Blue October

David Castell on Recording with Blue October, Famous Drummers, and DFW's Finest

We caught up with producer David Castell here a couple years ago, but he's been up to an awful lot since then. Castell has produced, mixed, mastered and otherwise had his hands in local music dating all the way back to the early '90s, and he shows no sign of slowing...or aging really, for that matt ... More >>

Wildflower Festival, Featuring Rev. Horton Heat, the Toadies and More: Review

A three-day fest like Wildflower - the biggest party Richardson throws -- isn't the full on marathon something like Bonnaroo is, but you've still got to pace yourself. With that in mind I decided to take it easy and catch just a set or two on Friday in an effort to be ready for Saturday's early day ... More >>

Fort Worth Sound's Bart Rose on Learning "Eruption" and Loving the '90s

Starting at age 19, Bart Rose ran First Street Audio in Forth Worth. That was 1989. In 2008, he took over a facility called Digital Post & Production, changed the name to Fort Worth Sound, and has since worked with The Toadies, Spot and many more. He's hosted outside producers like Mike MClure (Cros ... More >>

Edgefest 22 at FC Dallas Stadium

Sunday, April 22, at FC Dallas Stadium

Garbage, Blue October and More Announced For April's Edge Fest

Garbage​Man, people are really excited about Edge Fest. The line-up for 102.1 The Edge's 22nd annual all-day fest began its steady trickle into the Internet today, with Evanescence, Garbage, Switchfoot, Blue October, Civil Twilight and Neon Trees already announced. They'll be releasing one ba ... More >>

Penny Lazo Works For Universal Records and Gets Celebrities To Pose for Pics With Her Taco.

Welcome to Local Music 'Mericans, where we meet the people in the local music scene that you don't see on stages. Penny Lazo. With LMFAO. And a taco. No, the taco isn't real.​Penny Lazo is a DFW-based rep for Universal Records. Despite being very rock 'n' roll in appearance, her main beat is coun ... More >>

Tony Edwards Wants To Help Build Your Band's Brand With His Growing Street-Team Company

Welcome to Local Music 'Mericans , where we meet some of the people behind the local music scene -- those who aren't necessarily members of local bands, but more the people who make the scene move.Tony Edwards​Tony Edwards was almost certainly a hummingbird in a past life. He darts, moves, and ... More >>

Blink-182 & My Chemical Romance, Girl Talk & The Cool Kids, and Many Other Announcements

Blink 182 are back, and they're looking for corporate sponsorhips​This week's most notable show announcements come our way via huge corporate sponsorships -- one from Honda Civic, and the other from 7-Eleven. The former, which features the newly reunited pop-punk forefathers Blink-182 and their mi ... More >>

Air Review Follow Good Records Recordings' Lead With New Single Release Model For New EP, Offers Stream Of New Song, "America's Son"

Will Von BoltonAir Review​ Back in January, you may recall, we passed along a new Air Review track called "Waiting Lessons," which the supremely talented local band offered up to DC9 readers as a free download, all while warning that the song would not be included in the band's forthcoming America ... More >>

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 >>

When Are The 37 Confirmed North Texas Acts Performing During SXSW ?

​Not too long ago, we shared with you the list of area acts set to perform at this year's annual South by Southwest Music Conference. Now we not only know the "who," but also the "when." Last week, the folks at SXSW released their preliminary show scheduled. And, for North Texas, this very much ge ... More >>

Local Music 'Mericans: Dave Castell Has Produced More Local Musicians Than You Can Name.

Welcome to Local Music 'Mericans, where we'll be meeting some people behind the local music scene who aren't musicians, but more behind-the-scenes folk.Scogin MayoDave Castell and Vaden Todd Lewis, working on the Toadies' No Deliverance.​David Castell is credited with producing some pretty success ... More >>

SXSW's Most Recent Performer Announcement Includes At Least 38 Bands With Area Ties

​After a handful of early teases, the folks down at Austins' South by Southwest Music and Media Conference went ahead and released the whole big batch of names -- although, let's be honest, there will probably still be some changes (not to mention names we just missed) -- of performers slated to h ... More >>

Five Photos, Tattoos From Aerosmith and Blue October at Superpages

Rachel Parker​Two things were present at the show from "America's Greatest Rock Band," Aerosmith, at Superpages.com Center last night, with openers Blue October: phallic microphones and tattoos. See more of Steven Tyler's big mouth yells in Rachel Parker's slideshow, Aerosmith and Blue October Do ... More >>

Show Announcements: The xx, Slobberbone, Speedealer, Electric Six, Local Natives, Forever The Sickest Kids, Blue October and others

​When the British indie/new wave/minimalists, The xx released their debut album X last year, the ripple that formed in the blogosphere was somewhat polarizing. But, love 'em or hate 'em, they're bringing their turntables and Dieter's Dance Party haircuts to the Granada Theater on Friday, October 8 ... More >>

Show Announcements: Christina Aguilera Cancels, But Chromeo, Josh Pierson, ZZ Top, Blues Traveler, Lady Gaga and Others Are Coming...

