Barenaked Ladies

Top Nine Must-See Concerts in DFW This Week: June 13-19

I know I say this every week, but Dallas REALLY DOES have a little something for everyone this week, including a local band's EP release, an underground hip-hop show, a gig from a country singer-songwriter, a national folk-pop duo, a metal and hardcore show, a gigantic '90s music concert and a Tom W ... More >>

This Week's Top Show Announcements: Divine Fits, Blue Oyster Cult, Ben Folds Five, Rob Zombie and More

As we sit in our cubicles, school chairs or desks today, the Texas sky is relentless with its 73-degree beauty, tempting all of us to turn on some tunes, throw up our hands and have recess. Texas has just reached the perfect time of year when all of the alchemy is correct for hosting a plethora of m ... More >>

Evan Stone's Battle Against Porn Pirates

A Denton lawyer devotes his life to fighting America's porn thiefs.

Denton's Own Sly Stone Is The 38th Greatest Musical Artist of All-Time, Says VH1...

Speaking of Denton ranking highly on lists today, have you guys been watching VH1's 100 Greatest Artists of All-Time countdown this week? It's a guilty pleasure, for sure, especially if you enjoy hearing people like Sebastian Bach and members of the Barenaked Ladies talk about their musical heroes. ... More >>

Way More Than One Week

A Golden Ticket Can Be Found At The End Of KXT's Pledge Rainbow...

​Surely, you've noticed the pledge drive efforts going on over at KKXT-91.7 FM of late, yeah? Us too.Annoying? Mostly. Necessary? Most definitely, given the station's public radio domain.But it's not all bad: Anyone and everyone who pledged to the station this week--and anyone and everyone who doe ... More >>

The Problem with Travie McCoy's "Billionaire"

What would you do if you had a million dollars? Would you buy nice cars? A nice house? Or would you be like Peter from Office Space and do absolutely nothing? Unfortunately, inflation requires that you demand even more money than that to fulfill your dreams, folks. Now, we all have to want to be a b ... More >>

Top 100 Most Annoying Summer Songs

Shut up, Jimmy Buffett.​You know what really gives us the summertime blues? "Summertime Blues," not to mention other maddening summer hits like "All I Wanna Do," "Margaritaville" or the shotgun-in-mouth-inducing "Hot Hot Hot." It's bad enough global warming is cooking the planet like a plastic cu ... More >>

The Besnard Lakes

Thursday, May 20,at the Granada Theater

Show Announcements: Phosphorescent, Keane, Shakira, Mat Kearney, Built to Spill, Black Crowes,Jimmy Buffet, Jonas Brothers, Brad Paisley, Bel Biv Devoe and More!

Phosphorescent​Brooklyn-based Phosphorescent went from being an unknown indie poet scouring the globe and playing empty rooms to a critical darling almost overnight--many thanks to Willie Nelson. Matthew Houck, the man behind the moniker, made the risky decision to do an album of Nelson covers las ... More >>

Radio, Radio: Ayo Says Adios, While We Look at Just What Passes for "Quality Rock"

Two follow-ups in this particular radio round-up. First, I exchanged a few messages with Alan Ayo via Facebook, and the long and short of it is, he's not at all upset that Clear Channel gave him his walking papers yesterday. Writes the former midday host and music director at KDGE-FM:I'm feeling rat ... More >>

Today In Music News: DMX In More Trouble, No Doubt Returns, Rick Rubin Works with Clipse, A Barenaked Lady Goes Solo

 Your daily dose of national music news for Thursday, February 26, 2009... Apparently DMX has decided not to follow the Lord. It seems he'd rather assault a police officer while he's up in that system. He's possibly looking at another eight years. After a very long hiatus, No Doubt  ... More >>

Today In Music News: Phish At Bonnaroo, Barenaked Ladies In Boxes, RIAA At Home and Lil Wayne In Trouble. Late Add: Michael Jackson Fighting For His Life?

Your top national music stories for Monday, December 22, 2008: It's never too early to start talking about the '09 festival season: It looks like a reunited Phish may headline two nights at Bonnarroo this year. So you'd better start letting that beard grow out now. But, you still have a few mont ... More >>

Reliving Last Weekend's Local Music Explosion

Between Good Records' birthday celebration and the Mokah Music showcase we were a little overwhelmed—but in a good way.

Fagen It

Naked Lunch reels in the years

Young Lions

Canada's Constantines chat about rock's golden trifecta: Dylan, Neil Young and Motorhead

Season's Bleatings

Thanks to these CDs, it's beginning to sound a lot like Christmas

Small Screen, Big Step

DEJ Productions tries to give "direct-to-video" a good name

Various Artists

Brand New Boots and Panties (Gold Circle Records) / Listen to What the Man Said (Oglio Records)

Crit and Shap 2000

The worst of the worst

Green Dregs and Ham

The new Dr. Seuss adaptation is far more cynical than the Grinch ever was

Bunk Whack

Barenaked in America is an exercise in self-pleasure

Live from New York?

Saturday Night Live and DreamWorks Records team up for two not-ready-for-prime-time compilations

Night & Day

May 13-19, 1999

Nothing but static

Broadcast Data Systems listens to the radio so you don't have to

Letters

The Crit and Shap Poll

You've had the best; now, the year's most overrated records

What you bought in 1998

Listen up

1998 was not a very good year, but it's still worth the bother

Redrumm is the case

Local rap label gets no love at home and takes its show on the road

Korn holed

It's Hard to Swallow, but Vanilla Ice goes...metal?

Souled out

After 25 years of Texas' best rock, Q102 bids a tearless farewell

Brian Wilson, reconstructed

For his first solo album in a decade, the Beach Boy recovers himself and his music...sort of

Roadshows