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Matt Sonzala fills in on a Thursday night in May 2026 from 10pm-12am on KAZI. He follows the Afrobonics Radio show and wanted to continue on with the vibes. Tune in for some wild sounds from across the African Continent. And then some other things.

Matt Sonzala hosts his second official show on The Voice of Austin - KAZI FM (88.7 FM on the dial) - New Music Tuesday features New Black Music from Around the World. No limits, just jams. Tune in LIVE Tuesdays from 4 - 7pm Central (US) Time and let us know you are out there. Or of course find the archives HERE! Today's guest was Marco Velez - Democratic candidate for Lt. Governor in the state of Texas. We have a lot of real talk in the first hour along with tons of real music. Give us a listen and share with your friends!

Matt Sonzala hosts his first official show on The Voice of Austin - KAZI FM (88.7 FM on the dial) - New Music Tuesday features New Black Music from Around the World. No limits, just jams. Tune in LIVE Tuesdays from 4 - 7pm Central (US) Time and let us know you are out there. Or of course find the archives HERE! The recording didn't work all the way out so the show starts on the third song played on this recording and there are some parts where a song cuts off and we start back up abruptly. Won't let that happen again! Let me know what you think and let's make this show WEEKLY ON KAZI FM THE VOICE OF AUSTIN!

Matt Sonzala hosts a selection of dope artists from around the world on Austin Community Radio Station KAZI (KAZIFM.org - 88.7 FM) in this special three hour show. Hear tracks and interviews with Steven Bamidele (London, UK), Marius Solberg (Bergen, Norway), JayaHadADream (Cambridge, UK) and Yung D3mz (Accra, Ghana) with other jams sprinkled throughout. This show really went down. Lot's of insights and international flavo(u)r. TUNE IN AND TELL A FRIEND TO TELL A FRIEND WORD TO CHRIS!

As we mourn the loss of our great friend and Texas Music Pioneer DJ Michael 5000 Watts of the Swisha House, KAZI 88.7 FM in Austin allowed us the chance to take 3 hours of radio to do a tribute to the man, the myth, the legend. Thank you so much to Eva The Analog Diva and H+ for making it happen and thank you to Austin legendary MC and DJ Smackola for coming down and helping to make this show what it became. We all love Michael Watts and will work to keep his name alive forever. Thank you to Bun B, Skratch Bastid, Pepper, DJ Grip, Magno, James Dean and Shaunie Haynes for calling in. There is a lot of real talk on this one and some great music. Thank you to my peoples Jeff and Big Push for coming through with the radio edits. It really went down. Long Live Michael Watts!

Matt Sonzala went on KAZI FM's Morning Grind Show with Edward Crowder III, Eva the Analog Diva and Haris Qureshi to promote his upcoming birthday party at the Sahara Lounge in Austin Texas on January 15, 2026 with Peyton (Stones Throw), Hasaan Olu and Yadira Brown. The crew plays songs from all of the artists and Matt gives some background on them all. They also discuss SXSW and where they think it is going this year and other recent music news.

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Matt Sonzala is back with another edition of Matt Sonzala Radio. About two hours of new music with no boundaries. Been at it for years but this is the first show the Soundcloud has let me upload this year and then some so I am happy it finally worked. Hit me on my line and let me know where you are hearing this! IS THIS THING ON? I tell you how to contact me near the end of the show. Anyway, tracklist will be up on pushermania.com so find it there! Thanks for listening and tell a friend to tell a friend to tune on in.

Quite possibly my most accessible show yet. Don't take this as a sign for 2025 I will still find some crazy stuff to mess with your mind in the 2025 do not even trip. Enjoy this one though, it is quite nice in a time that is certainly not all that nice. Come to my birthday party Jan. 16 in Houston at Off The Record 416 Main Street, 8pm with Trackstar the DJ!

It's become a Holidaze Tradition for close to 20 years now but who is counting. Matt Sonzala is back - with the help of Selectah Kei - with a mix of Nu Holidaze Classics for the 2024 Season. Please share with your friends and family as that is the real spirit of the season. Please to enjoy. See the Tracklist at Pushermania.com

Let's party. I'm back with some jams for you.

