Ramesh Srivastava: “The Times” [The Hole Story]

Ramesh Srivastava: “The Times” [The Hole Story]

Author: KUT & KUTX Studios August 18, 2026 Duration: 0:00
mid-2000s, as music blogs and MP3s were changing how people found new music, Austin’s Voxtrot became one of the most talked about indie bands with a wave of attention that reached far beyond Austin, all before the band released its first full-length. After Voxtrot broke-up in 2010, frontman and songwriter Ramesh Srivastava went on to […]

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Seth Celdrán: “Stiletto” [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 3:15
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Shakey Graves: “When the Love Was New” [The Hole Story] [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 4:28
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Modiste: “Breaking My Own Heart” [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 4:53
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Paige Plaisance: “Waiting” [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 4:09
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BLUUM: “Tough Break, Kid” [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 2:04
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Jesse Malin: “Hollywood Forever” [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 3:38
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David Quinn: “Long Time Gone” [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 3:08
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Next of Kin: “Dimestore Jesus” [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 3:37
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