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September 30, 2010
Because the Only Thing That Would Have Made Animal House Better Would Have Been Guns
Trey Garrison, a writer I admire and a contributing editor at D, has an op-ed piece in The Dallas Morning News today suggesting that Tuesday's suicide at the University of Texas at Austin makes the case for allowing all students in Austin to pack heat when they go to class. Perhaps from personal ... More >>
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October 13, 2010
One Friend of Unfair Park Is Not Pleased At All With One Arts Plaza's No-Bikes-Allowed Policy
This morning, a Friend of Unfair Park who lives in Austin but has come home for work sends in this disgruntled missive:I usually work and live in Austin. I ride my bike to work there frequently, and I've never once had an issue with a driver. I've worked in Dallas for a couple of weeks, ridden my ... More >>
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October 15, 2010
Q&A: Christina Marrs of The Asylum Street Spankers Talks About the Band's Final Dallas Show And The Changing Face of Austin Music
Asylum Street SpankersAustin's Asylum Street Spankers have been around since 1994, playing a crafty blend of folk and roots rock. Lead by Christina Marrs, the Spankers have become legends within the Austin music scene. Sadly, the band has decided to call it a day and tonight's stop at The Sons of ... More >>
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October 19, 2010
Giveaway: Yet Another Pair of Free Tickets to Fun Fun Fun Fest in Austin
We've done this not once but twice before, so by now you should know the drill. If not, a quick refresher: On November 5, 6 and 7, at Austin's Waterloo Park, the other fall music festival in the capital city will present it's biggest--not to mention, we think, it's best--lineup offering to date. ... More >>
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October 27, 2010
Giveaway: Five Pairs of Tickets to Tomorrow Night's Trail of Dead Show at The Loft
Eight years removed from its breakout album, Austin's ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead is still riding high off the success of its 2002 release, Source Tags & Codes, the disc that thrust the band into indie rock superstardom, thanks to near-universal praise and acclaim. The band's th ... More >>
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November 2, 2010
Austin's Tacodeli: A Taco Worthy of a Roadtrip
A trip to Austin isn't complete without a trip to Tacodeli, the quintessential nouveau taquería with a culinary base firmly rooted in tradition and a stalwart dedication to the local -- as is true of all foodways. The most apt comparison here is to Tex-Mex, but it also works for Italian Amer ... More >>
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November 4, 2010
Tonight, Tonight: Mumford & Sons at House of Blues, Appleseed Cast at The Loft, Circle Pit at The Cavern, Cruel Hands at The Nightmare and The Dwarves at the Double Wide
Featuring some big names both old and new, it's just another crazy busy musical Thursday evening...
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November 8, 2010
The Descendents Ascend And Polvo Pulverize To Cap The Festival Weekend
Jesse HugheyPolvo Sunday, November 7, at Fun Fun Fun Fest in Austin.I kept repeatedly asking myself the same question on Sunday: "Why can't Dallas do something like this?" Seriously: It's high time Dallas music fans let their Austin friends couch-surf for a change -- we certainly owe them for all ... More >>
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November 11, 2010
Power Trip Frontman Riley Gale Shares Some Insight Into Fun Fun Fun Fest's Success From His Band's Backstage Perspective
Dallas' Power Trip was the sole regional participant at this year's Fun Fun Fun Fest in Austin, so we asked frontman Riley Gale to document the band's experience at the festival, to help give our readers some insight into what things are really like behind the scenes at a concert of that scope. Belo ... More >>
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November 30, 2010
The Best Songs in Dallas Music, 2010: The Burning Hotels Make A Case For Post-Punk at No. 24
[Over the next few weeks we'll be presenting our favorite local songs of the year, counting down from No. 25 to No. 1, one track a day. Today we take an in-depth look at song No. 24 on the list--and, please, feel free to click after the jump for a free download of the track. Keep checking back to s ... More >>
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December 1, 2010
Three More Acts With Local Ties Get Added To SXSW's Early Performer List
Allison V. SmithThe Secret HandshakeSpeaking of Erykah Badu, it seems the Queen finally has some local musicians to keep her company down in Austin next year when she performs at the annual cluster-you-know-what that is South by Southwest. After having releasing an early early list last month of ... More >>
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December 6, 2010
Austin's Olivia Brunch Is Lovingly Prepared, Locally Sourced
Photos by Andrea Grimes and Man O' The HourOlivia's frite pie--get it! Because it uses french fries instead of fritos!What happened to Austin? I moved away from the land of academic breakfast tacos in May, only to return this past weekend to find that parking's as bad on East Sixth Street as it i ... More >>
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January 12, 2011
Once Back in the Pack, Dallas Now the Top Destination for "Young People" After Austin
There was a piece in this morning's New York Times about how Austin's now the top destination for the young American, all right. So notes Brookings Institution demographer William Frey, who adds Dallas to the list of Top Five destinations for the highly coveted 25-to-34-year-old. Only a few years ... More >>
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January 21, 2011
Q&A: Bob Schneider Talks German New Wave, Adam Carolla, Sculpture Gardens and Robots!
