Email Author Pete Freedman

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• 2009 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published November 27, 2008

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2010 Stories by Pete Freedman

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  LeAnn Rimes Goes On National Television, Cries About Her Life As A Child Star

  published Nov 04, 2010

  Garland-raised country starlet LeAnn Rimes is only 28, but already, she's lived a life--a full half of it, even, since she became the first country act to win a Best New Artist Grammy in 1997 as just ... More >>

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  Club Dada Faces Delays From City's "Red Tape," Pushes Start Date Back To Undetermined Time

  published Nov 03, 2010

  Some two months after the initial announcement that City Tavern owner Josh Florence and a crew of investors had signed a lease on Club Dada and hoped to have the venue open near Halloween, the venue's... More >>

• The Apples in Stereo Dance Along the Space-Time Continuum.

  published November 4, 2010

  Robert Schneider's world moves at light speed. He thinks a lot of things. He says a lot of things. With very little prodding,... More >>

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  Erykah Badu Included Among SXSW's Very Early Initial Performers List

  published Nov 02, 2010

  Well, at least one local will be participating at South by Southwest in the coming spring.In anticipation of its 25-year anniversary, SXSW has just just released its earliest performer announcement in... More >>

• The Libertine Announces New Free Live Music Series On Monday Nights. (Plus: The Tracklist From Last Night's Local Hang.)

  published Nov 02, 2010

  Looks like Lower Greenville is about to get a new live music venue--at least on Monday nights. The Libertine has just announced plans to host free concerts from local acts every Monday night. The nigh... More >>

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  Norah Jones Talks El Madmo and Her New Collaboration Compilation Album, ...Featuring

  published Nov 02, 2010

  Not too long ago, we passed along word of Norah Jones' next release, a compilation of collaborations she's taken part in over the course of her career called ...Featuring. Among the songs included on ... More >>

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  Kemado Announces True Widow Signing, Slates Sophomore Disc For March 2011 Release

  published Nov 02, 2010

  We'd been suspecting this for a while now, but, according to a press release sent out by Kemado Records this morning, now it's official: The New York City-based label home to The Sword and Saviour, a... More >>

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  Erykah Badu: "The Reaction To The 'Window Seat' Video Didn't Teach Me Anything."

  published Nov 01, 2010

  On Friday morning, Vibe posted a length piece on Erykah Badu well worth the time if you have it--because, as part of the magazine's online "Full Clip" series, it's mostly just Badu on Badu, with the D... More >>

• Q&A + Giveaway: Johnny Flynn Talks America, Roadside Bears, and Overproduction in Advance of His Monday Night Show at The Prophet Bar

  published Oct 29, 2010

  London's Johnny Flynn released his debut album, A Larum, in 2008 when he was just 24-years-old -- although you'd never guess it. Though credited as a release from Johnny Flynn & The Sussex Wit, th... More >>

• Kelly Clarkson Isn't The Only Area Singer Scheduled To Perform The National Anthem For A Playoff Game Tomorrow Night...

  published Oct 29, 2010

  It's been widely reported already that Burleson's Own Kelly Clarkson, who is currently toiling away on her fifth studio effort, will be singing the national anthem tomorrow night in Arlington as the T... More >>

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  Last Night: Bone Thugs-N-Harmony at the House of Blues

  published Oct 28, 2010

  Bone Thugs-N-HarmonyHouse of BluesOctober 27, 2010Better than: missing your Uncle George, y'all.r The 15 years that have followed the release of Bone Thugs-N-Harmony's seminal 1995 disc, E. 1999 Etern... More >>

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  Fergus & Geronimo's Debut Full-Length on Sub Pop Imprint Hardly Art Gets A Release Date

  published Oct 27, 2010

  Back in June, back when Andrew Savage and Jason Kelly still lived in Denton and hadn't yet made their move to Brooklyn, we passed along the news that the duo, who together perform as Fergus & Gero... More >>

• Sore Losers Helps Dallas Move Past The Boogie

  published October 28, 2010

  The D-Town Boogie is dead. Really. Even those most responsible for the genre's rise are doing their best at this point to separate... More >>

