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The Futurist — We are all in a bit of a SXSW hangover here at WOXY this week. After knocking out a whole slew of live sessions last week and juggling day parties and official showcases, we are tired but really happy to have had the opportunity to put it all tog... read more »

The Futurist — We had the pleasure of hosting Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings in our lounge during SXSW 2010. They have a brand new album coming out soon called I Learned The Hard Way and we have a video of one of the new songs to share with you below. <obj... read more »

The Futurist — Another day, another great batch of live lounge acts to bring your way from SXSW 2010. We hope you have enjoyed the sessions that are already in the books and once again, we have a full slate lined up for you today. Here is the schedule both of a... read more »

The Futurist — We have a glimpse into the SXSW WOXY Lounge Acts to share with you today, in the midst of the madness. The Megaphonic Thrift joined us in the studio yesterday all the way from Bergen, Norway and we are excited to share this video of their excelle... read more »

The Futurist — It’s already Thursday and we are going strong here in the WOXY studios for SXSW 2010. Today is already off to a great start as Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings just blew us all away this morning. Three more sessions await today, here is the skin... read more »

The Futurist — SXSW 2010 has already kicked off here in Austin, and also here in the WOXY studios. We hosted a session with Little Dragon on Monday and live sets with You, You’re Awesome and Via Audio yesterday. As the music portion of the festival gets its of... read more »

The Futurist — SXSW 2010 has already kicked off here in Austin, and also here in the WOXY studios. We hosted our first live session of the week yesterday with Little Dragon. It sounded great, and it’s barely the tip of the iceberg in terms of what we have in s... read more »

The Futurist — Last week, we ran an awesome contest giving listeners a chance to come visit us during SXSW and catch a Lounge Act session live in our studio. We gave away spots to folks (and a friend) to come down for Frightened Rabbit, Mynabirds, Ruby Suns, Mil... read more »

The Futurist — It’s back! The unofficial festival during the festival, MESS WITH TEXAS is returning for the fourth year, bringing two days of awesomeness to an open space near you for the affordable price of free. MWTX has always been a dependable place to see s... read more »

The Futurist — The past year has been a good one for Portugal. The Man. They released their fourth album, The Satanic Satanist and played some big festivals like Bonnaroo and Outside Lands. The band toured like crazy last year and continued to build up a great ... read more »

The Futurist — We told you we had a lot of surprises up our sleeves for SXSW this year, and we didn’t lie. In addition to our official showcase at Emo’s Annex on March 19 and our solid week of live SXSW Lounge Acts, we’re co-presenting Home Slice Pizza’s Music b... read more »

The Futurist — We’re proud to announce the details of our SXSW day party, happening Wednesday, March 17 at the Mohawk. Together with Austinist and BMI, we’re pulling out all the stops for this year’s event. The Mohawk (located at 912 Red River) is one of the pr... read more »

The Futurist — Every year, WOXY hunkers down for SXSW in the studio and records live sessions with a slew of our favorite bands. This year is special, though. It’s our first year as Austin residents, and our first year with a fantastic space that is all ours — a... read more »

The Futurist — A year after the release of their Sub Pop debut Tight Knit, we caught up with Vetiver right as they were completing a tour with The Clientele. Led by Andy Cabic, the band is in fine form in this performance which begins with two tracks that were... read more »

The Futurist — The Big Ears Festival in Knoxville is getting closer and closer. The event takes place March 26-28 and if you have not already thrown your hat into the ring for our contest, you should do that now. We are pretty excited about the festival and w... read more »

The Futurist — This week on Local Lixx Cincinnati, we focus on the new album from Columbus, Ohio, collective The Super Desserts. The band just released a brand new album called Banjo Forever, and we have two new songs from the record to share. In addition, you g... read more »

The Futurist — The Waiting Room is a 2 hour new music & non-sequitor chat show based out of Cardiff, Wales, UK. Co-hosted by the verbal miscreants one half of Drunk Country & The Woman of The House + the occasional guest, TWR delivers new bands, intervie... read more »

The Futurist — We kicked off our local residency series at Stubb’s back in November with Neon Indian, and now we’re back at the same venue for another installment of the WOXY Local Residency series. This time, we’re excited to welcome one of our favorite local ... read more »

The Futurist — The Trala-Lala Radio Hour is our newest show, hosted by Ben, Jeff and Jocie of The Low Anthem. We’ll let Ben give you the background: Long before Low Anthem, Jeff and I used to DJ the graveyard shift on WBRU (Providence, RI). So, starting on Janua... read more »

The Futurist — Tune in each week as Larry and John of Future Sounds bring you 2 hours of the top independent and unsigned bands. Bear Hands – What A Drag – What A Drag Single – Cantora Records Man/Miracle – Back Of The Card – The Shape Of Things – Big Hand Recor... read more »