FRIDAY [4] [music] Just Guns, Peel, Boxing Lesson at Emo's LINK [music] Masonic CD Release with Crash Gallery, Shane Bartell at The Parish Room LINK [music] The Black, Aux, Black Before Red at Hole in the Wall (10pm) LINK [music] Leatherbag and the Cows at End of an Ear (6pm) LINK [music] Scott Biram CD Release at The Continental Club (10pm) LINK [music] Golden Bear, The Channel, Driftin' Luke & His Personalities at Flamingo... more ›

FRIDAY [10] conference/music » The 18th Annual International Folk Alliance Conference comes to town! At the Austin Hilton Hotel (schedule) (Through Feb. 14th) music » Massive instore, featuring (2pm) Freddie Steady 5, (2:45pm) Lost Bayou Ramblers, (3:30) Whit Smith's Hot Jazz Caravan, (4:15) Juan-Carlos Formell, (5:00) Jordan Chassan, and (5:45) Chip Taylor & Carrie Rodriguez at Waterloo Records (link) music » Ghostland Observatory, The Arm, The Blackheart Society plus DJ Erin at Emo's (link) music... more ›

Some say that we have a "hard-on" for Ghostland Observatory. And they're probably right. But that does little to change the fact that the GLO - Aaron Behrens (vocals/guitar) and Thomas Ross Turner (keys/beats/vocoder) - are one of Austin's most talented indie electronic duos. Austinist contributor J.G. summed it up rather well last month: GLO evokes the seventies underground art-beat of Georgio Moroder, Sparks, Metal Urbain while infusing it with the dirtier glitter of... more ›

Fusing filthy-gorgeous streams of artful patter to staccato jets of vocal mayhem, Ghostland Observatory blows up with a non-stop dance party Friday at Austin’s gritty reggae cellar, Flamingo Cantina. GLO evokes the seventies underground art-beat of Georgio Moroder, Sparks, Metal Urbain while infusing it with the dirtier glitter of Bowie, Eno, Mud, and Prince. Bring your diamonds, fishnet stockings, and dancehall spirit: it’s going to be a decadent time. Dallas group The Veldt, Haunting... more ›

· Laura Cantrell performs two nights of her signature blend of country and folk at the Cactus Cafe. Her third album, Humming By The Flowered Vine, finds the Nashville-born singer again exploring themes of heartache, unrequited love and bittersweet nostalgia. "Letters", her cover of an old Lucinda Williams song, is particularly touching. As is "Khaki & Corduroy", which recounts her experience moving to New York and trying to find her way - she further articulates... more ›

M O N D A Y [ 7 ] TV · Screenings of episodes from Twin Peaks and Carnivale, with free popcorn! At Beerland (Free, 7pm) music · Pre-Election Day Party at Stubb's, with the Blues Crawlers, Daniel Kang, Booher/Davis, Pompeii and Roma 79 (10pm) music · Elizabeth McQueen and Jason Roberts at Threadgills (Free, 8pm) film · "The T.A.M.I. Show", documenting the 1964 Teenage Awards Music International - footage includes The Rolling Stones, The... more ›