Austin Sound

Man, it’s been great having WOXY in town. For one thing, we see them everywhere, keeping up with the local scene. For another, they are hilarious. Answering “Some KGSR bullshit” in response to an audio identification round question at the recent Mind Over Music trivia contest endeared them deeply to our hearts. (Though in all fairness, we’re not even sure what some KGSR bullshit is any more since the station seems to be in the midst of identity crisis). Now WOXY’s staging their monthly Rumble shows here in town, and have a kickass all-local lineup to launch. Tonight, February 11, WOXY, Future Sounds, Waterloo Records, and the Austinist will bring a free show featuring TV Torso, Dirty Dancing, and the Happen Ins to Beerland. We guess Beerland is new Mohawk? Oh, and did we mention it’s free? It’s free. Keep up with the upcoming Rumble shows on WOXY’s blog.

Woxy.com, the much loved but seemingly often embattled internet radio station, is going to be moving to Austin! According to a blog posted up on their site this morning, the Cincinnati-based three man crew of Mike, Shiv, and Joe will be transplanting operations to the Live Music Capital of the World and by September 8 be broadcasting from their new headquarters at the Austin Theater on South Congress. Everything in the Web-world will pretty much continue as usual, but this will undoubtedly be good for local bands, as Woxy carries some serious rep and it can’t hurt to have those guys trolling our clubs for new music! Their official announcement after the jump: