Photographer and local music connoisseur Aasim Syed has curated some solid shindigs over the course of the last few years. Whether it’s his annual holiday party, his SXSW week bash, or his birthday celebration, the lineups at Syed’s events normally feature a number of promising contemporary bands as well as choice legendary acts from the yesteryear. more ›

Famous not only for his likeability but booking skills, Syed and co. have put together a formidable bill for this Saturday’s Annual Holiday Party at United States Art Authority. In this intimate venue will perform featured post-rockers Windsor for the Derby will post-rock out alongside local legends … And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead, so come out and your ears could be ringing joyfully like sleigh bells come Sunday morning. Also slated are retro folk-rock darlings The Black, Voxtrot’s Jason Chronis leading his pop project JC and Co, International Waters, and Kingdom of Suicide Lovers. Yep, feels like Christmas. more ›

Every year, come December, we face a barrage of office holiday parties and family get-togethers, and then there’s this. Local photographer Aasim Syed has turned an evening at Red 7 into a veritable festival with this Saturday’s appropriately named “Aasim Holiday Party.” The outside stage will feature sets by ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead, the legendary (to us) Glorium (performing Close Your Eyes to mark the ten year anniversary of the album’s release), and Those Peabodys, while the spacious inside area will be entertained by Ume, The Black, and Diagonals. DJ sets by Fuckin’ A and Ramesh Srivastava (Voxtrot) to keep everyone warm and busy during the set changes are also a part of this stellar line-up. more ›

Every week, Le Diamant Brut shuffles through our inbox, unearthing musical MySpace gems for you -- here at home and beyond. Enjoy. more ›

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Photos by Eric Uhlir, Aasim Syed and Keith Gaddis. The Mohawk's summer of "secret" musical showcases continued on Friday night with a special performance by local heroes, Spoon. Fresh off the release of their critically lauded new album, Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga, the band took to the outdoor stage, tented against the threat of rain, ready to rock the capacity crowd.... more ›

Friday night's Glorium reunion show marks the final pinnacle of Emo's 15th anniversary celebration. Glorium are one of the vital pages in Austin's long musical history. The band originally formed in San Antonio in 1991 and immediately began to make a name for themselves by using avant-garde aesthetics with lessons learned from the hardcore punk scene. The result was an explosion of emotional and musical creativity; pushing the boundaries of lyrical imagery and human... more ›

The foundations of Emo's Lounge are going to shake on Thursday when Ume, Chicago's The Narrator and Bring Back the Guns cause a commotion that will be off the Richter scale. Ume's music is like the soundtrack to a beautiful fairytale, or a terribly haunting ghost story. The group is often compared to early Sonic Youth or Blonde Redhead, but the passion and fury of their performances can't be understated. Guitarist/vocalist Lauren Lawson plays like... more ›