Just like many other "huge in the UK, but unknown here" acts before them, Kasabian roll into Austin tonight to play to a small crowd of Britrock-loving fans. The Leicester, UK group is touring behind their second album Empire, which debuted at #1 on the British charts earlier this year. Despite their relative youth, Kasabian already has six Top 20 hits in the UK, where rock rather than pop is still played on mainstream airwaves. more ›

In 1986, London-based music magazine New Musical Express (NME), legendary for its influential hold on the British musical imagination, released a limited edition mixtape entitled C-86. Containing early singles from a number of chamber and guitar jangle pop groups such as Primal Scream, The Pastels, The Wolfhounds, and The Shop Assistants, the notoriously difficult-to-obtain cassette encapsulated a newly popular fusion of danceable, rhythmic post-punk and edgy English verse. One of the strongest tracks from... 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 ›

Quick: Guess This Band! A) They're lanky British rockstars with a propensity for self-glorification that would make even Richard Branson blush B) Their sound seems almost deliberately engineered to collapse ampitheatres and make your grandmother cry C) They've got their dealer on speed-dial D) They're playing the Parish tonight! Who are they? Yes, the Spice Girls were a good guess. But that ship sailed a long time ago. We're in fact talking about Kasabian,... more ›