Brother Ali Interview + We Belong Ticket Giveaway (January 17, 5-7 PM)

Brother Ali Interview + We Belong Ticket Giveaway (January 17, 5-7 PM)

Tune in Tuesday, January 17 from 5-7 PM for a haunting reminder of Brother Ali’s wisdom on the 2016 election and President-elect Trump from our interview with him. Brother Ali is in town Sunday January 22nd opening for Atmosphere at House of Blues. This week’s giveaway on “The Revelry Report” is a pair of tickets to We Belong: Houstonians of Muslim Descent Dissent! The show happens at Walter’s Downtown Friday January 20 with Ruiners, Giant Kitty, Ruiners, and Revels.

KTRU 50th x SOS Fest FREE Concert (October 14, 8:30 PM)

KTRU 50th x SOS Fest FREE Concert (October 14, 8:30 PM)

Come one come all as we continue our 50th Anniversary concert series and preview Sound On Sound Fest (Nov. 4-6). Friday October 14 at 8:30 the free concert will be outside Valhalla on Rice campus with headliner Open Mike Eagle, Young Mammals, and -Us. It will be lit as the kids say, and you certainly can’t beat the price (read: FREEEEEEEEEEEE)

Houston Open Air Giveaway Time!

Houston Open Air Giveaway Time!

We are thrilled to say we have not one, not two, but FIVE PAIRS of tickets up for grabs to the first annual Houston Open Air! Kicking things off, we are doing a preview show August 16 Tuesday from 7-8 PM! The number you want on speed dial is 713-348-5878

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Houston Open Air Giveaway Schedule:

Tuesday Aug. 16, 7-8 PM “Houston Open Air Preview”

Thursday Aug. 18, 12-2 PM

Saturday Aug. 20, 2-5 PM

Tuesday Aug. 23, 5-7 PM “The Revelry Report”

Saturday Aug. 27 IN PERSON Giveaway at our Cities Aviv show at Valhalla (must be present to win)

Battle of the Bands – Thursday 3/10, 9:30-1

ktru’s annual show featuring Rice student bands. Lotsa music and lotsa fun.Thursday, March 10, 9:30 pm to 1:00 am at Willy’s Pub at Rice.

Event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/1677856175764575/

Lineup:
Steve Cox’s Beard x Half Patrick x Van Gogurt x Manquitt x The Dick Moves
Steve Cox’s Beard
Juan Cruz | Fortino Garcia | Chris Harshaw | Evan Flack | Nigel Deane | Andrew Owens | Wesley Ducote | Luke Conners
Half Patrick
Danna Ghafir | Patrick Menninger | Ethan Hasiuk | Patrick Kunkel
Van Gogurt
Sean Burton | Brian Dang | Victor Prieto | Sophia Beltran | Matteo Costantini
Manquitt
Eric Estill | Kevin King | Michael Saucedo | Vinay Raghavan | Isaac Schultz
The Dick Moves
Julián Berdegué | Edward Cordell | Joey McGlone
2/25: Gio Chamba / Children of Pop / FLCON FCKER presented by KTRU 96.1FM and Matchbox Gallery

2/25: Gio Chamba / Children of Pop / FLCON FCKER presented by KTRU 96.1FM and Matchbox Gallery

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KTRU Rice Radio- 96.1 FM and Matchbox Gallery present:
GIO Chamba / children of pop / FLCON FCKER.

2/25 at 7pm.
At the Sewall Hall Courtyard outside Matchbox Gallery.
FREE SHOW, All-Ages for students and community members.
New Matchbox Gallery exbhition featuring artwork by Cecilia Salama.
Free drinks and food! Sponsored by Buffalo Bayou Brewery.

Check out the Facebook event.

Parking Info (see map):
Greenbriar Lot: $1 per entry per day (cheapest)
Founder’s Court Lot: $1 per 12 min, $11 daily maximum (closest)
West Lot 1 : $1 per 20 min, $11 daily maximum
Central Campus Garage: $1 per 12 minutes, $11 daily maximum

Rice shuttles available from lots to event.

Music:

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KP and The Boom Boom Interview

KP and The Boom Boom Interview

Tune in to KTRU Saturday  December 5 from 2-4 PM to hear an interview with Kate Priestley of Austin-based, Future-soul group KP and The Boom Boom! They have a performance that night at notsuoH along with bands Cake Rangers and Steve Cox’s Beard (of which SCB won our Battle of the Bands last year!

Back to FM Concert

Back to FM Concert

Since the sale of ktru’s broadcast tower in 2011 the FM waves of Houston have been sorely ktru-less. That is until 12:00 AM October 2nd when ktru begins broadcasting on a new low powered FM frequency 96.1. Join us for a celebration of ktru’s return to FM!

Read the press release here.

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Outdoor Show- First Act Announcement!

We are excited to announce Ex Hex for the 24th Outdoor Show! Mary Timony (who you also may know from Wild Flag) fronts this DC-based punk trio, whose music is both fun and ferocious. Their debut album, Rips, released in October of last year and we still can’t get it out of our heads. But don’t just take our word for it; Ex Hex landed themselves on a ton of best of 2014 lists, including…you know. Check out lead single Hot and Cold below, then go download Rips and get hyped for ODS 2015!