Having played an outrageously amazing show at Coachella after winning a MySpace contest they didn't even know about, Austin's The Octopus Project are coming back to their hometown this Saturday to headline at Emo's outside, with Loxsly, Gil Mantera's Party Dream and Featherweight Burden. The trio's been busy these past few months: they played a bunch of well-received shows back at SXSW (prompting Rolling Stone's David Fricke to name them one of his standout bands... more ›

Our second giveaway of the day is a pair of tickets to The Sword's show at Emo's this Thursday, plus a signed CD. The Austin-based metal thrashers are currently on the road, touring in support of their new LP, Age of Winters, which came out back February. Shortly after they finish up stateside, the foursome are heading over to Europe for an enormous month-long tour at venues with such ridiculous names as "Rockfabrik," "De Effenaar,"... more ›