Dell Lounge has a pretty awesome video series going featuring the clubs of Austin's past. In the video above, Ume performs near what used to be Club Foot, and writer/musician Jesse Sublett talks about the scene in Foot's hey-day. Other episodes of Dead Venues Live features footage from The Ritz, Liberty Lunch, and Armadillo World Headquarters. more ›

Editor’s note: Pastiche is a bi-weekly column exploring the diversity within the Austin music community. The views expressed in Pastiche are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the outlook or beliefs of anyone else in the IST network. more ›

There is absolutely no reason to stay in on Friday evening. Whether it's DJ Shadow at La Zona Rosa or Future Clouds and Radar at The Parish, downtown offers you a wide variety of music to kick off your weekend. more ›

This weekend brings another tremendous set of gigs to our beloved city. If the abundance of synth-pop and electro-rock acts lately is bringing you down, raise your spirits and beers to some stellar rock n’ roll on Friday. Emo’s hosts one of Austin’s hardest rockers in the form of the Young Heart Attack, while the newly renovated Austin Music Hall boasts a Dallas - Forth Worth Metroplex attack in the shape of the Toadies and Baboon. more ›

It's the your favorite bartender at Sao Paulo, or the girl in the cutoffs at El Chilito. It's the smokin' UPS guy, or one of the Lone Star Rollergirls. It's your local secret crush. It's hard to believe that it's been over sixteen years since Linklater's Slacker edified the collective and individual characters that make Austin, well, Austin. Although Liberty Lunch is long gone, the people that make our city great remain. And what... more ›

Contributed by Phil West Austin band ..And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead, in its decade of evolution, has long had a reputation for controlled (and sometimes out-of-control) chaos in its live shows as one of its hallmarks. Back in the day, the band would make shows at now-defunct venues like the Blue Flamingo and Liberty Lunch just that much more interactive. We still remember the Lunch show, for instance, in... more ›

Sometime this fall, the city is finally going to take steps to demolish that half-assed Intel building. The eyesore has been stagnant for so long, we can't remember what was there before it existed. Probably a Liberty Lunch or Armadillo equivalent that became prey to evergrowing corporate needs to just build something. Intel pulled the plug on construction in 2001 with no intention to complete it. Now we know there were a gajillion cool things... more ›

Austin's undisputed bastion of hard rock (not to mention proud home to head-banging, sweaty dudes with waist-length locks, and parking-lot brawls over meth deals gone bad) will soon be forced to close its doors... more ›

Liberty Lunch, Steamboat, Twang Twang Shock-A-Boom … does anyone remember when the "Live Music Capital of the World" really was the "Live Music Capital of the World," or is it one of those myths like "growing up in the 50’s" where everybody knew your name and kids could ride their bikes down the street ‘til the sun went down? It seems that decades past always seem better than the present. Well, for anyone who wasn’t living here during the early 90’s or never saw his Best Buy commercial, David Garza represents the best of that era. Dahveed shows are legendary events that everyone claims to have been part of. Being a true artist, David has constantly evolved to create a style and sound that is truly unique. Each release is it’s own animal, as evident by the last two free EPs he released on his website. If you’ve never seen the man himself in action, get your tickets now for his upcoming gig this Friday at Stubb’s. Tickets are $12 and will be available for only a short time as David’s shows always sell out, and don’t forget to bring cash to pick up new CDs he will (hopefully) be selling as he promised in "Ill Troubador." more ›