Once again Talk So Real is back with yet another episode highlighting the people who really make the Austin music scene tick tick boom, and this is a big one. I finally got my brother Boris Wright in the studio and pon di mic to discuss his long and illustrious career in the music business and more. Boris has been a formidable person behind the scenes at many of your favorite events. His logistical skill and care for the art of music and culture makes him one of the realest people you will ever deal with in this world. He keeps it real and truly cares about you, me, everybody who is really trying to make things happen for music. He has worked heavily behind the scenes at Coachella, SXSW, ACL, Fun Fun Fun Fest and just about every major event you can mention. We talk about a lot of things including how he likes big festivals and I don't, how we both love free jazz but also a lot of other things. We keep it positive but there may be a couple of moments where some heads get cut. This is a really real one y'all and as always I ask you to tell a friend to tell a friend to check out Talk So Real with Matt Sonzala. We have a lot of episodes with some seriously fun and insightful stories and we really try to keep it real. Like, subscribe, do whatever it is you people do on the internet. @borismusic2020

Another big one for the record books! This should have happened a long time ago! I finally got my brother Doug Mecca up in the studio for some real talk. Doug is a pioneer in Austin hip hop and beyond. He and his Hip Hop Mecca Crew revolutionized the game back in the 90's when they started promoting hip hop shows on the regular with both national and local artists at a time when it was even harder to get stages for hip hop than it was in the 2000's. Austin has come a long way and Hip Hop Mecca and their work played a huge role in legitimizing hip hop within the Austin music scene. Trust, it was a lot of work. They also booked some of the coolest hip hop showcases at SXSW in the late 90's/early 2000's. They are the crew who brought crews like the Living Legends, Hieroglyphics, Rhymesayers, Project Blowed and way more to Austin and to SXSW. Their events were always fun and also always loaded with local artists. They built a ton of bridges and Doug has tons of stories. Word to Mike Henry (who also needs to come on the pod). Born in New York, he came to South Austin in the 3rd Grade and has seen it all. Catch him any night at the coolest club still standing on 6th Street, Flamingo Cantina. Enjoy this episode and as always Tell a Friend to Tell a Friend to tune into Talk So Real with Matt Sonzala! @douglasmecca

This weeks show is another huge one! We have my brother Victorious in the house. Victorious and I go way back in this Austin hip hop world, I'm talking back in them Andre Walker/Sociopath Left daze (#IYKYK), and we have a lot to talk about. From our early days on the scene in Austin, to a couple trips to New York, to him being saved and becoming a leader in the Holy Hip Hop World and the beginnings of Christian Hip Hop at SXSW and more. We really go in on this one. As always like and subscribe and tell a friend to tell a friend about Talk So Real with Matt Sonzala. It's a movement. @victorious52

Talk So Real with Matt Sonzala is back for the 2 0 2 4 y'all! And this one is a BIG ONE! I finally got to sit down and have a real talk with Austin's own Alesia Lani! Alesia is an incredible singer with a dynamic energy who has taken the city by storm in recent years and just released her debut album (though I have had so many jams from her over the years I really don't believe that!) Self-Titled and it's a banger. True to form, Alesia slays in a wide range of sounds on this album from a rockin' banger with Jackie Venson, to a cool out jam with John Deas on the track and Gary Clark Jr. on the hook, to going back to her roots in hip hop on songs with The Teeta and Megz from Magna Carda, this album is a real journey and I think you will love to trip we take on these mics as we Talk So Real. Tune in and have a listen and tell a friend to tell a friend that Talk So Real with Matt Sonzala is BACK! @alesialanimusic New Album “Self-Titled” available now

I know that I say this all the time but THIS IS A BIG ONE! I've been down with Robert Gabriel, nee, R2G2, since the mid-90's when we were both writing for the Bay Area hip hop magazine 4080. The publisher Lauchlan Eugene Sampson McIntyre told Robert and I that we should meet each other as we were both in Austin at the time. So we did and we became friends for all these years. He has always been super supportive and in my corner and I have always loved learning about hip hop from his perspective as well. He has really studied the things that he loves, Austin and The Good Life era hip hop in LA in particular. But he of course is not limited to that. We talk all sorts of things from our history and travels and life etc. And I bust out one of his early tapes he made for me and others that I have on my shelf to this day. Like I say this is the podcast where I talk to my frennnzzz and Robert is one. Y'all have a listen and as always tell a friend to tell a friend about Talk So Real with Matt Sonzala

Word to Richard Whymark and Chepo Pena and every person who ever watched a band play in Austin when it was cool, today's guest is Greg Beets! Greg has been covering and playing music in Austin since the late 80's and had a front row seat to all that was happening in the Austin music scene that gave life to so many of us! The 90's in Austin were a special time and his new book A Curious Mix Of People drops today! You may have seen the zine previews over the past couple of years and those have all been super dope so I can't wait to dive into the book straight away. On this episode we discuss all sorts of things and I promise I don't cry about how Austin has changed (much). We also talk about Houston and Dallas as he has lived in both and really just have a lot of scene talk and memory sharing. Music nerds UNITE this one is for you, me, everybody. @beetsolonely Get your copy of “A Curious Mix of People” published by @utexaspress now! Support his band @rontitterband

