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I'm going to be honest. Though I can proudly say that my musical tastes aren't specific to one genre - I'm usually open-minded enough to at least give other genres a chance - the music I tend to gravitate toward the most lies somewhere in the spectrum of metal and punk.

To repurpose a phrase from Seinfeld , 2009 Fun Fun Fun Fest is the Festivus for the rest of us, a two-day alternative holiday for all the freaks and geeks.

Darren Adams and district nurse Jenny Williams prepare for a bit of red tanker silliness as colleagues Susie Radke, Ruth Herdman and George Trumble look on.

Located in the Warehouse District, this 350-capacity room carries over the warm, dark ambience of the Ginger Man , a perfect setting for the narcotic lull of the Low Lows last Friday.

Technological innovations, such as the Internet, have made learning music a much less complicated undertaking; as so many Web sites cater to the do-it-yourself music market, anyone with an Internet connection can, essentially, learn an instrument.

"Everyone has rain boots on, right?" quipped Austin City Limits Music Festival promoter/booker Charles Attal on Sunday afternoon, forcing a smile near the entrance of Zilker Park .

Above all else, punk is known for its message: the lyrics are often politically charged, the musicians often outspoken, and the music often intense, quick, and stripped down of embellishment so as not to interfere with the overall message.

Most bands fit easily into the label of a genre: He's pop, they're punk, she's rock.

Those who think there's no place for the accordion or the fiddle in punk music have never heard of Gogol Bordello.

On a rainy Tuesday morning this past summer, an army of buses rolled into Massachusetts.

Nine-piece jazz band Off the Record with special guest vocalist Lynn Keller perform a showcase of songs from their upcoming album at Bella Cucina Italian restaurant tonight starting at 7:30 p.m. Off the Record's new album includes instrumentals plus vocal tracks featuring Keller, with arrangements by Dirk Fischer, former head of College of the ...

"You just heard Brian Wilson on his solo stu - stop laughing Shan!" Christina Stradone was sitting across from her Off the Record radio show co-host, who was laughing into the studio's second microphone.