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JOSH RITTER What’s The Deal: Josh Ritter graduated from college with a major in American History through Narrative Folk Music, which makes the title of this folk-pop singer/songwriter’s recently released album, The Historical Conquests of Josh Ritter, fitting as well as boastful. He can boast all he wants with those hearty lyrics fat with imagery and the voluminous songwriting of this, his fifth album. Comparisons to Bob Dylan as well as John Lennon immediately come...

This one has been prominent on our radar for awhile: a great show at Emo's featuring some hot, talented girls from Brooklyn, and two of the most solid bands in our scene. Tonight at Emo's don't miss Corto Maltese and their driving, moody rock opening for local pop sensation breakouts Oh No! Oh My!, and headliners Au Revoir Simone with their gleeful casio-rchestrations. A perfect Thursday show if we do say so ourselves.

In a town as creative as ours, there is plenty of ongoing chatter about “the next big thing," and (usually) further discussions regarding the viability of the buzz related to those bands. We strive to bring our readers show listings and news updates for some of Austin’s finest, be it Spoon or Ghostland Observatory. Amidst all that, we also do our best to recommend some of the city’s lesser known but equally talented acts....

It must be the week of a major holiday, because there won't be a lot of new beautiful stuff on the walls at Waterloo or End of an Ear this week. If you're anxious for Kelly Rowlands' latest (Ms. Kelly), you're breathing a big sigh of relief right now, but H-town is about as close to home as it gets July 3 (please correct us if we're wrong). The new Madlib effort, Yesterday's New...

Oh No! Oh My! are preparing to release their EP, Between the Devil & the Sea on Hollywood's Dim Mak (home to Datarock, the Rakes and more), oh August 7, and have a tour scheduled to support it. The exclamatory darlings will play shows with Au Revoir Simone, Let's Go Sailing! and the Deadly Syndrome. Follow the jump below for a complete tour date listing, and enjoy this song from their upcoming release: Oh...

Lavender Diamond's latest album, Imagine Our Love, is part '70s smooth ballad (think Karen Carpenter's solo albums) and part intriguing mystery (now think Kate Bush's Cloudbusting), but all beauty. The Matador band is in town tonight, performing at the Parish Room on 6th, and we'd love you to go. This entry is now closed Lavender Diamond w/ Entrance & Oh No! Oh My! Tuesday, June 12 Parish Room (map) 9 PM $12 Lavender Diamond...

WEDNESDAY [16] music • Locals at La Zona Rosa Showcase with Zookeeper, The Laughing, A Pocketful of Deng at La Zona Rosa (Free with RSVP at Do512) books • The Intimacies Group with Guest Rick Lannoye discuss "Sex Drive" at BookPeople (7:00pm) film • "Willy Wonka" Chocolate Feast at Alamo Downtown film • Open Screen Night at Alamo Downtown film • Weird Wednesday: "Daydream" at Alamo Downtown food • (The Original) Willy Wonka Chocolate...

THURSDAY [19] benefit/music • Do512 and Direct Events co-host a benefit for Groundwork Music with Tammany Hall, The Boxing Lesson at La Zona Rosa (RSVP for Free Entry, $5 Cover Otherwise) books • "The Art of Travel and Travel Writing" with Lonely Planet writer Alex Hershey and Stephanie Elizondo Griest at Intellectual Property (5:00pm) books • The Texas Monthly Author Series presents Ian Rankin at BookPeople (7:00pm) film • Movies in the Park: "Talladega...

Now that we're in mid-January, club bookings for winter and spring shows are beginning to emerge. While much internet browsing has already been done looking for the SXSW 2007 lineup, there are also plenty of great touring shows dropping in outside of those dates (thankfully). New shows from The Roots, Explosions In The Sky, Midlake, and a Willie Nelson/Merle Haggard double bill top the new additions, but there is plenty here for all musical...

Yet another emerging indie act from Canada, Shapes and Sizes’ self-titled debut blends earnest pop-rock with somewhat abnormal meter. Out now on Asthmatic Kitty, the record kicks off with “Island’s Gone Band”, a peculiar two songs in one introduction to the band. “I Am Cold” builds from a sparse arrangement into a multi-instrumental crescendo while “Wilderness” features the band’s trait of melding melody with noise. Caila Thompson-Hannant’s vocal chops rank up there with the...

Our friends over at Austin-based music blog Depraved Fangirls are throwing their first party ever this Sunday over at the Longbranch Inn. And, naturally, the devilishly delightful dynamos have come up with a theme that's both holiday-appropriate and downright fun: Love and a .45, it's called. And here, straight from the source, is the low-down: There was a time when the seven-inch was it: a standard, the medium of a scene at four minutes...

In This Interview: The Dearth of Turkeys in Malmö, the Indelible Allure of the Glockenspiel, Franz Ferdinand, Prince, The Dubious Legitimacy of “Dangerousness-ness” As Descriptor, Returning Home After Touring, Hungarian Rock Fans, Audio Blogs, Damien’s Unabashed Nerdiness, Tore Johansen, Staying Sane on the Road, and The OK Go Pop Science Reading Club

We're giving away a spot on the guestlist for one lucky reader and their friend/significant other/co-worker/us to next Wednesday's OK Go show at Stubb's, along with The Redwalls and The Colour. Simply send us an email with the name of the Swedish industrial town where the band recorded their second album, Oh No, by Sunday evening - crazy accent marks not necessary. Using random.org and our incredible grasp on 4th grade mathematics, we'll draw...