If you're interested in great music from up-and-coming bands, check out KSTO on Wednesday nights from 6-8 p.m., when Woody and T take over the airwaves to promote better-than-average artists who are different from the norm.

Last year, Matt Meyer and Tristan Pearson (known on KSTO as Woody and T) called their show "The Best Music You've Never Heard," which explains the idea behind it: to introduce listeners to bands that are out of the mainstream. Tristan says, "With our show, we play the music that we've been listening to since high school. These bands are mostly unheard of, and that's why we wanted to

play them on the radio." This year, sophomores Matt and Tristan follow a format similar to last year's: they highlight a different band each week, and plan to include frequent on-air interviews with band members as part of their show. Recently they featured a live interview with Sean Stiller, bassist for the

Chicago-area band Left Undone.

As musicians and music lovers themselves, both Matt and Tristan have been exposed to many artists that are not yet well known, especially from their local area.. They have seen many of their favorite bands perform live and established connections with some of the bands, gaining further support in promoting their music on KSTO. Matt and Tristan's weekly playlist typically includes Poi Dog Pondering, Guster, Mason Jennings, The Gufs, David Gray, and Big Time Rosie, among others. They also play rare music by more popular artists, such as the Dave Matthews Band, to introduce the songs that aren't normally played on radio stations. As fans of these artists themselves, Tristan and Matt promote them on KSTO in hopes of increasing their fan bases and spreading their music to people who might not otherwise hear it, to give their favorite musicians the recognition they feel they deserve. As Tristan puts it, "We want to let other people hear the music we appreciate, as well as help those bands get heard."