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Nicole Atkins played Stubb's Indoor (pics), touring with Fountains of Wayne and playing other dates

Nicole Atkins plays the free Hudson Square Music and Wine Festival on August 9th as part of an added leg to her previously announced tour…

Chaos in Tejas 2011 in pics & review (part 8)

, Harriet Roberts, and Tim Griffin While I was polishing off my night at Emo’s and Red 7 during the fourth night of Chaos in Tejas, Keith Marlowe and Harriet Roberts were checking out an awesome punk show at Mohawk…

Chaos in Tejas 2011 in pics & review (part 7)

, Keith Marlowe & BBG After three amazing days in Austin (pictures from day 1 HERE and HERE, day 2 HERE and HERE, and day three HERE and HERE), most of which I spent at Emo’s, Chaos in Tejas came to a close for me across two venues…

Beirut revealed new album details (with 2 streaming songs), played ACL Live (pics), sold out McCarren Park

Beirut are releasing their long-awaited third LP The Rip Tide on August 30 on Zach Condon’s own Pompeii Records internationally and on Revolver in the US…

Peter Bjorn & John not playing Highline (updated dates), played Antone's (pics) w/ Oax (new EP out, Rosebuds too!)

Peter, Bjorn & John recently announced a tour with six local dates in September, but the September 14 show at Highline Ballroom is actually not happening (they were considering it and accidentally announced it, but it is 100% cancelled)…

Chaos in Tejas 2011 in pics & review (part 3)

& BBG An uber-late Thursday night with Tragedy and Origin of M ruined me for Friday day shows (and daylight, for that matter), but I was not going to miss one of my favorite two-pieces, Iron Lung at Emo’s outdoors on the 2nd day of Chaos in Tejas 2011 (June 3rd)…

Gruff Rhys played Knitting Factory & Club DeVille (pics), will do a Q&A at BAM with his movie (and other dates)

Austin venues Mohawk and Club DeVille border each other. If there’s a loud show at Mohawk, a quiet show at DeVille will suffer. Thus, back on May 27th, as Gruff Rhys was taking the Deville stage he announced, “The idea is to play as many songs as we can…

The Melvins are here, playing 'Lysol' & other full albums, like they did in Austin (pics)

“It’s hard to imagine an album like [] making an A&R’s mouth water–and it certainly hasn’t moved Nirvana numbers. But nonetheless, the churning has emerged as the secret blueprint for contemporary underground metal…

Chaos in Tejas 2011 in pics & review (part 1)

& BBG The Chaos has begun! Chaos in Tejas, which runs through Sunday, kicked off officially yesterday (6/2) with shows featuring headlining sets from Converge, Hooded Menace, The Spits, White Lung, and Cro-Mags…

BBG's Guide to Chaos in Tejas 2011

Tragedy fan at Europa (more by Konstantin Sergeyev) No rest for the wicked. After a grueling weekend of heavy music at Maryland Deathfest (pictures of day 1 HERE, day two HERE, day three HERE, and day four HERE), I am looking forward to a mix of punk, hardcore, metal, crust, d-beat, and indie at Chaos in Tejas in Austin this week…
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