101X FM’s No Control along with C3 Presents and Direct Events bring a full onslaught of metal to La Zona Rosa on Tuesday evening. An early tip-off with doors at 6:30 p.m. and rock show an hour later should accommodate your younger sister’s boyfriend’s curfew and also allow you to nurture your aggression if you're so inclined. As I Lay Dying (the band, not the book) formed in 2001 and have since released four full-lengths, including three for Metal Blade Records. Their most recent release, An Ocean Between Us debuted at #8 on The Billboard 200 while “Nothing Left” off the record was recently nominated for a Grammy. Check them out on us by following the jump to the contest form!...

Image from Arthur Miller Collection, Harry Ransom Center Rehearsing the American Dream: Arthur Miller’s TheatreSeptember 4 - December 30Harry Ransom Center (21st & Guadaloupe)free, hours vary[info]Sometimes we think we could spend a lifetime sorting through the treasure trove of historical documents and materials in the Harry Ransom Center. From the Gutenberg Bible to the Watergate papers, from the first-ever photograph to love poems written by Ernest Hemingway from the trenches of World War I, the......

I thought I might give you a little taste of the strange and peculiar experience of moving to a new place. Not just moving to a foreign land, but also enjoying its idiosyncrasies while also attempting to replicate some of your favorite experiences in the place you loved but fatuously left....

Even the airplanes on approach to Bergstrom looked fake, forced by the low ceiling to approach at a tight angle, like models from a Japanese monster movie, their blinking forms visible in great detail as they fell inches above wet rooftops, the heavy air muffling all but the lowest drone of the engines....

*The views expressed in Truesday are those of the author and do not represent Austinist as a whole. Thank heavens.* -The Editors It was sometime after four in the morning. Several years ago. July of the summer months. We had just finished a night out making mistakes all over the city, the lake, the river, and some apartment off Riverside where we smoked out with football players who were the largest hulks of humanity......

It's not often that an indie blues-rock combo from Northwest England go from garage band to a Mercury Music Prize, but that's exactly what happened to Gomez nearly a decade ago. Formed for fun in late 1996, the band's demos ignited a bidding war in the post-Britpop era and produced a classic debut album, Bring It On (hear two singles by clicking on the YouTube links below.) Since then, the band has produced four......

Austin native Rebecca Rosenberg has been living in South Korea teaching English, and she wants to share her experiences abroad with all of Austin. Austinist believes that we could all use some Korean culture. Well people, I don’t know just where to begin, but I can say that life in and around Seoul just keeps getting better. A few weeks ago I headed to Hongdae for the usual Saturday night debauchery, and got quite......

As everyone knows by now, today is (sniffle) the Alamo Downtown's last day in operation--at its current location, at least. And they're going out with a bang, offering a fabulous feast to accompany Big Night, shaking things up with Earthquake, and freaking you out with Night Warning featuring Susan Tyrrell live. Everything's mad sold out, of course, but there "may" be standby tickets available for Earthquake and Night Warning ($30 for each film, $75 for......

Owing to construction delays, Salvage Vanguard Theater's hotly-anticipated launch party and opening production of Mud has been pushed back by at least a week. The new start dated is slated for Thursday, June 7th, assuming all goes as planned. "It's been completely crazy. We're completely crazy. We tried to wrap this job up in two months and one week. That was nuts! The reality is that it's going to take two months and two......

It's the handsome downtown gallery owner with curly hair or the hot Astanga instructor at Yoga Yoga South. It's the girl in the cutoffs at El Chilito or your favorite Lone Star Rollergirl. It's your local secret crush. Just in time to scope him out while you're hopping among downtown venues for SXSW, Austinist brings you this edition's interview: Drew, The Cute Pedicab Driver With the Slightest Southern Accent. Drew continues the streak of awesome......

Fútbol in the United States has had its share of peaks and valleys. From the heyday of the North American Soccer League (NASL) to the quarter final run of the national team in the 2002 FIFA World Cup , there have been quite a few success stories in a country that is supposedly averse to the sport. Austin, too, has had its share of hits and misses. The Austin Lone Stars, Austin Lightning, and the......

Is it the thrill of competition? The potential for victory? The overcoming of devastating odds to prove you’re an overwhelming badass? Because honestly, anyone can get that rush of supremacy by taking three Tylenol PMs and then racing like a motherfucker to beat the sandman to their orgasm....

Well I've kicked around a lot since high school I've worked a lot of nowhere gigs From keyboard man in a rock'n ska band To haulin' boss crude in the big rigs Now I've come back home to plan my next move From the comfort of my Aunt Faye's couch When I see my little cousin Janine walk in All I could say was ow-ow-ouch CHORUS: Honey how you've grown Like a rose Well we......

