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The Light Upstairs @ KUT 10/29/12

October 28, 2012 10:10 am by: Reid O'Conor

The Light Upstairs
Emily and Christian of The Light Upstairs met in Austin, TX in 2005 when a mutual friend invited each of them to play in a new band. Emily was recruited for violin and vocals, and Christian filled in on various instruments as required by the band’s ever-changing lineup. That band led to other bands, and while they enjoyed collaborating with all of the fantastic musicians with whom they played over the years, the two developed a certain comfortable style as a lonesome duo. By 2009 or so, they were spending more and more time working in this parsimonious format and found it to be both pleasant, easy, and inexpensive, when factoring in the substitution of kitchens and living rooms for studios and rehearsal spaces. On Monday night, The Light Upstairs will be playing at the Cactus Cafe on Monday. You can hear their performance in Studio 1a RIGHT HERE! ...
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Meshell Ndegeocello Live in Studio 1A

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Meshell Ndegeocello Live in Studio 1A

If you don't think you've heard a song by singer/songwriter/rapper/bassist Meshell Ndegeocello, it's likely that you're wrong....
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Ana Egge in Studio 1a 9/22 @ 2pm

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Ana Egge in Studio 1a 9/22 @ 2pm

Brooklyn based songwriter Ana Egge is no stranger to Austin. In the 90's Egge spent 5 years here and produced her first full length album River Under the Road with the help of local luminaries Sarah Brown and Jimmie Dale Gilmore. The album led to an...
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Sergent Garcia @ KUT 9/12/11

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Sergent Garcia @ KUT 9/12/11

Sergent Garcia is truly a world musician. Raised in France by his French mother and Spanish father, he takes his influence from the Caribbean and Latin America. The sound that resu…...
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Mister Heavenly @ KUT 8/30/11

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Mister Heavenly @ KUT 8/30/11

Mister Heavenly consists of three indie rock veterans from three very different bands. Man Man's Ryan Kattner, Islands' Nick Thorburn, & Joe Plummer from Modest Mouse team up to create some seriously weird but seriously...
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Steve Kostelnik @ KUT 9/8/11

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Steve Kostelnik @ KUT 9/8/11

Steve Kostelnik is classical guitarist from right here in Austin, TX. This is also where he received the majority of his musical training, earning degrees at Southwest Texas State and the University of Texas. Kostelnik also teaches his craft here in Central Texas at Southwestern University in...
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Eilen Jewell @ KUT 9/6/11

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Eilen Jewell @ KUT 9/6/11

Boston based Eilen Jewell knows has played music in every corner of this country and nowhere are those different influences more apparent than in her newest album Queen of the Minor Key. Jewell easily blends West Coast country with East Coast swing with a powerfully evocative voice. Her inflections...
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Ume @ KUT 8/31/11

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Ume @ KUT 8/31/11

Lauren and Eric Larson first started playing under the name Ume (pronounced oo-may) in 2002 in the Houston punk scene. These days the husband/wife duo make up two-thirds of the ban…...
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Carolyn Wonderland @ KUT 9/26/11

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Carolyn Wonderland @ KUT 9/26/11

Carolyn Wonderland is a bit of a musical wildcard. The Austin native singer-songwriter has been known to include a wide variety of influences in her songs, ranging from blues to swing to gospel. Overall, her style has brought on comparisons to legends such as Janis Joplin and Stevie Ray Vaughan....
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Miles Zuniga in Studio 1a – 9/21 @ 2 PM

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Miles Zuniga in Studio 1a – 9/21...

Austin musician Miles Zuniga is definitely a veteran on the local scene. Having been around the block a few times with bands Fastball and the Resentments, Zuniga will release his first solo album on September 27. The album, These Ghosts Have Bones, has clear John Lennon influences in style, but...
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Reckless Kelly @ KUT 9/10/11

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Reckless Kelly @ KUT 9/10/11

For a band that takes their name from an Australian bank robber, Reckless Kelly takes things pretty by the book. The band took an established path to success, moving from their hometown of Bend, Oregon to Austin in 1998 in hopes of a successful music career. That being said, the band's music is far...
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Tiny Adventurers @ KUT 9/8/11

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Tiny Adventurers @ KUT 9/8/11

The Tiny Adventurers formed when the members of Austin's Li'l Cap'n Travis threw their respective instruments into a hat and played whatever they pulled out. With tunes penned by Matt Kinsey the sound is very similar to Li'l Cap'n Travis but with...
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Tim Kasher @ KUT 9/6/11

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Tim Kasher @ KUT 9/6/11

Tim Kasher is a child of the Omaha indie rock scene. While in Nebraska Kasher was a founding member of Cursive and The Good Life both on the Saddle Creek record label. In recent years Tim Kasher has moved from Omaha to L.A. and now on to Montana where he plans to focus on his writing. In addition...
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The Gourds @ KUT 8/31/11

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The Gourds @ KUT 8/31/11

After multiple albums and seventeen years of touring The Gourds have pretty much got it down to a science. But in the past, that science was largely based on a DIY method. This go-around the Austin-based five-piece decided to do things a little differently. They signed on with indie label, Vanguard...
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The Milk Carton Kids @ KUT 8/30/11

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The Milk Carton Kids @ KUT 8/30/11

Joey Ryan and Kenneth Pattengale are The Milk Carton Kids. The no-label duo's second release, Prologue, is available for free on their website, along with their first album, Retrospect. Their policy...
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