Image from Tom Brosseau’s MySpace Nickel Creek & Tom BrosseauSaturday, November 17Stubbs (801 Red River)$25 Advance; Doors 7 p.m.[info] | [tickets] Singer-songwriter Tom Brosseau brings heartfelt lyricism and mellow melodies to Stubb’s on Saturday. Hailing from Grand Forks, North Dakota, Brosseau’s high pitched voice and gentle guitar complement his sincere storytelling perfectly, and has found him at least one fan in a certain Natalie Portman. Portman picked Brosseau’s “Plaid Lined Jacket” (along with tracks by... more ›

People of Austin, patrons of the World Wide Web, you’re about to get ripped off! If you’ve ever rented a car, you know how this works. You don’t want the Mercedes, just something reliable that will provide the basic necessities. “I’ll take the Lincoln, please.” This seems like a good, mid-level choice. The clerk obliges and enters your credit card information. Then, with a plastic smile, she looks up and asks you: “Would you... more ›

Monday night, pop culture nerds swarmed Book People to see Chuck Klosterman, author of "Killing Yourself to Live: 85% of a True Story." As we are pop culture nerds, we were sitting on the front row. Klosterman is a senior writer for Spin and a contributor for Esquire. "Killing Yourself to Live" is his third book, and it follows Klosterman on a trip across the country in the summer of 2003, visiting several sites... more ›