festival filled with the San Marcos essentials: floating, friends and music. Float Fest brings to the San Marcos river shores artists from across the nation … Continue reading Float Fest 2015 Artist Preview: The Bright Light Social Hour
By The Fall 2015 KTSW Music Staff Welcome back Bobcats! Check out this playlist of 15 tracks hand picked by your very own KTSW Fall 2015 Music staff. We’re just as excited as you are to kick of the new semester, … Continue reading Back to School: Fall 2015 (Playlist)
By Janelle Abad Music Director Alternative grunge band, Creepoid took a stop at Austin’s very own Red 7 in part of their Summer 2015 Tour for the release of their latest album Cemetery High Rise Slum. Joining them at Red 7 were … Continue reading Creepoid Makes Maps with album ‘Cemetery Highrise Slum’
by KTSW Music Staff With this year’s Float Fest hitting our very own San Marcos river shores this coming August 28th-30th, the KTSW music department has provided you with songs by Float Fest artists that you’ve heard on our airwaves. … Continue reading KTSW x Float Fest 2015 (Playlist)
By KTSW Music Staff Soak up some San Marcos sun and crank up this Spotify playlist filled with handpicked summer tunes from your KTSW Music Staff! Endless Summer: Float Edition is best paired with an inflatable tube, the sweet smells of … Continue reading Endless Summer: Float Edition (Playlist)
By Tafari Robertson Music Reviewer I’m Tafari Robertson here with Greg from Deerhoof at SXSW 2015. I want to talk to you a little bit about how do you transition between your setting recording versus putting together your live show? … Continue reading SXSW 2015: Greg Saunier, Drummer of Deerhoof talks with KTSW
By Kendra Sells Music Reviewer Austin’s uprising stars Quiet Company recently released their 4th full length album, Transgressor. Here we met at their last show of their busiest South by South West yet. The band had a successful week of performances … Continue reading SXSW 2015: Interview with the Austin Native Band, Quiet Company
Interviewer: Brittany Robinson Interviewee: Chris Simpson Austin local, Chris Simpson is best known for his past projects with influential emo-band Mineral and more indie rock inspired band, The Gloria Record. His solo project, Zookeeper, is a 180 turn to … Continue reading SXSW 2015: Interview with Chris Simpson of Zookeeper
By Tafari Robertson Music Reviewer This is Tafari Robertson here at KTSW South by Southwest 2015 with Peter Sugar from Homeshake. Did I pronounce that right? I mean it’s a pseudonym, but yeah, we’ll go with Sugar. Well first … Continue reading SXSW 2015: Interview with Peter Sagar of Homeshake
Interviewer: Tafari Robertson, Music Reviewer Interviewee: Josh, Sam, Christie, Charlie of Yumi Zouma Hi my name is Tafari Robertson. I’m here with Yumi Zouma from New Zealand for KTSW. Can you guys go ahead and just state each of your … Continue reading SXSW 2015: An Interview With Yumi Zouma
Interviewer: Kendra Sells, Music Reviewer Interviewee: Dent May Hello, this is Kendra Sells with KTSW 89.9 and I’m here with Dent May outside of Wonderland here at SXSW Dent: Wussup Yall? How many shows have you played this week and what … Continue reading SXSW 2015: Interview with Dent May
Interviewer: Brittany Robinson, Interviewees: Sam Cromack, Jennifer Boyce, Paul Furness, Dean Hanson, and Daniel Hanson Ball Park Music is an Australian indie rock band with a pop overtone. Their latest release Puddinghead is filled with awesome tunes like “Everything … Continue reading SXSW 2015: Ball Park Music Interview
By Janelle Abad Assistant Music Director West coast natives Brodie Jenkins and Johnny Hwin of the dream-pop duo, Cathedrals sat down to talk with KTSW after their performance at Hype Machine’s Hype Hotel. Cathedrals recently released their debut EP earlier … Continue reading SXSW 2015: Chatting with Rising Dream-pop Duo, Cathedrals
