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2008 Stories by Dave Sims

• North of the Dial

  published July 24, 2008

  Five months. When Pete Freedman first asked me to take on this column, I confess that I thought, at the time, I'd be lucky to... More >>

• North of the Dial

  published July 17, 2008

  A large mural of the Virgin Mary is being illuminated by intermittent splashes of blue light, and against the wall to the right is an animated... More >>

• North of the Dial

  published July 10, 2008

  If Delmore Pilcrow frontman Chris Garver wanted to avoid stultifying genre tags like "freak folk" or "new weird America," he... More >>

• North of the Dial

  published July 3, 2008

  Early last year, Doug Burr finished a suite of Psalms arrangements and decided to record them in a building that had intrigued him for... More >>

• North of the Dial

  published June 26, 2008

  The intersection of Cedar and Oak streets, just off the Denton Courthouse Square, has been full of backhoes, barricades and construction... More >>

• North of the Dial

  published June 19, 2008

  Usually a "buzzkill" is the last thing a musician wants during a performance. But by the time a fan hopped on the stage at Dan's... More >>

• North of the Dial

  published June 12, 2008

  We're all pretty Radiohead-obsessed," says Grassfight's Nathan Forester, and certainly the opening bars of "Rhodendron,"... More >>

• North of the Dial

  published June 5, 2008

  George Neal likes the characters in his songs to suffer. Chalk it up to a streak of aesthetic sadism if you will, but for the better... More >>

• Daniel Folmer

  published June 5, 2008

  Daniel Folmer may have come onto the scene in 2006 as a wide-eyed wunderkind, but with 2007's Gloria, and now A Leaf, he's starting to carry... More >>

• The Echo Lab Is An Extension Of Denton's Scene

  published May 29, 2008

  On a steep hill overlooking the wooded, undeveloped flood plain just south of the Old Alton Bridge, near the border between Argyle and Denton,... More >>

• Visual Artist Nevada Hill Creates Badass Album Covers and Posters For Denton Bands

  published May 22, 2008

  If you've been to a show in Denton or seen a Denton band recently, there's a good chance you've also seen the work of visual artist and... More >>

• Denton Bands Like South San Gabriel, The Drams Twist Traditional "Texas Music" Sound

  published May 15, 2008

  Denton bands don't exactly have an aversion to roots or regionalism. That said, a bent blue note or shit-kicking shuffle is... More >>

• Zanzibar Snails' Michael Chamy Introduces the Speak and Spell to His Band's Sound

  published May 8, 2008

  Michael Chamy loves his new Speak and Spell. Sitting outside Recycled Books on the Denton Courthouse Square, Chamy's... More >>

• Gutterth Productions Brings Top Dallas and Denton Bands Together Onstage

  published May 1, 2008

  Truth be told, most musicians would be content to write songs, rehearse them and then walk directly to the waiting, sound-checked stage before... More >>

• Denton's Strawberry Fields is the New DIY Venue of Choice

  published April 24, 2008

  Strawberry Fields is more than just some small record store near the westernmost edge of Denton; it's part head shop, part anarchist... More >>

• Isaak Hoskins Found Denton to be a Songwriter's Shangri-La

  published April 17, 2008

  Isaak Hoskins was on his way to Austin to try his hand at a songwriting career when he stopped in Denton to take a job and make some... More >>

• Denton's Last Men Impress with Fugazi-Influenced Hardcore

  published April 10, 2008

  Don't let the recent national attention paid to melodic, songwriting-focused acts such as Doug Burr and Midlake fool you: Denton... More >>