The A.V. Club is an entertainment website and newspaper published by The Onion.  They do this awesome feature every year where they make a list of 20+ songs for bands to cover.  As the bands come to their studio they record the cover and cross it off the list, leaving fewer choices for the artists […]

One of my favorite bands, Deer Tick, has been working on a new record in Portland, OR set to be released in late summer or early fall.  The album is entitled, “Negativity” and is supposedly much darker than their last release, “Divine Providence”.  The band worked with former Los Lobos member Steve Berlin, with 12 […]

Okay, so this is kind of cool, but mostly just weird.  Regardless, I thought it was worth mentioning.  KTXT recently added a song by The National entitled, “Don’t Swallow The Cap” off of their upcoming album, “Trouble Will Find Me”, set to be released on May 21 via 4AD. The band has announced that they […]

The Brooklyn-born folk icon passed away this morning according to a press release.  Havens was famous for a supposedly incredible three-hour performance at Woodstock (1969). Richie Havens – Woodstock 1969

Greetings! Did anyone go to see Beach House in Marfa this past Sunday?  Heard it was a great show.  We have some new music at KTXT and our local pick is a great summer hip hop tune by Modrii Angelou III.  The song totally reminds me of De La Soul’s 2001 jam, “Trying People”.  Good […]

It’s been a nice week, weather wise, assuming the random snow has seen its last day.  Here in the music department, we are very excited about this week’s Adds, in particular the Top 5.  Make sure to listen to the New Music Showcase on Wednesdays from 1:00 – 3:00 PM and throughout the week as […]

  Who’s making the trip to California this weekend and next for Coachella? Not me! I have school and so do you! This is sad.  Coachella is one of the best music festivals around and there are literally too many great artists to choose from, which leads to programming conflicts.  The good news is that […]

  Before you re-finance your car and take a third job in order to get three-day passes to Austin City Limits or South by Southwest, there is hope.  There are several great music festivals coming up in the spring and summer, all of which are in Texas and are cheaper to attend compared to ACL […]

Hey folks, it’s been a busy week here at KTXT with this whole ‘streaming’ thing that everyone is talking about.  We have some exciting adds this week including some old stuff by The Walkmen, the Lemonheads, Real Estate, and even The Velvet Underground!  See below for my weekly Top 5 feature as well as the […]