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Album Review

The Beauty of “Wave Your Moonlight Hat For the Snowfall Train”

Maria Navarro Music Journalist Have you’ve ever felt as if you are stuck in a dream where you refuse to wake up. It is filled with a softness and whimsical mysteries that catch you in awe. These are two of the many feelings that I feel while listening to the album, Wave Your Moonlight Hat For the Snowfall Train by Canadian duo, You’ll Never Get to Heaven. Formed in 2012 […]

todayOctober 16, 2024 152

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Music

The Album Drought: Why Artists Release Fewer Albums Now

Aspen Rose Music Journalist It’s hard not to notice how modern-day artists release far fewer albums today than artists of the 60s–80s. If you're venturing into a band that had its peak in the 70s, there’s a good chance you’ll be trekking through their mountainous discographies for a while. Though it was common for the artists that serenaded our parents’ generations to put out one to two albums a year, […]

todaySeptember 30, 2024 141

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Music

Texas bands bringing back Alternative Rock to the local scene

By Adrienne Bast Local Music Journalist With so many subgenres of alternative rock, it is no wonder that many local bands have been shaped by the sounds of the genre with their own personal, unique touches. With rock being around, arguably, since the 50s artists, such as Chuck Berry, took influence from the earlier form of the genre, blues. It later became alternative rock once the softer sounds of 70s […]

todayFebruary 28, 2024 410

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They Might Be Giants: Particle Men

By Giovanni Gilmore Photojounalist @JPEG.io I recently joined the KTSW staff this semester as part of the multimedia team, and this was the my first big concert that I covered for them. I've never had an official press badge for any concert, but thanks to KTSW I was able to finally be in the front photo pit in a big venue in Austin, Texas. Even though I’ve never shot photos […]

todayFebruary 14, 2018 294

Music

Fleece : Voyager Review

By Lindsey Petterson Music Journalist Artist: Fleece Album: Voyager Release Date: January 19th, 2017 Website: https://www.fleecemusic.com/ You may have seen the YouTube video of two regular dudes teaching you how to make an Alt-J song with a loop pedal, various percussion, and rice cakes. You probably didn't know that these guys are Matthew Rogers and Ethan Soil of the band Fleece. Fleece is a jazz influenced alternative rock band from Montreal. […]

todayFebruary 7, 2017 125 1

Culture

Shapescenes at the Mohawk

by Sierra Schuette Web Content Contributor *KTSW consists of and respects varying opinions within its staff. Opinion articles do not reflect the opinion of KTSW as a whole. Shapescenes is an alternative rock band with a little electronic edge out of Austin, Texas. They draw inspiration from bands like The Flaming Lips, Radiohead, and My Bloody Valentine. I can see fans of indie rock really enjoying their music. The band […]

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