Maaaaaaan once again we may have outdone ourselfs with the realness. I have a lot of history with my man Wayne Donowho. He was actually my "Promotions and Publicity" teacher back in the days and from right when we met we hit it off and became family. I don't him or his lovely wife and sons nearly enough so I was real lucky to have a couple extra days in Houston recently where we were able to spend some time and really catch up. And you know I had to get him on the podcast. On this one we talk about his days running a Christian record label and being in Christian bands to his life now and most all things in between. Basically we get a lot of Wayne's philosophies on this one and the world just may need some of this. Take a moment to give this one a listen and a share, you will not regret it!

MC K PEOPLE CALL HIM KWAM! My brother Kwame Anderson joins us for today's edition of Talk So Real with Matt Sonzala. Our history runs way back to the early 90's and the days of the Hip Hop Coffee Shop at Hoi Polloi on White Oak which is now Onion Creek and also to the days of Strictly Hip Hop Sunday's on KPFT when he was with a very forward thinking rap group called Seeds of Soul. I was a huge fan of theirs and felt like they were really ahead of their time. I used to hang out with Seeds of Soul and um, enhance our minds and listen to bands like Sonic Youth and Jesus Lizard and Kwame really got into experimental music on all levels real heavy. When Seeds of Soul ended, he and DJ Spaceghost started a group called Freedom Sold, which was Kwame on vocals and noisy ass guitar and Spaceghost on the beats and turntables and they really took things to a whole nother level. Talk about being ahead of their time, Freedom Sold was making noisy conscious raps before really anyone. Now everyone is noisy, though maybe not so conscious. (Word to B L A C K I E who is also a leader in this realm). Anyway now Kwame is a teacher and he has no shortage of things to say. We talk a lot about our history and friendship and travels and hip hop in Houston and all sorts of things. It really goes down on this one, tune in and have a listen and as always please tell a friend to tell a friend about Talk So Real with Matt Sonzala.

Today is a really special edition that is for sure. I always say that Talk So Real is the podcast where I talk to my friends and I literally have talked to some of the people closest to me in this series. But DJ Chill is different! What we have done together over the years changed our lives big time and without his support who knows where I would be. We talk about our early days when we first met while doing promotions for a commercial radio station and of course about doing Damage Control Radio together on KPFT in Houston. We talk about his early days rolling with DJ Screw and even sharing turntables with him. We reminisce on our trips to Europe and around the US celebrating the Houston rap sound and tradition and get into what he is up to these days. This whole week is gonna be crazy, this is the first of three episodes I will be dropping so please subscribe on your favorite platform and don't miss a thing! @djchillhouston @cowboyworldtv

We close out the week with a huge announcement! You may know Gabe Vaughn as one of the owners of Breakaway Records and you may know him as DJ Dangit and have amazing memories of Sock Hop DJ nights and you may even know him from his time in Arctectonics, whatever way you know him you know that Gabe has been a huge part of the Austin music scene. He's been in Austin all of his life, collecting and selling records, making beats and DJing super cool dance parties, but on today's podcast he has something to tell the world and I am not going to spoil it here. If you follow him on social media you probably have an idea of what is going on, but he's been pretty hush hush about it until now. No, he is not pregnant, you are going to have to listen to find out the real deal. I for one am really happy for my dude and I will be even happier if you give this one a listen and a share. This has been a fun week, maybe I will start being consistent, maybe.

We are back in Texas for Season 4 of Talk So Real with Matt Sonzala and today's guest is yet another great friend of mine with a lot to say, Audrea Diaz! If you are doing ANYTHING in Austin hip hop you have for sure at the very least encountered Audrea more than once as she is the biggest supporter of everything Austin hip-hop that I have ever met. She is always in the place and forever repping for the scene that she loves (and loves her) so much. For years Audrea has been witnessing and covering the happenings around Austin. We cover a lot of ground on this one including but not limited to her work getting Austin's CapMetro transit system to expand their services for the disabled, her writing for the Texas Observer and her plans for her book that she has been working on about, take a guess, yup, Austin hip-hop. She also promises to start her own podcast like, very soon. She is a unique and treasured voice in our community and I personally feel as though she needs to be heard far and wide. Definitely have a listen there is some super real talk on this one! @audrea_diaz

