FRIDAY [food] The Oasis? Burned down. But now re-opened! (Partially!) [culture] Ballet Under the Stars, 8:30pm @ Zilker Hillside Theater - Free [food] Doughnut Day, all day @ Krispy Kreme (go get a free doughnut) [music] The Deathray Davies, 8pm @ Emo's SATURDAY [film] "Freaks and Geeks" Marathon, 12pm @ Alamo Drafthouse Downtown - $30 [parade] Austin Pride Parade, 8pm on Congress Avenue [culture] Ballet Under the Stars, 8:30pm @ Zilker Hillside Theater -... more ›

Wake up. Go to work. Go to bar. Go to rock show. Go to sleep. Repeat. If this is beginning to sound like your life, too, we encourage you to break the mold this weekend. Skip Bright Eyes on Saturday and head to Emo’s instead for a night of comedy and music with Eugene Mirman, Andy Blitz and Langhorne Slim. We have been fans of Mirman (who has opened for The Shins and toured... more ›

There are certain inalienable truths on the Austin music scene. For instance, we know that when we want to shake our ass, we should go to a Canoe show and when we want to hear Austin’s best ambient new wave rock, we check to see when Dead Whale Tide is playing next. So, when we found out that the lead singer of both bands, Justin Preston, was starting a new project, we couldn’t wait to hear which one his solo music sounded like most. The answer: both…and neither. Though still dancy and heavy on keyboards like Canoe, Preston’s new material also retains hypnotic melodies reminiscent of Dead Whale Tide. It might be awhile before you get a chance to see him live, but Preston, who claims that he decided to branch out on his own when he realized that he was writing songs that didn’t really fit either of his bands, has given us permission to share his first single, “Laws of the Tigers” with our loyal readers. What do you think? Leave it in the comments! more ›