Okkervil River The Stage Names (Jagjaguwar) Like a knight clad in frail, antiquated armor but with precise and impeccable form, Okkervil River have proven on their latest release they have what it takes to awe a crowd that has come to expect so much from them. The Stage Names makes good on all forecasts calling for Will Sheff’s shaky, vulnerable vocals and sturdy indie folk songs with a eye for infection. They deliver a little......

"The cure for the common film fest," Austin Underground Film Fest is the way to go if you're beginning to tire of the latest blockbusters. Rest assured Delta Farce, The Ex, Knocked Up, and their ilk won't be on the program June 9, when you'll begin to feel what the weather is like underground. The 2007 lineup for the underground festival features several shorts, including Ghetto Big Mac, A Girl Like Me, Drawing Between the......

Jona Bechtolt is no more a normal human being than a toaster is a Ferrari. His eye and ear-boggling work with his pet project YACHT testifies to the hamster on acid that is constantly running in the wheel full speed in his head. As part of the duo that is The Blow, he is at least partly responsible for last year's awesome Paper Television. We e-cornered him to share a bit about himself and......

WEDNESDAY [13] food • Angel Valley Organic Farm Farmstand at Asian American Cultural Center, 11713 Jollyville Road (10am-2pm) film • Terror Storm with Alex Jones Live at Alamo South (7pm) film • AFS Doc. Tour: The Trials of Darryl Hunt at Alamo Drafthouse (7pm, $4 members, $6 non) ® film • Once Upon a Time in Mexico at Rounders Pizzeria (8pm, Free) film • Get Carter at Spider House (9pm, Free) film • AICN......

The Rapture have made a decent career out of pretending to defy expectations while giving its audience just what they wanted all along. In 2002 they were just another gritty post-punk group laying snarly guitar lines on top of hyperreal dance beats, but the release of 2003’s Echoes, and its attendant club smash "House Of Jealous Lovers", propelled them to the forefront of the scene everyone was expecting to save rock and roll. The scene......

TUESDAY [12] theatre • Hairspray at Bass Concert Hall (8pm, $18.50-$60) ® fashion/party • Blue Velvet turning their Cupcake Party into a monthly event! Every second Tuesday, enjoy free homemade cupcakes, a keg o' beer, tropical punch for the teetotallers (and, well, kids), DJs, and an extra 20% all their vintage threads. Tonight's tunes provided by DJ Polaris. At Blue Velvet Vintage Clothing (5pm-8pm, 2100-B Guadalupe Street) ® film • AFS Essential: Finger of......