The Order of Hierophanous Intonement has summoned you. Far beyond the mortal confines of guitars, drums, and set breaks, the Order has constructed a Ouroborus of sound for the alteration of your consciousness. Just as the snake’s mouth continuously feeds on its own tail, so will the will music; for four hours, Austin’s finest lords of the drone will continuously--no breaks between sets--destroy any sense of reality that you might have harbored. more ›

In what will surely prove to be one of this year’s more inspired bookings, Dearborn, Michigan’s ambient heroes Windy & Carl will feature in the ecumenical confines of downtown Austin’s Central Presbyterian Church tonight. The husband and wife duo have been playing their brand of strangely comforting, guitar-generated soundscapes since 1993. For twelve of those last sixteen years, the duo have been releasing albums on Chicago’s haven for experimental and ambient recording artists, Kranky records, also home to former Austinites and Windy & Carl contemporaries Stars of the Lid. more ›