At this point, Austin's Bob Schneider is far more than the guy who dated Sandra Bullock, the guy who fronted the raunchy Scabs, or the guy who seems to play Dallas every other month. His 2009 album, Lovely Creatures, his first release for Dallas' Kirtland Records was perhaps his most successful alb ... More >>
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January 21, 2011
35 Conferette Adds A Whopping 135 More Bands To Bill, Including A Whole Slew of Locals
Big things happening today in the world of 35 Conferette -- bigger news, even, than the fact that the-festival-formerly-known-as-North-by-35 now has an actual website to call its own (!). Bigger, too, than the really awesome web teaser/advertisement that the fest's organizers have created to promote ... More >>
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January 24, 2011
Upcoming Beer Events, Including Two That Prove Jester King Is No Joke
Jester King's Black Metal -- dark as Danzig's heartAs impressive as I found Commercial Suicide, from Austin's Jester King Brewery, I didn't have a chance to sample any of Jester King's other offerings until last week, when The Common Table featured Black Metal Imperial Stout on BrewsDay Tuesda ... More >>
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January 26, 2011
Hey, Bruegger's, Could You Bring Us Some More Bagels Already?
The scene this weekend at Einstein Brothers Bagels on Lemmon Avenue -- the only grab-and-go bagel shop within easy reach of downtown and uptown, since the location in the AT&T Building keeps weekday-only hours -- was distressing. As on most Sunday mornings, people waiting to place orders clog ... More >>
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January 27, 2011
35 Conferette Adds More Acts, Including New Sub Pop Supergroup Featuring Michael Cera
If nothing else, Michael Cera is cooler than Danny Masterson, right?After announcing last week the addition of another 135 bands to its bill, you'd think the folks up at Denton's 35 Conferette might need a breather -- or, I dunno, maybe some time to focus on the actual logistics of the fest, sinc ... More >>
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February 10, 2011
Digg's Taco Shop Piles It On and Doesn't Need Any Help From Austin
Jose Ralat MaldonadoSomeone with a restaurant pedigree ought to know what he's doing, right? Well, Joey Milan, owner of the newly opened Digg's Taco Shop on Hillcrest Avenue knows exactly what he's doing. That's a relief considering that Digg's is a specialty taquería, which by now should ma ... More >>
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February 11, 2011
Restaurant Journey Deep in the Heart of You Know Where
Before you click the comment box, I know, I know: I missed some phenomenal eating opportunities this week. I was on the road reporting a feature story, which meant interviews and transcription sessions took precedence over meals. Had I structured my itinerary around restaurant visits, I surel ... More >>
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February 15, 2011
Fourteen Texans Walked Away From the 2011 Grammy Awards With Trophies To Bring Home
The big winner at the Grammy Awards on Sunday night? That, surely, was The Arcade Fire, who, whether you've heard of them or not, walked with the coveted Album of the Year title at this year's festivities. But, really, Texas as a whole didn't do too bad as the Texas Music Office in Austin has remind ... More >>
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February 23, 2011
Dallas ISD Wants Your Suggestions On How to Trim $253 Million From the Budget ...
... but keep it short -- you only get 255 characters.Oh, yeah -- the district also just launched its 2011-12 Dallas ISD Financial Outlook website, which I told you yesterday was on its way. The DISD's calling it a "Districtwide Clearinghouse of Ideas and Information." You'll find pretty much ever ... More >>
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March 4, 2011
At a Meeting of the Mayors, Laura Miller Revisits 14-1 and That Strong Mayor Vote
Austin's not a "major city"? Hunh. Tried to drive in Austin in the last 15, 20 years? Traffic seems pretty major. And last I looked, there was some big college there -- that's what my diploma says, anyhow. And something about a state capitol? Look, I dunno. I'm always drunk when I'm in Austin. Or ... More >>
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March 4, 2011
Hotspots to Fill Up at on a SXSW Day Trip
With SXSW coming up in just a couple weeks, you might be trying to figure out a way to work a trip down to Austin into your schedule and your budget. I have one answer: Austin on a 24-hour turnaround is not all that hard to pull off. A few years ago, a bunch of us at UNT did just that. We dev ... More >>
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March 14, 2011
Dallas International Film Festival Releases Full List of Titles, To Fete Director Steve James
Being Elmo is DIFF's Opening Night offeringThe South by Southwest Film Festival is still underway down in Austin; awards won't even be doled out till tomorrow night. But moments ago, the Dallas International Film Festival -- which has already named a few films, not to mention Star Award recipient ... More >>
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March 20, 2011
Our Final SXSW 2011 Buzz Power Rankings: So, Who Do You Think Came Out on Top?
