Coming out of the Sydney rock scene with a gestation dating back to 1970, feedtime merged a dry and guttural tone with influences ranging from the Stooges and (Australian) X to Mississippi Fred McDowell and Cajun music. For their first Austin performance, feedtime are joined by a rackety trio of Austin bands - the OBN III's, Gospel Truth, and Spray Paint. more ›

Last night's news that the APD has identified the prime suspect in the New Year's Eve attacks - and, apparently, several earlier assaults - provides a bit of emotional respite in anticipation of perhaps the biggest benefit show yet staged for Esme Barrera. The Statesman reports James Loren Brown, 25, was found dead in his North Campus home on January 12th. He has subsequently been linked by DNA evidence to a string of attacks last summer and is the prime suspect in the New Year's attacks, including the murder of Barrera. The police describe him as a "serial predator." more ›

From the first moments of “It’s Not 1977,” you know Planets are just being coy with that title. The Austin quartet owes a good deal of its sound to that time period, and their self-titled debut EP has all sorts of ‘70s punk fingerprints all over it. The EP is gone in a flash, but not before delivering some sweetly-sung melodies with the distorted guitars and bedrock drumming. It makes for a fun and potent combination, a formula that Planets is taking out of our orbit (sorry, couldn’t resist) and on the road following tonight’s tour kickoff at Beerland. more ›

First up, we mentioned that Fun Fun Fun Fest did get its hoped-for third day at Auditorium Shores. James Moody now has an announcement for those folks who bought early bird tickets for the first two days: "To all the homies who took advantage of FUN 1 early bird tickets: We're not gonna leave you hanging. You're first in line to get tickets to the third day at an exclusive discount only available to you and other FUN 1 ticketholders. FUN 2 tickets are set to go on sale next month. Stay tuned for more information coming soon." more ›

While this weekend’s slight temperature drop brings brief and questionable “relief,” you might feel so brave as to actually venture out in the daylight--to places without swimming holes, no less. If you’re looking for a dark place to catch a mid-day buzz, stumble down to Red River tomorrow afternoon and into Beerland’s cool confines for a Saturday matinee punk show benefiting the Quin Galavis Driving Academy Scholarship Fund. more ›

Denizens of Beerland will see an eclectic mix of free-spirited punk dressed up in various musical guises tonight. Headlining are local "insurgent country" group Black Eyed Vermillion, who swirl together elements of bluegrass, folk, metal and grindcore into a rage-fueled, hellishly fun attack. It's a dark, dirty sound, punctuated by frontman Gary Lindsey's smoker-for-life vocals and primal screams. more ›

Yup, here's a nice surprise - Ted Leo just jumped on tonight's Chaos in Tejas bill at Beerland. more ›

Downtown Austin has seen hundreds of bands play fast, burn out, and die young - that's more or less the only credible way to play the Lone Star-soaked variety of garage punk currently being practiced on Red River and at west campus house parties every weekend. more ›

So many shows, so much time. This is a big week for our music writer friends at the Austin Chronicle. On Wednesday Audra Schroeder will be reading a music-related piece at Five Things (more on this event later) and on Thursday the magazine is launching their Paper Cuts Live Music Series with a performance from Foot Patrol at the Palm Door. more ›

Music today is all about having your cake and listening to it, too, in at least a couple of formats. Artists have found that putting their music up online can be enough, but it also frees them up to play with more dormant, personal artifacts to house their music. Take the new release from Lew (formerly lead singer of Wild America) under the name breatherholes, entitled give it to u. You can download the new album, or you can pick it up on tape at Trailer Space Records. Futuristic and antiquated both, see? more ›

Stereogum returns to SXSW this year bigger and better than ever, having teamed up with the NYC-based record label Sacred Bones and Austin’s own Chaos In Tejas for a free all-day event. Put your spreadsheet down, skip the hassle of running around to twenty different venues, and settle in at Beerland with this international showcase of fourteen bands, which includes a special showcase by Zola Jesus -- the experimental Russian American’s only performance during SXSW this year. more ›

Last year, Matador Records co-chief Gerard Cosloy curated the Austin rock and punk compilation Casual Victim Pile, bringing to vinyl and digital formats music that, for the most part, you could only experience on booze-filled nights on Red River (OK, at Beerland). Though he stated at the time that the document was "very arbitrary" and in no way a definitive portrait of any "scene," it did bring heightened local exposure to a strain of blistering, D.I.Y.-style rock. Some of the bands on the first comp (Follow That Bird, Harlem, Woven Bones) now seem like indispensable parts of the Austin music scene writ large; other bands have broken up, and still more are punching holes in the walls of Beerland to replace the patched-over ones they punched in last year. Most of all, the first CVP is just fun to listen to. It's good to know these bands. more ›

It's a day of the week, which means that Beerland has a healthy serving of grimy rock and roll on their bill. The bombast will be presented in four acts, headlined by Ex-Humans. The Brooklyn trio play fast and raw in that classic NYC punk style. They'll be supported by local group Flesh Lights, who just released a new album of bouncy, bubblegum punk. more ›

It’s that time again - The Rumble is rocking Beerland this Wednesday night. The show's lineup includes Pure Ecstasy, Soft Healer and Sleep ∞ Over, which is sure to mean an evening full of delightfully ethereal tunes, all for the bargain price of free! more ›