We continue on with the stories of kids in the van traversing the country with my other brother Pete Stadtmueller. Pete played drums in the first band I ever booked, Lost from Erie, PA and has always been a great friend of mine. He is a teacher on the university level now and is also a deep sea diver but in our youth he was just another miscreant punk rocker on a mission. We all were. Honestly Pete was one of the more stable dudes in the crew, he could be trusted to drive us through the night blasting Fugazi and Ice Cube tapes at equal volume as the van backfired through tunnels and on country roads. He won't get the band back together but we won't hold that against him. We share a lot of musical memories on this one for sure. Give it a listen and tell a friend to tell a friend to check out Talk So Real with Matt Sonzala (all of them) the podcast where I just talk to my friends.

Continuing on in Erie, PA today we present one of my oldest and closest friends, Mike Krusewicz. When I first met Mike he was a crazy, mouthy skater type who did not hold his tongue at all (nothing's changed). I remember being taken aback the first time I met him, like "Who is this dude?" Then we got some beers and became best friends. Mike is the one who pushed me to do many things, with him having my back we were unstoppable in our youth. We also criss crossed the US together on those early punk rock tours. Mike has always had a van, and iykyk having a van can lead to some crazy times. I have always admired Mike as he started his own business straight out of high school and never looked back and always kept it real. He is my brother in this world for real. We started in radio together, booking shows together and touring the US as well. Word to Rich Mudge too. I hope you enjoy listening to this one as much as I enjoyed making it.

SEASON 3 BONUS WEEK HAS BEGUN! Well three days at least. Today starts the ERIE EDITION of Talk So Real. I spent a good part of the summer in my hometown of Erie, PA and meant to do way more podcasts, but I did get with three of the people who were HUGE in the formation of who I am today. These are LITERALLY my day one dudes (Day one starts after I got out of high school because school was a TRAP) and in those daze right after High School man, I accomplished A LOT with this particular dude. Brian Diplacido aka A Bullet for Fidel was the singer for the first band I ever booked a tour for, Lost from Erie, PA. I will never forget the first time I saw them live at the Continental Ballroom in 1989 on a local bill with My 3 Scum and Backwash (Alex Lewinger from Submachine's old band also RIP Danny Perry). Lost was way more my speed than a lot of things happening those days. I love pure punk rock and the old school and all that but in my late teens I was way more Touch & Go/Amphetamine Reptile/Sub Pop than I was like, for lack of a better term, pure punk. Actually I'm tripping I liked everything but let's just say seeing a band like them hitting like that coming out of Erie (nee, Harborcreek) was huge for me. (And they were really not like T&G, AmRep, etc I don't know what I am saying. As the kids say today, they hit different). I approached them after the show and probably bought a tape and a shirt and if memory serves me right I ran into the drummer Pete at Record Country and we talked and all became friends. It was at that show that I decided that I wanted to try my hand at throwing shows, and on these Erie podcasts we talk about how all that went down. I toured the US multiple times with Lost, sometimes for six weeks at a time, and then in 1991 Brian and I backpacked around Europe for the first time which changed my life in a major way as well. So much to talk about. Later in life Brian became a solo songwriter called A Bullet For Fidel and released records on the excellent label SCAT RECORDS. And in 2023 he has some new music about fin to drop! Also on Scat Records. Man the way life moves is really crazy man for real for real. Here we are 30 years later still doing thangs and having some real talks!

Been a long time, I shouldn't have left you... but I have a bit of an explanation and a preview of what is to come with Talk So Real with Matt Sonzala. Check this out and give me some feedback please...

Oh man here we are back again with another episode of Talk So Real with Matt Sonzala and this is a big one, we finally got YellaStud in the house! We go way back and reminisce about all kinds of Austin hip hop memories. YellaStud, I still call her Lolo, and I did a lot of shows together for SXSW and just in general and have always been fam. A pivotal human in this Austin rap ecosystem, you won't find a person that is more supportive AND motivating for real. We talk about the launch of the Never Enough Brand and the meaning behind it and all sorts of thangs! Tune in and tell a friend to tell a friend! @yellastud @never.enough.brand Vote for YellaStud in the @austinchronicle #BestOfAustin TODAY! https://vote.austinchronicle.com/arts-and-entertainment/graphic-artist

