Fun Fun Fun Fest
Austin's Red 7 and Holy Mountain closing; The Sidewinder opening in Red Eyed Fly space
Same old story: beloved music venues fight to survive as new hotels, condos, and rising rents make it harder and harder, even though their existence is part of the reason everyone wanted to be there in the first place…
Red 7 closing. The Sidewinder moving into Red Eyed Fly
We’re really sad to see Red 7 go, but at least The Sidewinder seems like it will be a pretty cool, Transmission-booked replacement. Full story at BrooklynVegan…
The Charlatans touring after Fun Fun Fun Fest (dates)
Manchester’s The Charlatans released Modern Nature this year, the band’s first in half a decade. If you haven’t checked it out, it’s an excellent album — through 26 years that includes a number of tragedies, The Charlatans have remained amazingly consistent, quality-wise…
Fun Fun Fun Fest reveals 2015 comedy stage, day-by-day lineups, single-day tickets
Austin’s 2015 Fun Fun Fun Fest announced its comedy stage and day-by-day lineup, and put single-day tickets on sale today.
The comedy stage includes Tig Notaro, Doug Benson, Eric Andre, Todd Barry, Eugene Mirman, Sabrina Jalees, Jonah Ray and Kurt Braunoh…
Fun Fun Fun Fest 2015 lineup: Jane's Addiction, D'Angelo, L7, NOFX, Wu-Tang, Venom, Ride, American Football, American Nightmare, Converge, Charlatans, Dag Nasty, MANY more
Austin’s annual Fun Fun Fun Fest returns in 2015 from November 6-8 at Auditorium Shores, and as usual the lineup is amazing. There’s Jane’s Addiction (performing Ritual de lo habitual), Gogol Bordello (performing Gypsy Punks), The Dwarves (performing Blood, Guts & Pussy), the first-ever Texas show and only US show of 2015 for ’80s metal legends Venom, a reunion from DC hardcore vets Dag Nasty, Yeah Yeah Yeahs/Blood Brothers/Locust side project Head Wound City, D’Angelo, NOFX, American Football, Ride, The Charlatans (UK), Wu-Tang Clan, Schoolboy Q, Grimes, Cheap Trick, Drive Like Jehu, L7, Babes In Toyland, American Nightmare, Converge, Chain of Strength, Desaparecidos, Skinny Puppy, Afrika Bambaataa, Future Islands, Fucked Up, Neon Indian, Hudson Mohawke, Joey Bada$$, Alvvays, Speedy Ortiz, Parquet Courts, Power Trip, La Dispute, Title Fight, Shamir, Mikal Cronin, Viet …
Fun Fun Fun Fest announce 2015 lineup!
Fun Fun Fun Fest happens November 6-8 at Auditorium Shores and the amazing lineup is now announced! Check it out here and get your ticket…
Fun Fun Fun Fest 2014 in pics: Judas Priest, King Diamond, Nas, Gorilla Biscuits, Neutral Milk Hotel and MANY more
Austin’s Fun Fun Fun Fest wrapped up this past weekend with a variety of killer music across punk, metal, hip hop, indie, electronic and plenty of the in-between, plus comedy, wrestling, BMX competitions and more…
Gorilla Biscuits played FFF Fest (pics); Walter Schreifels and the Dead Heavens schedule NYC show
The next band up was New York hardcore OGs Gorilla Biscuits. I caught their set at the festival and their FFF Nites show at the very tiny Mohawk Indoor later that night…
Fun Fun Fun Fest 2014 day 3 pics: Neutral Milk Hotel, Murder City Devils, Rocket from the Crypt, Gorilla Biscuits, FlyLo, more
Annual Austin music festival Fun Fun Fun Fest wrapped up on Sunday (11/9) after two other killer days with yet another great batch of bands…
Fun Fun Fun Fest 2014 day 2 pics (King Diamond, Nas, Sick of It All, Modest Mouse, New Pornographers, Glassjaw, more)
Fun Fun Fun Fest continued at Austin’s Auditorium Shores on Saturday (11/8) after kicking off a day earlier. Day 2 brought another great and varied lineup with theatrical metal legend King Diamond, Nas playing the seminal Illmatic in full, consistently great indie rock from Modest Mouse, The New Pornographers and more, hardcore vets Sick of It All playing from the Blood Sweat/Scratch the Surface era, garage rock from Black Lips, King Tuff, and Twin Peaks, handsome punks Iceage, an industrial-tinged set from synth pop pioneer Gary Numan, Canadian rippers METZ, post-hardcore crushers Glassjaw, debaucherous psych band Fat White Family, and m…
