Like we mentioned to you, The Kills are on tour celebrating their tenth year as a band. Chad Wadsworth caught the band along with openers JEFF the Brotherhood during their performance at Stubb's. more ›

For a band celebrating a decade of existence, The Kills take a no-frills approach. Alison Mosshart and Jamie Hince have recorded four albums together over the last ten years, evolving their minimalist lo-fi rock sound and evading the norm throughout. From their first show at Bar 12 in London in February of 2002 to their current tour kick off last Friday in Chicago, Mosshart and Hince have impressed audiences with their intensity. more ›

Good BBQ and a destination for large-scale outdoor shows are two of Stubb's key selling points, but the inside room isn't shabby either. Inside is where they host their Sunday gospel brunch, and where they regularly showcase bands at night with an under-the-radar (though not unsubstantial) presence. Fitting pretty snugly into that description is Cass McCombs, a fitfully original and restless songwriter who, since 2002, has released one EP and six LPs, including Wit's End and Humor Risk, both released this year. more ›

The release of Beirut's fourth LP The Rip Tide has unveiled a new touring trend for the Brooklyn quintet. After a nearly four year absence, Saturday's show at Stubb's was their second stop in Austin this year (earlier this summer they played at ACL Live). As snow fell in the band’s northeast hometown, Beirut performed a special show under clear skies at Stubb’s. more ›

Headliners Kyuss Lives! are not on a comeback tour. more ›

Yes it’s true: Kyuss Lives! And to make their Saturday night show at Stubb’s even more irresistible, Austin metal masters The Sword are touring with them. The Sword has played a lot of local parties and some stunning shows at smaller venues. Oh, and they’ve also toured with Metallica in 2008-2009, and briefly in 2010. Now that metal is coming back with full force in Austin, and even chillwave aficionados have begun to bang their heads, it is absolutely bewildering that tickets are still available for this show. more ›

When we heard that September is National Bourbon Month, our first thought was, "Isn't every month bourbon month?" Our second thought was, "Shoot, we better get to drinking some bourbon!" Happily, we'll have our choice of 20 different bourbons when the Austin chapter of the U.S. Bartenders Guild hosts its second annual Bourbon, BBQ & Bluegrass Festival at Stubb's Bar-B-Q this upcoming Monday night. more ›

The Drive-By Truckers are not hip. Despite venerable critic respect, a cerebral vibe and nine straight rock-solid studio LPs - their primary audience are not relevance-seekers, but instead just people who like rock music. Outside a limousine pulled up, and an overweight dude in a wifebeater and trucker-hat tumbled out; “The only time white trash gets a limo is when Drive-By Truckers are playing!” he hollered as he wandered towards the Stubb’s gates. There is never even the faintest sense of irony. The band’s molasses accents and Skynyrd discourse feel uncommonly true, and they began as a group interested in the intellectual and analytical potentials within the utterly defamed realm of southern rock. They remain that decades later, still writing great songs and filling gradually-widening venues. The demographic-clashing on the amphitheater dirt wasn’t a sign of outsider encroachment, because frankly songs like “3 Dimes Down” transcend whatever jeans you might be wearing. more ›

Gavin Rosedale and company showed up last night to sweat it out with a sold out crowd at Stubbs. The ladies were swooning and the dudes fist pumping as Bush powered through their '90s megahits as well as new tunes off of their upcoming album, The Sea of Memories. Austinist photographer Chad Wadsworth dropped some water weight in the photo pit to bring us these images. more ›

The 2,000 fans who bought tickets months ago to Arctic Monkeys' sold-out gig had to have known they were rolling the dice. An August 2 concert outdoors at Stubb's? The weather was less than cooperative, clocking in at 100 degrees at 9pm, with no sun in sight. The rowdy crowd did their best to rally, shouting football chants, bobbing their heads to the stoner rock blaring through the PA between sets, and unwisely trying to hydrate with beer. more ›