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  Yes, The Polyphonic Spree Did Cover The Same Thunderclap Newman Song Three Times In One Set on Friday Night in Carrollton. Really.

  published Oct 25, 2010

  Kind of a crazy scene on Friday night in Carrollton. Even in the face of rain and the Texas Rangers clinching a trip to the World Series, a very respectable couple hundred folks turned up in Carrollt... More >>

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  The Grand Theatre, Volume One, Earns Old 97's The Highest Billboard Chart Position of Career

  published Oct 25, 2010

  Good news out of Old 97's camp today, as the band has announced that The Grand Theatre, Volume One, has earned the band its career high marks in Billboard chart position. In its first week on the char... More >>

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  Picture Show: The Dudes In Maroon 5 and OneRepublic Make Some Funny Faces When They Perform, Huhr

  published Oct 22, 2010

  We didn't make it to Superpages.com Center last night for Maroon 5, OneRepublic and Ry Cuming. Must've slipped our minds. But, hey, ace photographer Rachel Parker did! And she took some great shots o... More >>

• Dave Grohl, Kerry King Among Stars Booked To Pay Dimebag Darrell Tribute At October 29 Benefit Jam at Los Angeles' Key Club

  published Oct 21, 2010

  Dave Grohl, Slayer's Kerry King and Dio's Simon Wright are among the rock and metal icons that have been confirmed to participate in an upcoming all-star benefit jam at Los Angeles' the Key Club, held... More >>

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  Last Night: Gorillaz and N.E.R.D at the Verizon Theatre

  published Oct 21, 2010

  Gorillaz, N.E.R.DVerizon Theatre, Grand PrairieOctober 20, 2010Better than: an evening spent watching the Cartoon Network.rShame on anyone who expected a cartoonish display from Gorillaz last night. S... More >>

• October's Music Offerings Are Unrelenting. And We Likey.

  published October 21, 2010

  October has officially become a beating, dudes. Perennially the busiest month of music in North Texas—thanks, y'know, to standard fall... More >>

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  Lead Singer of Formerly Fort Worth-Based Cadillac Sky Leaves Band, Blames Jesus.

  published Oct 19, 2010

  Back in July, you may recall, we caught up with Bryan Simpson, frontman for the formerly Fort Worth-based Cadillac Sky, which now calls Nashville home and, turns out, no longer calls Simpson its front... More >>

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  Picture Show: Deftones at the Palladium Ballroom

  published Oct 19, 2010

  Pop quiz, hotshot: Is the above picture a shot of the crowd at the Palladium Ballroom dancing to the Deftones' performancer Or is it a shot of the fictional city of Zion from the Matrix movies celebr... More >>

• Two Members Of Fort Worth's Promising The Will Callers Killed In A Thursday Car Crash

  published Oct 18, 2010

  Two members of the promising Fort Worth-based country act, The Will Callers, were killed on Thursday afternoon in a head-on collision on I-35W.Austin-dwelling band members Bradley Kyle Schroeder, 33, ... More >>

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  Listen: Bowling For Soup's Jaret Reddick and Smile Smile's Ryan Hamilton Offer The First Taste of Their New Project, People on Vacation

  published Oct 18, 2010

  Last week, we briefly mentioned the a collaborative project from Bowling for Soup's Jaret Reddick and Smile Smile's Ryan Hamilton, a venture called People on Vacation. And, this week, the twosome appe... More >>

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  Denton Product Fergus & Geronimo Announces Full-Length Debut Details, A New Seven-Inch and a Show at Shea Stadium. Whoa, Reallyr

  published Oct 15, 2010

  Back in June, we passed along word of Denton-based Fergus & Geronimo's signing to Sub Pop imprint Hardly Art. Plenty's changed since June, though; Fergus & Geronimo's Jason Kelly and Andrew Sa... More >>

• Watch: Fall Indie Fest Winner Summer Ames' Chilling Music Video For "Capture"

  published Oct 14, 2010

  Late last month--just a few weeks before entering and eventually winning the Overall Music Award at Grand Prairie's Fall Indie Fest--Dallas' Summer Ames posted the above music video for her song "Capt... More >>