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Vox Pop, Rd. 1: JMack vs. AnonymousCulture

Tue Feb 9, 4:41 PM

?This week, for the first go 'round of our new weekly, online hip-hop battle competition, both of our top performers--JMack and AnonymousCulture--chose to go the a cappella route with their submi... More >>

Eisley Announces Split From Warner Bros.

Tue Feb 9, 4:10 PM

?In November, when we spoke last with Eisley's Stacy Dupree, the singer implied that she and her family/bandmates weren't necessarily all that stoked with their situation at Warner Bros. Records. ... More >>

Picture Show: Mardi Gras Texas Style at Fair Park

Tue Feb 9, 3:58 PM

?Mardi Gras Texas Style drew thousands of fans to Fair Park on Saturday, for a bill of 20 country acts including the Eli Young Band, Kevin Fowler, Roger Creager, Cory Morrow and more. As if you ... More >>

Bonus MP3: Smile Smile -- "Beg You To Stay"

Tue Feb 9, 3:30 PM

?Today marks the first day in which audiences can head on out--or just sit in and click over to iTunes or your digital download store of choice, whatever--and purchase the new Smile Smile disc, Tr... More >>

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Features

Our North Of The Dial Scribe Signs Off

By Daniel Rodrigue

Thursday, February 04

He plopped down on one of the rickety chairs on the sidewalk in front of J & J's Pizza with a copy of the Dallas Observer, and after lighting his... More >>
Chris Knight, Justin Townes Earle
Saturday, February 6,at the Granada Theater

By Darryl Smyers

Thursday, February 04

As if being the son of legendary alt-country godfather Steve Earle wasn't pressure enough, young singer-songwriter Justin Townes Earle also bears... More >>
Jokersdeck
Me Timbers (Self-released)

By Kelly Dearmore

Thursday, February 04

Sometimes a band's name can be immensely revealing—especially when wondering about the tunes that reside on a given album. Take, for an apt... More >>
Bowerbirds Fly Higher With Their Latest

By Chris Parker

Thursday, February 04

Bowerbirds emerged in 2006 as a back-to-basics act in more than one way: The band's debut LP, Hymns for a Dark Horse, surveyed a stark loping... More >>
Eleven Hundred Springs Laughs Off Adulthood

By Pete Freedman

Thursday, February 04

It shouldn't exactly be a surprise at this point. Tales of drinking beers and smoking drugs and getting through life (if not flat-out reveling in... More >>
Flogging Molly, Frank Turner, The Architects
Tuesday, February 9, at the House of Blues

By Chris Parker

Thursday, February 04

While The Pogues may have minted the style, no one has done as much to popularize Celtic-punk as Flogging Molly—and the band's energetic... More >>
Stu Discious
Stu Discious (Self-released)

By Alan Ayo

Thursday, February 04

At first, it appears the kind of local album we see all too often. Take, for instance, the terrible-looking presentation. The CD cover is... More >>
Eli Young Band Adds A Little Nashville Spice to Denton

By Lance Lester

Thursday, February 04

They don't refer to Denton as Austin North for nothing. In a small college town that's rife with bands spanning all genres and any kind of... More >>
Motion City Soundtrack, Set Your Goals, This Providence, The Swellers
Wednesday, February 10, at The Door

By Eric Grubbs

Thursday, February 04

Motion City Soundtrack comes to Dallas supporting its newest record, My Dinosaur Life, in what will most definitely be a packed show. No surprise... More >>
Summer Ames
Complicated Daydream (EP Self-released)

By Alan Ayo

Thursday, February 04

Ames' voice, at the very least, is above average—and it certainly doesn't lack charm. But, to her detriment, her music has a bit of a more... More >>
Is Midlake's The Courage of Others the Most Important Record Ever to Come Out of Denton? Possibly.

By Pete Freedman

Thursday, January 28

There's nothing exciting—and certainly nothing glamorous—about the studio in which Midlake recorded its third full-length album, The... More >>
The Dark, Cloudy Future Of Your Music Collection

By Ezra Gale

Thursday, January 28

"The Cloud is coming to steal my music collection!" It sounds like a bad horror movie, and yet it might be true. The common way to listen to... More >>
Mark Growden
Thursday and Friday, January 28 and 29, at Lola's Stockyards, Fort Worth

By Jesse Hughey

Thursday, January 28

Mark Growden creates the kind of rich, evocative, cabaret-noir-Americana that thousands of Tom Waits imitators would give their porkpie hats to... More >>
Spoon
Transference (Merge)

By Robert Wilonsky

Thursday, January 28

More than once I've seen Spoon's seventh album mentioned with some Radiohead reference—a friend even liked it to In Rainbows, insisting... More >>
Girls' Pop Music Goals Are Hardly Modest

By Chris Parker

Thursday, January 28

One of the wonders of modern music is how there are always emerging new artists capable of using the familiar building blocks of chords, melodies... More >>
The Biggest Weekly Party In Denton Is At A Rodeo?

By Daniel Rodrigue

Thursday, January 28

"It's a party at a Rodeo, man!" Big J shouted over Miley Cyrus' "Party in the U.S.A." during last week's Back to School Bash at Rockin Rodeo. The... More >>
Yo La Tengo,Times New Viking
Saturday, January 30, at Granada Theater

By Chris Parker

Thursday, January 28

Like a healthy tan or acting natural, Ohio trio Times New Viking is an oxymoron. The group is abrasive yet warm, chaotic but crisp, sweet and... More >>
The Slack
The Deep End (Idol)

By Lance Lester

Thursday, January 28

If there were ever an album that suffered from an identity crisis, The Slack's album The Deep End would certainly be a fine candidate. It's not... More >>
For Exene Cervenka, X No Longer Marks The Spot

By Darryl Smyers

Thursday, January 28

For someone with a history of depression, Exene Cervenka sounds positively bubbly. And why shouldn't she? Currently on tour supporting her... More >>
Sondre Lerche, JBM
Tuesday, February 2, at House of Blues' Cambridge Room

By Catherine Downes

Thursday, January 28

Norwegian singer-songwriter Sondre Lerche has already taken home a Grammy in his native country, and thanks to his growing appeal among a... More >>