By Asia Daggs Web Content Director Live in Studio C presents the San Marcos native band, Bogan Villa. We were overly excited to have the band come out and play a few songs for us. The guys are coming off of fresh album, Flowers: Live & Uncut, which was released at the end of this past April. The album features their songs Politician Man and Tea For Three; you can check […]
By Troy Vita Music Journalist We had the pleasure of hosting the alternative Art-Rock group, T Cecil, perform live in Studio C. T Cecil is made up of David Loftin on vocals/guitar, Cody Boyer for guitar/keyboard, Shannon Furr on bass, and Alex Ross (KTSW alumni) playing the drums. The band also took the stage at The Buzz Mill during this year's MR Fest. They’re fresh off the release of their debut album earlier this year […]
By Branson Fairbrother Assistant Promotions Director KTSW Multimedia staff presents a new video series named Live in Studio C, which will showcase up and coming local bands. We invite artists to come perform a few of their songs followed by an interview conducted by our Other Side Drive hosts. The first band to kick off the series was local San Antonio band, Junkie; a surf punk, lofi band that has […]
By Holly Henrichsen Web Content Manager Connor Shwanke is one of the many men behind the mic. As production director, Schwanke assigns and approves all of the commercials that you hear on KTSW. Janelle Abad, KTSW's music director, sat down with Schwanke to get his take on all things bro for International Men's Day. Shwanke met his first bro at an after school babysitter in his hometown in Kansas, […]
By Brent Ramirez Blog Content Contributor If you are within the surrounding areas of San Marcos and you tune your radio to 89.9, you will hear one of the nation’s top college radio stations, KTSW, run by students of Texas State University. The sounds you hear stem from the radio’s indie influence and the school’s ever expanding student identity. KTSW features a wide variety of music and shows, and while […]
By Connor Schwanke Music Journalist Originally published on February 22, 2016. Artist: High Highs Album: Cascades Label: Never Leave Never Sleep Release Date: February 5, 2016 Website: www.highhighs.com When High Highs floated onto the scene in 2011 with their self-titled debut EP, their lush, warm sound became a high demand for the media world. Their single, “Open Season” showed up in the likes of Amazon Kindle and Pacífico Beer commercials, and […]
By Connor Schwanke Music Journalist Artist: M83 Album: Junk Label: Mute Release Date: April 7, 2016 Website: http://ilovem83.com M83 has been coined for their increasingly epic, cinematic albums, culminating to the 2011 double album Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming. The critical success and goosebumps moments of Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming landed scoring opportunities for frontman Anthony Gonzalez for films like Oblivion and Divergent. Some other titles off the album, like "Wait," also […]
By Connor Schwanke Music Journalist In the summer of 2014, twins Colin and Hayden Higginbotham came together to form indie rock band Fly Coco. Their first public performances began with open mics in San Marcos, Texas. In 2015, they added guitarist and drummer Zac Hernandez. At this time they began playing events throughout San Marcos and Austin, and their following grew quickly over their first year. In early 2016, Fly Coco […]
By Connor Schwanke Music Reviewer Artist: RJD2 Album: Dame Fortune Label: RJ Electrical Connections Release Date: March 24, 2016 Website: http://rjd2.net/ Probable time traveller Ramble Jon Krohn, under the stage name RJD2, has continually churned out some of the best underrated music throughout the 13 years after his debut release, Deadringer. Although RJD2’s music maintains a major matter of wizardry, fans of his music can never predict how his music will punch them around upon […]
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