By Allison Johnson Blog Content Contributor If you’re a frequent music festival go-er, you probably already know how to prepare for the majestic mayhem. But if not, I got you. Item #1: Water bottle Water is so important to bring to a music festival. Bring a reusable water bottle if you have one. MR Fest is April 29th and 30th so it will most likely be hot. If you’re walking around venues all […]
By Allison Belcher Assistant Music Director Bogan Villa (pronounced viLL• ah) is a soulful, three piece psychedelic rock group hailing from San Marcos, Texas. The band consists of guitarist and vocalist Will Webb Wells, bassist Brandon Alvis, and drummer Matt Ewaniszyk. The power trio came together in January of 2016, and have blown up locally ever since. Alvis met Wells at Valentinos, a pizza joint and MR Fest venue located […]
By Asia Daggs Web Content Director Unknown Relatives coming in from Austin, Texas, came to partake in our Live in Studio C sessions. They performed music off of their album, Lagniappe Per Capita, which was released back in January of this year. The band will be performing at MR Fest this weekend! You can catch their set on Saturday at 6pm at Buzz Mill. Check out Unknown Relatives' session below. Video […]
By Alexandra Sereno Music Journalist Kairos is a local jazz, reggae, funk fusion band that will be playing their first festival at MR Fest on April 29 at Valentino’s. The bandmates are Jacob Michael (guitar/vocals), Brent Miller (bass/vocals), Calvin “Caliente” (keyboard/trumpet) and Jake Davila (drums). Having been founded in November 2016, Kairos made their debut in the San Marcos music scene at a MAP Studios house show this past February. […]
By Cain Hernandez Music Journalist Von Richter joins the ranks alongside a growing number of Texas musicians who have a fondness for progressive and psychedelic rock music. Based in San Marcos, Texas, the trio self-describes their sound as "cosmic jungle rock". While currently playing shows around town, Von Richter aims to embark on a mini-tour this summer, with hopes of playing some of Texas' bigger cities. Although April looks to […]
By Asia Daggs Web Content Director We invited Empire Machines to come perform their music here at KTSW's series, Live in Studio C. You can listen to the band's performance of "Wanted Way" below; this single is from their 2015 EP, Animal Skins. Empire Machines will also be performing at this year's MR Fest. You can check them out at Stonewall at 7 P.M. this Saturday! Here we present, “Proper […]
By Jenise Jackson Blog Content Contributor The 10th Annual MR Fest is approaching quickly and we are looking forward to another year of great attendance numbers. While KTSW has a lot of great entertainment lined up, we wanted to make sure we could keep the entire San Marcos community involved, including families with children. So if you are thinking about attending the festival, but want to be in a more […]
By DeMarcus Cobb Music Journalist Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/yunghiram Instragram: www.instagram.com/yunghiram/ FB: www.facebook.com/yunghiram Twitter: twitter.com/yunghiram Hailing from Houston, Texas, Hiram is paving his own way in the music scene. Formally known as Yung Slutty, the switch to his birth name came with a sense of maturity and growth as a musician. He has been heavily involved in the underground DJ scene for the past six years and his love for music made […]
By Troy Vita Assistant Music Director Dominic Solis- Vocals, Acoustic Guitar Heidi Garcia- Vocals, Violin Thomas Damron- Upright Bass Nick Kukowski- Vocals, Banjo Mike Rothschild- Drums Cass Brostad- Accordion, Vocals, Percussion Patrick Davis- Electric Guitar Austin-based band Madisons is bringing their full-sized folk band and gritty twang to San Marcos for this year’s MR Fest. With a style they describe as “Lyric driven garage-folk for people at the bottom,” they […]
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