Enjoy. The Hard Quartet – Earth Hater The Hard Quartet is a new band from Stephen Malkmus (Pavement + more), Emmett Kelly (The Cairo Gang + more), Matt Sweeney (Chavez + more), and Jim White...
Enjoy. OSEES – Earthling This fuzzed-out tune from the OSEES is some strut-worthy stuff – I love it. The band’s new album, SORCS 80, is due out August 9. Also, they’re going to be in...
Enjoy. Illuminati Hotties – Didn’t (Featuring Cavetown) It very much pleases me to say that there’s a new Illuminati Hotties album on the way – Power will be out on August 23. Here’s an effortlessly...
Enjoy. Illuminati Hotties – Can’t Be Still I was so excited to see Illuminati Hotties drop a new tune along with a tour announcement, but then I got knocked down a peg when I noticed...
Enjoy. Illuminati Hotties – Truck Here’s Illuminati Hotties with a low key but somehow still bouncy single. According to the press release that came along with this track, her new album is “due imminently.” ...
Enjoy. Youth Lagoon – Idaho Alien Dang, it’s nice to have Trevor Powers back as Youth Lagoon. This airy number is off Heaven Is A Junkyard, his first album in eight years – it’ll be...
Here are my Top 50 Songs of 2022! Just a heads up, unlike all the previous iterations of this list, I decided to not rank these selections. After 16 years of running SOTO, I think...
Enjoy. Lucy Dacus – Kissing Lessons Previously only available by phone, Lucy Dacus has now released Kissing Lessons as an actual single. Hooray! It’s a good one. Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever – The Way...
Here are my Top 50 Songs of 2021! Side note, I’m going to do a song countdown on my radio show, 101X Homegrown, so there aren’t any Austin-based artists on this list. Enjoy. 50) Modest...
Here are my Top 25 Albums of 2021. Enjoy. 25) Taylor Swift – Fearless (Taylor’s Version) / Red (Taylor’s Version) / Evermore To be honest, I’m pretty much using the 25 spot here as an...
