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!...

Augustana. Even if you don’t know the name, chances are you’ve heard their single “Boston” over the past year. You know the one. They played it in on Laguna Beach, Scrubs and The Today Show. It hovered around the thirties on the Billboard Hot 100 chart for a while. You know, it’s a melodic, piano-driven pop rock song with super sweet, almost cherubic vocals played by some baby-faced hipsters with shaggy hair and tight jeans.......

In 2005, Bloc Party released their debut album Silent Alarm, a glorious highlight of the postpunk revival that the New York Times described as "angsty and urgent, with jagged guitars and sexy dance-punk drums." Unlike many of their British rock contemporaries, the band have aggressively toured America in the interim, stopping in Austin for both SXSW and ACL Fest in 2005 and 2007 and at Stubb's in 2006. This approach may help explain why......

Now that Spoon have a Top 10 album on the Billboard charts, if there's a new king of the Austin indie-rock scene, it's Ghostland Observatory. If you've not heard them yet, we'll classify them as a dance and electronic rock duo who utilize synths, drum machines, and guitars to create a fairly unique sonic space for themselves which never fails to get a crowd moving. The duo of Thomas Turner and Aaron Behrens have......

Since their inception in 2001, Portland's The Decemberists have channeled a unique and wide-ranging set of influences (be it R.E.M., Irish folkfore, or Russian literature) into classic indie-pop that has found a large and fervent fanbase. The group's 2006 major label debut The Crane Wife both amazed and shocked music critics, who loved the material but could hardly believe the band's audacity, as two 11-plus minute epics were featured on the disc. The bold......

We know what you're thinking. Weren't The Shins just here last month at the same venue? And weren't they at Stubb's in September, and at ACL? The answers are yes, yes, and yes. But success means new fans, and the #2 Billboard debut of Wincing The Night Away has led to a headlining spot on the MTVu tour of college towns - thus, the Shins play Austin for the fourth time in a year......

Thank God for shiftless, neurotic, pothead New Englanders. In the late 1980s, Lou Barlow, lately laid off from his day job as bassist for then-indie powerhouse Dinosaur Jr., hooked up with fellow "noise-terrorist" Eric Gaffney to expand his home-recording project, mindlessly dubbed "Sebadoh" after a nonsense word he coined while stoned, into a proper touring band. A steadily growing cult pursued the group (teenage Jason Lowenstein quickly joined as touring drummer) well into the......

As SX07 approaches, we'll be keeping you informed on all of the official confirmations, rumors, and non-SX events that we feel are worth your attention. With January's arrival, a lot of news has surfaced in the past few days. Here's a quick recap: Confirmed Performers (via SXSW): Pete Townshend, Rachel Fuller, Emmylou Harris, The Stooges, Interpol, Lily Allen, Bloc Party, Devin The Dude, Hoodoo Gurus, Matt & Kim, Ghostland Observatory, The Watson Twins, Stax......

Have you caught up on sleep from last year yet? Because SXSW is only 90 days away. The 2007 edition looks to be as big as ever, as all hotels within three miles of downtown are already sold out. The rumor mill and early confirmations are now trickling in, with no announcement bigger than that Pete Townshend will both deliver the keynote address and participate in an acoustic showcase with girlfriend Rachel Fuller. SXSW......

Clipse Hell Hath No Fury The bubble has burst. Ever since 50 Cent turned bullet wounds into a marketing bonanza—it really wasn’t that long ago, was it?—artists in the loosely defined subgenre known as “coke rap” have been falling all over themselves to convince suburban America that they sold more drugs, shot more people, and spent more time in jail than whoever happens to be selling records that week. The situation is so far gone......

Chamber/pop amalgamists 2 Foot Yard merge classical with contemporary, employing in their arsenal an array of instruments that include violins, cellos, guitars, and drums. It's a wholly original sound -- Billboard called their work "a head-spinning collection that melds classical virtuosity, folk soul, and pop imagination" -- though, from what we've heard, their varied musical influences are nevertheless recognizable in their energetic, near-theatrical live performances. Admittedly, we dont know much about the band, apart......

God, we're so sick of Snakes on a Plane that we want to kill anyone and everyone that makes a "something on a something" joke. But then we realized that there was no way we could ever win this fight, and, hell, if you can't beat them, we might as well join them. And with that, you have the theme of this weeks' Gothamist network post. Austinist makes it easy for us, with Candidate on......

A few years ago, Snow Patrol were broke guys in Scotland with a knack for writing jangly rock songs. These days, their latest album debuted in the Billboard Top 40 and at #1 in the UK, they spent last year opening for U2, and their last CD went triple platinum in Europe. While Snow Patrol have already played Austin twice this year (at Stubb's in March and May), they'll be back in the States......

Lots of random music news today. Let's get to it before ACL Fest's lineup gets announced on Thursday and we forget about this stuff: - Prefuse 73 has cancelled his Austin appearance later this month due to a serious illness. A note on Prefuse's Myspace page makes it sound as though the health issues are pretty severe. Pitchfork reports that the shows may be rescheduled later this year. - Bloc Party has announced a......

Billboard online has reported that Tom Petty will be one of the headliners at this year's Austin City Limits Festival. The first leg of his summer tour will feature opening act Trey Anastasio and will be followed by a run of six shows that includes Pearl Jam as part of a double-bill. The second leg of the tour will feature the Allman Brothers band and the Dereck Trucks Band. The opening act for the......

Lately, the music industry has been making more moves than a blog editor at a GLO show. Here's a run down on everything you need to fuel your hatred of corporate music and Nashville. If you don’t hate Music City, move there, it took us exactly six hours to develop a serious loathing we allowed to fester for six years. James Blunt, unsurprisingly called Blunt the C*nt by his sassy British friends, became the......

Citing "health reasons," Matador announced today that Cat Power's entire upcoming -- and highly anticipated -- national spring tour has been cancelled. Along with the Memphis Rhythm Band, Chan Marshall - aka Cat Power - was preparing to embark on a month-long US trip, starting in Memphis and ending up in Austin for the start of SXSW. Billboard reports: Days before it was set to begin, Cat Power's spring U.S. tour has been canceled......

Last last fall, while still living in New York, we stumbled out of Webster Hall after a particularly excellent show put on by Muse. Intoxicated equally by the half dozen drinks we'd slammed down while Matt Bellamy and his cohorts rocked out onstage and by the sense of promise that hung, suspended aloft, in the chilly autumn air, we were more than a little giddy. Enough so that, when navigating the sea of promoters......

Well, for those of you who wanted organizers to push the ACL Fest back next year in order to hopefully have some less-sweltering conditions, keep dreaming. The festival is actually being moved UP a week and is scheduled to take place September 15-17. Yikes! Get ready to sweat your ass off, Austin. Look, we have been to every ACL Fest since its inception, but we have almost had enough. Organizer Charles Attal claims that......

Last week, we journeyed down to San Antonio to check out the mighty metal quartet known as Mudvayne. Their latest CD, "Lost and Found" debuted at #2 on Billboard, bested by Mariah Carey’s latest release. It’s been a long struggle for this Illinois troupe. Battling drug problems that have forced them off the road a few times, Mudvayne seems ready to conquer the world as they have recently been named one of the mystery bands......