Some fun and last-minute news from Twitter: the Swedish trio Peter, Bjorn, and John have arrived in Austin early in advance of their Gimme Some tour dates that begin tomorrow evening at a sold-out Antone's. In addition to eating at Juan In A Million and hanging out at country bars, the band's Peter Moren has decided to play an informal gig tonight at Ruta Maya Coffeehouse on South Congress. Tickets are just $5 and are available at Ticketfly. Austin singer Arum Rae Valkonen will open the show. more ›

Peter Bjorn and John, blessed as they can be, have for a while appeared to be dodging accountability for the unexpected leap into international fame caused by “Young Folks,” and that song’s ubiquity (think radio, think television, think McDonald’s, think JC Penny), put the somewhat awkward north-Euros into a spotlight their personalities weren’t quite prepared for. To PB&J’s benefit, they haven’t fallen asleep at the experimental wheel, as their clever post-Writer’s Block misdirection Seaside Rock (a slight make-up for Peter Moren’s hideously bland solo album) wandered through instrumental and field recording reels, thus refusing to whet the appetite of a legion of pop-fanatics desperate for another tune to whistle into the ground. But now, with Living Thing, it's time to pay up. more ›

Photo from MySpace Jose Gonzalez w/ Cass McCombsThursday, November 29The Parish Room (214 East Sixth Street)$20 presale, doors at 8, all ages show[info] | [tickets]If left to your own Texan devices, it would be easy to assume that world-famous guitarist/heartthrob José González came from somewhere south of the Rio Grande, or perhaps even from Austin's own bustling music scene. But, luckily, you don't have to rely on your own devices. And that means that when... more ›