11 Tracks Debut as KXT Airs Halloween Special From North Texas

KXT aired a Halloween-themed installment of its Homegrown Music Show on Oct. 29, presenting new music from North Texas artists. The program, which airs Thursdays from 7 to 8 p.m., is curated by Waffles and features hip hop, Latin, rock, blues, jazz, folk, pop, punk and R&B from the region.

The Spooky Edition opened with a new track from Denton's Deep Blue Something, "Who Put Bella In The Witch Elm," drawing on the unresolved 1943 case of a woman found inside a tree in Worcestershire; her identity and killer were never determined. The show also included "Blame and Burden" by Rosegarden Funeral Party, a Dallas group currently touring the Northeast through New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Washington D.C.

The broadcast marked a KXT debut for "So Hypocritical" by Mesquite songwriter zirin, who is also known as Izaiah Forman. The 19-year-old picked up guitar during the 2020 COVID pandemic and works as a painter. Other first-airing tracks included "We Feel Good About Self" by Dallas darkwave artist Ab Ex, "Alarma" by Denton's Tonya And The Hardings, and "Strangest Place (Escape Mix)" by Fort Worth's Sleepy Atlantis, a stripped-down version of the original.

The program also paid tribute to Guyton Sanders, an original founding member of Vandoliers and drummer on several projects, who died this week. KXT played "Burn," a 2019 collaboration from Remy Reilly featuring Vandoliers. The show continued with "Bishop" by Trauma Ray, ahead of the Fort Worth shoegaze band's 29-show tour with Turnover starting next week, with dates through Los Angeles, Portland, Seattle, Canada, Chicago, Detroit, Brooklyn and Asheville.

The broadcast included "Evil People" from the latest EP by Dallas all-female indie rock group The Roommates, as well as "UFO (From Planet Rainbow)" by Denton's Atomic Rainbow, a debut single available only on Bandcamp. KXT also aired "The Fight" from Drive Thru Society's debut album "Thresholds," featuring Cory Brunnemann of Through Arteries. The Denton metalcore band plays Finding Hope Music Festival at Grace Church in Haltom City on Nov. 7.

Wave Vendors, a Plano project performed and produced entirely by composer and sound designer Jeff Thrower, made its KXT debut with "Beef Naps" from a self-titled album. The track runs over a relaxed groove with lo-fi textures and lead guitar.

Mitchell Zenick, a Dallas singer-songwriter and producer, also debuted on the program with "Burden," a single described as cinematic indie and alternative music with atmospheric and orchestral elements. "'Burden' is about feeling like a burden to the people around you and believing you only hurt those you love," Zenick said in his submission. "I want the song to remind anyone who feels that way that they're not alone."

The complete track list for the Oct. 29 broadcast also included "The Void" by Mean Motor Scooter and "Queasy" by smothered.