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A new robot that can actually make facial expressions has been unveiled by scientists.

The 2008 edition of the Austin City Limits Music Festival has over 125 acts scheduled to appear for the three-day event.

The Raconteurs Consolers of the Lonely You'll Like If You Like: MC5, The Who With a rapidly changing - some might say fading - recording industry, The Ranconteurs' Consolers of the Lonely joins the continuing experimentation by established acts in the way they release new music.

The other day at a record store in Summit, N.J., my friend asked the owner how business had been.

He said it's been extremely slow since the beginning of the year, with (as he put it) a bunch of releases from acts nobody had ever heard of, but ...

No SXSW wristband or badge? No problem, at least if you want to catch big-name acts at Auditorium Shores in Downtown Austin.

Last night, local acts Militant Babies, Pillow Queens, and Darling New Neighbors played... Photos and commentary...

(via Sounds Like Austin)