Austin

Austin Peralta's Death Was Fueled By Drugs and Alcohol, Says Coroner's Report

Twenty-two-year-old virtuoso pianist Austin Peralta died shockingly the day before Thanksgiving. Until now, details of the final hours of his life have been mostly a mystery. See also: The Life and Death of Austin Peralta His coroner's report, obtained by West Coast Sound, states that viral pneumo ... More >>

Austin Beutner Drops Out of Mayor's Race; Controller Wendy Greuel Likely to Benefit

Austin Beutner, the former L.A. jobs czar, has dropped out of the race for mayor in 2013, saying he needs to "be engaged with my family in a way which is at odds with the demands of a campaign."Beutner got out to an early start last year, with the backing of former Mayor Richard Riordan. But he stru ... More >>

Air Sex World Championships at Bootleg Theater, Where Contestants Gyrate, Lick and Pump Their Way to Glory

Shannon CottrellDerek "D-Bone" Reckley​ "It's the only trophy in sports that you can fuck," says Chris Trew, host and creator of Air Sex World Championships, referring to the Fleshlight sex toy (a fake vagina) Air Sex finalists receive for their sex-rated efforts. Beginning in Austin in 200 ... More >>

Fun Fun Fun Fest Announces 2011 Line-Up: Slayer, Passion Pit, Danzig Legacy, Public Enemy

​The line-ups at Austin's Fun Fun Fun often contain acts that other large scale festival wouldn't, but FFF doesn't shy away from the hardcore along with the soft. This year's just-announced line-up includes not just Passion Pit, Girls, and Cold Cave, but also The Damned, Kid Dynamite, and Flyi ... More >>

EGGS BEFORE SPLATTER

SXSW Announces First Batch of Bands, Including a Dozen-Odd LA Entries

South by Southwest already? Yes, it's a little under four months away, and earlier this week the annual Austin festival announced the first round of showcase participants. It's a small list, this first batch, and mostly comprises international bands who need to start making visa arrangements, etc. i ... More >>

Beer, Karaoke, and Vampires: Top Five "Esoteric" SXSWi Panels

There's only 48 hours left in the voting process for SXSWi and we thought we would refresh your memory as to what to click on after you login to the PanelPicker. Last time we did this we were faced with such an overwhelming response we decided to do another round up. Except this time we culled ones ... More >>

Rock Picks: Electric Daisy Carnival, Explosion in the Sky, Rodriguez

Also, DAT Politics, Mika Miko, Etta James and others

'The Onion' Peels -- Out of L.A.

The semi-funny paper The Onion is shutting down its print editions in Los Angeles and San Francisco, according to Gawker, which notes the humor pub will still be available through U.S. Mail. "The Onion," Gawker says, "will retain its New York paper for the immediate future, though it is rumored to b ... More >>

Personal Training for Dorks and Other Web 2.0 Conference Survival Tips

Always on the look out for the marketing zeitgeist (the concept, not the bar - which serendipitously we were at last night for theMix agency party), LAWeekly.com noticed these "Personal Training for Dorks" flyers up around the conference center and desperately missed our gyms back home. The only "ex ... More >>

SXSW: Who Would Leave Metallica for Black Cobra? Our Man in Austin

Randall Roberts Finds Himself in the Studio With the Silversun Pickups

SxSW Scene: Fannius Has Fun at Rusty Spurs

On Saturday afternoon, Fannius, the female rapper from West Hollywood who drops a power pop beat, stands outside Rusty Spurs Saloon on E. 7th Street in downtown Austin, watches people walk around on the street, and says she wants to have "fun." Patrick Range McDonaldFanniusIn the past three days, sh ... More >>

Screw Metallica: Southern Lord Showcase Kills at SXSW

Randall RobertsPelican rips it at the Southern Lord Records showcase I'm sure Metallica was great. They were good when I saw them at the LA Forum a few months back, where the dudes in the pit were in their typical testostero-frenzied state. And the indulgent 45-minute soundcheck that preceded their ... More >>

SXSW '09, Day 2: On Applying for Secret Canadian Citizenship, The Tidal Wave of Tastemaking, and Dirty Projecting

Last year was my first year in Austin, so I can't really speak to nebulous notions of the SXSW "good ol' days." Anecdotal evidence suggests that the place has expanded exponentially each year since the rise of the Internet, and the demolition of the quasi-mythological monoculture. In layman's term ... More >>

Silversun Pickups Record Daytrotter Session at SXSW: A Glimpse from Inside the Studio

Randall RobertsBrian Aubert, in black, seated, and band/crew await their date with Daytrotter. For bands at South by Southwest, there's a lot of waiting involved. Yes, there's hustling, and unloading and reloading the van, and dealing with sound dudes on short notice when everybody's feeling a litt ... More >>

SXSW Buzz Alert: The Henry Clay People on the Verge, Playing Aquarium Drunkard/My Old Kentucky Blog Party

One of the most buzzed LA bands going right now is The Henry Clay People, whose debut on Autumn Tone Records has set them on a crash course with ... something. Rumors are swirling about them signing today with a big name management company, and their gigs here will no doubt be teeming with executi ... More >>

SxLA: Los Angeles Interactive in a Post-Network, Post-Geographical World

S. TaylorHalo soldier reads up on Los Angeles at SXSWi ScreenBurn ArcadeAlthough we arrived back at LAX last night exhausted and missing Austin, we felt no symptoms of the dreaded SXSW SARS. Los Angeles was the new girl in town at SXSWi, and this was LAWeekly.com's first time covering Interactive. J ... More >>

SXSW Random Photo of the Day: The Rock & Roll Party Cab: March, 17 2009

What: Inside view of Austin's only Rock & Roll Party Cab. Location: Picked us up at 7th and Congress, travel time approximately 10 minutes in traffic to Magnolia Cafe. Why we loved it: You can spot this cab easily because it's probably the only yellow Eurovan in all of Texas. That, and there's the ... More >>

