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• Posted Win a Pair of Black Dice Tickets to Austinist
  Do you want to hear the noise-core assault of Black Dice for free? Well the band was kind enough to give us a pair of tickets to give away. All you have to do is answer one simple question. But first make sure to check out the latest Black Dice video for “Smiling Off” (warning: large file = slow download). Then you can read all about the guy responsible for making the video (hint...
• Posted Local Music is Sexy Band Profile: Peel to Austinist
  You might have heard that we have something in the works for all of you that don’t want to get scorched by the Texas heat or don’t have the cash to pay for 3-day passes. We are throwing our own FREE end of summer party that will feature FIVE great local bands to show how much we appreciate you, the local music fan. We will be releasing all the details shortly, but for now...
• Posted A Canoe, Maps and Organs to Austinist
  We will give you seven reasons to head over to Emo’s this Friday. 1. It is Loxsly’s CD release show. After becoming a full fledged band over the past year, Loxsly has matured (literally) into quite the local boy band. Cody Ground and his bubble-pop brigade are set to self-release Maps + Organs, which expands on their 2003 Forecast a Brainstorm release which was mostly just Cody messing around with his electro-pop sound. When...
• Posted Austinist Interviews: The Wrens to Austinist
  We’ve all heard heartbreaking stories about bands not getting the breaks they deserve, but we think The Wrens’ story wins the prize. If you want the long story you can read all the gory details here. In short: The Wrens have been making music together for over 15 years and have had record label nightmares and little commercial success up until the release of 2003’s The Meadowlands which catapulted them to instant indie-stardom…sort of....
• Posted Win Tickets to Jandek to Austinist
  If you were itching to catch that mystery man that is Jandek live and weren’t one of the lucky ones to get tickets before they sold out (don't say we didn't warn you), the Alamo Drafthouse is giving you another chance. They will be a giving away a pair of tickets at tonight’s screening of Jandek on Cornwood. We were first exposed to Jandek when the Alamo screened the film back in the fall...