We throw parties, host hangs, and bring people together — that’s kind of our thing. Here’s what’s coming up. And for live music happening all across Memphis, check out the WYXR Concert Calendar.
Interested in sponsoring an event? Email sponsorships@wyxr.org.
Mike Doughty Benefit Show for WYXR & First Congregational Church
Memphis’s Mike Doughty of Soul Coughing fame will be performing a benefit show for First Congregational Church and WYXR!
Stereo Sessions: Snowglobe
Released in 2002 on Bardot Records, Our Land Brains captures Snowglobe translating local acclaim into national recognition — melodic psych-pop rooted in ’60s tradition but firmly of the early-2000s indie underground. Balancing hook-driven songs with more expansive moments, it’s a front-to-back listening experience that holds up: later reissued as a remastered double LP, the album stands as a testament to Memphis’s enduring album-driven indie tradition.
Phoebe Bridgers: “Lost Weekend” Midnight Release Party
The new Phoebe Bridgers album LOST WEEKEND is coming Friday, August 14. Be the first to hear it (and bring it home) as record stores around the country host Midnight Album Release Parties! Midnight August 13/14.
Goner Records will open at 11PM August 13 for a first listen – and we will have copies of both the color vinyl version of the Lp as well as the special White Label Edition listed below – sales of the LPs start at Midnight!
Hosted by Goner Records’ Finley Warren and Liv Cohen of WYXR.
#listentogether to the new album before it’s released and even get a chance to buy a special LOST WEEKEND White Label Edition pressed on Zodiacal Light vinyl.
Other goodies too, while supplies last.
Stereo Sessions: KWICK
Released in 1981 on EMI America, To The Point finds KWICK — emerging from the Stax-affiliated Newcomers — fusing deep harmony traditions with sleek synthesizers and dance-floor precision in the competitive aftermath of Stax’s collapse. Produced by Allen Jones, architect of the Bar-Kays’ reinvention, the album places KWICK alongside contemporaries like Ebonee Webb and Galaxy in a post-Stax wave that embraced disco’s momentum without abandoning Memphis’s muscular groove.
Fall Pledge Drive
WYXR’s Pledge Drive is our biannual week-long fundraiser where our volunteer DJs pair up on-air to ask for your support. Tune in all week for special duo broadcasts and live music performances, and help keep Memphis radio alive.
Raised By Sound Fest
WYXR’s Raised By Sound Fest celebrates Memphis music, new and old, across multiple genres and features our unique group of volunteer DJs. It will feature free, day-long performances on Saturday, a ticketed headline concert on Friday, and a ticketed headline concert and after-party on Saturday night. Sign up for our newsletter to be the first to hear about festival updates!
