Heavily layered beats and experimentation lead hip-hop electronic duo to success
Two guys, guitar, bass and keyboard is all it took to garner raving attention of notoriously harsh music critics. Ratatat’s infectious, electronic hip-hop tracks forgo vocals but continue to generate a sound drenched in lyrical genius.
With the 2007 release of their debut album, All Hour Cymbals, Yeasayer has quickly grown into the band to watch.
Riding a wave of hype that in a few short years has taken them from playing the Smell — a notorious all-ages venue in Los Angeles with ties to fellow Fun Fun Fun Fest punk bands No Age and Mika Miko — to stadiums, HEALTH will undoubtedly perform their futuristic take on punk with electrifying determination.
DT weekend: You’re josh [aka J2k] of Flosstradamus’s sister — do you guys have the same kind of concepts when it comes to making music, or are you guys different?
Comedy act resorts back to live-sketches with a dark twist
You know that silence you sometimes get during a lull in the conversation that someone always ruins by saying “awkward turtle?”
Critics and enthusiasts have called his music music hypnagogic pop, glo-fi and chillwave — lofty terms, to be sure — but there’s no denying that the new movement in music, one that champions the lo-fi aesthetic, is an exciting one.
When I was younger, my father would let me stay up late on weeknights with him sometimes — sometimes we’d watch “NOVA” on PBS and talk about astronomy, or nerd out watching “Star Trek” — we both wanted to be Captain Picard. We’d even say in his famous baritone voice — “Warp speed” and make a whooshing sound as we pretended to zoom forward.
Most of us will be heading down to Fun Fun Fun Fest this weekend with a ticket in one hand and list of bands in the other. Don’t count on music being your only entertainment, though.
It would be easy to forgive someone for thinking that Why? put on a mediocre live show. Their records are detailed indie/rap jaunts through frontman Yoni Wolf’s mind. His lyrics revel in distasteful, uncomfortable slices of life that take place in art-museum bathrooms and seedy alleyways. But if any part of their sound were out of place, it would all come tumbling down. Through what can only be described as raw musical talent, however, they’ve become a live force that’s shockingly original and always spot on.
MELT-BANANA are about as legit as you can get.
Since being deeply inspired by the music and work ethic of hardcore punk bands like The Minute Men and forming in 1992 at Tokyo University, they’ve released eight full-length albums of hyperactive punk and perfected their frenzied live show by touring the world over. They even recorded with Steve Albini, of, you know, Nirvana and Pixies fame, at one point. This November, they’ll be releasing MELT-BANANA Lite LIVE: ver.0.0, a live album of new music they’ve been making using drum-machines and sequencers. DT Weekend spoke with MELT-BANANA’s vocalist] Yasuko Onuki.
Fans of indie pop-rock band Of Montreal are in for a special surprise. James Husband, the multi-instrumentalist of the group previously known as James Huggins, will be performing his solo act at Fun Fun Fun Fest.
The duo Andrew Hung and Benjamin John Power make up Fuck Buttons, a critically acclaimed indie experimental group from Bristol, England. Known for their exciting live performances, the band is sure to blow Austin away with the electronic sounds they blend to form their own eerie, emotion-filled tracks.
Halloween may be all about spooky decorations tions and elaborate costumes, but sometimes the most frightening things are those that we cannot perceive. As bedsheet ghosts flood Sixth Street clubs for Halloween festivities, they may be disturbing the old “haunts” of spirits from long ago.
If you haven’t heard of Gogol Bordello yet, stop. Put down this article and find a copy of 60 Revolutions. Fall in love.
Tucked away in a back corner of Third Street is Garrido’s, a swanky addition to Austin’s taco scene. Chef David Garrido, formerly of Jeffrey’s restaurant, offers a menu with seven different taco choices, which can be enjoyed a la carte, or as part of a taco plate with black beans and rice.
Try tasty, alternative takes on your favorite spooky treats this year
For kids, halloween is all about the candy. as young grown-ups, our excitement is mostly for costume parties and colorful booze. So why not extend this newfound “maturity” to the sugary confections that made our childhood Halloweens so spectacular?
It seems like I’ve been living out Halloween every night for the past month.
