KVRX Local Live Vol. 14 Release Party Today!

KVRX, Austin’s only student-run radio station, puts together a compilation of our in-studio performances every year. This year’s Local Live (volume 14) was released March 16, and KVRX is throwing a release party tonight at Hole in the Wall to celebrate!

The brand new KVRX Local Live features bands like T Bird and the Breaks, The Vandelles, Crystal Antlers, The Eastern Sea, Obits, and many many more.

Come on down to Hole in the Wall tonight (9PM) to see:

Focus Group

The Eastern Sea

No Mas Bodas

School Police

Cover is $5 or pay $7 and get a copy of the CD!

It’ll be a great show, so come on down and support your favorite radio station, KVRX! (show is 21+)

KVRX Shows during SXSW week

KVRX is putting on some mean shows this week! There must be some sort of music festival in Austin!

KVRXplosion will also have Ty Segall, DD/MM/YYYY, Ear Pwr, and many more! Check out www.twitter.com/kvrx for up-to-the-minutes updates!

TELL ALL YOUR FRIENDS!!!!!

Radio Show 3.11.2010

As South By Southwest approaches, I spun a few of the bands that I’m excited to see next week. Many of these you can catch at KVRX’s parties during the week.

Playlist 3.11.10

Ty Segall–Pretty Baby (You’re So Ugly)

Heligoats–Fish Sticks

jj–And Now

Ghana Special–The Cutlass Dance Band

Orion–Crooked Cumbia

The Laughing–Fever

A Faulty Chromosome–Scoffers vs. Beasts

The Morning Benders–Excuses

The Splinters–Mysterious

Fungi Girls–Into the Cosmos

Phantogram–Mouthful of Diamonds

Javelin–Vibrationz

Midlake–Acts of Man

First Aid Kit–I Met Up with a King

The Ruby Suns–Cinco

God Help the Girl–I’m in Love With the City

Listen to “The Awkward Off” Thursdays 1AM-2AM (cst) at 91.7 FM in Austin, TX or online at www.kvrx.org worldwide.

Radio Show 3.4.2010

Today’s show featured lots of SXSW artists!

Playlist for 3.4.2010

Golden Triangle–I Want to Know

Oh No Ono–Eleanor Speaks

Oh No! Oh My!–Walk in the Park

Mother Falcon–Marigold

Delorean–Deli

Wave Hands Like Clouds–We, Open Window

The Ruby Suns–Kenya Dig It?

Maps & Atlases–The Ongoing Horrible

Woods–Rain On

Sleep Whale–Summer Sick

Howlies–Chimera

Venice is Sinking–Okay

The Middle East–Blood

Wye Oak–Please Concrete

Fanfarlo–Harold T. Wilkins, or How to Wait for a Very Long Time

Listen to “The Awkward Off” Thursdays 1AM-2AM (cst) at 91.7 FM in Austin, TX or online at www.kvrx.org worldwide.

Pledge Drive Benefit to Raise Funds for Student Radio

On Friday, March 5, KVRX, 91.7 FM will host a pledge drive benefit concert at Red 7 to celebrate the end of this year’s pledge drive.

Doors will open at 8 p.m. and bands will be playing until 2 a.m. There will be a $7 suggested donation at the door.

The benefit concert will feature Wild Harem, Wine & Revolution, Oh No Oh My, Reverse X-Rays, and Royal Forest (formerly Loxsly).

This year KVRX raised over $3,300 during our pledge drive, and while listeners are able to call in to pledge money during our broadcasting hours or donate online at our website, the purpose of the pledge drive benefit is to raise money while saying thank you to our listeners with a night of great live, local music.

KVRX Austin, 91.7 FM, the only student-run radio station in Austin, is a part of the University of Texas at Austin’s Texas Student Media division. The station is a non-profit and relies on donations from listeners and the community to stay on the air.

For more information about the pledge drive or the benefit, contact Nichole Bennett at nichole.lynn.bennett@gmail.com, and for more information about KVRX in general, contact Christina Brooks at pr@kvrx.org.

They Blinded Me With Science

Although The Awkward Off has hosted science-types, especially Science Under the Stars lecturers, I’m now diverting all science interviews to KVRX’s science radio show “They Blinded Me with Science.”

So, once again science life leaks into radio life, but Chelsea, Ben, Chase, and Evan are nice enough to let me sit in and babble about animal facts every now and again on their Monday 7PM-7:30PM show.

The shows are archived here if you aren’t able to catch them, but if you want to hear the action live, listen to 91.7 FM or online at www.kvrx.org every Monday 7PM-7:30PM (cst).

Have a science-tastic day!

KVRX Pledge Drive

College radio like KVRX enjoys a freedom of expression few other stations enjoy. A big reason KVRX can be so different is that they are only accountable to their supporters, their devoted listeners.

If you want to learn how to support the eccentricities of college radio, call in to the KVRX request line (512.495.KVRX) or check out the website at www.kvrx.org.

In addition to the warm fuzzy feeling of saving good radio, you can also get some fabulous swag for donating:

$10: Call Letter and KVRX sticker
$25: All the above + Local Live CD
$50: All of the above + premium
$100: All of the above + another premium!

Premiums (swag) include everything from inclusive hair cuts, free yoga classes, to restaurant gift certificates. Some DJ’s are even making up their own prizes (like guest spots on their shows or personalized jingles).

You can also donate at the KVRX buckets located at the following locations:

You can also donate at the following donation Bucket locations:
Grapevine Salon
Chedd’s
UT COOP
Texas Rollergirls
Ozone Bikes
Bar B Que and Charpit on 21st.
CVS
Simply Fit Meals
Wooten Barber Shop
Complete Clothing
Oat Willies
Vulcan Video
Brave New Books
Allen’s Boots
Oishi Japanese Fusion

Thanks for your continued support of KVRX, Austin’s only student-run radio station–you are supporting something truly special.

Radio Playlist for 2.18.2010

The Awkward Off couldn’t have a better new home on KVRX Austin. Not only am I sandwiched in between two fabulous shows: LESS BOREDOM WITH JORDAN and The Wish List, but I’m at really great time!

Today’s show snuck its way from electronic music to experimental folk to a good ol’ fashioned rock out. Here’s the playlist–thanks so much for listening.

Playlist for 2.18.10

Boredoms–Ant 10

Four Tet–Love Cry

Dan Deacon–The Crystal Cat

Aesop Rock (ft. John Darnielle)–Coffee

Toro y Moi–Blessa

Zorch–Moris the Loris

Akron/Family–Keith on the Bass (Live at Clemson, SC)

Akron/Family–Don’t Be Afraid, You’re Already Dead

Sunset–Civil War

Joy Division–The Sound of Music

Superchunk–Learn to Surf

Drive Like Jehu–Here Come the Rome Plows

The Long Winters–Ultimatum

Listen to “The Awkward Off” Thursdays 1AM-2AM (cst) at 91.7 FM in Austin, TX or online at www.kvrx.org worldwide.

KVRX/The Austin Chronicle announce monthly shows at The Parish

KVRX, along with The Austin Chronicle, are proud to bring you monthly shows at The Parish in Austin, TX. The first show will be February 19 featuring The Bright Light Social Hour, Zlam Dunk, and The Couch. Admission is $7 in advance and tickets can be bought online here.

So come support our newest venture and see some rad live music while you’re doing it!

New Radio Show Timeslot!

The Awkward Off Radio Show has been moved to Thursdays 1-2AM. That’s 91.7 FM or online at www.kvrx.org, my babies.

Hooray for no more Zombie Mondays!