(Rodolfo Gonzalez/American-Statesman) Photos: The Black Keys at the Erwin Center Is The Black Keys’ Patrick Carney the most entertaining drummer currently out on the road? He’s certainly in the discussion, in no small part because of his front-and-cent... »
Austin band The Young celebrate the release of their new album, “Dub Egg” (Matador), June 16 at the 29th St. Ballroom with Sungod and Spray Paint. They also play a Chaos in Tejas date with No Age, Ceremony, Screaming Females, Gun Outfit and Joyce Manor... »
FRIDAY Austin Psych Fest. Three nights of psychedelic rock. Tonight, check out sets from Black Angels, Dead Meadow, Disappears and more starting at 5 p.m. at Emo’s East (2015 E. Riverside Drive. www.emosaustin.com). Over at the Beauty Ballroom (same ad... »
A few songs into Bon Iver’s “Austin City Limits” taping Wednesday night at ACL Live, frontman Justin Vernon explained that he was amazed to be on “the other end of screen.” That’s probably true to an extent, but even before he won a best new artist Gra... »
Dana Falconberry at Stubb’s (inside). Austin singer-songwriter Dana Falconberry, who released a new EP at the beginning of the year, matches her image-rich songwriting with a talented backing band. Free. 10 p.m. 801 Red River St. stubbsaustin.com Also ... »
Black Keys, Arctic Monkeys at the Erwin Center. Remember when the Black Keys were this Ohio two-piece that worked the modernist, blues-rock duo thing as well as anyone, yet you could see them at small clubs? Yeah, those days seem to be over. Remember w... »
Austin’s Holy Wave is one of the local bands appearing at Psych Fest this weekend. Read an interview with the band here. Listen to their new album, “Knife Hits,” here. Austin band The Rocketboys are streaming a new song, “Carry Me,” at Paste. The band ... »
Sleepy Sun, Saint James Society and Hidden Ritual at the Mohawk. Get ready for Psych Fest with San Francisco garage psych outfit Sleepy Sun whose sounds can recall both the hazier side of San Fran psych grandfathers the Grateful Dead as well as their m... »
HAAM’s Corporate Battle of the Bands, which happened Thursday at Antone’s, raised $53,935 this year, up from $37,000 in 2011. A band made up of employees of Seton Healthcare won the grand prize. Def Leppard, Poison and Lita Ford play the Cedar Park Cen... »
Mark Hummel’s Blues Harp Blowout at Antone’s. The primal blues and folk instrument you can take anywhere, played by folks who know how to do it well. With Guy Forsyth, Jimi Lee, Greg Izor and Mike Morgan. $10. 8 p.m. 213 West Fifth Street, www.antones.... »
“Overwhelming and amazing” was how Sarah Jarosz described the crowd gathered for her performance Saturday night at the Old Settler’s Music Festival in Driftwood. Jarosz, a Wimberley native who won the fest’s youth talent competition ten years ago at th... »
“Are you ready to walk the line?” That was the question from Matthew McConaughey, Austin’s resident bongo star, at the start of the night Friday at ACL Live. The actor emceed a tribute to Johnny Cash, part of year-long celebration of the late musician’... »
Joe Gross writes that 12XU’s “Bring Beer” compilation, which features new recordings from the Golden Boys, Nazi Gold and others and benefits Trailer Space, is a “terrific snapshot” of Austin’s underground rock scene. The 15-song comp is available Satur... »
Tomorrow at 4:20 p.m. an eight-foot tall bronze statue of the Red-Headed Stranger is scheduled to be unveiled in front of ACL Live at 310 W. Willie Nelson Blvd in Downtown Austin. To celebrate, we’ve put together a collection of our favorite Willie tun... »
FRIDAY No Future at Skinny’s Ballroom. A couple weeks ago Randy Reynolds, the singer-songwriter behind Leatherbag, announced that the band was changing its name to reflect that it was both now more of a band than Reynold’s solo project and less of an a... »
