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Kris Racer's album, has quietly garnered a noticeable amount of praise recently, and we're pleased that he's stopping by this evening to play some songs for us. Sweet, shaky vocals and delicate acoustics define Racer's release, which will appeal to fans of early Built to Spill, Halo Benders, and, incidentally, dozens of other bands that play this type of purposefully off-kilter indie pop. Racer is perfect mixtape material for beginning an imperfect courtship: tender lyrics, sensitive (but mostly out of tune) harmonies, casual screw-ups and an alluring sort of underdog vibe leave their stamp boldly throughout all the songs. Check him out tonight at The Green Muse with Hollywood Gossip and others, and bring your little sister.

Only very recently did we go to Austinist landmark and creative foods diner Texicalli Grille on Oltorf (by Curra's). It's an unassuming little place, so much so that we don't think we ever really noticed it before, even though we've eaten at Curra's many times. We went on the recommendation of coworkers and were urged to order a Dr. Pepper which is made with real cane sugar and not high fructose corn syrup. We...

There are just so many reasons to love Austin. We find new ones everyday, in fact. And several of those reasons are most definitely the raucous and racy ladies of Kitty Kitty Bang Bang. Yep, right here in the middle of red Texas, we’ve got our very own burlesque show. Praise the Lord.