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Virtual Noise
Since 2004 Virtual Noise has been Austin’s only music broadcast focusing on Progressive Rock. Blending many progressive musical styles (as well as related genres like jazz-fusion

Roots Train
Two hours of vintage Jamaican music. Focusing on the roots style of reggae but playing other styles including Rocksteady, Ska,

Sunday Go To Meetin’
Sunday Go To Meetin’ is your weekly good ol’ get together reminiscent of early brush arbor meetings and tent revivals
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Latest Updates

City of Austin Opens FY27 ACME Grant Cycle
Austin’s creative community has another major opportunity to bring new ideas to life. The City of Austin’s Arts, Culture, Music and Entertainment (ACME) Office has officially opened the FY27 ACME Grant

World Refugee Day Celebration Event: What Refugee Communities Can Contribute to Societies
by Asfa Awan Preparations for this year’s World Refugee Day event began against a backdrop of institutional nervousness and in an increasingly precarious political environment. Challenges almost prevented an in-person

KOOP’s Boots On the Air Receives “Excellence in Media” Award in the Radio Category
Boots producer and host Michael A. Brown (L) with Tom Palladino, Executive Director of the Texas Veterans Commission.

KOOP Celebration Event – The Difference in This Year’s World Refugee Day: Community
A few years ago, an Iraqi refugee walked out of a Walmart and saw two police officers heading towards him. He dropped his bags and raised his arms. The officers
Program Highlights

Wilson Marks Trio on The Singer and the Song
The Singer and the Song welcomes Wilson Marks. Wilson is a fine and fascinating Austin musician, a singer songwriter who brings dream pop and jazz sensibilities, and he’s bringing a

Party Stains – A Weekly Update from Stronger Than Dirt Featuring Devo, Slant 6, & Suburban Lawns
Some FEATURED ARTISTS on this week’s Stronger Than Dirt (Saturday, August 29, 8-10pm) include the Zakary Thaks, Bay City Rollers, Feelies, Devo, Cassie, Stranglers, Polyrock, Suburban Lawns, Staches, lots of new

Hippies and Cowboys on The Singer and the Song
The Singer and the Song welcomes Hippies and Cowboys. No, I don’t mean me and Darkside Daddy, that’s the band’s name, Hippies and Cowboys, a very cool country rockin’ unit

Party Stains – A Weekly Update from Stronger Than Dirt Featuring The Insect Surfers, Paper Tulips, & Hüsker Dü
Some FEATURED ARTISTS on this week’s Stronger Than Dirt (Saturday, August 22, 8-10pm) include Love, October Country, Hector, Lene Lovich, Elli et Jacno, Hüsker Dü, Ladytron, La Femme, lots of new
The Blog

MAMAMOO’s New Era Brings Them Back to Texas
By Zelenny Lozano / Pink B “Are you ready?” Solar asked the arena full of enthusiastic Moomoos (the term of endearment for K-pop group MAMAMOO’s fans) who cheered enthusiastically in

Chad Lovell Remembered at Dallas Venue Trees
By Ryan J. Nims On August 9th, Course of Empire drummer Chad Lovell’s friends, family and former bandmates organized a celebration of life for what would have been his 60th

Completely Starstrukk by 3OH!3, Bowling For Soup, and Simple Plan
By Stefny Friday night was the most fun I’ve had in a long time, and I have the gentlemen from the “Bigger Than You Think! Tour – The Sequel” to

Course of Empire’s 1998 Album Telepathic Last Words Reissued by DFW Legacy Series
By Ryan J. Nims DFW Legacy Series is a label whose mission is to make vinyl releases available for some of the bands active in the North Texas scenes from
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