For the turntable-and-stylus set, two vinyl LPs celebrating Texas music are ready to spin.
KXT-FM (91.7), a key hub for North Texas music since 2009, is issuing Homegrown Bites, Vol. II, an orange-and-white vinyl compilation of 12 local acts, including Abraham Alexander, Frankie Leonie, Brave Combo, Midlake and the Vandoliers. The free, limited-edition disc will be handed out from noon to 1 p.m. each Wednesday in October at a different Whataburger location. See kxt.org for details.
The Vandoliers are among the featured acts on KXT’s new “Homegrown Bites, Vol. II” album.
Vincent Monsaint
Texas Parks and Wildlife Foundation recently released a deluxe reissue of Texas Wild with four bonus tracks.
First pressed in 2023, Texas Wild rounded up 11 Texas artists covering other Lone Star State acts, like the Toadies’ raw remake of Kelly Clarkson’s “Since U Been Gone.” The new vinyl edition adds Zella Day, of the Austin trio Chaparelle, singing a suitably trippy version of the 13th Floor Elevators’ 1966 classic “You’re Gonna Miss Me.” Meanwhile, Ruthie Foster teams up with the Dallas-based Texas Gentlemen for an Al Green-ish remake of “Pretty Woman” by the pride of Wink, Texas, Roy Orbison. The new digital version of Texas Wild includes Austin’s Max Frost tackling Beyoncé’s “Irreplaceable” and Longview native Jonathan Terrell swaggering through George Strait’s “All My Exes Live in Texas.”
Cover of the reissue of “Texas Wild.”
Texas Parks and Wildlife Foundation
The vinyl reissue — available at texaswildalbum.org — features a 24-page companion booklet and four interchangeable album covers by Texas illustrator Mishka Westell. She’ll talk about design and music and Terrell will perform songs at a free Texas Live event from 6 to 9 p.m. Oct. 7 at Birdie’s Social Club, 2737 W. Fifth St., Fort Worth. Proceeds from the album sales benefit the Texas Parks and Wildlife Foundation.
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