Christina, clearly frazzled by a busy tour schedule​In last week's show announcements post, we made a big to-do about Christina Aguilera's forthcoming album, Bionic, and the tour she has planned to support it. Well, in a press release we received yesterday, Aguilera's people informed us that the t ... More >>

The Top 10 Best Concerts I've Been To In Dallas

​Saw Blue October Friday night at House of Blues. Good. But not the best I've seen them. That would've been the show back in the summer of 2004 at the Lakewood Theater when lead singer Justin Furstenfeld - bum knee and crutches be damned - was as passionate as any singer I've ever seen. Got m ... More >>

Whitt's End: 4.30.10

​Whether you're at the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt's End: *Dearly beloved, we have gathered here today to pay our last respects to the 2010 Dallas Mavericks. In life, they were an entertaining bunch. Fun. Fast. Full of energy and entertainment. But i ... More >>

Good Friday: Blue October, Le Cure, Drawn by Jaymz, Boys Named Sue, The Fox & The Bird, Mono, Dosh, Hello Lover

This is happening, folks.​As you're probably already aware, we're embarking on the mother of all weekends. That's right; Edgefest is upon us. By now, you might have tried your luck at winning one of our ticket giveaways--after all, what self respecting Limp Bizkit fan wouldn't? But if trying to ... More >>

Descender

Army of Elephants (Self-released)

Show Announcements: George Clinton's Mothership To Connect With House Of Blues April 22, More

George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic at the Granada Theater in 2006.​Don't burn your entire stash on 4/20, because just two days later George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic will touch down at House of Blues in Dallas.Bandleader Clinton, as if you needed an introduction, is a true legend of ... More >>

"Dallas Week" Continues On MTV.com With Too $hort and Bun B

...and as the above video in MTV's series of "Dallas Week" clips shows, they're both recording with Play-N-Skillz, who're currently working with Bun B on the final UGK album. But, aside from that, the video's kinda short (pun definitely intended) on Dallas ties. The accompanying story, however, expl ... More >>

Clearing Out the Mailroom: Wednesday, January 28, 2009

We've got quite a backlog of CDs we've never gotten around to, so we're going to try to chip away at the pile with this regular feature. The plan: to take four or five at a time and play each CD for as long as I can stand it. Wild Light (New Hampshire)Adult NightsWe received this one recently to ... More >>

Some Coal For Local Radio XMas Shows

Videos: Edgefest 17 Round-Up Featuring Fair to Midland, My Chemical Romance

Q&A: Former SouthFM Frontman Paco Estrada

Blue October

Foiled for the Last Time (Umvd Labels)

I'll Hullabaloo You, Blue October

Dad's Potty Mouth |The Leppert of Two Evils |Cheaters We Have Known |Flick Your Bic |Praising Laura

Person With Disability

Rest in peace--please-- Zayra Alvarez

Do It, Dallas

Sam signs off

She's Gone

Texas Toe Jam

The days of great summer music festivals in Dallas are history. Aren't

Kickin' It In Aisle Five

We didn't get the budget for a DOMA documentary, so here's a quick behind-the-scenes rundown instead

Fan-friggin'-tastic| The Invisible Sheriff |That '70s Hair| Vanishing Green Space

How to Suck| No Butts About It| Funny Money

Brown October

A lesson on how not to musically suck--just act the exact opposite of these turds

Letters from the Issue of June 30, 2005

Odds & Ends

Sara Radle's off to L.A.; LM5 calling it quits; Rubber Gloves gets anew look

Rye Coalition, The Golden Falcons, The Lord Henry

Friday, October 15, at the Gypsy Tea Room

Blue October and Jay Quinn

Saturday, September 10

Odds & Ends

Deep Friday, Edgefest and a jumpin' giveaway

Odds & Ends

Christmas in July, The Hunchback of Notre Dame and FiveQuestions With Josh Venable

Snow Ball

Join the Spree's holiday spree

Checking In

Old 97's guitarist has a new solo project in The Scrap Hotel

Night & Day

April 29 - May 5,1999