Nick Courtright

image of John Darnielle from Brooklyn Vegan Austinist & WOXY present Mountain Goats & Final FantasyWednesday, November 18thAntones (213 W 5th St)$16, doors at 8[info] | [tickets] Little introduction is needed for that maven of cult followership, that original espouser of the effed narrative, that yelper of the adventures of... continue reading on Austinist

image of Josiah Wolf, Yoni Wolf, and Doug McDiarmid from band MySpace Despite its confoundingly inquisitive band name and general unclassifiability, the Bay Area/Cincinnati hip hop/indie act Why? has built quite the niche for themselves, satisfying those with a love for rhyme and meticulous, tightly-wound musicianship. Toss in a lyric... continue reading on Austinist

image of Beth Murphy, Jared Phillips, and Adam Elliott from Matador Few bands do a better job tossing catchy melodies and choruses into such a mucky stew of noise and deliberately crappy recording techniques than Columbus, Ohio's Times New Viking. The trio, critically-lauded yet still dodging most of the mainstream... continue reading on Austinist

photo by Chris Frey from band MySpace Dan Bejar of Destroyer—who moonlights with the Spencer Krug and Carey Mercer supergroup Swan Lake, as well as the Neko Case and A.C. Newman supergroup The New Pornographers—is known as a writing virtuoso, one of those few and proud and usually-called-crazy in music... continue reading on Austinist

image from Built to Spill MySpace Built to Spill and Dinosaur Jr.Saturday, October 24Stubbs (801 Red River)$25-$27, doors at 7[info] | [tickets] For a little while there it seemed Built to Spill was fading into the background, that the mountain of awesomeness that was their 90s output had become but... continue reading on Austinist