Since 2000, King Khan has been spreading his love like peanut butter with the Shrines, a variously seven-, eight- and nine-member psychedelic soul band, with all the trappings (baritone sax, bad haircuts) to go with it. more ›

We're just about a month away from the opening of the newest Alamo Drafthouse location. The plans for Alamo Slaughter Lane were started almost four years ago, but had to be put on hold when the tanking economy called the entire shopping center development into question. The whole plaza, located in the Circle C neighborhood, is now starting to slowly come to life and this state-of-the-art theater opening next month, (filled to the brim with sustainable and more efficient features) will anchor it. more ›

Zola Jesus played the Parish on Friday with openers Talk Normal and Technicolor Hearts. Here's our interview with Nika Danilova from the end of last year. more ›

They just don’t write them like they used to. That’s a grumpy old man’s repeated assertion, or a grumpy old Wilco fan’s common complaint, but both are true to a degree. more ›

Fun Fun Fun Fest burst into the world on an unusually cold December weekend, but the bands compensated by playing extra hard. Steve Hopson captured the sights including The Octopus Project, Spoon, Peaches, Riverboat Gamblers, Circle Jerks and the Black Angels. more ›

In Part 2 of our 5-part look back at Steve Hopson's Fun Fun Fun Fest photos we revisit 2009, the year of Melt Banana, Shonen Knife, Les Savy Fav, Mika Miko, Neon Indian and Street Dogs. more ›

Now that Fun Fun Fun Fest is all grown up and moved to South Austin, we surfed through Steve Hopson's photo archive to put together a five part look back at her preschool years. Up first is 2010, the year of The Casualties, Peelander-Z, RJD2, MGMT and "Weird Al" Yankovic. The series continues next week with Leftöver Crack, St. Vincent, Octopus Project, Shonen Knife, New Pornographers and Circle Jerks. more ›

After what seemed like a long wait, Annie Clark, a.k.a. St. Vincent, a.k.a. the object of every NPR-listening, vinyl-collecting indie boy’s desire, a.k.a. the recent creator of a record warmly wrapped in a choir of critical hosannas, finally walked out onto the dimly-lit Moody Theater stage. more ›

Comparing Talib Kweli to Mos Def is criminally unfair, but then again, we are living in a time of swollen nostalgia for the pop of the last twenty years, and it’s not like Black Star haven’t cashed in. more ›

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Making one's way to the Emo's East for the first time can fill you with the nervous apprehension of a first date. Luckily, the combination of Battles, Nisennenmondia, and Emo's East's, this one goes up to 11 - and audio and visual equipment had no problem quelling any and all qualms about this new venue. more ›

Ernest Greene's Washed Out came through town on Monday (this time with a full band in tow) to play to a jam-packed, sold-out crowd at Mohawk. Our photog Pooneh Ghana was there to snap some pics. more ›

The images from Occupy Austin continue to pour out, and our friend and photographer Samuel Killerman was kind enough to share some of his favorites. For all his images from the past week, visit is album on Facebook. more ›

Friday night ACL Live hosted the taping of Fleet Foxes for Austin City Limits' 37th season. With their band's sophomore album Helplessness Blues released earlier this year, a subsequent tour with The Walkmen, and an appearance at Austin City Limits last month, the Seattle-based sextet had the small crowd anxious for an intimate show. more ›

Day two of the Occupy Austin Protests on October, 7 2011. Photos by Pooneh Ghana. more ›

The Occupy Austin Protests at City Hall, Austin Texas, October 6, 2011. more ›

TRIBEZA's Style Week No. 8 concluded last Thursday with its Fashion Show. One of Austin's premiere fashion events, the show was again located on the main floor of the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum. more ›

While you were in bed snoozing last (last) Sunday night, punk rock at Emo's was awake and moshing. This series begins with Last Action Hero, Subrosa Union, and then Authority Zero. more ›

Photos of NYC outfit Les Savy Fav's headlining set last night at Mohawk, as they kicked off the first of Mohawk's four-day long birthday celebration. Photos by Pooneh Ghana. more ›

We all knew that Bon Iver was a special project when singer/songwriter Justin Vernon, crafted his heart-torn 2007 debut album, For Emma, Forever Ago, in a cabin in Wisconsin’s wilderness. With that he captured all that cold, barren isolation and poured that sentiment into stripped down acoustic melodies and yearning falsettos that set chills up our spines as we listened along. What we may not have realized is that Bon Iver’s self-titled sophomore release set the stage for Vernon to return a new man, bold and brave and ready for a new venture of his creation. more ›

A lot can change in a little over a year. The last time Active Child was in Austin, Pat Grossi only had the stellar Curtis Lane EP to his name, and his touring outfit consisted of himself and multi-instrumentalist Startton Easter. However, when they opened for Islands, they sounded sure of their sound, hinting at something greater to come. Now, on the heels of the acclaimed You Are All I See and the addition of a percussionist to their live repertoire, Grossi and company have found their stride. Their triumphant performance at Emo's was more than ample proof of this, as they sounded confident and focused on making their first headlining show in Austin a memorable one. more ›

While all of Austin baked last week, L.A. celebrated its live music capital contributions with the third edition of the Sunset Strip Music Festival. The Festival kicked off with a tribute to Mötley Crüe, one of the many bands who came of age on the Strip, and proceeded to highlight other bands known for performing in the area. more ›

On Saturday night, Emo's played host to some ear shredding metal from all over the state, and our photographer Ryan Pollack braved the pit for these shots. This series begins with Baron Grod, followed by Venemous Maximus, Maleveller, and then Eagle Claw. more ›

Over the past five years, Brooklyn’s Woods have crafted an immense musical world to dive into. Each year has seen multiple releases spread across full-length albums, tapes, 7”-singles, and collaborations with other acts, all released on the band’s thriving record label Woodsist. The music itself is analog-recorded psychedelic folk, full of tape hiss, sound collages, guitar freak-outs, and Jeremy Earl’s distinctive falsetto warble. Despite the recorded-in-a-broom-closet sound, the group tours relentlessly. On the heels of the third annual Woodsist festival held in Big Sur, California, Woods rolled into the Mohawk on Friday night. more ›

The 2,000 fans who bought tickets months ago to Arctic Monkeys' sold-out gig had to have known they were rolling the dice. An August 2 concert outdoors at Stubb's? The weather was less than cooperative, clocking in at 100 degrees at 9pm, with no sun in sight. The rowdy crowd did their best to rally, shouting football chants, bobbing their heads to the stoner rock blaring through the PA between sets, and unwisely trying to hydrate with beer. more ›