While bands usually describe touring as one endless party, some may wonder about the experiences and adventures that don’t fall under “the best of times." To gain insight on these tales, ORANGE polled local Austin musicians for their weirdest, funniest and most horrifying tour stories.

All emcees welcome– this is the essential belief behind Austin Mic Exchange. Founded in 2012, AMX started as a weekly hip-hop open mic night at Spider House Ballroom. Along with the weekly program, the group acts as an events booking company and support network for local artists.

To help you get into the holiday spirit, ORANGE has put together a playlist of some of the spookiest tunes on this side of Halloween Town.

For 5 years, Zay Guru has been hard at work blending genres together– from rap to reggae to neo-soul and sometimes even folk.

I often wonder if “don’t judge a book by it’s cover” applies to albums. From band portraits to concept illustrations, I decided to dig up some bottom-dwellers in the CD clearance section to test my cover-examining skills.

On Thursday night, established folk punkers AJJ played the outdoor stage at Mohawk.

Friday night’s performance at the Mohawk marked Canadian band Preoccupations’ first visit to Austin since entering into a new era.

Austin’s newest festival, Sound on Sound, runs Nov. 4-6 just outside of Austin’s city limits.

The fog slowly cleared, hushing conversations and revealing a dimly lit figure on the stage of Emo’s Austin. The sea of attendees craned their necks to see if this figure was the promised opener or Nicolas Jaar himself.

With this track, Austin-based, multi-instrumentalist duo Indoor Creature gives “dream pop” a whole new meaning.

On a quiet Saturday afternoon, a group of quietly-frazzled students buzz around KVRX’s studio with cameras and sound equipment in tow. The University of Texas at Austin college radio staff are preparing for a brief concert in the station’s library.