The Warlocks’ bring their psychedelic rock variety to Emo’s (Lounge) on Friday night in support of last year’s Heavy Deavy Skull Lover. (Buy it here.) Singer and guitarist Bobby Hecksher’s brainchild, the California act’s music has morphed within the (broad) confines of psychedelia throughout the course of its career, with inherent melody, plentiful reverb, and Hecksher’s distinct vocal contributions tying it all together expertly. The Warlocks’ line-up has adjusted over time as well and the band is no longer the eight-piece creature it once massacred live audiences as. Instead, the band currently pillages on with fewer members and has just recently wrapped up a tour with Austin’s The Black Angels. Tonight, New York outfit The Vandelles and local space-rockers The Boxing Lesson get things rolling at Emo’s Lounge as a part of 101X FM's Next Big Thing series. The rest of Emo’s stays busy this evening as well, with RX Bandits and Portugal The Man on the outside main stage and Marked Men and The Hex Dispensers inside....

Have there seriously been thirty of these things? You’re goddamned right there have been. From the days of way-back in smaller venues when Mel and his 80s jams held court with smaller, more intimate crowds, where the records made people say “Careless Whisper? Man, that’s my song right there. Totally got that twelve inch back at the crib. Let’s go to Hoek’s for some pizza and fear.” Nowadays the party’s (past dozen or so) all grow’d up and far drunker. Just like us!...

It’s almost Halloween weekend, and you’re getting the final details of your costume all worked out. It’s going to be face-slapping rad this year because your best friend said they were going to be decked out as Osama Bin Laden, which forced your hand in the Mummy vs Statue Of Liberty debate. Time to make your parents proud. You need somewhere to sport yourselves as a happy couple. You need an environment where profiling such......

Tis time to Rock The Motherfucking Casbah! DJ Mel’s on his 24th iteration of this id-driven spectacle of sweaty, drunken 80s fantasticalness. The ladies of Boom Chica Boom will be back on the stage to show off their ass-shaking skills, and you should be out in the crowd forgetting about your papers, mid-terms, mortgage, or that looming paternity suit you’ve been ducking for the last two years. DNA matching proves nothing except that nerds......

So what if petty future penitentiary dwellers ganked some of his equipment? So. Goddamn. What. Mel’s pushing on. And forward. Less one car window. And that’s alright. ‘Cause it’s time to dust off that Roger Rabbit, and Electric Boogaloo like your mamma named you Ozone! (Sucka) This Saturday is the 23rd ROCK THE CASBAH, and you know what that means. It means you’re going to get drunk and sing some Prince as if Madonna herself......

Well Goddamn. DJ Mel’s equipment got TOOK. Someone done gone and threatened the Rocking of The Casbah! Luckily, Mel has made assurances that the show WILL GO ON, but he is short some personal equipment along with his sense of security. Apparently, some time last night in the early morn, his car got broken into, and a load of rather important equipment was taken. At least they didn’t get any vinyl. Here’s a list......

Festivals: ACL 3-day passes are all gone. Oh, snap! Don't despair, though - day passes go on sale tomorrow for $50 plus $8 in service charges through Frontgate Tickets. For those with tickets already in hand, note that the official ACL Fest schedule grid will also be released any minute now. Get out your highlighters. Venues: After a couple of years of limited bookings, the Austin Music Hall is getting a facelift this fall.......

Be sure to check out our extensive theatre coverage and new movie releases. Please let us know about any corrections/suggestions! FRIDAY [31] [music] Reckless Kelly at La Zona Rosa (link) [music] Peter & the Wolf, Navajo Radio and more at Emo's (Inside) (link) [music] Ghostface Killah, Word Association, DJ Notion at Emo's (Outside) (link) [music] The Glass Family w/ Quien es Boom (CD Release) & Brothers and Sisters at The Parish Room (link) [music] Red......

: : FRIDAY : : [culture] End of Ramadan (EID) Festival, 9:30am-4:30pm @ Richard Moya Park [homework] Deadline for the Soup Peddler's Soupie Cookbook [film] New Movies! @ Your Local Theater! [dance] Armagetdown with New Berlin, DJ Big Face and DJ Manny, 9pm @ Progress Coffee [music] Cruiserweight, The Fall Collection, The Always Already and Paper Airlines @ Emo's [music] Fluffer's Union and American Graveyard @ Trophy's [theatre] Paul Rudnick's "The Most Fabulous Story......

· The Lord Imperial and The Young Adorable - aka DJ Starsign and John Angle - kick off the first ever Erotic City party at Nasty's on Saturday night. Dressed in silly disguises (Panda vs. Biker, and more), the diabolical deck dilettantes are spinning a night of electro-house, rock, new wave, funky disco, and hip hop, a la James Murphy (LCD Soundsystem), Larry Levan, Daft Punk, Metro Area, Can, P-Funk and - that's right -......

Tonight at the Parish (214 E 6th): ROCK THE CASBAH 18. Starting at 10pm, DJ Mel will be dropping all things 80's. The night even includes an Atari 2600 battle. $7 at the door. These Rock The Casbah deals tend to sell out, so we suggest hitting up frontgatetickets.com and getting your tickets in advance. AUSTINIST FREE BEER ALERT: We're offering up not one, but TWO free pitchers from Crown and Anchor to the Austinist......