Man it felt really good to do this one for sure as I got to get my man Bak on the other side of the mic! Bak is one of the most thorough podcasters that I know personally, he is definitely an OG in the city of Austin where he has been covering nightlife and more for years. He has literally interviewed everyone, including me a few years back. These days he is focused on his comedy and mostly talking to fellow comedians on his show, but if you go back into his archives you will hear some real talks with so many of the people who truly made/make Austin the Live Music Capital of the World. And more. Born in Senegal, raised in France, and reared in Austin, the man has stories and insights for days. I hope you enjoy listening to this one as much as I enjoyed making it and as always please tell a friend to tell a friend to like, follow and subscribe to Talk So Real with Matt Sonzala. @thefeedbak @recordplaylive https://www.thefeedbak.com/

Maaaaaaan it finally happened. I've BEEN meaning to sit down with the legend OG Ron C and chop (no pun intended) it up about all sorts of things, and on this episode it finally happened with a bonus appearance by DJ Hollygrove. We talk about the beginnings of the Swisha House, The Chopstars and how they have evolved over the years. We discuss how both of us started out driving the promo van for a radio station in Houston, and later get into Ron's new career as a filmmaker/actor. It was great to see The Chopstars all around #SXSW2023, they definitely held it down all over the city. I even got a literal candle from @DJCandlestick. Crazy! There is a lot of real talk on this one as you know neither I nor OG Ron C are known to hold our tongues so be sure to tune in and tell a friend to tell a friend about this podcast. Audio available on all platforms it really goes down! @ogronc @iamdjhollygrove @thechopstars

Special shout out to my brother Gregory "Beef" Jones (@ogbeefjones) for inviting me to the Group Black party during SXSW IA last week. Group Black is a company founded by industry legend Bonin Bough to dramatically transform the face of media ownership and investment. Beef and I had been trying to link all day, when he ended up at this party and told my wife and I to come meet him there. He said "They have free drinks, a DJ and some Afrobeats artist will perform." Neither of us knew who we were about to see. Then Yung D3mz hit the stage, straight outta Ghana. It was so refreshing for me to hear this kind of music being represented at SXSW and by a young up and coming talent who has not jumped on the hype train as of yet. I truly felt as if I was witnessing something special. Possibly his first show in the USA, and for a crowd of highly enthusiastic - mostly women - who were dancing and singing along. It was a really special moment for me as ten years ago when I worked for SXSW I took a couple trips to Johannesburg to meet more people from the African music industry and hopefully see SXSW expand into booking more from the continent. That is all easier said than done but in recent years Africa's presence at the conference has grown for sure. So props to SXSW for that. I approached Yung D3mz and talked to him about his music and told him that I was a fan of Fokn Boiz from Ghana and knew their manager, Panji Anoff, and from there he could tell that I knew a little something about this music thing. I met his manager and his crew and invited them to come over and do a podcast, and they actually showed up and this talk is the result. It was a real pleasure to get this young persons perspective on Afrobeats and just life and culture in general. His music can be streamed anywhere you stream music and you should check him out. We are also joined on this episode with his producer Uche B, a force in his own right. Please tune in and tell a friend to tell a friend to subscribe and listen to Talk So Real With Matt Sonzala. @yung_d3mz @uche_b

Maaaaaan I am finally getting back to the podcast game and this one is a good one! I finally got to sit down with Shu of IITight Music (2 Tight) from Japan! Shu is a huge supporter of real rap music and one of the truest fans I have ever met. I love meeting people from around the world who appreciate and work to help and progress our culture and Shu is very much so one of them. Listen to the story of how he has been coming to the US multiple times every year for 20 years to buy music to take back and distribute in Japan, mainly independent real rap music. He goes from hood to hood in search of gems on CD, cassette, vinyl etc and he even licenses music from underground artists. I even have a vinyl copy of a Southern Merchandise album he put out. Southern Merchandise were a group in San Antonio in the 90's and here in Austin I felt like I was the only person who knew of them. I loved that CD and somehow this dude found them and reissued it on vinyl. Crazy! Tune in for some real game and maybe you have something to offer him in the way of unreleased music to release in Japan, or some old cassettes you have in a closet. He also has brought artists like Bun B, LE$, Lil Keke and PKO to Japan for concerts. The story is amazing tune in and let me know what you think! @2tightmusic_mcd

This is the biggest interview to hit the internet since that one interview last week had everyone going nuts. My guest this week is Kevin Curtin, and since you asked, we talk in depth about Ye's appearance on Infowars and what all this means to a couple of punks out here in Austin, Texas. Kevin has some incredible stories of how he got to Austin and landed a job with the Austin Chronicle. You may have heard some of it before, but you definitely don't know the whole story. It cray. We also discuss being a lab rat for money (that was/is a big thing in this town), 6th Street VS the rest of Austin, life on the road and how travel opens your eyes and minds to so many different things, the creative process, and then we talk a lot of dad talk. It really goes down. This will be one for the record books. As always thank you for listening and tell a friend to tell a friend to tune into Talk So Real with Matt Sonzala on your favorite platform! @dirt_curtin

