Produced and curated by The Reverberation Appreciation Society (Christian Bland, Alex Mass, Oswald James and Rob Fitzpatrick) and co-presented with The Black Angels, Austin Psych Fest (April 27-29) showcases mind-expanding music of both vintage and modern …

The Dallas International Film Festival presented by Boardwalk Auto Group Volkswagen Dealers will run April 12 – 22. DIFF celebrates its 6th year with 111 films representing 27 countries, 5 World Premieres, 1 North American Premiere, …

I have never written about a bar and/or music venue before, so this feels a little strange and awkward. But, you know what? I really don’t care. You know why? Because Cheer Up Charlie’s is one …

The Early Stages — no, they are not a Marillion cover band — are part of a long-standing sub-genre of the American underground/alternative/indie/college rock scene that exists thanks to the undeniably strong influence of The Velvet …

Unlike the Academy Awards and Golden Globes — which both seem to deny the existence of talented female filmmakers — SXSW Film tends to feature an amazingly strong array of female filmmakers in their program each …

Armed with a globe and a bag loaded with cans of Lone Star, a beery Bob Ray (Hell on Wheels) delivers us into Slacker 2011 on a bus. Ray hops onto a pedicab and commences a …

Montréal-based musician Claire Boucher fascinates me. Born in 1988, the story goes that Boucher had very little exposure to music until she was 18-years old. This childlike naiveté lends her approach to music — via the …

We didn’t think we would ever recover from that bombastic 8th anniversary party Learning Secrets threw for themselves a couple of weeks ago. But now that we are finally seeing straight, Learning Secrets have announced their …

James Friley — a.k.a. Idiot Glee — makes fuzzy, lo-fi doo wop that would not sound out of place emanating from a radiator in a David Lynch film. The twelve tracks on Idiot Glee’s debut LP, …

What I like most about One Hundred Flowers is that they are utterly impossible to pigeonhole into any one musical genre. Their debut LP, Mechanical Bride, could be over-simplified as complex and heady indie-pop, one might …