Sweet Talk

Five songs and roughly a half dozen stage dives into his band's farewell-to-Red 7 show on Friday night, Riverboat Gamblers singer Mike Wiebe took a short breather to consider what the night meant to him, his band, and the 600 or so fans jammed in front of the club's two stages...

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 ...

Parquet Courts in Brooklyn in 2012 (via BrooklynVegan Instagram) Texas ex-pats Parquet Courts (featuring members of Fergus & Geronimo, Wax Museums, and Keepsies) call Brooklyn their home now but are currently on tour supporting their genuinely awesome debut album, Light Up Gold, which came out last summer on the band's own Dull Tools label but is being reissued with Sweet Talk and Endless Thoughts...

Ume at Fun Fun Fun Fest 2012 (more by Glen Brown) It's that time of year again. In Austin, the first week (well a little more than a week actually) of January is free week, which is a week of mostly local bands playing free shows in local venues...

We've got less than a week to go and if you're still getting your New Year's Eve plans together, here is a number of concert options in Austin...