Keith Corona is a South Austin hip hop legend. A leader in all that he does, Keith has been on the cutting edge of the visuals game for as long as I can remember. You have got to check out his YouTube page where you will find all sorts of dope music videos, many of which were filmed in Mexico where he resides for part of every year. He is back in Austin for the moment so I got to sit down with him and talk all sorts of stuff. Namely my wish to live in Mexico as well and how he made his way down there, and why he comes back every year. I'm literally jealous of this mans life. (though I would probably just chill down there full time if I could, and closer to some water. Listen and you will know what I'm talm bout.) In this episode we learn how he got to South Austin and how South Austin is an entity in and of itself. I school him a bit on some late 80's/early 90's rappers from South Austin, who are the main dudes who got me to start coming to Austin back in those days from Houston. (#RIPCROPDIGGIE) And he reminds me of a whole lot of dope artists and events that we have experienced living here in the Live Music Capital of the World. These days Keith is rapping mostly en Espanol so we talk a lot about how I want to see him tour the Spanish speaking world, as he definitely has the skills and the drive to make it happen. I predict big things for my man right here and I am so glad that we got a chance to sit down. As always tell a friend to tell a friend to check out Talk So Real with Matt Sonzala and read below for info on a dope event he will be performing at this weekend! @livefrom78745mx

Season 3 of Talk So Real with Matt Sonzala STARTS NOW! And today we have a big one. DJ Michael Watts of the Swisha House joins me in the studio for about an hour of real talk about music and all sorts of things. We talk a bit about the new Swisha House Experience that was curated by their longtime designer Mike Frost last month in Houston and look at how his design shaped so much of what people perceive of the Swisha House. We talk new music, old music and just kind of do how we do here at Talk So Real. Be sure and visit www.helldonebrokeloose.com for all the new Swisha House gear and to get your hands on their exclusive box set. And please tell a friend to tell a friend to check out Talk So Real with Matt Sonzala on their favorite podcast platform! @djmichaelwatts

You may or may not be ready for this one. The last Amapiano Christmas mix was kind of nice right? I got lots of nice feedback on that one and it felt good. I like to make people feel good, it's important to me. Especially at this time of year which can be wonderful but also stressful and for some, straight full of pain. Well this one isn't going to do you any favors I'll tell you that right now, but it does jam, it is fun and it's quite representative of the world in which we live in right now as all of North America freezes over and becomes the Nu Antarctica. Anyway, wrap yourself in some blankets, get your best headphones on and vibe out to the realness that is, Matt Sonzala's Holidaze Mess 2022. Bring on 2023! It's gotta be better than 2020 right???? See the full tracklist on Pushermania.com ideally AFTER you listen. I want this all to be big surprises for you. And yours.

Alright yo I'm back with the hardest Holidaze mix evAr. Some of you know how I do, some of you don't. After this one everybody will be knowin'. #1 Holidaze DJ in the world right here. Step to me. Also enjoy and Happy Holidaze to everyone from here to everywhere. Love, matt

Rest in Peace to David Ornette Cherry and love to all who need love right now. Give thanks for so many things this Thanksgiving week. We need to give thanks. While also bucking the devil. Tracklist and info coming soon to pushermania.com if not there already....

Welcome back to the show that recognizes no genres or boundaries. Stamp your passport to this, get the one with the extra pages. The music on this one is good but I talk to much because I was way too throwed after the big Austin FC/Astros winning weekend. That's my excuse anyway. Holler at me in the comments and make me record another show this week I have way more music for you in the virtual crates. Love, matt

Maaaan hold up! This week I got to sit down with a man who has been a friend and a mentor to me for like 30 years, Jeff Liles. This man has stories and I think just about anyone would enjoy listening to this one. I first met Jeff when he was a member of the group Decadent Dub Team, an experimental, electronic, hip-hop group from Dallas. The man has literally done it all and has always looked out for me in my journey through the music world. I was like 19 years old maybe 20 when we met and soon after noticed that he was thanked on the back of the NWA and the Posse record. I was floored for real. Like how the hell did that happen? Dude from Dallas thanked on the back of one of my favorite records of all time??? Well listen and find out just how that happened. The stories on this one are amazing. His musical knowledge and experience is unmatched, Jeff is a truly unique individual who has always stayed true to himself and his mission and the music. We got to talk at the Kessler Theater (where I also did Episode 1 with Money Waters) about the history of Deep Ellum, NWA, his time in Los Angeles, Decadent Dub Team, his solo project Cottonmouth, TX, The Buck Pets, The Axiom, tripping balls at a Grateful Dead concert as a teenager, man we just went in. As always thank you for checking out Talk So Real with Matt Sonzala and tell a friend to tell a friend to tune in on all platforms!