Bigg Digg Shindigg and Driskill Flashmob: Party Hopping SxSW Style

View more photos in the SXSW Parties: Bigg Digg Shindigg Driskill Flashmob slideshow Erin BroadleyL.A. Weekly's Alexia Tsotsis and Digg's Kevin RoseAfter spending long afternoon holed up in the Hilton lobby getting our blog on, LAWeekly.com decided to hit the streets of Austin to find out where ... More >>

SXSW Interactive: Twitterati, iPhone Socks and a Don't Mess With Texas Breakfast

SXSW convention center full of LA Weekly issues... even the old ones LAWeekly.com's first day at SXSW started early as I couldn't wait to get up and start my morning with a huge breakfast -- which of course led to the requisite dash for Pepto-Bismol because my body isn't used to a Texas "small," ba ... More >>

F Yeah Fest Releases Partial List of SXSW 'Mess With Texas' Day-Party Line-Up

Last year one of the most buzzed about parties at South By Southwest was the big-ass Mess With Texas party at Waterloo park. Organized by Sean Carlson and Keith Morris of the F Yeah Fest, along with Austin promoter Transition Transmission Entertainment (which does the great fall Fun Fun Fun Festiv ... More >>

By the Waters of Babylon

SXSW Day 5-The Triumph of the Blogosphere...High Times at High Times...Why in God's Name Am I At The Perez Hilton Party?

Bloggers are every journalist's favorite whipping boy. If a shitty band gets too popular, blame the bloggers. If the standards of professional journalism have eroded too much, blame the bloggers. If by 2010, Vampire Weekend has inspired legions of college freshmen to dress as ironic yachters, bla ... More >>

SXSW Day 3-The Unifying Power of Devin the Dude

"When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro."-Hunter S. Thompson "What you gonna do when the people go home/ and you wanna smoke weed but the reefer's all gone/ And somebody had the nerve to take the herb up out the doobie ashtray/Why they do me that way?"-Devin the Dude If the going hasn't g ... More >>

SXSW Day 2-Formed a Band, Everyone Formed A Band

Hey, Aren't You Juliette Lewis? Walking down 6th street yesterday, you had to wonder if everyone in the world somehow heard that Art Brut song, "Formed a Band" and decided that if Eddie Argos could do it, how hard could it really be? I've seen telephone directories thinner than the official SXSW ... More >>

SXSW Day 1-My Morning Jacket Prove That They May Be Invincible and Britt Daniel is Everywhere

If you do a Google Image search for "Austin" this is one of the first things that pops up. Two girls at the 1998 Austin Corvette Day. Granted, this probably has nothing at all to do with SXSW--yet judging by my first impressions of this place, I wouldn't be the least bit surprised if by the end ... More >>

Another guide to more LA Bands at SXSW

In our ongoing attempt to prop some worthy musicians headed to Austin this week, yet another list of LA bands/songwriters to chase down at SXSW in Austin this week. This is a tipsheet for those of you with $$$ in your eyes. Looking for a band to break, license, co-opt, manipulate, convince to sell o ... More >>

A Guide To the LA Bands At SXSW

So I'll be covering SXSW next week for the LA Weekly. I have never been nor do I have any idea of what to expect. I'm pretty excited to go though. I've been asking around and have generally been met with the boiler-plate response that "SXSW is awesome." However, one friend did tell me to expe ... More >>

Black Keys at LA Weekly Party at SXSW

Mark your calendars if you're making the trip to Austin for South by Southwest this year. The LA Weekly party is Friday, March 14 from noon to 5:00, at La Zona Rosa, 612 W. 4th Street, Austin. The LA Weekly / Village Voice concert will feature The Black Keys (seen below playing Austin two years ago ... More >>

Add three more SXSW bands from L.A. to the list

Last week we offered an extensive list of L.A.-based bands hitting South by Southwest in Austin this year (March 13-16). Alas, we missed three of them, all from the beautiful township of Midcity, Cali. This from Brian Miller: Noticed on the la weekly sxsw blog that 3 la acts are missing. I have a ... More >>

Theater Reviews

The Boomerang Kid, It's Just Sex, and this week's pick, Palace of the End

Paint It Black

Geesh, a lot of songs have the word "Black" in them don't they? Okay, this is my last time using one as a headline. Promise. The above is the best, anyway. Forgot to mention that the "goodie bag" for the Imitation of Christ show was Smashbox makeup: a magenta lipstick called "Enchanting," black cre ... More >>

Austin City Limits

Global kumquats, Gen-Y navel gazing and Michael Moore bashing at SXSW 2007

Can You Feel It?

Having some “me time” with Explosions in the Sky

Meet You at the Cemetery Gates

Best places to hang your hat — forever

Music Picks

For the week of June 8 - 15

Nightranger at SXSW

Fear of Music

South by Southwest 2005, as told by its survivors

The Loneliest Road In America

Heartbreak and redemption on Route 50

Waiting for Karen

George’s pals are doing him wrong, but can Hughes save him?

Outsider In

The Shaggs’ unworldly philosophy

Texas Crude

Racial politics hits another low in redistricting fight

Edging Your Bets

Edgefest holds the answers to those handicapping the future of theater in L.A.

It Must Have Been Another Country

Tex Mechs Meet

Zed for conduct

Nudge Nudge, Wink Wink

Goldmember and other double entendres

Hot Movies, Cool Scene

The eighth annual South by Southwest film festival

Who Are You Calling Gaijin?

The Setting Sun

South by Southwest: Forward into the past

South By Shut Up

Dispatches from a SXSW neophyte