Highlights from this week's IST List: Folk-pop crooner Page France brings the sparkling jingle-jangle of Page France and the Family Telephone to Emo's, alongside Bishop Allen, The Teeth, and Frank Smith Sidebar's turning three, and they're buying you a drink on the house to celebrate. Join them for Ruby's BBQ, DJ Supafly, and giveaways Alas, one of our favorite social butterflies is flying away to--where else?--New York City. Before he leaves, join Dave "KidIndie"......

Austin’s AM Syndicate pulls together some of the best musicians in town from some of our most well known bands to create an experimental multi-piece super group. After two self-released EPs, the band traveled to Chicago this fall to record their first full-length album, Empire, with Sick Room Records. Empire is an interesting record. Yes, “interesting” is often thrown around as a label for artistic endeavors taken on by your friends that you cannot......