Man this is a real good one right here, I finally got to sit down with my man Deuce and talk some shop. I first met Deuce when he was an on air personality on Austin's Hot 93 in the early to mid 2000's. Hot 93 was a special place, and maybe one of the last commercial urban radio stations to keep it real witht heir community. Many of the cities most important players in the hip hop world worked there (find out who when you listen) and they kept the doors fairly open to Texas talent and more. Since those days Deuce has been active in the community in many ways and has always been an inspiration to many people really trying to do things in the music and entertainment industries and beyond. He is the author of several popular books and is currently working on a book about the music industry and he even announces his big work that he has in the works right here on this podcast. We also talk about the postponement of the Austin Urban Culture Festival, to it's rightful spot in the spring during Texas Relays and oh so much more. Tune in and tell a friend to tell a friend to check out Talk So Real with Matt Sonzala.

Finally got to sit down with my man Kiko Villamizar. Kiko is a multi-instrumentalist - musicologist - vocalist - comedian - intellectual bad ass dude who was born in Miami to a musical family who took him to Colombia as a youth and raised him on a coffee farm where he immersed himself in the sounds and tradition of his families native land. On today's podcast he talks about that journey and where he is now. We also discuss rap music, in depth. This is a big one. As always thank you for tuning in and tell a friend to tell a friend about Talk So Real with Matt Sonzala.

Maaaaan this is a big one for me as I have been a fan of MOJOE for many years, and when we sat down to do this they informed me that I had never interviewed them before. Which is something I can't even fathom given the amount of times I have seen them live and how much I have listened to them and such. But I guess that is the case and this edition of Talk So Real is my first real talk with two of my favorites. MOJOE was a walking revolution from San Antonio back in the day. A live band hip hop experience that had it all and could not be questioned. The title of their Classic.Ghetto.Soul album summed it all up, and after a bit of a hiatus (in which rapper Easy Lee started a group called Third Root with MexStep and DJ Chicken George) they are back with a new album about to drop called Ancient Future Soul, which also sums things up. The guys played the record for me and a few other good folks and then we sat down to do the interview in the lovely upstairs portion of Simona's Coffee Bar in the Colton House Hotel on South Congress here in Austin. It really went down as they say. Word to Raf. On this episode we discuss such things as Beyonce and Solange's father Matthew Knowles signing them, Sun Ra, Johnna Lister, why sometimes people including myself and themselves need a hiatus, real soul music, Texas music, the game, we cover a lot of things and I think you will enjoy this one. Please tell a friend to tell a friend to dial into this Talk So Real movement, and thank you so much for your support.

Continuing on with the podcast where I go and have some real talk with my friends, this week I sat down with Noah Tennefrancia to talk about a whole lot of thangs! If you are out and about in Austin's hip hop and electronic and more scenes you probably know Noah as he is always in the place. He is historically one of the biggest supporters of Austin music and music in general that I know and that's super real. We talk about his transition into a wheelchair and living with Miyoshi myopathy for the past 15 years, while still getting out and doing more than all of us put together. He tells us about his dealings with the Texas (in)justice system. We big up a lot of the folks who impacted us and the scene over the years and how music is a healing force. Lots of memories are brought forth on this one and I'm super happy that I got a chance to chop it up with my man Noah. I hope you enjoy listening and as always tell a friend to tell a friend to check out Talk So Real with Matt Sonzala on all the platforms!

This might be my best All Music is World Music in a while. Maybe one that you, yes you can listen to all the way through. Like no skips as they say. I know sometimes I mess you up with the realness, it's too much, sometimes it's too noisy, maybe to vibey, I don't know. I know it's got to be hard for many of you though and well this time I tried to not trip out TOO hard. There may be some moment but I think you can handle this one. Please to give my little thang right here a listen and tell a friend to tell a friend to listen to All Music is World Music with Matt Sonzala. Also, TALK SO REAL. Stay with me please.

Three weeks in a row, here we go again as they say, another edition of All Music is World Music with Matt Sonzala. Talk So Real will return this week as well, don't you worry about that. Just trying to keep it real, and stay up on new musics from artists who did NOT play Lollapalooza. This weeks episode is the usual mess and as usual hit pushermania.com for more info and track list etc.

