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Well-mannered: Well, that was awkward—one of those embarrassing breach-of-etiquette moments, like when some guy on the bus asks to borrow your comb. You want to be...
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This is so sad. It's tragic. I'm going to write about the Trinity River project again. I did all 12 steps. For what?
After the voters of Dallas, in their infinite and manifest...
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Fine, I'll go first.
Pride swallowed and head bowed, I enter the Cowboys Confessional. Inside this holy little booth—geez, Cowboys Stadium has everything—I take...
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Dear Mexican: Whenever I see an ad for a Mexican ramera, they always describe themselves as "spicy." Are Mexican women hiding habaneros in their panochas?
—Concha...
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When Eisley stops in to play The Door on Wednesday night, it will be something of a homecoming for the Tyler-based DuPree family band.
"I remember playing The Door way back,"...
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Regina Spektor combines a whimsical, Björk-like sensibility with singing chops and genuine compassion, and she's usually able to effectively combine the silly and the...
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The Crash That Took Me might be a part of a new "art pop" imprint on Idol Records, but Chlorine Colored Eyes isn't a drastic step away from what the band has done before. In...
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Frank Turner's got something to say. It's apparent in the bite of his words and the gruff roar of his voice.
The former U.K. punker led Million Dead for five years before the...
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Local punks, music fans and 7-inch collectors alike are in for a rare treat this Saturday as The Wax Museums play the band's first, last and only show of the year at The Lion's...
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Smoke is—and isn't—what you think it is.
There's barbecue all right, just as the name implies: brisket, ribs, even pulled pork. Chef Tim Byres spent the better...
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Driving down Greenville the other day, a sign caught my eye: homemade sandwiches. Does that mean somebody makes sandwiches at his house and then brings them here and sells them...
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The bar door swings open, and orange sunlight, hazy with cigarette smoke, briefly lights the sparse, dingy environs. On the hardwood bar top, a half-dozen dice tumble from a...
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Seven months after its theatrical release in the U.K., and two months after its DVD debut there, Pirate Radio washes ashore in U.S. theaters with a different title (it was...
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Small theaters around Dallas once again are brimming with big ideas and hot talent. The show to see right now—one that will make you excited about live theater, even if...
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Big Star, one of the most influential, yet unheard, bands in rock history, will play a rare reunion show in Brooklyn on Wednesday, November 18. But the band will do so without...
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Jason Isbell just turned 30 this past February, so calling him an old soul might be soft-pedaling things a bit. You just can't be callow and pen a line like "She left me alone...
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To anyone who has witnessed trumpeter Dennis González and his sons Aaron (bass) and Stefan (drums) play in Dallas as new-jazz trio Yells at Eels, the name of this album...
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When Uncle Tupelo called it quits way back in 1994, few could have predicted the career paths of the band's two major, alt-country gurus, Jay Farrar and Jeff Tweedy.
Soon...
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Completing his multi-film vendetta against the world's tourist trade, German-born director Roland Emmerich sends the mother of all storms to level the Washington Monument, the...
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If Know Better Learn Faster—the new salvo from Thao Nguyen and the Get Down Stay Down—doesn't boast quite as rollicking barnburners as 2007's We Brave Bee Stings...
