Guest ColumnIST: KUT's Laurie Gallardo Talks Texas Tunes

We've asked KUT's Laurie Gallardo, host of Before the Break and a new local music program on Friday evenings, to join our staff as a guest contributor. She'll be sharing with us the many Austin- and Texas-based bands that she's been listening to. Enjoy! -- The Editors

First and foremost, I must express my undying gratitude to all the peeps, including the Austinist, who’ve provided their support, and for promoting my new on-air gig.

And thanks to friends for tolerating the series of mini-nervous breakdowns I had before my last show. It’s great comedy, really. I should’ve charged admission.

Quite a handful of local artists were featured throughout the evening – too numerous to mention here, but…I feel compelled to throw out a few names here and there: Peel, Pocket Symphonies, Go Nova, the White Ghost Shivers, Bellaparker, Pompeii, the Unbearables, and the Lemurs, to name but a few. I opened the show with “Manipulation” by the Black Angels and “Calling Thermatico” by Centro-Matic.

I included music from the lovely Rachel Goldstar and a rough track from She, Sir, and featured a song from a yet-unreleased copy of the EP Pulling Up Floors, Pouring On (New) Paint from the Lovely Sparrows. Feel free to peruse the playlist for yourself, available from the KUT website:

[Playlist]

This week, you can expect to hear from the Casting Couch, Brothers and Sisters, Golden Bear, Peter and the Wolf, and the Happy Families.