Fleet Foxes are having something of a cultural moment right now. This show was sold out months before the release their second album, Helplessness Blues, which has garnered eye-popping reviews from just about everyone and placed them in that rarefied space wherein an indie band can chart on Billboard, have their album streamed by NPR*, and sell out major venues while still maintaining a level of hip cache and critical adulation. Animal Collective, Arcade Fire, Grizzly Bear and Vampire Weekend are among the other bands there. It doesn't hurt that there is nothing offensive whatsoever about Fleet Foxes: they're a young, attractive band with, for better or worse, a modest, folk-hippie style that matches their gorgeous and heartwarming folk-rock music; music that is obviously the result of oodles of talent meeting with painstaking craftsmanship. Something to be held up, admired, and appreciated. more ›

After headlining 2009's Fun Fun Fun Fest Danzig and his band summarily skipped Austin in lieu of San Antonio on their last, "Blackest of the Black" tour, but they're back. more ›

It was fitting that Portland Mayor Sam Adams introduced the Decemberists at Stubb's Saturday night. In a pre-recorded message, Adams urged audience members to introduce themselves to those immediately next to them, and painted a dream sequence in which the band was a group of wandering travelers on a wooded trail. Adam's gesture reflected the fact that the Decemberists have become one of Portland's biggest musical exports. Their sixth album, The King Is Dead, debuted at #1 in late January, and they have been enjoying radio play ever since. However, thanks to the group's earnestness in their playing and Colin Meloy's general likability as a front man, it was apparent that the band hasn't let mainstream success get in the way of putting on a great show. more ›

With openers Holy Ghost! Photos by Pooneh Ghana. more ›

It wasn't so long ago that we watched Cut Copy debut tracks from 2008's In Ghost Colours from atop a couch at the Karma Lounge. The assembled crowd didn't know quite what to expect, as the record wasn't out yet, but the teaser single "Lights And Music" wasn't a red herring: the record was chock full of synth-y dance anthems that soundtracked a million parties in the years to come. In the space of a year, the band graduated from the obscure dance bar to Emo's and then to a sold out victory-lap gig at Stubb's, which ranks along with LCD Soundsystem as the happiest audience we've ever seen at that venue. more ›

On Thursday night the eclectic nine-piece ensemble Gogol Bordello brought their theatrical and carnivalesque stage show to a sold-out audience at Stubb’s. With an early start, their nearly two-hour set had invigorated fans bouncing around with the oompah accordion while shirtless frontman Eugene Hütz belted lyrics, danced about, and enthusiastically orchestrated with his bottle of wine between sips. The relentless collective energy of fans and the fanciful Gypsy-rock band lead to four encores before Hütz bid adoring fans farewell, promising to return as soon as possible. more ›

The campy New York band Scissor Sisters are touring in support of last year's Night Work, and Pooneh Ghana caught their sold-out show last night at Stubb's. more ›

The ex-Fugee and Grammy winner might have earned some mixed reviews in recent years because of spotty live performances, but that doesn't quell our interest in what she might bring to Austin in May. Looking at bits of her performance in NYC back in February, we have high hopes. At nearly $60, the risk might seem high, but if it pays off, you would have probably seen something totally remarkable. Tickets on sale now. more ›

Gayngs and Local Natives rocked the capacity crowd Friday night at Stubbs with double headlining sets. After missing their ACL set last October due to a misplaced tour bus, Gayngs more than made up for it, alternating funk beats and saxophone solos with vocoder vocals and jam band vibes throughout their hour and a half performance. more ›

This loud ‘n’ proud show could’ve been subtitled A Heavy Rock & Roll Dream Team, as eardrum-blasting institution Motörhead (celebrating its 35th anniversary) hit Stubb’s in tow with the iconoclastic Clutch (celebrating its 20th). Lemmy and crew were in fine form, mixing in the best of their most recent work (“I Know How to Die,” “Get Back in Line,” “In the Name of Tragedy”) with the old stand-bys (“Ace of Spades,” “Killed By Death,” “Overkill”) for an extremely appreciative sold-out audience. One might accuse these guys of anything from stunted evolution to a hammer-and-tongs approach, but they certainly seemed to be having a good time, even commenting with all apparent sincerity that Austin was the best stop on the tour. more ›

