What a difference a year makes—certainly in the case of this fledgling music festival. Last December's inaugural Fun Fun Fun Fest featured over two dozen bands and DJs, and showcased a good variety of indie rock, punk, and electronic music. This year, they've grown even bigger, better, and bolder: the second annual installment will span two days and has been pushed ahead by a month, to November 3rd and 4th. Staying true to their... more ›

FRIDAY [13] music/art • Austin Museum of Digital Art (AMODA) presents their latest Digital Showcase with Drop The Lime, MVSCLZ, HAPPYSUCKY, Wonder Jam Twins, Yatsuzaki, DJ Who's Jealous and DJ Radicon, plus visual artists including Ben Aqua, Ben Hibon, Bleep Labs, Cari Palazzolo, David Salinas, DEFASTEN, Eli Welbourne, Friedrich Kirschner, Johnny Cisneros, Lanneau White aka Karl Sapien, Lonja, Mike Ruiz, and Yuki Kawamura at The Mohawk (9pm-2am, $7/$4 general/members, 18+) ® music • Faceless... more ›

M O N D A Y [ 2 1 ] music · Elizabeth McQueen and Jason Robards at Threadgill's music · MC Chris (Adult Swim), Snmnmn, The Ergs, America is Waiting, Bring Back the Guns and Karaoke Underground at Emo's music · Redrum and Music Lab put on Battle of the Bands 3! holidays · Marble Falls' Walkway of Lights kicked off last weekend, but you can see it through December 2nd - "meander through... more ›

MC Chris, who you may know as the voice of Hesh on adultswim's Sea Lab, or the voice of MC Peepants on Aqua Teen Hunger Force, will be performing live at Emo's tonight. MC Chris performed at our house* during SXSW, and has since come back to play several sold out shows in Austin. Tickets are amazingly still available for tonight's show! more ›

Every week, Austinist picks a few of the twenty-nine billion events that occur here every week to highlight - the interesting, the zany, the totally random. Got a suggestion? Leave it as a comment! MONDAY [music] Honeypot, The Yupppie Pricks, and MC Chris at Emo's Inside MC Chris played the Austinist HQ during SXSW, and trust us, he is not to be missed. MP3s available on his site. [speaker] Paul Rusesabagina (basis of the... more ›