SuperTuff Halloween; All Hallow’s Eve Freak Show; Why Do the Dead Come Back?; Shuck Shack’s Halloween Pet Costume Contest; Thrills, Chills, Haunts and Jolts at Jo’s South Congress; Zombie Prom; White Ghost Shivers’ Halloween Ball of Fantasy; Dismember the alamo at the alamo drafthouse lake creek
Quick and cheap costume idea
Pets are invaluable companions for students. they help keep us calm, comfort us when we’re upset, provide hours of entertainment and only ask for food and love. While you’ve spent possibly weeks perfecting your Halloween costume, you may have forgotten to include your animal in the plans. Luckily, with 15 minutes and a few bucks, your precious pet can be just as well dressed when you hit up a party.
The concept of “The Monster” has been toyed with for centuries by authors, directors and, especially, our minds. They are the ultimate devices to send a streak of terror ripping through the gut that transcends years of sleepless nights to make a lasting impression on generations.
Green-minded venue to host a weekend bash that is sure to die for
No matter your style, everyone one can tap their inner-zombie and dress up this year. For those of us that are less creative, never fear: you can get dressed and tressed to undead perfection at the Zombie Ball.
Folk band utilizes academic background for a depth of sound
As I approach the house of the band the eastern sea off Ben White Boulevard. I notice the single jack-o-lantern next to a pile of shoes on the front porch. I ring the doorbell and am greeted by front man and guitarist Matthew Hines and his roommate’s hyperactive boxer, Penny. Hines excuses the mess (they moved in two months ago), walks me back through the music room with various instruments splayed across the aged carpet and onto the screened-in back porch, streamed with red Christmas lights.
They tell everyone it’s kind of like air guitar, with fewer rules and more orgasms.
Mizu, a sushi and steak house, offers up delectable pre-lunch options
There's just something relaxing about a sunday afternoon drive through the hills on Southwest Parkway. The lengthy, meandering road easily takes you away from the city, classes, work and stress. This particular Sunday, I was heading toward a lazy brunch at Mizu Prime Steak & Sushi.
I have a new love in my life.
Vintage Poster Weekend; The Subjects; Grit n’ Glamour Hair and Fashion Show; Fun Fun Fun Fest Scavenger Hunt; Art Brut and Princeton; Built to spill and Dinosaur Jr.
This weekend’s activities encourage you to take a walk on the wild side.
Follow that bird! has steadily been acquiring a following since their self-titled EP release in 2008, and with the impending release of their 10” vinyl this weekend, fans can be sure that a new slew of songs will do nothing less than satiate their post-rock cravings. Lauren Greene, guitarist and vocalist, and Tiffanie Lanmon, drummer, hail from Belton, Texas, a small city “with a church on every corner where Wal-Mart is the hangout spot,” according to a previous Texan interview.
There are movies like “300” that spawn one-liner memes like “This is Sparta!” and get old about six months later, if they manage to last that long. On the other hand, there are movies like “The Princess Bride” that are quotable ad infinitum two decades after being released — especially the immortal line: “Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.”
Game On Austin; Animalesque; The Tell-Tale Heart; Midnight Society Presents: Halloween Spooktacular Two!; New Roman Times; Thee Oh Sees; $EX & DEATH ARTSHOW
Driving towards the Bright Light Social Hour’s place is perplexing to say the least. After cruising along the familiarity of East Riverside, the instructions said to take a number of turns and u-turns before finally reaching the semi-hidden driveway, obscured by shrubbery and walls.
Vivian Girls exploded onto the scene quickly and relentlessly just a few years ago. Three young women out of Brooklyn playing retro-inspired punk, deadpan voices reverberating in sync with jangly, 1960s-style guitar work.
From 'blog curiosity' to superstars, two men's journey into fame
We met at a hot chip afterparty during acl weekend end 2008. The wind was cool, and the throng of party-goers around us were oblivious to the star power that Alan Palomo and Danny Carissimi possessed, or would soon possess.
Tarbouch Lebanese Grill offers tasty cuisine and hookah on the patio
Next time you visit the south congress area, add a quick trek to Tarbouch Lebanese Grill to your itinerary.
It was 58 degrees outside, and I was shivering at a red picnic table next to the glossy black Texas Cuban trailer.
Interview with with Scott Walsh of Notes Floats
Nestled among the barrios and government housing projects of the impoverished Rio Grande Valley is a majestic vision: a vibrant, underground music movement unlike anything you’ve ever witnessed before.
Drive-in movies were once a memory reserved for sharing the back seat of a 1950s wing-tipped Cadillac with their sweetheart on a Saturday night. Luckily, nostalgia found its way back to Austin through a local couple and their innovative interpretation with the Driftin’ Drive-In.
