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HeartbeatZ Indigenous Hour
The term Indigenous.. for us two-leggeds or 4-legged walkers, swimmers, crawlers, or flyers born of environments on our Mother mundo
Le Chateau Daddy-O
…KOOP Radio, in accordance with common decency and public outcry, confines the broadcast of Le Chateau Daddy-O to between the
Democracy Now!
A daily, global, independent news hour anchored by award-winning journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez, Democracy Now! presents daily headlines followed by
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WE’D LIKE TO THANK YOU!
Donate during our Spring Membership Drive and we’ll thank you with our latest t-shirt designed by Your Buddy, Arturo, from Crate Digger’s Gold! Donate $15/mo or $100 one-time, we’ll thank
KOOP Community Nonprofit Partner Spotlight – Raegan Bass with Inside Books Project
KOOP Radio wraps up its month-long celebration of World Literacy Day as KOOP Community Council member Nora Redfern sat down for a conversation with Raegan Bass who is with KOOP
KOOP Elections 2025
Attention KOOP listeners! Did you know that KOOP is a true cooperative, run primarily by volunteers and supporters? Now is your chance to take a leadership role in the KOOP
Get Thanked!
This drive we’ve got a great shirt and tote designed by our very own DJ Pink B! Donate at $15 a month or $100 one-time and we’ll thank you with
Program Highlights
Freddie Steady Krc on The Singer and the Song
The Singer and the Song welcomes Freddie Steady Krc. Freddie is a renaissance man of Texas music, frontman of many bands (The Explosives, Shakin’ Apostles, Freddie Steady’s Wild Country, The Freddie
Adventures in Sound
Tune in on Saturday, February 28, for a rockin’ edition of Adventures in Sound! We’ll explore pre-rock and roll records that sound like rock and roll records. Lots of rocking
Party Stains – A Weekly Update from Stronger Than Dirt Featuring Flamin’ Groovies, The Lord High Fixers & Pink Floyd
For this week’s show I will be spinning some of my favorite tunes including music by Pink Floyd, Carrie Nations, Sweet, Flamin’ Groovies, Wire, Split Enz, Dickies, Bis, Tralala, Parsnip,
Author Shuichi Iwami on Uncle Walt’s Band and The Contenders on The Singer and the Song
The Singer and the Song welcomes Shuichi Iwami, author of a new book on Uncle Walt’s Band and The Contenders. If you’ve been out and about seeing live music in
The Blog
“A Spell Passes From Lips to Lips”: Ten Years of Oranssi Pazuzu
By Ryan J. Nims Apart from a few outliers–namely Deftones, Tool, and Fear Factory–I was never a huge fan of heavy metal. Yeah, I’ve liked what Metallica has done, and
KOOP Still “Keeping it Weird” 26 Years After Coining Slogan
by Juan Raigosa It’s not often you can pinpoint the coinage of a phrase. “Keep Austin Weird” is now so ubiquitous as a slogan that it seems to have materialized
Sudan Archives Woos Austin on her Cyborgean “The BPM” Tour
By Megan McAllister It’s a Wednesday night, Radio East’s red neon sign glows above the stage. Some folks have beers, a few have coffee; occasionally, a dank cloud wafts through
Sudan Archives is Gadget Girl at Austin’s Radio East
By Alison Roh Park I’m late to the concert. I arrive just as Sudan Archives begins plucking the violin strings of for one of my favorite songs: “Nont for Sale.”
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