Above: Saturday afternoon Ruby Jane impressed the crowd with her violin-adorned covers of Wilco and Alt-J. The musician played her first Austin City Limits music festival set in 2010 when she was just 15. Today Jane prepares for a new album … Continue reading Rain Dance: Utopia Fest, A Shower of Fun
This weekend marks the 6th Annual Utopia Festival, a camping and music festival staged two hours west of San Marcos. The festival expects to draw a crowd, but not a large one. The festival’s ticket sales are capped at 2,000 … Continue reading Utopiafest: Turns Out Utopia’s Only 2.5 Hours Away…
By Shannon Williams KTSW Other Side Drive Eugene Lee, artistic director for the Black and Latino Playwrights Conference and artist-in-residence with Texas State’s Department of Theatre and Dance, started the conference eight years ago. The conference serves as a development … Continue reading Black and Latino Playwrights Conference
Kitchen Table, by Joshua Sabik, invites listeners to eat well and cook adventurously. When you think of college students’ dietary habits you’re more likely to envision ramen and cafeteria dining halls than classic french cuisine. In Austin, members of the … Continue reading Kitchen Table: Collegiate Cooperation Creates Culinary Curiosities
Welcome back to Other Side Drive’s Film Fix, the segment where we dip into all things cinema. This week, fellow film aficionado Daniel Fickman, brings a surprising focus. Follow this link for a complete download of Film Fix: John Cazale … Continue reading Film Fix: John Cazale
The 7th annual San Marcos Foodstock, located on the Courhouse Lawn, features Del Castillo. Cooling down won’t be hard with a watermelon spitting and eating contest, and a Salsa-thon in which participants battle for the title of “Best Salsa.” Other … Continue reading San Marcos Foodstock
It takes a lot to record your own album, even more to do it with a close friend. Listen in as Aaron Krouse and Rick Jennings talk about their new album ‘Moon Life’ with KTSW’s Brandon Henderson and Jason McCall. … Continue reading Late Night Live Sessions With Aaron Krouse’s “Moon Life”
One of the greatest things about comics has been their ability to be adapted in different ways. There are the comics, the movies, and the television shows. Although some shows are intended for mature audiences, most superhero sitcoms are produced to teach the youth of today valuable lessons every week. Unfortunately, even in the realm of comic book fiction, some shows are cancelled due to the message they send. Click this link to download the complete “Hero Worship” Ep. 2 In recent years a show entitled Young Justice aired on Cartoon Network. It was a simple concept that revolved around … Continue reading Hero Worship: Toy Sales Trump Valuable Lesson
Jack Valen played outside at Folk of July Fest early this month. The singer songwriter has been active since 2009. His contemplative folk and rock influenced music set the tone early for the night. East Cameron Folkcore closed out the … Continue reading Folk of July Fest
Hair Farmers celebrated their EP release late June at Tantra coffeehouse in San Marcos. Their music borrows from funk and psychedelic greats. With tracks like “Hair Farmers Anthem” it’s hard not to slip into the relaxed, funky grooves brought on … Continue reading Hair Farmin’ Boys from the south
Ghostbunny is a dark disco band based out of Austin, TX.In preparation for KTSW’s 7th annual MR Fest, they joined KTSW promotions director April 23rd on Fox News. http://www.myfoxaustin.com/clip/10092312/ghostbunny Their music blends genres and hooks with dark disco anthems. Interaction … Continue reading Ghostbunny: dark disco for MR Fest
On the final Tuesday episode of Other Side Drive for the semester, Daniel and Rick sat down with two out of the five members of Genuine Leather. Genuine Leather, a band out of Austin, is really starting to make a … Continue reading Genuine Leather… Legitimately.
Mammoth Indigo Complete In-Studio interview By: Ben Godson On-Air Talent: Ben Godson and Shannon Williams Other Side Drive Producer: Shannon Williams On April 9, 2014, Other Side Drive Hosts, Ben Godson and Shannon Williams interviewed the Band Mammoth Indigo. During … Continue reading Mammoth Indigo and 3.14 Things You Need to Know
Migrant Kids complete In-Studio By: Shannon Williams and Rick Jennings On-Air Talent: Rick Jennings and Daniel Fickman Other Side Drive Producer: Shannon Williams The aptly named Migrant Kids are a three piece group. Although all are residing in Austin, they … Continue reading Thundering Rock with the Passionate Migrant Kids
Other Side Drive Borzoi, a charming punk trio, broke into the San Marcos music scene last fall. The group is comprised of student San Martians and Austinites. Taking their name from a long nosed, hairy long-legged breed of dog that … Continue reading Other Side Drive: Borzoi
In this pre- MR Fest edition of Other Side Drive we had Patrick from the local San Marcos group Lesser Antilles. They’ve been in the central Texas area making music in numerous groups and projects for over a decade, but … Continue reading Lesser Antilles
By: Daniel Fickman On-Air Talent: Rick Jennings and Daniel Fickman Live Sound Technician: Rick Jennings Other Side Drive Producer: Shannon Williams The Canvas People In-Studio Interview and Performance The Canvas People consists of Wes Maxwell, Kyle Taylor and Luke Williams. … Continue reading In Studio: The Canvas People
Octopus Project Mixdown Written and Edited by: Shannon Williams By popular vote in the the Austin Chronicle’s annual Austin Music Awards, Octopus Project, has been named “Best Avant Garde/Experimental Band” for the 2013-2014 season. The band dates back to 1999, … Continue reading Octopus Project: Austin’s “Best Avant Garde/Experimental Band”
By: Shannon Williams On-Air Talent: Shannon Williams and Ben Godson Other Side Drive Executive Producer: Shannon Williams Wild Rice Festival In Studio Interview Last week Other Side Drive was joined by the coordinators of San Marcos’ first Wild Rice Festival … Continue reading Keep San Marcos Flowing: Wild Rice Festival this Saturday
Last week The Gents dropped by the studio to play an acoustic set before heading to Triple Crown for KTSW Third Thursday! The self described Austin “Thrash-Grass” group consists of three vocalists, Matty, Tyler and Kevin, as well as Martin … Continue reading Thrash Grass from “The Gents”
