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Ohio's The Black Keys have been practicing their minimalist-blues ethos for over five years now, and have carved their own niche in indie rock. The band combines the two-man band approach of The White Stripes, riffage worthy of Jimmy Page, and blues stomps patterned after Howlin' Wolf and vintage Chess artists. The trick here is that it comes off in a way that somehow appeals to fans of both Pavement and Stevie Ray Vaughan,...

Austinist's favorite local neo-psychedelic band, the illustrious Black Angels, return to town this Saturday for their triumphant homecoming show at Emo's. In the last few months, they've sold out their West Coast summer tour, been featured on Zane Lowe's taste-making show on BBC Radio 1, and inked a record distribution deal with Seattle's Light in the Attic. The kids are poised to take over in a big way. We've a pair of spots on...

[In which we use the word fuck no less than three times. Well, four.] A few months ago, at a house party in Hyde Park thrown by local label Christmas Mountain Records, we found ourselves lounging idly with our mates on a plushly upholstered sofa, near the stage setup of a living room so sardine-packed with Austin hipsters that, in the dimmed lighting and from our low vantage point, all one could make out...