TENGGER, Bar Italia, LAIR, and More Reviews From Wednesday of SXSW

Hump day’s most memorable music fest moments

"...Confucius Jones and Aaron “Fresh” Knight, co-hosts of the 2024 Austin Music Award-winning..."

March 14, 2024 Music Post by Dan Gentile

Election Day, STEM Day, Amplify Austin Day, and More Days to Remember This Week

Our guide to community events for the week

"...drag royalty performances by Solovino, Ryan, Venus Rising, Ruby Knight, Aeon Mavis York, and Teo; DJ sets by La..."

March 1, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Here Are Your Winners for the 42nd Annual Austin Music Awards

Austin’s favorite albums, artists, and instrumentalists of 2023

"...Best Radio Show: The Breaks with Confucius Jones and Aaron “Fresh” Knight..."

Feb. 23, 2024 Music Feature by The Music Team

10 Years On, KUTX Celebrates Staying Fresh

Hip-hop, local talent help to upend public radio assumptions

"...in 2017 as KUTX's first hip-hop specialty show, hosts Aaron "Fresh" Knight and Confucius Jones spend the first hour..."

Sept. 22, 2023 Music Feature by Genevieve Wood

Crucial Concerts at Hot Summer Nights 2023

Highlights from the no-cost, high-temp annual music festival

"...Confucius Jones and Aaron "Fresh" Knight hold their summertime event within the Hot..."

July 21, 2023 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

The New Atticus Finch

Richard Thomas deconstructs an icon in To Kill a Mockingbird

"..."He" being Aaron Sorkin, who adapted Harper Lee's 1960 novel of racial..."

May 11, 2023 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

Unofficial Parties & Free Shows to See During South by Southwest

The Chronicle’s recommended concerts for the coming week

"...twanged ballads, plus the deep country croons of Austin's Aaron McDonnell and Arkansas' Dylan Earl – while the Pink..."

March 10, 2023 Music Feature by The Music Staff

2022/2023 Austin Music Awards Winners

You voted – here's Austin's favorite artists, albums, and more

"...Nominees: The Breaks with Confucius Jones and Aaron “Fresh” Knight (KUTX) Jamaican Gold with Art Baker (KOOP)..."

Feb. 26, 2023 Music Post by James Renovitch

Down the Rabbit Hole With Something in the Dirt

Aaron Moorhead and Justin Benson explain their favorite conspiracies

"...Aaron Moorhead apologizes profusely when it seems that he's sporadically..."

Nov. 23, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Get Ready for the 2022 B. Iden Payne Awards

The full list of nominees before Monday's award ceremony

"...Eliades), Anna in the Tropics, Ground Floor Theatre Tonie Knight (Ofelia), Anna in the Tropics, Ground Floor Theatre Oktavea..."

Oct. 22, 2022 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

Behind the Wheel With Deezie Brown

After five years of fine-tuning, the perfectionist producer and rapper rolls out 5th Wheel Fairytale

"...who were wearing throwback jerseys, sure," recalls KUTX DJ Aaron "Fresh" Knight, "but nobody else creating an aesthetic around..."

Aug. 26, 2022 Music Feature by Julian Towers

Fantastic Fest Raises a Smile With First Announcement

The Banshees of Inisherin, V/H/S/99, sharks, and more

"...with George "No Show" Jones. And Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead, familiar faces from Synchronic and The Endless and..."

Aug. 16, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Faster Than Sound: 10 New Things to See at Hot Summer Nights

New bands, new names, and new releases among the hundred-plus free-entry acts

"...Community-building Aaron "Fresh" Knight, one-half of KUTX's The Breaks, hosts a..."

Aug. 5, 2022 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

The 2021-22 Austin Music Industry Awards Winners

"...The Breaks with Confucius Jones and Aaron “Fresh” Knight (KUTX)..."

March 4, 2022 Music Feature

21 Austin Rappers to Know in ’21

A hard-cut list of MCs proving the local hip-hop scene’s legitimacy

"...and acknowledges that his own 4-year-old radio show with Aaron "Fresh" Knight was conceived out of frustration. The Reagan..."

June 25, 2021 Music Feature by Derek Udensi

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...man of the hour, then a chat afterward with Aaron "Fresh" Knight of KUTX radio show The Breaks...."

