Cheer up, shortstop. Ellis wants you to come to the Yale Art Center on March 26 for their “Sunday School” open mic night [...]

My, You've Been Busy—Three very different local acts will drop new albums this week, all of them at all-ages release parties scattered throughout [...]

As a genre, doo-wop has been the least-mined for contemporary inspiration, overshadowed by the wealth of '50s R&B gold. While there's merit in [...]

Sunday, March 19, Launchpad (21-and-over); $8: Q: What does a kinky dance party sound like when the expensive designer drugs really, really kick [...]

SXSW Rock ‘n’ Report—No one is sleeping in Austin right now, not even your grandma. The South by Southwest music festival and conference [...]

Texas and New Mexico have what one could call a sibling rivalry. We New Mexicans give our Texan friends a hard time for [...]

Friday, March 17, Launchpad (21-and-over); $12: I should preface this by saying that the idea of individual entitlement by birth, whether it be [...]

Hypatia Lake's previous release was a concept album about the fictional town from which the band draws its name. … And We Shall [...]

Local psych-rockers Death Valley Days take codeine bong hits for breakfast. Heaaaavy. See this week's “Sonic Reducer” for Hypatia Lake's deal. March 19 [...]

The debut release from Chicago's The M's is glam rock that doesn't have to rely on pure parody for its pop charisma. The [...]