Leading up to Austin Psych Fest 3 (this weekend at The Mohawk), we’ll be spending five minutes with many of the artists scheduled to perform at the festival. Today, we catch up with Austin’s The Tunnels. more ›

Ezra Feinberg from Piano Magic and Tim Green from The Fucking Champs created Citay back in 2004, initially as a studio project. Green departed recently but Feinberg remains, and has added new members for the band’s latest tour in support of Dream Get Together, released this past January. And Austinites are in luck because the current seven-piece incarnation of the San Francisco outfit will set up shop at The Mohawk on Saturday to concoct its blissful soundscapes. Streaming electric guitar riffs, complementary acoustic plucks, a dash of the keys, a touch of the drums, all arranged to perfection -- it amounts to some very sublime ear candy. Head down to the 'hawk tomorrow night to enjoy this euphoric collage of infectious harmonies and agreeable melodies; pick up the new record to boot. Citay’s pleasing palette will be preceded by The Tunnels’ soothing psychedelia and Salesman’s eclectic Americana on the inside stage this evening. more ›

If you're of the opinion that the holiday season just isn't psychedelic enough, you're not alone - or not alone in Austin, anyway. more ›

Jeans fitting a little tight today? No matter, it’s going to be a night for leggings and baggy sweaters at Stubbs, as Neon Indian serves up a heaping platter of homemade love songs to the fuzzed-out series of dream sequences known as the 80s. Psychic Chasms was released just last month, and it already feels like a classic. The album marries 80s analog allure with up-to-the-minute dexterity of melodic layering, and Alan Palomo delivered it already broken in and ready to wear anytime you crave a little less focus, a little more misspent youth. more ›

Super Secret have a large roster that includes so many local, punky bands, including Sparkle Motion, Black Panda and Faceless Werewolves. more ›

Free Week at the Mohawk is featuring both the outside and inside stages will be packed with an army of bands. From psychedelic rock to turntabalism, the Mohawk should have you covered, and less money at the door means more for booze! more ›

For one reason or another, The Golden Animals journeyed to the sweltering southern California desert to write their first full-length piece, Free Your Mind and Win a Pony. By escaping the tribulations of city life, they hoped to discover some of nature’s best-kept secrets. Now that they’ve reached the gold at the end of the mythical (and most likely hallucinogen-filled) rainbow, they’re on tour and making a stop at Beerland tonight. more ›

Remember back in those halcyon summer days, when kids with spike-swoop haircuts would sulk over to your house on their skateboards, kick-flipping the whole way, bangs covering everyone’s pot-reddened eyes, just to bask in your glory as Thrasher’s newly claimed “heir to the Hosoi throne”? Man, those were the days. The chicks, the sponsorships, the Jimmy Z woody, all the righteous goodness. Remember that? No? Of course not. That's probably because like the rest of... more ›

*The views expressed in The Laurie Show are those of the author and do not represent Austinist as a whole.* -ed. note Hello again, music lover! The Laurie Show on KUT 90.5 will be in full swing tonight, featuring great music by local (and formally local) artists whose CDs I now have in my grimy paws. Glee! Plus, I can guarantee you that once again, your live music calendar is going to be rather... more ›