* This post by future contributor Miguel Hinojosa This Saturday, The Longbranch Inn opens its doors to three Austin bands whose styles are so distinctively varied that it's sure to become one of the years most remembered performances: The Crackpipes evoke spirits of jukejoints, jazz clubs, and punk rock dive bars in music that explodes in an adrenal-mental joyous noise. Theirs is a live act that combines The Stooges' Raw Power with Ornette Colemans'... more ›

* new! and improved! * : : FRIDAY : : [music] Book of Shadows & Devil Bat, 6pm @ End of an Ear - Free! [charity/music] Benefit for the victims of Hurricane Katrina with Attic Ted, The Vivian Girls, 8pm @ Monkeywrench Books [music] Zykos, Phosphorescent, Canoe, 9pm @ Emo's OUTSIDE - Free! [music] Voxtrot, Loxsly, Belaire, 9pm @ Emo's INSIDE - Free [charity/music] Crescent City Soul and R&B 45's by Waxploitation! DJs, 6-8pm... more ›

Boy howdy, is it hot outside. Hot enough to melt the face off a snake! Hot! And, do you know what snake-face-melting heat goes well with? Alcohol! That's right! Drinking! We'd like to invite you to our third official happy hour, this Thursday at The Longbranch Inn on East 11th Street. We'll start showing up around 5, and we'll hang out until we can no longer see straight. Come on down and meet our... more ›

We've been a really good Austinist this week and kept you updated on all the events of this weekend. But we thought we'd be really, good and remind you about all of them: more ›

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We've tricked the nice folks at The Longbranch Inn into letting us have our first happy hour at their lovely bar, and just in time for everyone to be pissed off at the Federal Government for putting us into debt! Come out and meet the Austinist staff, have a few drinks, and get your weekend started properly by ending the week on a bender! Ask for an Austinist special -- a Lonestar and a shot of Sauza: cheap, tasty and alcoholic! more ›