Author Adrian Colesberry's anecdotal novel discusses sex and relationships
Adrian colesberry doesn’t necessarily want you to have sex with him.
This may be surprising given the title of his debut book, “How to Make Love to Adrian Colesberry.” But it’s important to note that Adrian is, in fact, married.
Just the name “house of torment” is enough to make one feel a bit uneasy, and as we neared the building stationed in the parking lot Highland Mall, the apprehension started kicking in. It became clear as soon as the enormous figure of a bat-like creature holding bloody, dismantled body parts came into view that my maiden voyage into a haunted house would be anything but mild. Enduring harassment by everything from half-pig mutants to deranged clowns to the usual too-close-for-comfort, creepy butler who told me I “smelled pretty,” DT Weekend got a behind-the-scenes look at the business-side of freaking people out.
Erin Curtis : Perspective Threshold; Lebowski Fest; Wavve;
Sam Dahl : Reveal Thy Sel; Ghostface Killah
Maybe it’s not your average Austin music fest, but it’s definitely one for the books.
Punk group The Black Lips create chaos with their outlandish live show
Whether or not punk is dead, The Black Lips rose up from the suburbs of Atlanta in 2000 to clearly say punk is alive and thrashing.
Apathetic frontman Colin Meloy needs to ‘pay the bills’ somehow
Before I began the interview with the Decemberists’ frontman, songwriter and guitarist Colin Meloy, I was thrilled.
Bands don't have the staying power that they used to.
Belting out “you’re a zero; what’s your name?,” Karen O. gets the point across — don’t mess with this indie rocker.
For the hip-hop brothers whose name derives from the nickname “knuckleheads,” The Knux are sharp rappers who ascended their hard knock background to achieve success. Kentrell “Krispy Kream” Lindsey shared their story with DT Weekend.
New York natives Suckers full of raw, unfiltered energy in latest EP
Suckers has been gathering loyal followers in their native New York since 2006, and word of this experimental quartet has finally blown down to the Southwest.
Around since 1989. got big in 1994 at the peak of the grunge movement. Waited seven years after their wildly successful debut to release a sophomore album that got minimal support from the label and sold relatively poorly. Broke up five months after the start of the tour supporting the album. A lesser band would be very, very dead at this point — not the Toadies.
Mos def is a renaissance man of hip-hop. Between recording albums, starring in movies and hosting “Def Poetry,” he’s done it all — and he’s not done yet.
School of Seven Bells, aka sviib, finally has the chance to journey into the darker corners of their music, and they are dragging you with them. The dream pop trio has officially achieved headline status on their album release tour and guitarist Benjamin Curtis said they are exploring their limits.
Ask any man on the street and he’ll tell you that grunge is dead. If that’s the case, then Pearl Jam is easily the most successful zombie in the business.
Here WeGoMagic are a Brooklyn indie rock band that has been generating buzz since touring with Grizzly Bear over the summer. They recently signed to Secretly Canadian records to record their follow-up to their self-titled debut, an ornate album with an emphasis on hypnotic repetition. Band leader Luke Temple sat down with DT Weekend to talk about the group.
All that guitarist and pianist Paul Maroon can recall of the last time The Walkmen played Austin City Limits in 2005 is the dust that lingered on his guitar for a week. Four years later, now that the dust has settled, so has the group’s sound.
Thievery Corporation blends regional genres into soulful, inspiring tunes
If you were hoping to hear world-inspired music with insightful lyrics this weekend, Thievery Corporation is your best bet. The Washington-based DJ and production pair made up of Rob Garza and Eric Hilton give a new meaning to musical collaboration.
Like his newest album describes him, John Legend is truly an Evolver. He’s constantly looking to improve upon and change his sound, his audience and the world.
There’s music, and then there’s art. Greg Gillis, aka Girl Talk, doesn’t see the difference.
Forming in 2001, the band Mute Math had made New Orleans their music home.
The band begins to play. Spanish guitars strum rapidly. Then the rhythmic Bolero melody is replaced by equally enchanting Eastern European themes. Christmas lights wrapped around the sousaphone twinkle and glint on the singer’s vintage microphone. This is DeVotchKa — a mix of cultural music that blends into a foreign yet familiar ethnic rock.
Electro-jam band to bring prolific albums to life at Zilker Park
They aren't Dave Matthews Band. They aren't Kings of Leon. And they aren’t Pearl Jam. In fact, STS9 (Sound Tribe Sector 9) isn’t even headlining — but that hasn’t deterred the ‘jam band’ from accomplishing their mission at this weekend’s Austin City Limits Music Festival.
