Julie Rene Tran

The debonaire actor struck some kind of chord this year that changed what it means to be the new It Man.

Between the mysticism of the harps and the passion of two close friends, Seven Pedals is palpable.

The band is traveling east of the Gulf Coast next week to finish out the second half of their tour.

While it’s nice to get paid for doing what you love, simply getting to do what you are most passionate about may have to suffice for the time being.

The sound and groove of local indie band T Bird and the Breaks is something like the brilliant brain child of James Brown, Bootsy Collins and Little Richard.

  White Denim is headlining at Stubb’s with Manchester Orchestra and The Deer Hunter on Saturday before driving across America for their album tour. The Daily Texan spoke with drummer Josh Block.

Texas Sake Company is both the first brewery in Texas and the first independently owned one in the U.S.

 The Daily Texan exchanged emails with band member Marshall LaCount in an interview about the band’s next LP, how music is interwoven and the bandmates’ latest tattoos.

The sound and energy of indie folk band Cowboy & Indian is as warm as a swallow of old whiskey and as fulfilling as a night’s sleep.

In Texas, where the scorching heat often dictates what you wear, looking trendy and comfortable for special events can be tricky.

Returning for it’s second run, the indie music festival is a two-day weekend of back-to-back, practically non-stop music from more than 50 bands at Emo’s. 

It wouldn’t be a surprise if the atmospheric melodies of local indie band Pompeii played as the soundtrack to an indie romcom.

Casually seated in a blue armchair, tuning her guitar, pop singer-songwriter Breanne Düren doesn’t look like a celebrity, much less an opening act for Owl City’s All Things Bright and Beautiful World Tour.

Larry Flynt’s latest book, “One Nation Under Sex,”  boldly tells of how our leaders’ sex lives have shaped our nation for better and worse.

The Blanton Museum is hosting a free evening of art and activities, with main events including a screening of John Berger’s 1972 BBC television series “Ways of Seeing,” yoga in the galleries and a book club discussion on “Snoop: What Your Stuff Says About You” led by Sam Gosling, UT psychology professor and author of the book.

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Last year, Roosh Williams poetic verses, streamed with creative plays on words and rhymes, have landed him great successes, such as opening for Yelawolf, The Cool Kids and Curren$y.

The man ran on foot through the African safari, shooting down lions, rhinoceroses and zebras. He swallowed more whiskey than water, killed Nazis and won the Nobel Prize in Literature. The man was Ernest Hemingway.

Check out this weekend’s top events recommended by the Life & Arts editor.

Singer-songwriter Elaine Greer’s light, airy voice, winsome melodies and slight country twang has earned her serious critical praise in Houston.

Check out this weekend’s top events recommended by the Life & Arts editor.

Check out this weekend's top events recommended by the Life & Arts editor.

Using a quarter from the pocket of his shorts, local magician Michael Kaufman enchants his audience with his nimble hands and charming humor.

Pay attention to the new trends popping up in headwear this ispring, but take care to avoid overdressing for fear that you commit a chapeau faux pas.

Three years ago in a crumbling barn behind North Campus’ Crown and Anchor Pub, psychedelic rock band Cactus Peach jammed together for the first time. After countless sweaty house party gigs and moving their practice space from a barn to a walk-in closet, and eventually to the living room of a house some of the members share, the band released their debut album April 13.

With a blue cap pressing down his silver, sweat-dampened hair, Arsene Dupin mischievously grinned and held out his cupped hand holding three lead balls, an army-green handkerchief and a “marqueur de poche” or pocket scoreboard, which has beside “nous,” or “we,” the number 13 and beside “eux,” or “them,” a zero.

The sharp, clean scents of lavender and rose waft from the backyard of a brown South Congress Avenue home, where there are just a few rusted kegs, dead grass and a drooling American pit bull rather than the garden one would assume is there. The scent is instead from local natural soap maker JohnPaul Fierro’s laboratory, where he concocts vegetable-oil-based natural soap and body care products for his company, South Austin People, or So.A.P.

The afternoon sun hammers onto the tannish storage unit that’s sits next to Helm’s business office as owner Joshua Bingaman carries meter high stacks of cardboard shoeboxes from it and loads them onto the bed of a vintage, light blue GMC truck. The boxes hold Bingaman’s prized handmade men leather boots and shoes and were on their way to Stag, a local, men’s apparel and lifestyle brand and store.

IV pouches of red syrup blood, plastic bags of gummy brains and paper boxes of dried crickets covered in chocolate are just a few of the horrifying sugary candies South Congress’ Big Top Candy Shop has to offer for Halloween.

Driving north along Burnet Road, away from Austin’s downtown epicenter of small, local businesses, one can begin to feel lost in the middle of franchises and empty construction. However, nestled in a newly built, caramel-colored shopping center is Lick It Bite It Or Both, a local bakery with a unique spin on dessert, serving cake and ice cream merged together as one instead of complimentary to one another.

With a half-empty glass to her red lips, Sam Wiley stares seductively with her piercing green eyes. Her sweet, pale face contrasts her come-hither pose and sassy ’60s demure appearance.

Nearly all the chairs were empty Sunday night as local Cuban band Ritmo Tr3s played a funky, fast cover of the popular Spanish love song “Quisiera” at Ruta Maya Coffee House.

Faces flushed and out of breath, lead singer Marshall Newman and keyboardist Brett Moses of the indie pop band The Frontier Brothers gave quick waves from the door before dashing off to order iced coffees.