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  How Musicians Are Capitalizing on North Texas' Craft Brew Bubble
  By Kelly Dearmore

  It was late spring 2012, and a scraggly band clutched acoustic guitars and a washboard in the middle of Deep Ellum Brewing Company's beer garden. As a hundred or so drinkers milled about, basking... More >>

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  Remembering the Farm, the Oklahoma Commune Where Red Dirt Music was Born
  By Ricky O'Bannon

  There is no sign or marker for the Farm. Like the music it gave birth to, the Farm's past exists largely in oral history bordering on legend and mythos. Part party house, part Okie artist... More >>

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  Music Picks: Pure X, Yells at Eels, Jeff Bridges and More
  By DC9 at Night Writers

  Pure X Thursday, April 10, at City Tavern Austin's Pure X play dreamy, droning music that floats by like a polluted cloud. Over the course of three albums, the band has gone from sounding... More >>

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  The Infectious Metalhead and His Dangerous Secret
  By Christian McPhate

  Donovan Warren stands center stage at The Rail Club, looking every bit the part of metal-band frontman: H.R. Giger-inspired motifs tattoo his arms. A pair of dice and an alien eye decorate the... More >>

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  Music Picks: Beenie Man, VNV Nation and More
  By DC9 at Night Writers

  Beenie Man Friday, March 28, at Heroes Lounge Regardless of the jealous plots and machinations of the rest of the Jamaican reggae royal family, Beenie Man will still proclaim himself "King of... More >>

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  Music Picks: Gin Blossoms, Flogging Molly and More
  By DC9 at Night Writers

  Gin Blossoms Friday, March 21, at The Kessler Theater In the mid-'90s as grunge was fading in the wake of Kurt Cobain's burnout, it was safe and comforting to retreat to a simpler style of... More >>

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  Music Picks: St. Vincent, Tyler, the Creator and More
  By DC9 at Night Writers

  St. Vincent Friday, March 14, at House of Blues What superlatives can be employed to describe Annie Clark's mad genius that haven't already been used so many times in the recent past, let alone... More >>

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  The Bulletproof Altar of St. Vincent
  By Devon Maloney

  There is performance art. There is rock 'n' roll. And then there are St. Vincent dress rehearsals. Everyone in the showcase room of Prospect Heights' Complete Music Studios seems to know this,... More >>

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  Music Picks: Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings, Roky Erickson and More
  By DC9 at Night Writers

  Psych-rock standard-bearers The Black Angels come to town this week with the man who practically invented the genre. Elsewhere, Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings promise an exceptional time and Com... More >>

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  Music Picks: Imagine Dragons, Marc Broussard and More
  By DC9 at Night Writers

  Recent Kendrick Lamar collaborators Imagine Dragons are in town Friday, but there are better noises elsewhere. Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr., for a start, who will play Dada this Thursday. The rest of... More >>