Hard & Heavy | Music Crossroads of Texas

KTTZ | By Rachel Boyd

Published August 2, 2021 at 3:00 PM CDT

"As 2020 was winding down, I was searching for new west Texas music released that year. I came across a lot of new hard rock and heavy metal music that impressed me, and today, I want to share with you what I discovered." - Curtis Peoples, host of Music Crossroads of Texas. Tune in to hear the gems Curtis has discovered.

Tracks

Watch the World Burn - Ronnie & the Redwoods
Sleep In - Daniel Markham
Psyche - BE OK
Dirty Little Thing - Brittan Church
Weird Days - Bipolar Echo
Suffocate - Labor XII
Violent Times - The Uprising
Anti B.S. - SpitLife
History Will Not Be Kind to Us - Bare the Mark
Bound By Chains - Entity
Transparent - Moments Till Fall
A Liquid Embrace - A Sky Realm
Suicided - Shred Vessell
Lambeastis - Sixgun Serenade
Planetary Devastation - The Worst Case Scenario

Music

Curtis Peoples

Curtis Peoples, Ph.D., is the Archivist for the Southwest Music Archive and oversees the Crossroads Recording Studio for the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library at Texas Tech University. He is a musician who has worked in the music business for four decades, numerous recording studios, and has been a production manager for many events. Dr. Peoples teaches regional music history classes and American media studies; his research centers on music and place.

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