Three facts. One, Yellow And Green by Baroness was one of 2012's best albums. Two, the bus crash that nearly killed the band could have crippled them at the height of their powers. Three, they are resurrected, and have joined the Chaos in Tejas lineup.

Nik Turner, playing 12:30am tonight at Rebels Honky Tonk, remains a space rock pioneer borne into the musical cosmos on the wings of Hawkwind, stranger in a strange land and a friend to all. He’s the hippie playing with punks, the free jazz saxist amongst metallers, as happy busking in London as improvising in Egypt’s Great Pyramid.

No need to 'Drink Away the Pain' at Chaos in Tejas: The celebration of all music underground has announced that NYC's Mobb Deep will be performing hardcore rap milestone The Undisputed in full.

Austin's newest film and music gathering, the Housecore Horror Film and Metal Festival, may not be until October, but it erupted out of the tomb today with a big announcement: Texas metal legend and festival co-founder Philip H. Anselmo will be bringing his new project, Philip H. Anselmo and the Illegals, to headline the music stage.

Break out the ear plugs: The screaming celebration of all music brutal, Chaos in Tejas has made a neat neat neat addition to the lineup with iconic proto-Goths The Damned, plus Danish postpunkers Iceage and Pitchfork dub darling Andy Stott. Passes are on sale now.

If you're planning on making your SXSW Music short list, get cracking now. Today's latest additions take the announced bands into quadruple digits, and you know they're not done yet.

Reminding you that the clock is ticking before Downtown becomes one single party, South by Southwest just announced its second round of musical acts for the 2013 festival and conference.

Looks like Austin Psych Fest 2013 may as well be called "none more black." The gathering of all distorted and scuzzy has just unleashed the lineup for its sixth annual gathering of the clans, with Black Rebel Motorcycle Club and the Black Angels heading up the interest list. Plus (and super-psyched for this) the re-return of Man or Astroman?

Yes, we know, Fun Fun Fun Fest only just finished, but the busy beavers over at SXSW Music have just announced their opening salvo of bands for 2013. If you're interested in playing, don't worry: Applications end today, so you still have a few hours.