Levon Helm, Ray LaMontagne and the Secret Sisters at Bass Concert Hall, November 12, 2010. Photos by Steve Hopson. more ›

For those of you lucky enough to catch The Magnetic Fields at the Paramount last week, you know there's no doubt the old theatre can hold its own with any of Austin's excellent concert venues. And while it lends itself to a ritzier crowd, to be sure, there's a reason why our fair town has such venues: because without them we may not be able to get acts such as Ray LaMontagne to drop by for a set. The twenty-first century folk icon, known for his raspy and considered vocals and the vigor of his beard, will be the beginning, middle, and end of a show this Saturday night, and chances are it'll be a pretty solid bunch of mid-tempo precision. more ›

Coldplay's Chris Martin recently described Travis as "the band that invented my band and lots of others." That should give most people a solid idea of what to expect when Glasgow's indie-pop quartet stop into Stubb's Thursday night. After debuting with the raucous pub rock album Good Feeling in 1997, the band did an about-face with 1999's The Man Who, a moody, ballad-filled acoustic record produced by Nigel Godrich (Radiohead, Beck) that produced several... more ›

We love a good cry, and we are expecting a Niagra Falls worthy Wednesday night, as Austin Film Festival brings us Away From Her, the directorial/screenwriting debut of Canadian powerhouse Sarah Polley. You may remember Polley from Dawn of the Dead, My Life Without Me and of course, the Road to Avonlea series. (Come on, we know you have the entire Anne of Green Gables spinoff on VHS right next to your NKOTB action figures.)
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There have been a few changes to the ACL schedule since last week - as Tom noted yesterday, both Ghostland Observatory and The Dears have been added to the lineup, replacing Feist and Kasey Chambers. And there's another dropout - Fields are off the schedule, so Brett Dennen has been added to the Austin Ventures Stage lineup on Sunday, shifting a few of the artists to later slots that day. You can check out... more ›