Austinist presents our "Peg Your Clique Quiz" ... and we're still embarrassed by our score Additional SXSW bands were announced (Platinum Pass for auction!), and we finally saw the first week of great music releases for 2006 Reviews: Waterloo and Veronica (books); Danceworks Laboratory's latest works-in-progress showing (dance) Here's to getting past the most depressing day of the year. Thankfully, Carnivale's just a few days away! Is our fair city getting its own Central......

SoCo is getting another face-lift. Hipper, trendier, more expensive. And as happy as we are to see Austin continue to grow, we wonder with more and more trendy businesses and shoppers flooding our neighborhood, where the hell are we going to move when our rent becomes too astronomical? The urbane gentrification of South Congress district will be getting another boost in the coming year, as what was once Capitol Car Credit will be transformed......