Dallas native Ben Kweller is an interesting tangle of contradictions. He's 26, but his first major label album was released a decade ago. Kweller is an indie rock star, but lives in a Brooklyn brownstone with his longtime wife and young son. And his music is accessible and catchy, yet it hasn't quite found the large audience it deserves. Kweller returns to the Austin City Limits Festival for two shows this weekend to bounce......

Rasputina is one of those bands that sounded like a gimmick but turned out to have the skills to carry the concept far enough to make it interesting. We, like many children of the '80s first became aware of Rasputina when they were one of Marilyn Manson's favorite projects and all the goth kids at our high school were totally, totally into them because they were covering pop songs on cellos and that was......

You won't be exaggerating when you tell people you're not used to this heat; these past months have been the hottest on record since 1895. An Austin American-Statesman reporter collected one ton of cans around town, and she'll tell you the lessons she learned (be they what they may). Whatever you think of Castro, he may remembered in years to come as a conservationist. It's getting worse for aid workers in the Darfur region.......

Steve Carrell was funny. Geena Davis was actually pretty damn funny. Chris Rock was funny. Our comments while watching the Globes were funny. Dennis Quaid was not! The notorious (alleged) coke-head and booze-hound had the opportunity to present the vignette nominating Brokeback Mountain as best picture. Instead of being simple and to-the-point, Quaid decided he'd try a little shtick. After honoring the film, the seemingly drunk (or at least very nervous) Quaid said that......