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Song of the DayBobby Jealousy: “Shipwrecked”Whether you're seein' Bobby Jealousy live, listening through your headphones or blasting them through your speakers (which you should totally try, by the way), they're one of those bands that'll stop you in your tracks.... |
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This Week in Texas Music HistoryThis Week in Texas Music History: A.O. BabelThis Week in Texas Music History, we’ll meet a piano playing cowboy who was not really a cowboy at all. A. O. Babel died in Randolph, New York, on January 19, 1896. The son of a music professor, Babel was born in 1858 in Seguin, Texas. He got his start playing piano in Houston-area saloons. In 1885, Babel took his talents north, performing in Chicago as the “cowboy pianist.” Despite his classical training, Babel promoted himself as a genuine Texas cowboy who only played by ear. His clever marketing paid off in 1890, when a popular novel celebrating both his piano playing and his supposed heroic adventures in the Wild West made him a national sensation.
Several people who had known A. O. Babel back in Texas disputed his claims of being a heroic Wild West figure.... |
Song of the Day
The Baker Family: “Paper Moon”
Families are full of contradictory characters. You may have the lecherous uncle, the religious cousin, the over-achieving sister or the brother that just can't seem to get it together. Despite all the personal incongruities, the family is still bonded in a way that's as undeniable as it is...
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Austin Music Minute
Hold Steady Aftershow with Guns of Nav...
Among the many reasons why it's so great to live in Austin are the following two, and they're totally music related: One, there's always a show with a great band you can catch on practically any given night; and two, a lot of music fans here are addicted the growing art of the aftershow (also...
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Austin Music Minute
The Bell Riots Play Tonight at Skinny&...
Naturally, I'm curious to see how local bands describe their sound, though I understand the hesitancy on the part of the bands because...well, that's just a ridiculous thing to ask. That being said, I like to hear it straight from the horse's mouth, and local trio
Song of the Day
SpokFrevo Orquestra: “Spokiando”
It's not every day that KUT's Studio 1A hosts a 17-piece band. Actually, the studio has never hosted such a large ensemble, but we were more than willing to accommodate SpokFrevo...
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Austin Music Minute
Hot Rod Radio Plays Saturday Night at ...
I can't complain. There's plenty of rock 'n' toll on the agenda this holiday weekend, including a show with this new band: Hot Rod Radio.
Basically, it all began with people moving into town. Vocalist and guitarist...
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Features
THE GOOD MUSIC CLUB: Guns of Navarone
Time for some more incredible musical discoveries, courtesy of your pals at The Good Music Club! The GMC a locally-produced live music event and an online video series highlighting some of Austin’s best bands and solo artists making an...
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Texas Music Matters
Big Broadcast: Spirit of ’72
San Francisco had a summer of Love. But Austin? It’s was more than just a season.
The Spirit of ’72 became a musical movement that flourished for a decade, and continues to define Austin --and Texas--in important ways. 'Outlaw Country', 'Progressive Country', call it what...
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Music, Music Archive
Real Estate @ KUT 4/11/12
New Jersey band Real Estate emerged from a cloud of buzz in 2009 to debut their first album, which received positive reviews across the board. Started by 3 guys who have known each other since they were teenagers, the band plays a sunny, melodic rock - a sound that you might expect when you know...
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Song of the Day
The Happen-Ins: “Be Yer Fool”
Listening to The Happen-Ins (and taking a look at their signature vintage threads) is like taking a trip back to a simpler musical age. It's a time before the endless alphabet soup of chopped and re-purposed, hyphenated genres when rock 'n' roll was bloozy and a hip-hugging good...
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This Week in Texas Music History
This Week in Texas Music History: Wood...
This Week in Texas Music History, we’ll recall a natural disaster that inspired a folk anthem. On April 14, 1935, an enormous dust storm blew through the Texas Panhandle, inundating the small town of Pampa. Woody Guthrie, born in Oklahoma on July 14, 1912, had moved to Pampa,...
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Features
Lord Buffalo: An Interview With Danny ...
It's a long stretch of prairie ahead of you, and the sun is going down. Twilight has a distinctive beauty to it, but under different circumstances, it can be quite horrific, perhaps triggering a certain panic. You've got to hurry before nightfall. Your pace quickens. An owl cries out from an...
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Song of the Day
Battleme: “Pocket Full of Flies&...
Last week Matt Drenik, the man behind the band Battleme, stopped by KUT's Studio 1A for a chat with our own Matt Reilly. Drenik's Battleme material is a far cry...
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Austin Music Minute
The Black Owl Society On the Line-Up F...
It's not an unusual thing for most Austin musicians to be in more than one band. I'd lose my head because it's difficult to keep track of everything. but it's a common scenario. Guess you could say I was left with that impression after recently exchanging messages with drummer Charlie...
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Song of the Day
The Lumineers: “Ho Hey”
Tuesday saw the release of the self-titled, full-length debut from Denver-based trio The Lumineers. The group takes folk and Americana as starting points to craft anthemic songs that are as powerful as they are catchy.
The group began in...
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