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I got into Austin about 6pm last night, picked up my wristband, and hit the clubs along 6th St. and Red River. Music literally comes out of every doorway during […]

In case you haven’t guessed by now, I’ll be heading back to Austin next week for the South By Southwest music festival. Though I’m a frequent visitor to the Texas

For all those who haven’t yet made their pledge to WFMU’s annual fundraising marathon, now’s your chance: Yo La Tengo is on-air (91.1FM) right now, ready to play any song

1030-?: Bon Iver and Black Mountain at Glasslands Gallery, S. 2nd & Kent, Williamsburg. Program: vocally driven emo (Bon Iver) and psychadelic guitar rock (Black Mountain). Price: $0 (I snuck

The jazz community – and those who hang with them – turned out in force last night at Tea Lounge to support the benefit for saxophonist/composer Andrew D’Angelo. $20 got

Nate Chinen has a piece in today’s Times about Andrew D’Angelo, a Slope saxophonist and composer who underwent surgery last week to remove a brain tumor, and now has been

"I’m the type who’d be happy not going anywhere as long as I was sure I knew exactly what was happening at the places I wasn’t going to. I’m the

I was without plans this Valentine’s evening until I stopped into my beloved local Barbes, which offered up a big heart-shaped box of music by a pair of lady expats

Most people assume that indie rock, with its underground, anti-establishment pedigree, is significantly more authentic than mainstream rock or pop. In fact, like the rest of the music industry, it