The main course of Emo’s East’s opening feast was the Butthole Surfers’ hilariously perverse sensorial assault. As it turned out, their often overwhelming atonality highlighted some of the best aspects of Emo’s East. Likewise, the venue brought out the best of a band that can sometimes seem to get lost in their own chaos. more ›

For three decades, Butthole Surfers have sustained their mastery of musical mayhem, perversion and debauchery. As “alternative rock” was opening its perpetually sleepy eyes in the early 1980’s, Alternative Tentacles turned its more prescient gaze towards Butthole Surfers. Surely even the label’s creator, Jello Biafra, could not have envisaged the brilliantly twisted sickness the band’s classic line-up - Gibby Haynes, Paul Leary, Jeff Pinkus and King Coffey - would hurl upon a deserving world. As they proved last fall at Scoot Inn, the Surfers still preside over raucous bacchanal celebrations that can get appropriately out of hand. Sadly, rock concerts have for the most part been tamed. But, the Butthole Surfers remain unbridled and belong on any live music fan’s list of must-experience bands. The reunited, classic 1980’s Butthole Surfers lineup has been rolling across the west all summer long, and will be blowing it all out back home in Central Texas at the highly anticipated Grand Opening of Emo's East. more ›

Texas has nurtured more than its fair share of talented musical acts over the course of our esteemed history. Buddy Holly, Willie Nelson, ZZ Top, Roy Orbison, and Stevie Ray Vaughan have garnered worldwide fame and acclaim, but digging a little deeper and looking beyond every instantly recognizable musician from the Lone Star State uncovers some of the most unique acts to emerge from this land. And thus, we arrive at the Butthole Surfers, a legendary Austin band armed with a moniker that’s had parents and censors running for cover for almost three decades, and a sound that has largely defied categorization through the years. more ›

Darling New Neighbors won NPR's contest to create a jingle for Carrie Brownstein's Monitor Mix. Listen to it here. more ›

Austin MetBlogs scooped traditional media outlets today by revealing that the Alamo Drafthouse Downtown will soon relocate from its current spot, at 5th and Colorado, to the Ritz, Austin's storied dive bar/movie house/pool hall/music venue that once played host to the likes of Roky Erickson, the Butthole Surfers, and the Flaming Lips. Curiously, the original post on the Alamo's blog has since been unpublished, most likely because an official announcement will be made later... more ›

Gallery Lombardi, vanguard art institution and perennial party host, makes its triumphant return to Austin this month. Hot on the heels of their well-received debut of Mobile Art Place last month (in collaboration with the event organizers at We Manage Stuff), Lombardi will inaugurate their new digs at West 7th and Rio Grande with an opening party tomorrow night. Their newest exhibit, "DRAW," is touted as a "tribute to the often-underrated but fundamental building-block of... more ›

Ask any mop-haired kid roaming the UT campus with clingy jeans and just a hint of bong water breath, and said youth will tell you By The End Of Tonight is the hottest thing since Malibu real estate. Lucky for him, and you, they're playing a post-extended-hiatus set at Emo's tonight. The Alvin, TX quartet render layers of messy, metallic instrumental post-rock into songs that meander towards catharsis like a lost baby deer wandering into... more ›

Gorch Fock aren’t exactly safe listening…one is meant to engage and survive them on their twisted level, facing ugly reality in blunt terms, grinding it all into a sonic maelstrom threatening to devastate and bewilder. Like hellfire itself, one should only listen if they are itching to get burned. more ›

The spliffness. That’s right. Tonight it’s going to get hot Rastafarian over at The Peacock. And rumor has it that it’ll be a regular, weekly event. Every Tuesday. It is quite possible that the ever improving, and pretty badass looking environment of The Peacock may be the perfect stage for Caribbean rhythms. Sweet jeebs, that patio gets tighter and tighter with every visit! The DJs, Cubik Musik, appear to be newcomers to the Austin... more ›

Austin Museum of Digital Art (AMODA)'s Digital Showcase, the bi-monthly mixed-media spectacle of visual art and electronic music, returns to Copa Bar this Saturday. Headlining the music portion of the evening is LA's Ken Gibson aka [a]pendics.shuffle, formerly of Austin's early 90s noise-pop/shoegaze indie band Furry Things. Relocating to the depraved sunny shores of SoCal nearly a decade ago to work on experimental, computer-driven eletronic music -- and, supposedly, employing a half-broken sampler given... more ›

Austin Chronicle's 2005 Music Poll is now accepting nominations. Go vote for your favorite local band/musician/song/album/radio program/venue and more, and select one of their dozens of potential inductees into the elite ranks of the Chronicle's Hall of Fame. Suggestions from the ballot include: more ›