Editor's Note: Here's another music list to chew on on your 'Mo Music Tuesday. Welcome new blogger, Nakia! – kxm Oh sure, you might have known that The Chain Drive is Austin's only leather n' bear bar, or that they have a big fat patio out back that gives you an amazing view (of the city skyline! Get your mind out of the gutter!)…

So this week we have some movers and shakers, with a few newbies in between. Bruno Mars has the No. 1 song in the country. Usher continues to stay on the Top 10, while Rihanna comes in with a new hit.

The international genre film press descended on Austin on Monday, nominally for the launch junket for Predators on Blu-ray. Yet it was also an opportunity for the local filmmaking community to show off the two facilities where the mandible-faced hunters threw down with Adrien Brody: Troublemaker Studios and Austin Studios.

It was bound to happen sooner than later. As early voting starts, groups opposed to the city's $90 million transportation bond have been popping up quicker than potholes on Guadalupe. The Hustle has your crib sheet below the fold.

The Tea Party has been hitting hard this election cycle, and this week, the Texas Democratic Party hit back. On Monday, the TDP expanded its lawsuit against alleged collusion between the Green Party and Republican operatives to include the King Street Patriots, as well.

Grrrrllll, it took us a good seven days to regain consciousness after the ACL music festival, but the upcoming week brings us even greater tunes.

The whole Longhorn Nation is atwitter about the big football victory over their revenge-obsessed “rivals” to the north, Nebraska, but there’s more cause for celebration thanks to the No. 11 Texas volleyball program picking up its fourth straight victory, its longest winning streak of the year.

When on a music binge, I usually go off into one music tangent and dive deep. After being hypnotized by one of my new favorite bands, Casey Dienel's White Hinterland, I decided to recap the best in recent, female fronted dreamy indie rock.

This Tuesday, 8pm at the ND @ 501 is the time and place to wig out at this sexy-fab, do-not-miss fashion frolic, wig-in, and costume showcase: 12 Dangerous Women. Let's have a li'l chat with Mz. Coco Coquette herself, shall we?