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photo: Anderson .Paak at SOB's on February 5 (more by P Squared)

In case you missed it, Merge Records announced this exciting news in October: We are excited to welcome Austin's A Giant Dog to Merge Records! The band recently recorded their third album with prolific producer Mike McCarthy and will release it in early 2016.

Fun Fun Fun Fest happens November 6-8 with tons of awesome bands, many of which will also be playing FFF Nites shows. As always, FFF Nites also features artists exclusive to the late-night shows, including GZA, Mayhem, Watain, Subhumans, Windhand, Small Brown Bike, Girlpool, Pity Sex, Youth Code, NOTS, Cult Leader, Wildhoney, Red Death, OBN IIIs...

Fun Fun Fun Fest 2013 (more by Sarah Frankie Linder) With less than 2 months to go, today Fun Fun Fun Fest release their FFF NITES lineup:AUSTIN, TX (September 16, 2014) - FUN FUN FUN FEST (FFF Fest) is excited to announce today the lineup for FFF Nites, the after shows free to festival wristband holders, during this year's festival November 7--9, 2014, at Auditorium Shores...

Free Week continues in Austin until 1/11. Meanwhile we made it out for sets by Residual Kid, OBN IIIs, What Made Milwaukee Famous, and more...

It's now 2014, which means Free Week is about to be underway in Austin. Like in years past, a bunch of mostly local bands will be playing free shows in local venues from January 2-January...

Title Fight in Brooklyn in 2012 (more by Rebecca Reed) Fun Fun Fun Fest is just around the corner, set to return to Austin from November 8-10...

SXSW 2013 (Divine Fits) (more by Amanda Hatfield) SXSW returns to Austin in 2014 across multiple venues fromMarch 7-16, and the first round of bands has just been announced...

Bruise Cruise at NXNE in 2012 (more by David Andrako) Panache Booking is returning to Austin for a number of SXSW events, kicking off with a Bruise Cruise on Monday (3/11), followed by an unofficial kickoff party at Tillery Park on Tuesday, an acoustic show at Flatstock Stage on Thursday, their official showcase on Friday at Hotel Vegas across four stages, and for those sticking around on Sunday there's a hangover party at Beerland which runs all day (11:30 AM to 2 AM on Monday) with tons of bands and free bloody marys, and an official closing party with Jonathan Toubin's Soul Clap & Dance Off at ...

Album-releasing machine Ty Segall is on tour which hit Austin on Friday (1/25) at a sold-out Mohawk with Ex-Cult and intense locals OBNIIIs...