Two years ago Tennis emerged out of the blue and into the throws of internet buzz band status. The husband and wife duo from Denver of Patrick Riley and Alaina Moore quickly won us over with the nostalgic dream-pop of Cape Dory well before the debut album's official release, as it leaked and streamed into popularity. To prove it wasn't a fluke, they brought on drummer James Barone and dropped Young & Old less than a year later, an album produced by Patrick Carney of The Black Keys. After two years of mostly touring and appearances at SXSW, Tennis will be graduating to their first proper show in Austin with Tuesday night's appearance at The Parish. Last week Austinist caught up with Tennis on their day off, somewhere between Portland and San Francisco. We spoke with Alaina while Patrick drove. more ›

With defense and guile, the San Antonio Spurs held on for a 91-82 Game 7 victory Monday over the New Orleans Hornets to advance to the NBA's Western Conference finals. more ›

Austinist is considering offering a weekly advice column in the vein of Dear Abby, Salon's Cary Tennis, and Slate's Dear Prudence (among other columnized advice givers). We need your help in getting this started. more ›

The Austin Tennis Club (ATC) will be hosting its Fifth Annual Heart of Texas Classic—or HOT5—this weekend, March 10-12 at UT Intramural Courts and the South Austin Tennis Center. This year, the organization has designated Out Youth as their charity of choice. Out Youth, long a staple in the Austin lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ) community, is the only organization for LGBTQ youth ages 12-19 in Central Texas. Out Youth services include counseling,... more ›

For the sixth year in a row, MovieMaker Magazine has ranked Austin in the top 3 of its “Top Ten U.S. Cities to Live and Make Movies” list. And though we’ve slipped a little this year (we sat at number two for the last two years, just behind New York City), we still beat the crap out of Shreveport, which feels pretty good. Moviemaker cited the “unique education and support that the [Austin] community fosters... more ›

We’re still glowing with the satisfaction brought on by great music. We told you this would happen. Get to Stubbs, listen to Margot & the Nuclear So-and-Sos, fall in love, we said. Well, if you didn’t take our advice, we bet you’re full of regret, and if you aren’t, you certainly should be. Now you’ll have to wait until SXSW to see our new Midwestern obsession. By then the intimacy of Stubbs will be... more ›

Trailer from the Bloc Party Documentary/Concert DVD, "God Bless Bloc Party" [mov]	Be Your Own PET - "Let's Get Sandy" [ram]
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• [mp3] Cat Power - "The Greatest"
• [mp3] Clearlake - "I Hate That I Got What I Wanted
• [mp3] Clearlake - "No Kind Of Life