Here we go again, another week off to an incredible start for you me and everyone with sense enough to jam out and really kick it. Hope things are going well with you. This is a show you can jam at the desk, in the vehicle, at the shop, in the field, on a plane, a train, a boat, this show right here will jam anywhere at anytime. Feel free to hit that play button and maybe let me know where you are listening.

I've done talked enough! Talk So Real is the movement but I had to sit down last night and concoct a new All Music is World Music as it hath been too long. I needed this. I needed to sit and really listen to some new music and give it to you, friend. I think this one jams pretty hard, not sure how you will feel about it but I will tell you I'm not smacking anyone down with this one. No super surprises, no screaming metal, just as the kids say, vibes. This one is a whole ass vibe and I do hope you enjoy it.

Oh man this is big, secure your internet as the whole world wide web gonna feel this one. On this kick off to America Day weekend we are joined in the studio by the one and only DJ Jester the Filipino Fist. His latest mixtape/CD - Made in USA (with DJ Marz on one side, Jester on the other) is out now in them streets and it's the first mixtape in a while that will make you THINK. So many levels to this one, it's both a deft cultural critique AND a jammin ass mix that goes in directions you would never expect. I've been obsessing over dissecting the whole thing for a week now. But it's not just all about the new tape. Jester and I go way back and he is one of my favorite people in the world. On this episode we talk about his early days with Prince Klassen in San Antonio running a scratch school and speaking of San Antonio there is a whole section on Scuba Steve. We also talk about how hip hop in Texas is not and never was limited to what you hear about from Houston, there's loads of layers to this and we try to peel back them all. He is one of the best turntablists (sp?) on the planet and was making viral TikTok videos way before there was even an internet, and cell phones were the size of a brick. When he finally releases his compilation DVD entitled 90's Jestah, the walls of Babylon will come crashing down. DJ Jester may be our only hope. Find out why by tuning in here and feeling all the realness at hand! @filipinofist on all the socials and PLEASE tell a friend to tell a friend to check out the whole Talk So Real with Matt Sonzala series on your favorite platforms. Next season coming to even more, like TikTok and such. Prepare yo delf.

So honored to have my great friend Edica in the studio of sorts this week! We go way back to when I first came to Austin and she would help me promote shows and do SXSW things and all this, while she would work with cool artists like Houston's The Nice Guys and Dallas legends SoreLosers. She has always had her ears to the streets and when she made her transition into DJing she immediately began experimenting with sounds and releasing mixes that were jamming and outside the box. Her ability to mix hip hop and dance musics with more ethereal sounds has always been her signature and I think was a natural thing for her. Hailing from Corpus Christi, Edica made the move to Brooklyn some years ago and really dove into the scene and became a resident DJ of Brooklyn Dub Club and Hi-Fi Social Club, and started her own dope online radio show series Dub & Effection which goes in a million different directions while keeping the dub steady as she goes. She is a top DJ who is a part of the Dub-Stuy movement but thankfully is now dividing her time between NYC and Texas so we get to see her more now. She most recently tore down Flamingo Cantina in Austin opening for Mad Professor and has a beautifully bright future ahead for sure. Check her out in the summer of 2022 if you are in Mexico City, Minneapolis, London, DC and more as she spreads her sounds around the world.

What the what? Heads are NOT ready for this one. Someone may need to reup the Hollerboard to make sure this one gets maximum penetration into the internets and all the real heads can know the deal. Stand up one time for my special guest Richard Henry. Richard has been a mainstay on the Austin scene for many years and has held many scenes on his back in a real way. Never afraid to take a chance or help a friend, Richard Henry is one of those dudes who will always be there, doing things. From back in them days bringing them club DJ's to the ATX to working within the indie rap community to doing many nights with my brother Mr. Cree (may he rest in peace) everything Richard does is pure and from the heart. We met many years ago when companies like Scion and Red Bull were doing cool shows in Houston and Austin and I would hold down Houston and he would hold down Austin. We talk about all that shit and also about the time we brought NOLA bounce music pioneer Ice Mike to Austin and no one cared and then months or so later bounce became like the biggest thing out here, well Big Freedia at least. Which is cool of course. We had many things go down over the years and now you too can listen in and reminisce with us. Hollerboard stand up, like for real, bring it back. Fuck Twitter. Anywayyyyyzzzzz as always tell a friend to tell a friend to tune into the real talk revolution that is, Talk So Real with Matt Sonzala.