This weekend, everyone in town is understandably going to be focused on the Austin City Limits Music Festival at Zilker Park. Well, almost everyone. The fine folks at Lucy the Poodle Productions, a local collective of artists and promoters, have put together an exciting extravaganza called “Ditch The Fest” Fest that aims to serve as an alternative option for live music, delicious local eats, and general merriment this Saturday. It all goes down at the hip east-side hangout Cheer Up Charlie’s from noon until 2 a.m. more ›

Lucy The Poodle Productions brings us a bonanza of all things Pink Floyd this Friday at Club de Ville. A plethora of local talent -- Belaire, 'Til We’re Blue Or Destroy, My Education, The Hi Tones, The Raven Tree, The Clouds Are Ghosts, The Alice Rose, and The Noise Revival Orchestra -- will perform a couple of songs each by the legendary English band. The evening kicks off with a string quartet at 8 p.m. and there are plenty of activities planned to keep us busy all night long. Body painting, a Pink Floyd themed scavenger hunt, live visuals (of course), and naturally, a screening of the Dark Side Of Oz are all on the schedule. more ›

The Warlocks’ bring their psychedelic rock variety to Emo’s (Lounge) on Friday night in support of last year’s Heavy Deavy Skull Lover. (Buy it here.) Singer and guitarist Bobby Hecksher’s brainchild, the California act’s music has morphed within the (broad) confines of psychedelia throughout the course of its career, with inherent melody, plentiful reverb, and Hecksher’s distinct vocal contributions tying it all together expertly. The Warlocks’ line-up has adjusted over time as well and the band is no longer the eight-piece creature it once massacred live audiences as. Instead, the band currently pillages on with fewer members and has just recently wrapped up a tour with Austin’s The Black Angels. Tonight, New York outfit The Vandelles and local space-rockers The Boxing Lesson get things rolling at Emo’s Lounge as a part of 101X FM's Next Big Thing series. The rest of Emo’s stays busy this evening as well, with RX Bandits and Portugal The Man on the outside main stage and Marked Men and The Hex Dispensers inside. more ›