Electronic group Passion Pit began in 2007 as a romantic gesture intended for lead vocalist and keyboardist Michael Angelakos’ then-girlfriend.
No matter how boisterous and skewed, The Intelligence’s music may sound odd, but frontman Lars Finberg wants you to know that it’s really not so strange.
Erin Ivey focuses on improvisation in latest musical endeavor
Three records and hundreds of live performances later, urban folk songbird Erin Ivey has made her way back to Austin. This time, she didn’t come alone.
Have you read “Sideways Stories from Wayside School?” Or maybe you’ve seen the movie “Holes?” If you have, you’ve come in contact with some of the work of author Louis Sachar. The UT Department of Theatre and Dance is staging an interpretation of another of his books, “There’s a Boy in the Girl’s Bathroom.”
The British quartet The Arctic Monkeys from Sheffield is back again — bigger and better than ever before. Their newly released studio album Humbug dropped Aug. 25 and is selling beautifully, and their brand new single, “Crying Lightning,” has been a top-10 hit on the iTunes charts.
Classic group brings back beloved, quirky songs of our parents’ youth
The first thing that comes to mind when thinking about the B-52s is a sky-high beehive hairdo, knee-high plastic go-go boots and ’70s psychedelic music videos. Their quirky songs, loved by millions, cover an array of topics: a dog named Quiche Lorraine, time travel, a chance encounter with an alien and much, much more.
Allow me to introduce Sara Watkins. It’s unlikely you’ve heard of her, since the “folk with a side of bluegrass by way of John Paul Jones” genre doesn’t seem to get as much attention as it deserves. It’s a shame, since Watkins may be the most talented fiddler in America.
While moseying through a music store’s magazine rack, my eyes fell on Neil Young on the cover of Uncut Magazine.
Dave Matthews Band no longer needs an introduction. The band has been around since many college students were toddlers and are still creating music that is a middle ground between more mature contemporary rock and sensual, youthful pop.
Shuck Shack serves up authentic po-boys with beach-like ambiance
When I first heard about shuck shack, my imagination began to run wild with images of a scruffy cook slinging fried oysters out of a dilapidated hut. But the actual restaurant was far from my preconceptions.
Justine’s is the sort of place I want to give a second chance.
UpTowne Presents: The Future; Asobi Seksu; Devin Flynn: SuperStupid; Zlam Dunk
If you were asked to place a genre on the hypnotic chords and catchy lyrics of Syracuse natives Ra Ra Riot, the answer wouldn’t be clear-cut.
In an era where generic pop music congests the airwaves, Nelo manages to produce an authentic Texas-bred sound that wavers indefinitely between folk rock and pop rock but lands decidedly on genuine.
Annie mac is a very busy person these days. Besides hosting the nationally broadcast UK program “Annie Mac’s Mash Up” on BBC Radio 1, she also hosts “Switch” with Nick Grimshaw, aka Grimmy, a radio program geared toward teenagers.
When was the last time you went to a record store to listen to a local rock band play while a couple of artists paint live with their finished pieces displayed around the store?
It may be odd to traverse sixthStreet before 10 p.m. on a Saturday with a beer in hand, but this weekend is an exception. Set your alarm clock, because this event is free.
"Rome wasn't built in a day."
Los Angeles artist Liz Glynn and several volunteers are going to build it, tear it down, reenact its wars and stage its downfall all within 24 hours. Glynn is bringing her “24-Hour Roman Reconstruction Project,” also known as “Building Rome in a Day,” to The Arthouse at the Jones Center.
What follows is a brief excerpt of a conversation with my mother last night.
Regardless of what you think about Kanye West’s recent “incident” at the VMAs, the general consensus is that he messed up, bad.
Disco Biscuits combine strange song structures, jam band sensibility
With more than a decade of work behind them,the Disco Biscuits, arguably the only trance-fusion band out of Philly, are still going strong. This generation’s Grateful Dead, the Biscuits masterfully blend track after track in their live sets, incorporating “inverted” or “dyslexic” sets where the band starts songs at the end and work its way to the beginning.
Future Music Productions, co-managed by Colin Doney (DJ Ohno), is hosting the event. The production group swears this weekend is going to bring it hard, and you’d be a fool to miss it.
KVRX hosts music celebration chock-full of indie music gems
With strenuous educational endeavors that accompany the fall semester also comes a revival of the music scene and parties in Austin. KVRX, the university’s radio station, is ringing in the new year with a celebratory Back to School Party. The station that is committed to “none of the hits, all the time” pays special attention to local and underplayed artists. The party is a testament to their slogan by featuring five bands from Austin, Fort Worth and Houston.