Weezer fans - getchoo to a computer at 10am this Friday and grab tickets for this special run of shows wherein the Kenny G-jamming power pop band who gave you high-fives all throughout your adolescence will briefly but memorably return to their senses before doing something bizarre, as per usual. more ›

On Friday evening the beloved Walkmen performed to a very crowded Stubb's amphitheater. Our photographer Chad Wadsworth snapped some nice photographs of Hamilton Leithauser and company. more ›

Big announcements today - the 5th Mess With Texas fest is going down this year on Saturday, March 19th, starting at 11:30 at the East Side Drive In. It's all-ages and free with RSVP (keep checking that website for more all that). Bands performing include headliners The Dead Milkmen, !!!, Odd Future (OFWGKTA), Surfer Blood, The Dodos, Ted Leo (Solo), Thee Oh Sees, Deer Tick, OFF!, Screaming Females, The Strange Boys, The Fresh and Onlys, Davila 666, Big Freedia, Lemuria, Dom, Esben and The Witch, Devin Therriault, The Growlers, We Barbarians, EMA, and more to be announced. more ›

When Say Anything was just starting out, frontman Max Bemis was a huge fan of Saves the Day. When Say Anything became a phenomenon among fans of emotionally charged punk, Say Anything secured an opening slot on a Saves the Day tour. But Bemis had to cancel when he checked into a Houston clinic citing psychological issues. Now that Say Anything has signed with J Records, an offshoot of Sony, Bemis and Saves the Day frontman Chris Conley are close friends, and Saves the Day is now opening for Saves the Day on a national tour for the second time. It’s no wonder that the two songwriters have such close ties - the cathartic sincerity of Saves the Day’s music has become a cornerstone for much of today’s popular music. Say Anything adds to that sound a menacing anger and incisive criticism that have deconstructed the holier-than-thou attitudes of elitist punk fans. more ›

Interpol came through town last night and performed at Stubb's downtown. Our photographer Chad Wadsworth was on hand to capture all the action. more ›

Dutch rockers Bettie Serveert released their first album Palomine back in 1992. While many of their contemporaries from that time period have already gone away and are back on reunion tours now, Bettie Serveert never went away. Sure, they've endured some lineup changes and scrapped an entire album's worth of material along the way, but earlier this year they released their ninth studio effort Pharmacy Of Love. more ›

The lyrics from the Deftones song "Change (In the House of Flies)", off the third album White Pony (released in 2000) encapsulate the journey the band has gone through over more than a decade together. From their breakout second album Around the Fur in 1997 to their latest record Diamond Eyes that dropped in May of this year, Deftones have evolved their sound and outlasted many lesser bands with which they may have been lumped in similar categories (Lincoln Park and Staind in the "nu-metal" category, to name just a few duds). more ›

They say a rolling stone gathers no moss, and by that philosophy some people just can’t sit still. Such is the case for members of the Traveling Wilburys-esque supergroup, Monsters of Folk. Each member of this cooperative project carries a reputation for playing the field musically, and it might just be that zest for experimentation and thirst for musicality that makes them such a special act to see. more ›

If you haven’t seen Ratatat’s live act yet, you’re missing out on some sweet electro-powered psychedelia. Their shows take you on a trip through a unique audio visual experience. Evan Mast and Mike Strout command the stage like rock gods while appearing only as dark, shredding silhouettes cloaked in their long mops of hair. By only muttering a few words between the their all-instrumental tracks, they let their guitars communicate for them in snarls and wails as they thrust all their energy into their energetic production. more ›

Last night, the Smashing Pumpkins performed at Stubb's to a sold-out crowd. Our photographer, Chad Wadsworth was there to catch all the action. more ›