Free week rolls on tonight with our humble offering at the 29th Street Ballroom. Five local bands for the glorious price of free - should be the perfect capper to a hilarious day of reading about the fallout from the Iowa caucus. Grimy indie-poppers Literature will headline our showcase. The band just released their debut LP, Arab Spring, which you can grab for whatever you care to pay for it on their bandcamp. The ten songs are catchy, pop-punk nuggets, distorted and besmirched by low-fidelity that would be right at home on Slumberland Records circa 1995. The album got a Twitter recommendation from Kip Berman of The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, who likened the sound to an amalgam of the Buzzcocks and Exploding Hearts. more ›

Ruta Maya used to be the hippy-iest of hippy coffee shops, reveling in its far South Austin zipcode by booking a bunch of reggae acts on a regular basis. Lately, it’s upped its venue cred by jumping onto the Casual Victim Pile dogpile, creating a real DIY space to go along with its couches, art displays, and comfortably caffeinated clientele. They’ll get an earful with tonight’s bill, headlined by local stalwarts Kingdom of Suicide Lovers. more ›

First, some pressing music news. As pointed out by our pals at the Austin A.V. Club, locals The Young inked a deal with Matador. more ›

It's a Mogwai Monday here in Austin. more ›

SXSW Music begins on the 15th and ends on the 20th. That is all we are really thinking about right now. Later this week we'll be previewing some of the more noteworthy day parties, and we'll also be putting together a post detailing our recommendations for the official events. more ›

It has been quite some time since we've heard from spazz-rockers Reverse X-Rays, who dip into some sort of odd combination of Devo and surf and noisy rock. The band have been hard at work writing new material, and this show at 1808 will be the first live performance of the band in some time. more ›

School has been back in session for a few weeks now, meaning students are probably ready to pretend it hasn't. We've got just the event to wash those study worries away. Best Fwends, The Eastern Sea, The Low Lows, No Mas Bodas and Fat Tony are performing at the Mohawk for the annual KVRX Back to School Party. The line up is diverse and has something to please every freshman, grad student and dropout. more ›

Just a couple of months ago we reported on a benefit for the Moose Lodge up on Franklin Road which had just been renovated and needed funds to keep pushing forward. Now, the fraternal organization of the Loyal Order of Moose has not only kept the doors open, but are hosting a variety of events in the coming weeks. more ›