COMMUNITY

“Fcukers are a recently discovered artist for me! Everything they’ve released is phenomenal, especially the song “I Don’t Wanna,” it’s the only modern song that has scratched the Portishead itch in my brain.”

“We have a record store here in town called Plum Creek that kind of became ground zero for our station’s birth. Our founders/board (Paul, Max and Grace) all met there and started plotting to get a low power community radio station together for our town of roughly 15,000 people 40 minutes south of Austin, Texas. I was hanging around so much I caught wind of the opportunity to have a show and basically inserted myself into any conversation they were having. I think they offered me the Music Director position to scare me away.”

“100 gecs (is an all-time favorite artist or album I never get tired of listening to). They are very out of pocket for me as I mainly spin indie/rock tunes but outside of my show I love the weird stuff, especially them.”

“A band that I discovered in the past year that has become one of my favorites is the Green Bay punk rock band Ditch the Hubcap. I love their music’s energy with hints of metal and the topics they cover. They perform shows around Green Bay, they have performed multiple times at our campus University Union and at our first UW-Green Bay Music Festival. Their awesome sound is a unique “in-your-face musical experience” that you can only get from listening to Ditch the Hubcap.”

“We’re kind of pushing for Brainrot to make a name for itself in the radio and music community. I think we have that advantage of being on both coasts where we can target a lot more people. We strive to have our programming be time appropriate. Meaning a 5-8pm show typically wouldn’t include 4 straight songs of slowcore or ambient music, and an early morning show wouldn’t be playing heavy metal.”

“As MD, I help promote live shows, ticket giveaways & do interviews with artists. I’m always listening to (and adding) new music weekly from bands, promoters, labels & our DJs. And, of course, I do my weekly charting with NACC!”

“I grew up listening to a wide range of music, from my Dad’s obscure Scandinavian metal, to my Mom’s 80s pop, to my Stepdad’s Pearl Jam obsession & 90s country, so listening to a wide range of music is just something that I’ve been doing since I got out of the womb. Being put in a position where it’s literally my job to listen from artists ranging from Genesis Owusu to Taylor Swift, Wet Leg to $uicideBoy$, Yves Tumor to New Order, and so much more is incredible. I genuinely feel like one of the luckiest people on Earth to be able to have a job in college that fits my interests.”

“I would say that I’m most excited for The Last Dinner Party’s upcoming album Prelude to Ecstasy. The band has just absolutely blown up this past year and for good reason their music is so catchy and I can never get out of my head. Another album that I’m really excited for is Declan McKenna’s What Happened to the Beach? Which at the time of this interview being released I believe is already out but I saw him in concert this past year and it was the most unforgettable performance that I saw in 2023.”

“At our core we love introducing people to new music. The radio station is our streaming 24/7 answer to “what are you listening to?” That’s a question we get asked a lot at the record shop and we realized that not only do we have a pretty good, eclectic answer to that question – so do a lot of our co-workers, friends, and customers. And so, Radio 3hive was born!”