Love Inks is throwing a party to celebrate this week’s release of their enchanting new album, E.S.P. The trio spins charming vocals and low-key guitar and bass lines with minimalist synth pop accents; they’ll heat you up sufficiently to put a thaw in the chillwave. more ›

[[Although the show ran only one weekend and closed some time ago, we're sharing new contributor Anna Hanks' notes on YTCC's latest production. -Ed.] The next time you're at a rock show, take a moment to observe the crowd, and you'll notice something interesting: most human interaction takes place on a non-verbal level, manifested in acts of flirting, fighting, and everything in between. Since that kind of voyeurism makes us giddy, we’re glad we caught... more ›

After an incredibly (too) long hiatus, the lovable local kaleidoscopic synth pop band Belaire return with a brand new album titled Exploding, Impacting, despite the non-stop touring schedule of members Jason Chronis and Matt Simon (thanks to a little side project they have called Voxtrot) and twin sister (and singing partner) Christa Palazzolo now living in New York City. The album is a tour de force of Cari Palazzolo, who, with this release, has emerged... more ›

Yellow Tape Construction Company, the masters of self-promotion that they are, have so much weird, entertaining content on their website...it's a more than a little addicting. Our recent favorite, by far, is a funky video of Yellow Taper Doug Rutherford doing some, er, Yellowtape-ish things with a balloon and a scarf and his face. Just...yeah. Check it out. We imagine the highly anticipated YTCC production, But, I Could Do That, opening tonight and running this... more ›

FRIDAY [13] music/art • Austin Museum of Digital Art (AMODA) presents their latest Digital Showcase with Drop The Lime, MVSCLZ, HAPPYSUCKY, Wonder Jam Twins, Yatsuzaki, DJ Who's Jealous and DJ Radicon, plus visual artists including Ben Aqua, Ben Hibon, Bleep Labs, Cari Palazzolo, David Salinas, DEFASTEN, Eli Welbourne, Friedrich Kirschner, Johnny Cisneros, Lanneau White aka Karl Sapien, Lonja, Mike Ruiz, and Yuki Kawamura at The Mohawk (9pm-2am, $7/$4 general/members, 18+) ® music • Faceless... more ›

Ever known someone who economizes their words, and yet (or perhaps because of this) frequently spouts beautiful, eloquent gems of truth? We happen to be very close with someone just like that, and here's what he had to say about Yellow Tape Construction Company's latest production: "If it were a spoken language, they'd have a thousand words for play." This is so true that coming up with a written, non-redundant way to describe and... more ›

Today we bring you the fourth band in our "Local Music is Sexy" Austinist + Trojan rock show/dance-party, happening this Saturday at the Velvet Spade: In the Discerning Confectioner's Cookbook for Delectable Indie Pop, the recipe for Austin's Belaire might read something like this: combine one part Parisian lounge act, two parts low-key drum backings, a drizzle of guitar intonations, and a generous dollop of ever-so-refined synth grooves, and flambé! In their case, the... more ›