The weekend is over. We're done listening to Shearwater, watching A Scanner Darkly, and celebrating Bastille Day. Monday means a new week, but it also means that we're here to cheer you up with some great Missed Connections. Sit back, relax and prepare your funny bone for some tickling. Just because you were unconcious [sic] doesnt mean you werent attractive You: Tall, blonde, and gorgeous. Me: Keeping your head from banging into the toilet......

*The views expressed in Truesday are those of the author and do not represent Austinist as a whole. Thank heavens.* -The Editors Just like good Blues, there’s a longingly sad repetition in the background of everything. The cycle of our shared human condition expressed on a small, understandable scale. Standard riffs and chords, lamenting lyrics of lost such-and-such. The brow-thumping drums of life and the cymbals of pained recognition. Recognition that it’s just the......

Missed Connections is a never-ending well of stories, humor, advice, and connections. We continue to think that it will fail us; but it never has, and hopefully never will. This week we share the thanks of co-workers for reading material, the thoughts of beer drinking yard dwellers, the remorse of a disc golf killer, and a new Austinite has a rude awakening. 37 Across: Porcelain Throne To the guy who occasionally leaves the daily,......

In the spring, weddings and marriage-chat seem to spread through the air like avian flu. Sunday night, I witnessed a public proposal (for the record: accepted). When I went to the Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center on Saturday, one of my friends decreed the place an excellent wedding locale before we’d even picked up brochures. At work last week, I got stuck past my shift because some bride-to-be was just desperate for whimsical wedding favors.......

We caught up with Independent gubernatorial candidate Kinky Friedman recently to discuss the upcoming election and why he wants primary voters to save themselves for him. As you would imagine, Kinky did most of the talking. We found him to be thoughtful, engaging and funny. What follows are highlights of that interview for which we used Kinky’s song titles as subject headers.* *The first reader to email us with the names of the three......

Overworked and underpaid? Drowning in student loans and credit card debt? Considering selling vital organs to pay your rent? Wondering when, if ever, you'll finally get to enjoy the perks of being an adult instead of feeling the pains of becoming one? The good news: You're not alone. The bad news: You're not alone. Welcome to our generation. "Becoming an adult today takes longer, requires taking more risks, and is rife with more stumbling blocks......

Hollywood schlub Jason Patric decided to drop his civil suit against the City of Austin yesterday. The "Speed 2" star claimed that he was arrested with "excessive force" and subsequently falsely imprisoned after getting plastered at Antone's. Patric was in town attending a screening of "The Alamo," and later was found stumbling around Fifth and Colorado at 2:30am by a cop attempting to rid the downtown area of its post-closing douchebaggage - from the police......

Yes, Roger Clemens helped raise fan interest and was a big part of the greatest season in team history (at least until he ran out of gas and was a non-factor late in the season). And for that he should be thanked, but Roger Clemens and his unscrupulous, egomaniacal agent, Randy Hendricks, are up to their old tricks, namely: holding the Houston Astros over a barrel with regard to next season. At baseball’s winter......

Even though the summer concert season is rapidly coming to an end, there were several major concert announcements this past week. The bad news is that Austin isn’t getting a lot of love these days, as most of these shows are an hour away. If you won’t be roasting yourself at ACL, My Chemical Romance will be playing in San Antonio on September 24th at Sunset Station. This great bill also includes the Alkaline......

We are obviously mounted-up and riding high with the Kinky Friedman campaign for governor. (I mean, Why the Hell Not?) But we have the sneaking suspicion that this race will eventually come down to a battle between the two parties of the Establishment. With that said, the Democrats picked up a little bit of optimistic steam this morning as Chris Bell announced his candidacy for governor. In his announcement, Bell brought a breath of......

Nevermind that it’s 105 degrees on a daily basis now, we both know that no matter how hot it gets, wearing something else other than a black concert tee is NEVER an option. That smell of unwashed denim and stank only means that the summer concert season is almost upon us. From last week … Clutch - Robot Hive/Exodus (DRT Entertainment) These Maryland road-warriors made a name for themselves by combining Sabbath’s grooves with......

Hope you've been saving your allowance, there's quite a few CD's out today to bang your head to. Candlemass - Candlemass (Nuclear Blast) This self-titled CD is the twelfth album from these Swedish Doom legends, but it’s their first release on Nuclear Blast. Their latest release is a far cry from their classic "Epicus Doomicus Metallicus" and is more similar to their albums "Tales of Creation" and "Nightfall." Falconer - Grime Vs. Grandeur (Metal......