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Hooray, it's time to celebrate, here comes Fall. Sure it technically started a while ago, but with temps in the high 90's it's just hard to get in the groove. But as temperatures start to drop connections start to increase. Somewhat in the same numbers as the cold and flu, oh well, you have to take the good with the bad. Get out and enjoy yourselves because Ice Storm 2007 will be here before...

Starting at the very conservative hour of eight in the evening this past Sunday, La Zona Rosa played host to Devendra Banhart and his merry-makers, The Fat Boys (no, not those Fat Boys), and one of their “favorite musicians in the cosmos,” as Banhart put it, opener Jana Hunter. Photo of Banhart courtesy Marco Bruni on Flickr. If you have photos from this show, tag them "Austinist"!...

Although Austin isn’t without its own freak-folkiness, former Texans Devendra Banhart and Jana Hunter will be journeying to La Zona Rosa on October 7th to present their own take on the genre for what has become a burgeoning fan base. Banhart, as close to a superstar as an acid-folk rocker can be, is supporting his newest album Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon, which features contributions from surprising sources including Nick Valensi of The Strokes, actor...

To prove this isn’t an exaggeration, see a few of the song titles: “Fake Yer Death,” “A Faceless Death,” “Suicide Kiss (Because Dead),” and, ending the album on an unsurprising note, “Drink Yourself (To Death).” The parentheses are hardly necessary at this point, as one has to be completely obtuse not to get Orion’s gist.

Houston native and current Baltimore resident Jana Hunter was once just as equally known for her solo material as she was for the musical associates with whom she kept company - take Ray Raposa of Castanets and Devendra Banhart, just to name a couple. But 2007 has been an ambitious year for Hunter, who has made her mark not only with recording projects like her well-received sophomore album There’s No Home, but also with the...

They went from being called Tarantula A.D. (instrumental prog-rock) to Priestbird, a name "in reference to a character in one of their songs that looks after the bird spirits on the afterlife" (their label, Kemado Records, says). Okay, sure. I mean, after seeing the press photos, we get it: other-worldly. (And didn't they tour with CocoRosie last year? And aren't they pals with Devendra Banhart? Ah, it's all making sense).

There are several Welsh acts playing this year's SXSW, but none are newer to Texas than The Gentle Good. Essentially a one-man folk music project, Cardiff's Gareth Bonello has been playing a quietly captivating mix of English, Welsh, and Spanish folk to drunken (his words, not ours) Welsh audiences for several years. Bonello has already released an EP and is currently recording his first full-length album. He recently chatted with us about cowboy boots,...

Lucinda Williams West (Lost Highway) West finds (as is apparent just by a brief scan of the track titles) Williams in a thoughtful and tender place musically, as her private life and its rough patches sort of overwhelm her toe-tappin' hay-covered dance floor capabilities. The death of her mother and the end of a relationship both factor into the context of the album, but that doesn't stop big guitars and generous bass drum from...

Have you checked out Single Frame's "John Carpenter Halloween Remix" yet? Head over to their site, dig around 'till you find their mp3s, and grab it - then play it loudly for your friend's children. Here's what else is worth mentioning this week in the way of new releases: A Cloud Mireya Singular (Eastern Developments) Though half of A Cloud Mireya is Scott Herren, the mastermind behind Prefuse 73 and Piano Overlord, fans of...

Last weekend was pretty intense show-wise, if you're like us, you're ready to crawl in bed with your headphones and listen to something new from End of an Ear or Waterloo's new release wall. Well, here's what you've got to choose from: The Decemberists The Crane Wife (Capital) Already being described as the album of the year in some circles, Crane Wife marks the Portland-based Decemberists' major label debut with themes familiar to the...

Folk music has become a term used fairly loosely in the independent music scene, partially because there are incredible artists making music that reflects the genre's origins, and partially because there's really no other way to describe the sound. Psychedelic folk ("freak folk", if you're nasty), however, sounds like something you make up when you've perhaps tied a few too many on and find yourself toying with the idea of cross-genre experimentation with instruments like a cigarette machine, or a vacuum. Yet, artists like Devendra Banhart, Animal Collective, Joanna Newsom, Espers, and DeVotchKa create music that beckons the memory of Donovan and T.Rex, giving shape to the term as we use it today.

Austin City Limits is pretty nifty, we'll admit. But let's face it: the lineup for Coachella, ACL's glammed-up West Coast sibling in the desiccated wastelands near Joshua Tree, has all but reigned supreme these last few years. And this year, they're at it again; earlier this week they announced the full roster for the two-day festival, to be headlined this year by Depeche Mode (huzzah!) and ... Tool (huh?). The entire lineup: Saturday, April...

M O N D A Y [ 1 0 ] music · Devendra Banhart & Hairy Fairy with Bunny Brains at Emo's music · Audio Inversions Inaugural Concert at the AMoA Downtown ($7/$10, 8pm) music · The Monday Night Music Project happens on the second Monday of each month at Hyde Park Theatre. Tonight, David Hamburger and Bret Boyer perform. ($10, 7:30pm) books · The Texas Month Book Club, hosted by columnist Mike Shea, talks...

Fans of Devendra Banhart take note: There has been some buzz developing over Young God’s newest band, Akron/Family and their recent self-titled debut. Well, tonight they are bringing their unique sound to Emo’s. They will be performing double duty as they are also the backing band for Michael Gira’s Angels of Light. We hear the boys put on quite a show, so everybody go get your freak-folk on.