April 23, 2021 Music Feature by Derek Udensi

The 2020/2021 Austin Music Awards Came Bearing a Pandemic Stimulus

Hop in the Winner Wagon and see who we surprised with this year's unique awards

"...Aaron "Fresh" Knight..."

March 5, 2021 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Faster Than Sound: Don’t DM Me, Vote in the Austin Music Poll!

The Austin Music Poll is open all month. Go vote – online!

"...O Aaron "Fresh" Knight..."

Jan. 15, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Faster Than Sound: KUTX Beacon Jay Trachtenberg Retires

Jay Trachtenberg retires from KUTX, Rick Carney steps down as Music Commission chair, and Johnny Bush ascends to honky-tonky heaven.

"...spotlight on Soundfounder promotes to Wednesdays at 8pm, while Aaron "Fresh" Knight of hip-hop show The Breaks gains his..."

Nov. 20, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Faster Than Sound: Taylor Wallace Takes Over KUTX Morning Show

KUTX replaces morning show mainstay John Aielli with Taylor Wallace after the iconic ATX deejay suffers a stroke.

"...show The Breaks also join the KUTX mix, with Aaron "Fresh" Knight on Saturday mornings and Jared "Confucius Jones"..."

Sept. 18, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Faster Than Sound: Clarence James Finds Clarity Post-Breakup on Debut

Following high school breakout, 20-year-old Georgetown crooner sticks a jazzy bedroom pop debut

"...artists and other artists of color," explained KUTX host Aaron "Fresh" Knight, who moderated. "The world looks to Black..."

June 26, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Austin Musicians of Color Talk About the Pandemic's Outsized Impact on Their Communities

COVID-19 extends into all realities of Austin's pervasive inequality

"...KUTX radio host Aaron "Fresh" Knight, who co-hosts The Breaks hip-hop show with..."

June 19, 2020 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

Faster Than Sound: Blood Goes Big, Free Week Contracts

In the ATX music news: punk poetics by local septet Blood, January’s Free Week dates, and the Live Music Fund’s first feedback

"...Aaron "Fresh" Knight, co-host of KUTX hip-hop show The Breaks,..."

Dec. 27, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Faster Than Sound: Goodbye Prop B, Hello HOT Monies

Following the defeat of Proposition B, Austin music advocates brainstorm applications of the first city funding for commercial music

"...Rodriguez, and SXSW Planning Manager Catlin Whittington. From KUTX, weeknight host Taylor Wallace and The Breaks co-host Aaron "Fresh"..."

Nov. 22, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Faster Than Sound: Multidimensional Production Team Musically Reimagines Fantastic Planet

Lifted Traces rescores classic films, Harlem re-emerges locally with Oh Boy, and more

"...and pop acts (see "Live Music," Feb. 15). Host Aaron Knight, aka Fresh, hopes to "bridge the gap between..."

Feb. 15, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Make Some Noise for Native Rhymesayer Kydd Jones

With growing national buzz, why isn’t Austin paying attention?

"...for his GR33D project, and it never came," recalls Aaron "Fresh" Knight, co-host of KUTX hip-hop show The Breaks...."

Sept. 28, 2018 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

KUTX Summer Jam

Inaugural showcase highlights the best of ATX hip-hop and beyond

"...Curated by Aaron “Fresh” Knight and Jared "Confucius Jones" Williams, hosts of..."

Sept. 5, 2018 Events Post by Savannah Opre

Playback: That’s the Breaks

In studio with Confucius and Fresh, hosts of KUTX’s first ever hip-hop specialty show

"...The hip-hop jocks, real names Jared Williams and Aaron Knight, met in 2011 when Fresh put up a..."

Aug. 31, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Music Review: KUTX – The Breaks

The state of local hip-hop

"...calculated risk in handpicking Jared “Confucius Jones” Williams and Aaron “Fresh” Knight to host a Saturday night hip-hop show,..."

March 17, 2018 SXSW Post by Kahron Spearman

Rodeo Austin: Your Guide to All the Bands, Barrel Racing, and Buckin' Broncs

Ludacris, Young the Giant, and mutton bustin’ top the bill

"...the Giant, chart-topping rapper Ludacris, and Motown great Gladys Knight, plus local side-stage talent sponsored by 100X and KASE/KVET...."

March 10, 2018 Events Post by Savannah Opre

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