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The Austin installment of the Red Bull Sound Select series returns on September 19 at Red 7 Sidewinder (which is taking over all of R7's September shows), curated by Transmission Eve...

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...

Black Lips at Burgerama III ( Photo by Debi Del Grande) The Black Lips do not seem to be slowing down anytime soon. They recently hit Austin for Psych Fest while on tour in support of their new album Underneath the Rainbow via Vice Records...

Austin Psych Fest 2013 (more by Tim Griffin) Additional artists have been announced for the 2014 edition of Austin Psych Fest, which goes down from May 2-4 at the Carson Creek Ranch...

EMA at Coachella 2012 (more by Dana (distortion) Yavin) SXSW returns in 2014 from March 7-16, and after already announcing one round of artists, they've just released their second lineup announcem...

One of the many SXSW events BrooklynVegan had some part in this year, and the most random one, was the "Our Heart Aches For Syria" benefit at the Long Center on the Friday night of SXSW Music...

BrooklynVegan is presenting three nighttime shows at SXSW this year, one of which is a special night with Omar Souleman and friends. To quote SXSW:SXSW is proud to announce an interview with Syrian artist and cult international legend Omar Souleyman on March 15th from 5-6pm in ACC room 16AB...

Black Lips @ 4 Knots 2012 afterparty (more by Amanda Hatfield) Atlanta troublemakers Black Lips were one of the many bands named in SXSW 2013's third round of artists announcement...

Vampire Weekend in Brooklyn in 2012 (more by Greg Cristman) SXSW already revealed one round of artists, then a second, and now they've just revealed a third announcement which includes Vampire Weekend, Local Natives, The Thermals, Black Lips, Camera Obscura, Merchandise, Clutch, Rockie Fresh, Baauer, Bleached, TOY, Waxahatchee, Bleeding Rainbow, Count Bass...

The best part about Austin's annual good time known as Fun Fun Fun Fest is diversity. While punk and metal are driving the tattoo-sleeved set nuts on the Black Stage (pics HERE and HERE), there is an entirely different festival going on at some of the other stages - legendary MCs to movie star cameros, punk legends to some of the best indie bands on the come-up...