WEDNESDAY [18] lecture • KLRU's SPARK Series Welcomes Douglas Rushkoff at The Paramount (7:30pm, Tickets are HALF OFF from Noon-7:30pm!) benefit/film • Friends of the Festival Anniversary Celebration (Cine Las Americas) at 2308 Fortune Drive ($100, 6-9pm) books • Poetry on the Plaza: Living Poets at The Harry Ransom Center (12 Noon) books • The Intimacies Group with Karen Kreps at BookPeople (7:00pm) books • Stephanie Elizondo Griest presents 100 Places Every Woman Should......

Indie/hippie hobos nomads Brightblack Morning Light released their self-titled sophomore album just weeks ago, and while we didn't particularly care for it, others seem to generally dig 'em. The duo -- "Nabob" (Nathan Shineywater) and "Rabob" (Rachael Hughes) -- started back in 2002 with a split 7" shared with Bonnie Prince Billy (aka Will Oldham, among others). Since then, they've signed to Matador Records, toured with the likes of Joanna Newsom, Vetiver, and Gojogo, and......

WEDNESDAY [12] [music] Brightblack Morning Light, Daniel Higgs, Mariee Souix at Emo's (Inside) (link) [music] The World Famous Bros Grim Side Show, the AK 47s at Emo's (Outside) (link) [music] Bill Stidham and Jimmy Scarborough at the Parish (link) [music] Blues on the Green presents Antone's 31st Anniversary Celebration w/ Eve Monsees & The Exiles, Gary Clark Jr. at Zilker Park Rock Island (Free, 7:30pm) (link) [music] Graham Wilkinson and Underground Township at Cactus Café......

MONDAY [10] [music] Rancid, Street Dogs, Complete Control at Emo's (link) [music/party] End of an Ear and XL Recordings presents a special midnight sale and listening party for Thom Yorke’s The Eraser, with loads of giveaways! Plus, hear new albums from Peaches, Sufjan Stevens and others at Emo's Lounge (Free, 10pm-1am) (link) [music] Girls' Tribute to Clifford Antone with Marcia Ball, Angela Strehil, Lou Ann Barton, Toni Price, Carolyn Wonderland, and Eve Monsee at Antone's......

The eponymous debut from Matador’s Brightblack Morning Light woozily stumbles out of your speakers, reeking of schwaggy weed and B.O. It's the aural equivalent of that mooching hippie your roommate had that brief fling with. Sure, they’re broken up now, but he’s trying to get on his feet while the jam band comes together. You won’t even notice him. ...