So. Austin has ACL, we have the International Festival. They have SXSW, we have lots of burger joints. And, in the last couple of years a new joint, Fun Fun Fun Fest has started killing it, and we have… increasingly less free parking. Suffice to say, our neighbors in the [...]

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Can we just all take a moment to give a round of applause to the Free Press. It’s the little independent publication that could, and once again it has shown that it not only gets the caboose up to the top of the mountain, but once there builds a bridge to the next peak [...]

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“Paula Abdul taught us how to dance”
- Dusty Hill
Oh word? The ‘Top, having for quite a while not been upon it, has recently undertaken some steps to dust off (or, well, actually to re-apply the dust and dirt to) their iconic though no longer laconic brand. It started with the replacement of [...]

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OOOOOOOOOH FIZZLE BIZZLE. You know, in the midst of a truly LOL Vice Presidential vetting disaster, it’s harder than Gary Hart to compete for your attention - and we recognize this. But fortunately, some news that will in no way raise to the DailyKos or Redstate radar has come across our desks and [...]

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CRAP. It’s already Friday. How does that happen? First it’s Sunday and we’re totally ill on the prospect of the return to the punch-card pay-clock, but atleast you’ve got some decent work and a stack of records to write, and then the next thing you know BAM. Friday. And like, [...]

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(YUSS - TWO FOR TUESDAY REVIEWS!) Sometimes we are concerned that people misinterpret our affinity for the cover song. It’s true, whenever we are able to point one out (or organize a ten band festival where people play nothing but them) we seem to take the opportunity to do so. It’s not [...]

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You know, it’s a frequent refrain of ours - PUT OUT A RECORD. You could say it’s pretty much up there in the top three of our un-solicited ANGRY DAD advice along with “be kickass” and “STOP RELEASING THIS CRAP BEFORE ITS READY.” So yeah, there is somewhat of a balance to be [...]

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Mlee Marie (Hearts of Animals) and Stepherik (Erik Bogle (Bring Back the Guns) and Stephanie Wittels) have showed up.  This place is getting beautiful.  We know Hearts of Animals are playing, but the Guns are not on the agenda.  The Tontons just finished up.  Real talk, this is the best we’ve ever heard them play.  [...]

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Weeeell, the results are in from the 2008 Houston Press Music Awards, and while there were some winners in the scene we all breathe and love, we have to say that our enthusiasm for the results is tempered.  Be it voter apathy or competitive categories splitting the Hands_Up vote, it looks like that the sector [...]

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If you’re like us, then you’ve no doubt been more than a little stoked about this shin-dig behind this poster:

I mean, not only does it feature one of our favorite mic shunning outfits, Octopus Project, but it isn’t just a coincidence that that young man’s vomit spells out Andrew WK. If we freaked out [...]

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