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During this week 23 years ago, Nirvana released their 2nd album-Nevermind. The band consisted of: Kurt Cobain, Dave Grohl, and Krist Novoselic. Cobain came up with the name for the album as “a metaphor for his attitude on life” and for its grammatical inaccuracy. Expectations were relatively low for the band but they surpassed these when […]
“We just can’t stop playing the scruffy psych-rock duo’s Rolling Stones-obsessed album with the appropriately exuberant title We Are the 21st Century Ambassadors of Peace & Magic.” – Entertainment Weekly Foxygen is an indie rock band from Westlake Village. California. They formed in 2005 by band members Sam France and Jonathan Rado. Their sound is very […]
Everyone’s favorite Canadian power/indie pop supergroup, the New Pornographers, are playing at Fun Fun Fun Fest! The New Pornographers (whose primary songwriting core consists of band leader and power pop statesman AC Newman, successful alt-country songstress Neko Case, and Dan Bejar of Destroyer) are basically the quintessential favorite pop band of artsy-fartsy college students (Stephen […]
I can listen to Daryl Palumbo’s voice day in and day out. A raw, fine yet guttural voice that can go from melodic to screaming in a matter of seconds. It soothes my soul and has for many years now. The first song I fell in love with was Ape Dos Mil and that will […]
Let’s all thank our lucky stars that the 2006 split up of Death from Above 1979 did not stick. The Canadian punk rock duo is made of bassist/backup vocalist Jesse F. Keeler and drummer/lead vocalist Sebastien Grainger. To start, how many drummers can pull off being the lead singer? And such a fine job Grainger […]
King Tuff is coming to Fun Fun Fun Fest! Kyle Thomas, aka King Tuff, will be gracing the festival goers with his presence on the second day of the festival, Saturday, November 8th, on the orange stage as support for Modest Mouse. King Tuff is generally one of the most recognizable names in today’s garage […]
Hello hello, this one is for people who can actually reach our office (located on the University of Houston campus, University Center North on the 2nd Floor in the Center For Student Media, you can’t miss us !) . Basically all we need you to do is to take a picture of yourself (or your […]
G-Eazy toured around Texas the past few days. His performance at Warehouse Live made up with intensity what it lacked in duration. Sometimes, the best performances are short and sweet. Concert-goers had already packed into the spacious, yet limited venue that was Warehouse Live by the time G-Eazy began his show. DJ J Que (replacing […]
All he needs is one mic, and that mic can be found on the Blue Stage. If you haven’t guessed it from the photo above or the line before, Nas will be headlining this year’s FunFunFun Fest! A hip hop originator, Nas is known for hits such as, “One Mic”, “If I Ruled the World”, “Hate Me Now”, […]
Basically tweet or post to your favorite Fun Fun Fun Fest artists/bands and the one with the best reaction/shout-out/response from the artists/band wins ! Example – “@artist, yo I love you dog and I want to get @FunFunFunFest tickets to see you dog, so shouts outs to @CoogRadio, shout me out dog” or any message […]
Day 11 of our Fun Fun Fun Fest give-a-way involves well ….. shouting ! 1. Follow us on snapchat, our handle is coogradio . 2. Who ever shouts, yells,whispers or ect “Listen to CoogRadio!” in the crazy/wildest/most unique way and/or in the craziest location wins ! Take a video of it on snapchat and send […]
Day 10 of Fun Fun Fun Fest Ticket Give-A-Way is simple ! Dress up as your favorite Fun Fun Fun Fest Artist (or band ?) and post a picture of it to either our facebook/twitter/or instagram (all three if you want to be safe) Make sure you like us on all three social media platforms […]
The Internet burst onto the music scene in 2011 with their mellow, yet lyrically loaded debut album titled Purple Naked Ladies. Odd Future Members Syd The Kyd and Matt Martians, along with Jameel Bruner, Patrick Paige and Christopher A. Smith constitute The Internet. To get an idea of the complex themes The Internet broadcasts to their […]
On this day in 2006, the newly acclaimed band “Arctic Monkeys” burst onto the music scene with 4 nominations at the Q awards, one of the UK’s biggest annual music awards ceremonies. Formed in 2002, the Sheffield-born and bred band rose to fame with the fastest-selling debut album in British history: “Whatever People Say I […]
“English not Austrian, solo not a band” is how musician Christopher Blake, better known as SOHN describes himself on his Twitter account. In 2010 Blake released his first songs as SOHN, “Warnings” and “Oscillate” on his Soundcloud page, and his EP “The Wheel” was released in late 2012. He remixed Lana Del Rey’s song “Ride” and […]
“…mumbling tune… LA LA LA LA! Do you know where the wild things go mumbling more, LA LA LA LA!” The first few months this song hit the radio, this was the description for the song that we were all singing, until someone looked up the lyrics. We had no idea what was being said, […]
I hope you guys have been enjoying our contest for fun fun fun fest tickets! Today is Day 6 and it’s super simple to enter . 1. Take this super easy survey. 2. Follow/Like CoogRadio, share any of our posts about the survey contest on our facebook or retweet any tweets about the survey from […]
Welcome to day 5 of our Fun Fun Fun Fest Give-a-way! This contest focuses on Instagram! Please create a video of you (and who ever else) jamming to one of your favorite Fun Fun Fun Fest artist! Then post it on your Instagram and make sure to tag and send it to us so we can […]
Ne-Yo, a Grammy Award-winning R&B singer and songwriter, put on an amazing show Tuesday night at the House of Blues in Downtown Houston. The amount of hit songs he has written, collaborated on, produced, and recorded is mind-blowing. He was full of charisma and even had the crowd in the seated section on their […]
Cashmere Cat is Magnus August Høiberg, a DJ-producer from Norway who blends EDM with blues downtempo. Recently, this artist has blown up in popularity. His debut EP Mirror Maru was well-received by the electronic music community, and for good reason. “Mirror Maru” sounds like a Nujabes-like sound covered with a thin membrane of trap. This track made its way into the […]
