What better way to celebrate the 2012 Iowa Caucus than with a free show at Red 7? This Free Week showcase is bursting at the seams with local talent, ranging from scene veterans to emerging acts. more ›

In the music world, the young inherit the Earth. But don’t tell The Gary: the local forty-somethings couldn’t care less about their age, and neither should you, especially when they crank out ramshackle pop-rock that they’ve come to master. You can catch them tonight at the Carousel Lounge with Blue Kabuki and Silver Ships. more ›

Monday: The only thing people are going to be talking about on Monday is the Willie Nelson show at the new ACL Live Theater, where the patron saint of all things country/amazing will be performing. Either that, or their googly-eyed Valentine's Day Plans. Not romantic but possibly awesome: Death Angel and D.R.I. at Emo's. more ›

What’s the Deal: All the way from Bogotá, Colombia the electro-Cumbia fivesome Bomba Estéreo is bringing their entrancing, dancing mix of beats, loops and even a dash of vocals that aren’t a far cry from those of M.I.A to Austin for Pachanga Latino Music Festival Saturday, May 22nd. more ›

Morality can be hard to navigate. Hearing words like greed, inequality and hostility as descriptions of the processes of donating, health care, and partisanship can easily throw our ideals off course. These are the moments when it's appropriate to revisit Aesop; when Picasso's words ring true: "the essential in this time of moral poverty is to create enthusiasm," which is exactly what Austin's Five Things Reading Series plans to do. Happening this Friday, March 5 at United States Art Authority, five inspired writers will read newly rendered fables to help us get our morals back on track. Or at least embrace our deficiency. more ›

Is it too late to pick an album of the year for 2009? Or maybe is it too early to pick an album of the year for 2010? Logan, The Gary’s followup to their amazing debut EP Chub, was released digitally in late 2009, but on CD this month. Fortunately, the album is so good and so relentlessly compelling, it’ll be impossible to forget come well into next year. more ›

The mysterious process of selecting a band name can only be the subject of conjecture among non-musicians. Case in point: local trio The Gary. How they came to name themselves after your dad is anyone's guess, but peculiar as it may be, The Gary's chosen handle is not the band's most interesting characteristic. There is, of course, the music to consider, principally that from their debut EP Chub, released earlier this year.

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