The first segment of Radiohead's North American tour has been announced, and Austin gets the shaft: Houston's Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion will get a show on May 17, and Dallas' Superpages.com Center (!) will host the Brits on May 18. Tickets go on sale Thursday (Valentine's day) via W.A.S.T.E. with general on-sales following on February 16. ...

Thank Andy Gately for the three-hour assault on conservative values that is the first-annual Austin Underground Film Festival (tonight, 7pm, Drafthouse South Lamar). Andy’s a veteran of Troma Films, Cahiers du Cinemart, and all sorts of interesting projects, including something called the Holocaust Film Sourcebook. He graciously answered a few questions about his latest venture. Thanks for talking to us! Thanks for the chance. And for not being owned by Rupert Murdoch. How did......

We knew there was some devious reason John Mayer’s “Daughters” topped the charts. That song managed to be both cheesy and creepy at the same time. This morning, New York’s illustrious Attorney General Eliot Spitzer subpoenaed nine major radio conglomerates for their role in this crime against music. Buying airplay has been illegal since the 1960, when a federal law was put into place to ban the rampant practice of “payola” (pay plus Victrola,......

Bono and Bill and Melinda Gates are named Time Magazine's "Persons of the Year" Britney files a $20 milllion lawsuit against US Weekly for some story involving a secret sex tape. Vincent "The Chin" Gigante, the Mafia don who pretended to be insane for ages to avoid imprisonment, is dead. Like, really dead. Austin classic rock radio station KPEZ-FM finds salvation. Rather, Clear Channel decides it's high time for a contemporary Christian channel. A......

The Peels are a rock band out of San Francisco, now under indie DIY darlings Dim Mak Records. Their debut LP "S/T", produced by the legendary John Goodmanson, was released back in February this year. Now on tour with The Raveonettes and Autolux, The Peels took time after their show last week at the Parish Room to sit down for a chat with Austinist. We spoke with lead singer Robyn Miller and bassist Joshua......