Image from GWAR’s official website GWAR, 3 Inches of Blood, & The EndMonday, November 26Emos (603 Red River St)$15 | Doors 7 p.m.[info] | [tickets] | [GWAR Official] | [3 Inches of Blood MySpace] | [The End MySpace]Part rock show, part horror movie, GWAR brings its metal mayhem to Emo’s tonight. The band formed more than 20 years ago, and over the years, has had a revolving cast of members that would put fellow comic... more ›

Out of Nothing, the current exhibition at the 4 walls fine art gallery on East 5th Street, presents intriguing new works by six artists in a variety of different media, from acrylics and graphite to photography and neon. Curated by Daniel Heimbinder, the theme of the show centers on the idea of progress—“that we are moving toward some place better than the one we're in now." Just as the word progress can mean different things,... more ›

From the tallest skyscraper in the City of Brotherly Love to Canadian tourism copywriting brilliance, here's what you should know from our -ist cities: This week, Phillyist took a gleeful listen to the White Stripes' exciting new release, watched in awe as their new tallest skyscraper was finally completed, found a cheaper way to get to Gothamist, invented a tasty new dessert, and brought back their Craigslist Round-Up feature with a bang. Bostonist watches... more ›

(FIRST) THURSDAY [7] party • Official Space Launch Celebration at Salvage Vanguard Theater (9:30pm) music • Go Motion! at Beauty Bar music • The Dollyrots, Alright Tonight, The Sweethearts, Abby Birds at Emo's music • Vietnam and Greg Ashley, The Strange Attractors, The Golden Boys at Emo's music • Scott Miller, The Commonwealth, The Gougers at Stubb's music • An Evening with Old Crow Medicine Show at The Parish Room music • Locals @ La... more ›

Ed Note: Corrections below. Whether to make way for the latest loft development or for personal reasons, two of Austin's more interesting art galleries will bid adieu this weekend. Gallery Lombardi, after being voted Best Art Gallery (alongside Women & Their Work) in this year's AusChron Readers Poll, is being forced to vacate their premises as construction begins on the $70 million Spring condominium project. They're hosting an "End of the World" Party that... more ›

What's currently the abandoned Intel parking garage shell began its transformation into the future 360 Condominiums today. Once complete, the 44-story, 580-ft-tall mixed-use building at Nueces and Third (360 Nueces Street) will be taller than Frost Bank (515 feet), though still not as high as the future 675-ft-tall slab of glass at Fifth and Congress. more ›

M O N D A Y [5] music · MF Doom, Count Bass D, John Robinson at La Zona Rosa music · Saves the Day, Senses Fall, Emmanuel, Early November at Emo's film · "Shaun Of The Dead" spinoffs at The Drafthouse Downtown (7pm) [link] T U E S D A Y [6] music · Red Leaves at CRL Art Gallery film · AFS screens "The Singing Blacksmith" at The Drafthouse Downtown (7pm) [link]... more ›

M O N D A Y [ 2 8 ] film · End of an Ear hosts a free screening of Lee Ranaldo and Leah Singer's "Drift" at the Alamo South Lamar (Free, 10pm) [link] music · The Kingsbury Manx, The Standard and The Heavenly States at Emo's film · KOOP Radio's Monthly Film Benefit at MonkeyWrench Books - Gillo Pontecorvo's “The Battle of Algiers”, about the French occupation of 1950s Algeria. (Inc. Beer and... more ›

The Space (4803 Airport Blvd) is hosting an event tonight which showcase the photography of Jeromy DeBlieux and the works of Mark Joiner (FourteenFifty Design). We've seen Jeromy's photos, and well...anything that incorporates lingerie, poodles, fishnets and glocks is OK by us. We're really excited about the chance to buy some of Mark Joiner's work. The other night while eating at Polvo's, we noticed our waiter had on a kickass belt buckle. Unfortunately the... more ›

It was while on a meandering search for an appropriate gift for our awesome friend, who'd that day hit the big 3-0, that we happened upon Happiness, in the space that once housed the eclectic combination art gallery/bookstore called Escapist. Adjacent to fledgling indie record purveyor End of an Ear, the once-spartan shop entrance is now, in its newest incarnation, lined with rich, vibrant plants of both exotic and domestic origins. more ›