If you need an excuse to visit San Antonio this weekend, you might check out the grand opening festivities for the Museo Alameda del Smithsonian. The museum is the largest in the nation dedicated to Latino arts and culture and is the official state Latino museum. Their mission statement is to "tell the story of the Latino experience in America through art, history and culture."
Museo Alameda Grand Opening This Weekend
Austinist Giveaway: Golden Bear, The Channel, and Tacks the Boy Disaster at The Parish, Tonight
Thanks to the good folks at local indie label C-Side Records, we've got a pair of guestlist spots to giveaway for tonight's show at The Parish Room, featuring Tacks the Boy Disaster, The Channel, and Golden Bear. Check out the mp3 downloads, and enter the contest below! Downloads: Golden Bear - Santa Rosa Golden Bear - A Reason To Be Proud The Channel - The Deserter The Channel - Sibylline Machine Tacks, the Boy...
Austinist Music Preview: New Release Tuesday
New albums by Guillemots, Hot Snakes, and the Snakes on a Plane soundtrack
Austinist Preview: Golden Bear CD Release Party
Golden Bear's CD release show is this Friday at the Flamingo Cantina, and if you're like us, you've been waiting to get your hands on some sweet Bear rock for far too long. The Channel and Driftin’ Luke & His Many Personalities will round out the bill. Golden Bear's sound is a mix of familiar pasts in your parents' record collection fused with some of your favorite sounds of today, drawing influences from My...

