Kickstarter is thick with Austin-centric projects currently. Of special note - the Hand and Wing anthology from Austin Bat Cave is so close to being funded, as is Aimee Bobruk's hopefully forthcoming album, which she'll be working on with icon Brian Beattie. Also worth noting is a project by "Steampunk Romance," author Olivia Gray, who is trying to raise funds to bring her young adult book The Zombies of Mesmer into print, as well as an anthology of her work she's going to call Caught in the Cogs. more ›

Beats Broke placed second at this year’s Austin Music Awards and the local label has delivered a (less than ominous) warning to the winner Fat Caddy Records -- “You are the Scottie Pippin to our Michael Jordan…no, wait…you are Horace Grant. Yeah, I said it…Horace Grant! You’ll be busy polishing your Rec Specs at home while we’re slamming it down from the free throw line with our tongue out at next year’s Austin Music Awards.” more ›