Upton sinclair’s novel and famousbeef with the meatpacking industry, “The Jungle,” is set to take the stage in its live-action puppet show debut tonight at 8 p.m. Trouble Puppet Theater will be performing their adaptation of the English class favorite at the Salvage Vanguard Theater through Oct. 4.
Improv comedy group Venn Diaphragm entertains its audience at the drop of a hat, no rehearsal necessary.
Piranha killer sushi can’t decide whether tobe kitschy or classy — and ends up pulling off neither.
Two dollars doesn’t buy you muchthese days, but at Sentelli’s bakery, it’s all you need to take your pick from a case full of fresh baked pastries, muffins and kolaches.
Inspired by one of the more important parts of my childhood (the children’s book of the same name), “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs” had a 90 percent chance of raining on my nostalgia. But it seems that I share the curse of every meteorologist — none of my predictions come true.
The Beets; Austin Chocolate Festival; Fall Music Extravaganza; [No Subject] : New Work from Chad Hopper; What Made Milwaukee Famous; Austin Museum Day;
As the official live music capitol of the world, Austin is home to hundreds of music genres and sounds ranging from indie rock to hip hop to bluegrass.
Clouds are ghosts; Bo Burnham; Portrait of Close’s Creative Circle; Human | Animal; Diez y Seis de Septiembre Fiesta; The Inside Books Project Ping Pong Tournament;
“There should be a whole lot of positive energy,” said Patrik Nilsson of Panjoma, the opening band at “Electri-City.” While this may seem like a purely optimistic opinion, the event, organized by the Austin Electronic Music GRID (or AEMG), promises to be literally as well as figuratively charged.
Psyche Project presents 'tragi-comedy' re-imagining the Eros/Cupid myth
Back by popular demand is the encore presentation of last spring’s Cohen New Works Festival.
New hotdog paradise brings yummy Chicago-style eats to Austin
If you've never heard of dayglo relish or bacon-infused vodka, you’re not alone. I had never tried either until I visited Frank, Austin’s own window to the world of Chicago-style hotdogs.
Fall Faculty Exhibition to showcase art created by UT art and art history staff
The creative research laboratory will kick off its annual Fall Faculty Exhibition on Saturday with a public reception from 6 to 9 p.m. Featuring recent works by the staff of the Department of Art and Art History, the event will run until Oct. 3.
DT Weekend had a chatty e-mail interview with My Cousin Roy in preparation for his Austin appearance tonight.
You know a band has made it when their song is on an iPod commercial and their music video is nominated for Breakthrough Video at the upcoming MTV VMAs, especially when their original intent was to make music for haunted houses.
Everything that goes up must go down.
Beach Boys; Torchy’s Tacos Third Birthday; HUGE w/ PRINCE WILLIAM & DEEJAY YAYYAY;
Freddie Mercury Birthday; “Here We Are” Exhibit Opening Reception
The archetypal fledgling band holes up in the basement to escape — and probably annoy — unreceptive parents. However, brothers Clayton and Jeremiah McIntyre, two-thirds of Omaha’s Box Elders, welcomed their mom into their practice space — not as an observer, but as a frontwoman — of the earliest incarnation of their band.
Percussionists to perform complex arrangements with superior sound
The Austin Museum of Digital Art isn’t into conventional music performances.
Women DJs from across the globe gather in Austin for one night of electro mayhem
DJ Miss Lisa; Lacee; Reid Speed
Sitting on a bench bathed in golden, late-afternoon sunlight and sipping on iced coffee, Lauren Larson — petite, smiling, a head of blonde hair — doesn’t exactly fit the paradigm for a rock band frontwoman.
Tuesday night at the practice room, Austin-native SPEAK shows it is more than just style, more than just flashy socks and trendy shoes — both of which band members were sporting that night, by the way. With their catchy-yet-refreshing sound, driven by pop sensibility, buoyant beats and smooth voices, SPEAK is rising in the University music scene as a band to watch.
Outlasting the many vintage stores in Austin, Cream has remained an icon since 2001.
Close-knit friends come together for sophomore exhibit
Viewing the artist group a12’s exhibit, “in the House,” it is difficult to find a cohesive theme among the pieces or how it relates to houses in any way. It isn’t until sitting down with the 12 artists at Red House Pizzeria on the East side that it’s apparent it’s not the style of art but the friendship they share that binds them.
