ACL Previews Interview: Midlake Interview: The National Preview: The Wonderful Harmonizers, Loretta Williams Gurnell Preview: JJ Grey & Mofro and Charlie Musselwhite Preview: Young Love and the Dynamites Featuring Charles Walker ACL Band Clash, Round 1: Spoon Vs. Queens Of The Stone Age Snapshots Lollapalooza 2007 Snapshots: Summer Extrav-O-Ganza 2 Weekly Features The Argyle Academy New Release Tuesday: Art in Manila, Flight of the Conchords & Marissa Nadler Feature Review: Okkervil River's The Stage Names......

Charles Walker was a veteran vocalist edging his way toward retirement. The Dynamites were a skilled band with little hope of a hit unless they could find a compelling frontman. It was a match made in heaven. The Dynamites featuring Charles Walker are a neo-soul outfit worth listening to. The sound is so funky you'd be hard-pressed to sit still while listening. Walker's years of experience and strong voice are perfectly showcased by the sharp......

THURSDAY [17] theatre • Rubber Repertory presents A Thought in Three Parts at The Vortex (8pm) art • Opening Reception: Denise Prince Martin: Things I Never Told You at Women and Their Work, 1710 Lavaca Street (6-8pm, the artist will discuss her work at 6:30pm) art • Downtown Art Night at Participating Galleries (6-9pm) art • Artist Talk: Ann Connor at Flatbed Press, 2830 E. MLK (6pm) art • Art Fix: Printmaking at The......

A bunch of rabble rousin' DJs in town have unionized, and, collectively, they're calling themselves Mischief & Trouble. Tomorrow night they'll pay homage to the late 90s French house scene with the IHEARTDAFTPUNK Party. Inside at Red7 (next door to Beauty Bar), the Mischief and Troubled—KidIndie, DJ Fuckin' A, Ocelot, and Markus With a K—will spin "only Daft-related songs and remixes," while the generous outdoor stage will showcase a handful of Texas bands—L.A.X., Gazelles, Trilogy,......

The Austin Chronicle is offering up tickets to a series of free day shows this year, over at the newly-created SXSW Live space inside the Austin Convention Center. A limited number of space-available passes will be distributed at Cheapo Discs next Wednesday, March 14th, from 2-5pm. Badges and wristbands are not required. The lineup: Thursday, Mar 15 The Lone Star Lounge 2pm Tracy Lawrence 5pm Razorlight 7pm Marc Broussard 9pm Brandi Carlile The Bat......

TUESDAY [13] books • Ron Jeremy presents The Hardest (Working) Man in Showbiz at BookPeople (7:00pm) art • Cocktails at the Fielding Lecht Gallery's latest exhibit, "The Exchange" at Fielding Lecht Gallery (free, 5-8 pm) film • Polyester at Alamo Drafthouse Downtown film • Eddie Murphy: RAW at Alamo Drafthouse Downtown film • AFS Essential Series screens Ong Bak: Muay Thai Warrior at Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar music • Ours, April Bauer at Stubb's......

Sometimes Austin musicians move on and get signed. Yes, it really happens. Tonight is your chance to see one of these rare creatures in their native habitat! Formerly of Austin’s premier emo-core outfit, Recover, Dan Keyes now fronts the electronic dance-rock band Young Love, appearing tonight at The Parish. Released January 30th, Young Love's Too Young To Fight It (Island) has been generating lots of excitement, most of which is coming from the "mainstream". Some......

It's the same old shit every year: eat too much turkey (or Tofurkey for all y'all vegetarians out there). Watch football with smelly misogynist Uncle Larry. Listen to Cousin Lou complain about his goiter. Stare at Aunty Pearl as she licks the cat. But this year, break the cycle. You can start by going to a rap show! Lady Sovereign, the British Powerpuff Girl of white rappers, is rolling into the Parish this Turkey......

Now in its third instantiation, the multimedia arts showcase dubbed Everyone Knows Everyone brings together some of Austin's creative types, spanning artistic mediums from music to performance art. Drawing on the success of last December's pre-holiday event, the production quality of tonight's EKEIII, at Emo's, seems to have grown tremendously in the past six months: Throughout the evening, sets by Those Peabodys, Visitors, Mars Wars, Young Love, Rory + the Artificial Heart, and Pirates......

THURSDAY [29] [music] Loxsly at Whisky Bar (link) [books] Barbara Robles presents The Color of Wealth: The Story Behind the U.S. Racial Wealth Divide at BookPeople (7pm) (link) [music] Everyone Knows Everyone Volume 3 with Those Peabodys, Visitors, Mars Wars Feat. Pure Filth, Young Love, Rory + The Artificial HeartS, Pirates Of Darkwater, DJ Shane and visual art a bunch of folks (including Austinist's own Justin "Juice" Cox and Jackie Young) at Emo's (link) [film]......

Mike Shea at BookPeople (7pm) (link) [music] Awesome Cool Dudes, Daniel Francis Doyle, Zom Zoms, Ralph White at Emo's (link) [music] Tristan Prettyman, Michael Tolcher at The Parish Room (link) [music] Pete Yorn instore at Waterloo Records (6:30pm) (link) [music] An Irish Sing-a-long with Brobdingnagian Bards and Campbell Wilson at Cactus Cafe (Free, 8pm) (link) [film] AFS 20th Anniversary Screening: Godard's Weekend at Alamo Downtown (7pm) (link) [film] Rolling Roadshow: The Goonies at Central Market......