We caught up with spearhead Elliott Frazier earlier this week to check up on the band’s recent activities. We’re pleased to report the debut LP is currently being recorded and produced with Jason Buntz at The Bubble here in Austin. The album is expected to hit streets in January of next year, but in the interim, you can check out the band at a number of shows in town over the course of the next few months. Ringo Deathstarr performs at Beerland tonight with locals Black Panda and The Cassingles, and a couple of touring acts from Sacremento, BOATS! and The Enlows. Following that, you’ll be able to catch the band in all its glory at Emo’s on September 4th, The Mohawk on September 11th, and Cheer Up Charlies on October 9th. more ›

One night a month, a rumbling freight train of rock'n'roll steams into Beerland, delivering unto willing listeners earfuls of rock, punk and pop goodness. That night is tonight. The Rumble is a monthly showcase of local bands brought to you by a bunch of cool participants, including Future Sounds and yrstruly, the Austinist. And it's FREE. Totally, gloriously free. more ›

Heyyyy, Beerland is hosting more loud, scuzzy rock and roll tonight. This evening they've got OBN III's on the bill. They're fuzzy, they're punky, and they've got a few raucous live recordings up on their MySpace for your perusal. more ›

Today marks the first onslaught of 2010's Chaos in Tejas festival, and it's a doozy this year. Just today we're counting three day shows, four night shows, and two “late night” shows. That’s a total of nine venues hosting punk rock, art and photo shows, and - at the late shows - free beer “while it lasts.” more ›

Some may classify When Dinosaurs Ruled The Earth’s sound as an aimless racket serving only to damage healthy ear drums and scare innocent children. But that would be a tad unfair. On closer listen, it becomes apparent that there is indeed order within the cacophony, and the ridiculously loud commotion can be quite exhilarating when welcomed into your ears with an open mind (and perhaps, a pair of ear plugs). These local noise-brokers have causing a ruckus in town for half a decade now; Peaced, set for release this summer, is the latest chapter in their book of blistering post-punk mayhem. Throughout the 20 plus minutes of bedlam, the band churns out throbbing reverberations of high magnitude, complete with maniacal howls and yowls aplenty and screeching guitars galore. It may not serve as a backdrop for your next blissful dream but it could very well power that outlandish nightmare you can’t wrap your head around. more ›

Austinist, Waterloo Records, SPIN Earth and A.V. Club are proud to present Woven Bones tonight at Beerland. It's a very special show, since Andy Burr & Co. are celebrating the release of their new record, In and Out and Back Again. more ›

This year is no different: Timmy Hefner has curated what is undoubtedly the strongest lineup to date, and has also expanded the event to include more venues than ever before. Beginning May 27 and going until the 30th, Chaos in Tejas will blister Red River with the wide range of styles punk and hardcore fans have come to know and love. more ›

Maybe you've already worn the grooves out of your copy of Matador's Austin compilation Casual Victim Pile, or perhaps you're just jonesing to see some of the perpetrators behind the comp live. Either way, the lineup at Beerland tonight will satisfy any desire for pure, Austin-built rawk. more ›

Expect plenty of guitar fueled explosions from headliners Tre Orsi. The Denton band is one of only two non-Austin acts on Matador Records’ recent Casual Victim Pile compilation. And since they missed out on the release extravaganza at the same venue earlier this month, Friday night offers a great opportunity to fill in the blanks. Prior to that, the always impressive Beautiful Supermachines deliver ringleader David Williams’ experiments in euphony, The Distant Seconds peddle a smorgasbord of sophisticated pop tunes, and Nervous Curtains brew eerie concoctions via Sean Kirkpatrick’s piano prowess. The show serves as a record release of some sort for all the bands. Why bother saving your energy for SXSW when there’s quality live music on offer tonight? more ›

Historically, the fantastic Carrots have been an under-appreciated presence on the local music scene, and it hasn’t helped that over the last year their local shows have been few and far between, and their records as rare as a bottle of Old Potrero rye. Luckily for us, and for whatever reason, they’ve scheduled a spate of gigs that began with last Sunday’s Marquis De Sade bondage party, and continues through SXSW; tonight, the co-ed sextet will bring their cheeky take on doo-wop, girl group harmonies, and classic soul to Beerland to headline a homegrown lineup that also features Shapes Have Fangs. more ›

On Thursday though, the entertainment on offer at Beerland is all local -- enjoy agreeable blues-pop from The Happen-Ins, brooding post-punk from Dirty Dancing, and stirring indie-rock from TV Torso. The WOXY DJs will also be on hand, spinning choice tunes, no doubt. Matt Oliver from TV Torso was kind enough to answer some questions for us over email earlier this week, complete with a plethora of guiding Gmail emoticons, which, according to him, “pretty much say anything way better than I ever could.” more ›

To call Casual Victim Pile, the two-LP collection of primarily Austin, primarily salt-of-the-earth bands a vanity project feels kinda rude…or would, if the chronicler of this scene hadn’t beat us to it. “It’s admittedly a very arbitrary, self-indulgent thing,” Gerard Cosloy told the Austin A.V. Club. more ›

After much anticipation, hand wringing, rumors and truisms, the date has finally come for the three-night stand at Beerland celebrating the release of Matador’s Casual Victim Pile compilation. This trio of evenings will feature almost all of the bands on the comp performing live, save for just a few. more ›

Once a crunchy, thrashy duo and now a killer trio, Magic Jewels trade in some of the best aggressive psychedelia you're likely to find in town. They'll be playing at Beerland this evening with several local acts and Stress Ape, who are visiting from Oakland. Come get warmed up before the Casual Victim Pile performances absolutely obliterate your weekend. more ›