After a several month live show hiatus, Ola Podrida is back this Saturday at Frank, promising to perform at least five new tracks from an upcoming full-length album. With a tentative release date not scheduled until June 2012 for this third Ola Podrida album, it will have been almost three years from their last release, 2009's Belly of the Lion. more ›

Want to talk about an Austin institution that embodies the spirit of the city? Talk about Hot Tracks, a recording studio that strives to maintain the distinct qualities of the Austin artists it tracks. But like so many other grassroots Austin efforts, Hot Tracks is at odds with a powerful force: condo developers. As such, the City of Austin has condemned Hot Tracks' East side location, and owner Matt Smith has no choice but to move and rebuild. more ›

Spencer Stephenson, aka Abacus, is a Denton-based producer and musician that pieces together incredible pieces with found and recycled sounds. more ›

Wingo and company are preparing to hit the road in support of the album. Check out all of the east coast tour dates at the band's MySpace, but mark your calendar for July 8, when they'll be performing at the Mohawk. more ›

If only most romantic films were as honest as an Ola Podrida track. More contained, if not as muscular, as 2007’s self-titled album, Belly of the Lion plays nimbly with the tension between his expansive sound and his inward lyrics. Its opening track, “The Closest We Will Ever Be,” initiates a theme inverting the typical freedom-of-the-open-road ballad. Against tableaus of sprawling Americana play out not visions of freedom, but tender appreciation for interpersonal tethers. Mournfully, but without resignation, Wingo sings, "There's always some shadows within the prettiest of scenes/ I'll cast one on you, and you'll cast one on me…That’s alright if this is the closest we will ever be.” more ›

'Nites blog reveals information on an upcoming Black & White Years EP, Nursery Myths, due September 15. more ›