There’s never a shortage of local eateries on Austin’s streets — particularly, one: South First Street. Equipped with an abundance of food choices, South First especially shines when it comes to dessert selection. So after dinner or for an afternoon treat, venture to South First Street to satisfy your sweet tooth.
Teenage Cool Kids; Austin Ice Cream Festival; “The Last Hippie: A Western Novel”; Toro y Moi;
Fresh take on creatures of the night makes teen flicks look like YouTube
You can barely throw a rock without hitting something that relates to vampires these days.
It was jarring to see director Nick Jasenovec for the first time: He’s a completely different person than you would expect after seeing his film, “Paper Heart.”
Roddrick Muckelroy walked off the field, squeezing the sweat and rainwater out of his uniform after another job well done.
John Hughes, the writer and director of iconic teen movies of the 80s and 90s such as “The Breakfast Club,” “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” and “Pretty in Pink,” died Thursday in New York City.
It’s often said that novels must have a good beginning and films must have a good ending. David Twohy, writer and director, takes this maxim too much to heart in “A Perfect Getaway.”
You know the feeling: the Texas Hold‘em twinge of primal hunger that tightens your eyes when you catch a three of a kind on the turn, and the predatory grin that pulls your heartbeat into your ears as you stalk the green felt table for unattended chips.
Method Man, Redman, Ghostface Killah; Public School Art: Show and Tell; Free Press Summer Music Fest; The World’s Best Commercials! at the Alamo Drafthouse
Prolific band offers variety of sounds, concert at local recording studio
Sunset is one of Austin’s most prolific and nebulous bands; the group’s constant stream of releases ranges from gauzy sonic experiments to galloping folk tunes.
1. Serious Tracers; 2. Texas Rollergirls Championship Bout; 3. De La Soul; 4. Cupcake Smackdown 1.0
Sandler shows unusual emotion as uncommonly good film flies to theaters
“Funny People,” the third film written and directed by comedic powerhouse Judd Apatow, opens with footage of Adam Sandler making prank phone calls in his New York apartment in the late ‘80s.
Service allows artists to speak to fans in less than 140 characters
Odds are, you’ve heard about Twitter by now. The social media, or as the cool kids refer to it, “micro-blogging” platform has jumped to the forefront of the new technology landscape with its Facebook-status-on-crack style of communication.
Last week, The New York Times boldly took it upon itself to describe the perfect New York night.
Terry Allen; Texas Heatwave Custom Car & Truck Show; Magnolia Electric Co.; Lady Bird Johnson Tribute Day
New movie focuses on pain and psychology of Army ordnance disposal units
You know that feeling of apprehension you get when you light a firecracker, it doesn’t go off and you have to walk up to it to see what the problem is, hoping the whole time it doesn’t blow your arm off?
Local fashion designer's collection mixing classic, offbeat styles bedazzles
In the almost impermeable world of fashion, designer Jessica Ciarla has made it. Ciarla (pronounced Charla) launched her Ciarla Bride Atelier line of bridesmaid and bridal dresses this week in her brand-new East Austin studio as part of Austin’s first ever fashion week. Ciarla is competing for the title of “Best Designer,” which is given during Austin’s Fashion Week’s award ceremony and fashion show Sunday evening.
Some films are foreign films because of the subtitles. Others, and “O’Horten” certainly falls into this category, are foreign films because they originate from a foreigner’s state of mind.
Despite living in the Live Music Capital of the World in the state that created the category of music known as “Texas Country,” I’ve yet to make it to a honky-tonk bar. That is, until Doyle and Debbie, a twangy pair out of Nashville, came to me in their parodic performance “The Doyle and Debbie Show.”
XYX Mexican acid-punks XYX start their first West Coast tour in Austin on Saturday night. Expect pounding drums, gnarly bass riffs, and shrieked Spanish couplets through lots and lots of battered delay pedals. WHERE: Emo’s (603 Red River Street) WHEN: Saturday, 10 p.
Will Robinson and the Danger aim for brain freeze at battle-of-the-bands
Ben Bazzrea moved to Austin with the dream of starting a band. While working at Starbucks with UT computer sciences senior Mike McNeil, the two made that dream a reality.
New releases appeal to several different demographics
Moon; Brüno; The Stoning of Soraya M.
The Germs; Second Sunday Sock Hop at Shangri-La; Major Lazer, A-Trak, Matt & Kim and Rye Rye
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