To infinity... and beyond!Gossip, gossip -- if you've been following our daily power rankings of buzz at SXSW 2011 over the past few days, then you know that, yes, indeed, Kanye West has had it all week long at this year's annual festival in Austin.And, after briefly losing the top slot in our ra ... More >>
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March 22, 2011
Welcome to Fun City U.S.A.
We had a nice little chat here yesterday, didn't we, about South by Southwest in Austin and all the attention Austin got and all the attention Dallas didn't? I thought it sparked some really interesting comments about what is and isn't and ought to be in our fair city. The best stuff was aim ... More >>
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April 29, 2011
Austin's Foot Patrol Sings Songs About Feet. And Only About Feet. (For Now.)
We've seen our share of bands that have little going for them aside from a gimmick meant to widen their fan base. But Austin's Foot Patrol might have one of the most unique ones that we've ever encountered -- an unabashed focus on human feet. Lead singer and keyboard player TJ Wade, one half of t ... More >>
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May 12, 2011
Fracking Chemical Disclosure Bill Blasts Through Texas House, Enviros Unimpressed
From the rapidly spreading "Fracking Song" from ProPublica and Studio 20 NYU.In these final days of the 82nd Texas Legislature, lawmakers in Austin are throwing support behind Eastlake Rep. Jim Keffer's bill that'd require drillers to report the chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing at each of t ... More >>
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May 27, 2011
DART, East Texas Transit Officials Sign Letter They Hope Leads to Light-Rail Love Affair
DART chair Bill Velasco, left, and North East Texas Regional Mobility Authority's Jeff Austin III look at the line that could one day connect their parts of the great state.Ever wished you could take Dallas Area Rapid Transit to ... oh ... let's say Tyler? Or Canton? Or Shreveport, even? Because ... More >>
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June 9, 2011
The Conversation: How Is Gentrification Affecting Austin's Music Scene?
Where will we go when Austin stops being so weird?Anyone who has visited Austin's South By Southwest music festival more than once over the last decade has noticed a huge evolution in Austin's music scene. Most of Austin's longtime music lovers repeat the same cry year after year -- that this on ... More >>
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June 10, 2011
In Which We Ask The New KXT Program Director About #KXTFail, Among Other Things.
We may or may not have found Mark Abuzzahab's Driver's License photo.No, Mark Abuzzahab, the new program director at KXT-91.7 FM (and their very first, by the way), isn't here yet. Won't be for a few more weeks. He's still down in Austin, finishing up his stint as the music director at KGSR-93.3 ... More >>
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June 22, 2011
Rapping at Whole Foods? Always Seemed More of a Jam-Band Place to Us.
Shouldn't a Texan have written a rap about Whole Foods Market? The chain was born in Austin, after all, and here a Berkeley, California, native has gone and created the Whole Foods Parking Lot Music Video, which went viral on YouTube last week. OK, to be fair, Austin is lot closer kin to Berkeley ... More >>
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August 4, 2011
My Fit Foods: Lose Weight by not Eating
Shouldn't a Texan have written a rap about Whole Foods Market? The chain was born in Austin, after all, and here a Berkeley, California, native has gone and created the Whole Foods Parking Lot Music Video, which went viral on YouTube last week. OK, to be fair, Austin is lot closer kin to Berkeley ... More >>
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August 4, 2011
My Fit Foods: Losing Weight by Buying Food You Don't Want to Eat
The typical Cheap Bastard response when confronted by purveyors of healthy food.My Fit Foods is what would happen if Eatzi's ate Jenny Craig. It's a wall of refrigerators filled with premade, preportioned, ready-to-wave, better-for-you-than-horking-down-a-stuffed-crust-pizza meals. The goal o ... More >>
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August 4, 2011
West Dallas's Relatives, Now Hits in France and Australia and NYC. One Day, Here Too.
