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Especially for renters, the cost of living here is just going up and up. ...Young people are moving there in search of its plentiful sunshine, freewheeling lifestyle, hi-tech jobs and vibrant music scene.

However, more and more musicians find they cannot afford to live in the self-styled "Live Music Capital of the World." ...Yet many musicians cannot make a reasonable living wage in this town, which is why they need cheap rent.

...South Austin just got uncool," says Jacob Rocha as he loads his belongings into a pickup truck.

Stevie Ray Vaughan was a blues guitarist and an original member of the band Double Trouble, along with his brother...

(via Regent Property Group)

The Austin Chronicle released it's "Best of Austin" awards with recognize a few downtown highlights: The "Best New Building in the Past Five Years" was a tie between the W and the Austonian.

The Chronicle wrote that, "Austin's Downtown skyline is ever-changing, but two new buildings have rightfully caught our readers' attention and imaginations this year.

The Austonian, the tallest residential building in Texas, cuts a sleek profile just north of Lady Bird Lake and boasts ground-level dining and drinking establishments that have attracted national attention.

For fans of the rock and roll end of early '80s new wave, the name Gary Myrick & the Figures will probably induce a furrowed brow and a muttering of “That name sounds familiar…” While old-time Austinites will remember the Dallas-born Myrick for his tenure in '70s blues band Kracker Jack (which he joined as replacement for some guy named Stevie

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November 5-7
Waterloo Park (403 E. 15th)

The Vandelles by Elliott FrazierLeading up to Austin Psych Fest 3 (this weekend at The Mohawk), we’ll be spending five minutes with many of the artists scheduled to perform at the festival.

Today, we catch up with Brooklyn’s The Vandelles.

What does the term "psychedelic" conjure up in your mind?

Image from Sky Parade’s MySpaceLeading up to Austin Psych Fest 3 (this weekend at The Mohawk), we’ll be spending five minutes with many of the artists scheduled to perform at the festival.

Today, we catch up with L.A.’s Sky Parade.

What does the term "psychedelic" conjure up in your mind?

Spindrift’s Kirpatrick Thomas by Sarah MorrisonLeading up to Austin Psych Fest 3 (April 23rd - 25th at The Mohawk), we’ll be spending five minutes with many of the artists scheduled to perform at the festival.

Today, we catch up with L.A.’s Spindrift.

What does the term "psychedelic" conjure up in your mind?

Image from Cry Blood Apache’s MySpaceLeading up to Austin Psych Fest 3 (April 23rd - 25th at The Mohawk), we’ll be spending five minutes with many of the artists scheduled to perform at the festival.

Today, we catch up with Austin’s Cry Blood Apache.

What does the term "psychedelic" conjure up in your mind?