Parade of Flesh, an independent Dallas based booking company that brought the popular BRO Fest to Club Dada, is busting out the big guns this April with a stellar run of shows. Anyone that’s on their game should have these gigs marked on their calendars, ’cause POF is known for bringing some of the most underground and buzzed about indie and metal acts in the scene. Already this year they have brought King Khan and the Shrines, Jacuzzi [...]

As a six year veteran of South By Southwest, ATX’s own film and music conference, I’ve come to learn a thing or two about the culture of the festival. Let’s just say, 2011 was the year that SXSW hit full blown maturity, and 2012 may be when it decides it wants to put down the pipe and enter the corporate world–or run off and join the Peace Corps.

You are likely to get a little flustered at all the commercialism being thrown [...]

The time has finally come, my friends, to dust off your dancing shoes. To unpack those tents and tapestries, and ditch the winter blues. The time to congregate in the spirit of good music is once again upon us. With a watchful eye we’ve been getting stoked, from all the bands on festival lineups.

Nine fun-filled months lay ahead — raging until the sun creeps on the horizon. People will think we’re crazy for the 20 hours we’ll be drivin’. But [...]

Hey all of you avid Austin music scene lovers–IT’S FREE WEEK! From now until Sunday, participating venues offer nightly free shows featuring some of Austin’s best local talent. It’s kind of like a miniature SXSW, with tons of free shows all week at a ton of different clubs with a ton of different bands, except it’s entirely local.

Participating venues for Free Week 2012 include Beerland, Red 7, The Mohawk, ND at 501 Studios, Beauty Bar, Stubb’s, [...]