Back in March I introduced you to the Relatives, heretofore overlooked Dallas greats better known in Austin than in their hometown. And now they're beloved in France and Australia; New York too. And still, still, Rev. Gean West and brother Tommy and the greatest gospel-funk-rock-n-soul revue in town ... More >>
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August 4, 2011
Watch: Long-Lost Dallas Funkers The Relatives Stomp and Shimmy Through New York City
The RelativesOver on Unfair Park, Robert's been geeking out, and rightfully so, about The Relatives, the Rev. Gean West's 1960s West Dallas funk and gospel outfit that really, truly, shoulda been contenders but, alas, never were -- not until recently, really, when, of all places, Austin (bastards ... More >>
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August 8, 2011
Bonus MP3: The Burning Hotels -- "Beard"
The Burning Hotels Much has been made -- by us, even -- about The Burning Hotels' new sound of late, and how far a cry it is from the band's poppy (and highly enjoyable) post-punk origins. Indeed, their new New Wave-oriented output is an obvious change for the outfit. But Chance Morgan and Matthe ... More >>
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November 1, 2011
Sore Losers and Mind Spiders Among First Round Of Bands Announced For SXSW 2012
Considering that pre-South by Southwest bash 35 Denton announced its first round of performers last week, I guess it makes sense, then, that the Austin fest would announce its own first round of performers this week -- and that their list is indeed larger than 35 Denton's list of 17 names, clocki ... More >>
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November 10, 2011
Octopus Project Plays Many Hands
For Austin instrumentalists, integrity--not singing--is key to making music.
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November 14, 2011
Over The Weekend: Octopus Project & Analog Rebellion at the Kessler Theater
Octopus Project, Analog RebellionNovember 12, 2011The Kessler TheaterBetter Than: Having Octopus Project play at your house party and having to clean up the mess. Mike BrooksOctopus ProjectIf limited to a single word regarding the live performance of Austin's Octopus Project, that word wou ... More >>
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November 18, 2011
My Jerusalem's Jeff Klein on Playing in Dallas and with Mark Lanegan and Greg Dulli
Austin-based My Jerusalem hits Dallas tonight, a night crowded with great shows. Seems like everyone is stuffing the good pre-Thanksgiving concerts into one night. My Jerusalem plays a special folky orchestral pop that isn't precious or twee, and it's not something to miss. With a new album in th ... More >>
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November 21, 2011
They May Not Have Formula One Racing in Austin After All, But Dallas Did Back in 1984
Speaking of the Dallas Grand Prix at Fair Park ...I see that someone has just posted 30 minutes' worth of highlights from that brutally hot July 1984 to the YouTube. And it's exceptionally classy footage too: It comes to us via the BBC with commentary by Murray Walker and James Hunt. As the poste ... More >>
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December 19, 2011
The Ghosts of Saturday Night: Man or Astro-man? Live From Sons of Hermann Hall
Daniel Rodrigue Man or Astro-man? Sons of Hermann Hall Saturday, December 17, 2011 Better than: Having amoebas eat through your brain. A snippet of conversation overheard before the Man or Astro-man? show: "I'm really freaked out about Neti pots right now." "Why?" "Well, I read this sto ... More >>
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December 28, 2011
10 Albums To Not Overlook In 2012
In case you're already blinded by the golden aura of 2012's major releases -- The Shins, T.I., Soundgarden, Nicki Minaj, Mumford & Sons, Muse, Sigur Ros -- we want to make sure you don't forget about some other sure-to-be-top-notch albums that will see release next year. They may not shine on the ... More >>
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January 4, 2012
Perry's Down, But, Apparently, Not Out
Below we noted that after his dismal showing in Iowa last night, Governor Rick Perry went back to Austin to pray and fast -- so sad. But minutes ago he tweeted this magnificent photo, accompanied by the note: "And the next leg of the marathon is the Palmetto State...Here we come South Carolina!!! ... More >>
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February 2, 2012
Legsweeper and More Come Out of the Swamp
Friday, February 3, at 406 Arts
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February 2, 2012
Jonathan Jackson of Bravo, Max! Talks About Becoming a Trio and the Current State of the Dallas Music Scene
Bravo, Max! has been through a tumultuous few months. After releasing Dog's Light, the band's fantastic debut full-length, they suddenly lost two members. Johnny Beauford, Ben Gastright and Jonathan Jackson decided to charge ahead as a three-piece and, judging by recent songs such as "Sleepy Simon ... More >>
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February 9, 2012
Preview: Zorch, Saturday, February 11, at Rubber Gloves Rehearsal Studios
Bravo, Max! has been through a tumultuous few months. After releasing Dog's Light, the band's fantastic debut full-length, they suddenly lost two members. Johnny Beauford, Ben Gastright and Jonathan Jackson decided to charge ahead as a three-piece and, judging by recent songs such as "Sleepy Simon ... More >>
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