It's time to jump into your Wayback Machine and direct it towards the Verizon Wireless Theater this coming Friday, July 24th, as both Judas Priest and Whitesnake are playing. Together. Judas Priest is celebrating the 30th anniversary of their classic album British Steel by playing the album in its entirety... (Judas Priest is playing Friday, July 24th, at Verizon Wireless Theater, along with Whitesnake.) [more] || [Scott Whitt] || [07/21/09]

It's uncanny what one 19-year old Ohioan can do with a deep, sexy drawl and a damp, twangy acoustic guitar -- it's captivating, really. And that's exactly what an Austin audience was at Tuesday night's Jessica Lea Mayfield show at Stubb's: captive to a siren calling from the Nashville city limits. Ever since her first studio album, With Blasphemy So Heartfelt, was released in 2008... (Jessica Lea Mayfield is playing Thursday, July 23rd, at Walter's on Washington, along with Castanets & M.A. Turner.) [more] || [Chris Galis] || [07/23/09]

I had been hearing about Mechanical Boy for awhile now, and it had always been my intention to check them out. So while I'm on their Myspace one day, I figured, "I really dig these guys," and I send them a friend request. That was the first mistake in a downward spiral of circumstance and innuendo that would culminate in a face-to-face confrontation at their July 10th Warehouse Live show... [more] || [Dremaceo Giles] || [07/21/09]