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The Best of Coachella: Weekend One

Karen O's Outfit Karen O's wardrobe on Friday night was bad ass. The Yeah Yeah Yeah's front woman appeared on the main stage in a technicolor cape draped over a suit that looked like it was made of mercury. The vibrant collage was topped with a headpiece that Liberace might have worn had he ever bee ... More >>

10 Signs Your Band Won't Make It at SXSW

Being a successful musician really has to be a slice of heaven. And of course the chicks are great. It's why from the beginning of time men (and women) have taken up instruments in the chance that they will be played in front of many, many others, some of whom could possibly want to have sex with ... More >>

The Fifteen Worst Make Out Records Ever

It's a classic Valentine's Day dilema -- you've planned ahead, made the sweeping gestures, made eyes across a white tablecloth and now you're ready to express yourself with some good old fashioned parts-rubbing. Whatever you do, don't play any of these records.

Now That They've Party Rocked The World, What Should LMFAO Do Next?

Maybe my imagination's become limited and cynical in the third decade of existence, but I feel as though this Party Rock thing is on its last legs. It's enjoyed a phenomenal run, mostly in the perennially club-stamped hands of Redfoo and SkyBlu, the two Gordy descendants who compose LMFAO. They're e ... More >>

10 Top Acts With Dual Drummers

Tonight, The Melvins will perform at Trees. While perusing the Internet in search of photos, I realized the band has two drummers. I thought about how pointless and excessive it is to actually employ two drummers to support a band, but then I considered how powerful the result can be. Two drummers s ... More >>

The Flaming Lips Cover The Beach Boys' "God Only Knows"

Have you ever wanted some of Ke$ha's blood, but you were afraid to ask? Fortunately, now you can purchase a "blood vinyl" edition of The Flaming Lips' Heady Fwends Record Store Day exclusive double LP. For the small sum of $2,500, you can own one of 10 copies that features the encased blood of Eryka ... More >>

Denton's Roy Robertson Does Björk's "Who Is It (Carry My Joy on the Left, Carry My Pain on the Right)"

Björk might seem an odd subject for a cover, but it makes sense when you think about it. Her often minimal arrangements leave plenty open to interpretation, and her avant-garde style certainly has earned many fans among fellow artists. In fact, Thom Yorke called "Unravel" his "favorite song ever," ... More >>

Preview: Bowerbirds at The Loft

Thursday, April 12, at The Loft

Who Should Bon Iver Collaborate With Next?

With the news this week that former Dallas/current Minneapolis rapper Andy Bothwell, aka Astronautalis, is collaborating with Bon Iver on a new album, it made us think of his recent collabo with The Flaming Lips, and his James Blake team-up. Is Justin Vernon like one of those rappers you pull in for ... More >>

New Fumes Covers Gary Numan's "Observer"

Today, we mark Gary Numan's 54th birthday with a Covering Tracks homage by Dallas' own New Fumes. The godfather of synth-pop is still going strong, touring extensively last year, performing 1979's The Pleasure Principle in its entirety and providing guest vocals on the Battles track "My Machines." W ... More >>

Wayne Coyne and Erykah Badu, Sittin' in a Tree?

Rolling Stone reported yesterday that Flaming Lips frontman Wayne Coyne -- who is seemingly everywhere these days, like those owls I talked about last week -- has put together an album of collaborations slated for April release. While he's already wrangled Bon Iver and Nick Cave (that is a collabo ... More >>

Staff Faves of 2011

Staff Picks: Top Ten Local and National Albums of 2011

​I'm not one for New Year resolutions, but at the beginning of 2011, I made one I was actually pretty excited about keeping. My goal was to listen to more music this year than any other year before. Thanks to the help of some generous publicists, Spotify and some solid purchases over at Good Recor ... More >>

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 iT ... More >>

The 20 Best Concert Photos of 2011

Mike MezeulBroken Social Scene at the House of Blues​The number of good shows and exciting, inspiring, heartbreaking moments in the Dallas music scene this year were, to put it SO very mildly...numerous. It probably can go with out saying. Except we're going to say it. We're going to talk about it ... More >>

Top Five Non-Musical Moments of 2011

Bon Iver​While it's been a great year for concerts in the 'hood, it'd be too easy to simply list my favorite concerts of 2011 (Bon Iver/Kathleen Edwards at the Winspear Opera House in September edges out the Carolina Chocolate Drops at the Granada that same month). Instead, let's focus on the ... More >>

Seryn's This Is Where We Are Makes Paste Magazine's Top 50

Seryn​Yesterday, we posted a piece about the new video for Bon Iver's "Hinnom, TX," in which we predicted that his 2011 self titled sophomore album would end up toward the top of year-end lists. But really, it's a no-brainer. The album is brilliant.And, just like that, Paste, the first major publi ... More >>

Watch Bon Iver's Official Video for "Hinnom, TX," Which Some Say is in Fort Worth

​There is only a month left in the year, and it's looking like Bon Iver's self titled sophomore album is pretty secure toward the top of our year-end lists. And, as Time reports, a re-release of the album tomorrow will be accompanied by 10 short films, one for every song, including "Hinnom, TX."Ba ... More >>

Five Sad Bastard Songs From 2011 (And When To Use Them)

Make sure you're alone, cold and in the dark before listening to these songs.​We're just on the cusp of a time change. Oh, you know what that means. You know. It means: it'll get darker soon, the clouds will hang gray and low in the sky, and it'll be bone cold. Unless it's not cold because Tex ... More >>

The Complete, More or Less, Collection of Covers Performed By St. Vincent

​I hear Pete's gone; wonder if I can be music editor aga ... excuse me, I've just been told: No, no way. Ah. Anyway. Doesn't mean I can't post this playlist that's been sitting on my desktop for way too long: a complete-ish collection of covers performed by St. Vincent, for whom DC9 at Night was q ... More >>

Oddfellows Chef Brady Williams on Running a Smooth Kitchen and His Bon Iver-Inspired Dish

Kelsey FosterBrady Williams, with visions of a Tom Waits Gumbo dancing in his head.​In part one of our three parter, Oddfellows Chef Brady Williams told us about his icy road to cooking, while part two covered his take on the Dallas food scene. Today we learn a little about how he runs things ... More >>

Concert Foul No. 18: Standing at a Seated Show

These things are called "chairs." They're meant for sitting.​It's a rock show reflex: When the curtain goes up and the lights go down, you stand up and prepare to wig out. Fact is, many of the area's best venues make the choice of whether to sit or to stand during the show an easy one. By typicall ... More >>

Last Night: Bon Iver and Kathleen Edwards at the Winspear Opera House

Bon Iver, Kathleen Edwards Winspear Opera House September 12, 2011 Better than: seeing this (or any other) show outside in the reinvigorated heat-wave.Stephen MaskerBon Iver at the Winspear Opera House. For more photos from the night, check out the slideshow.​Bon Iver's Justin Vernon has left the ... More >>

Winspear Opera House's Petite Sandwich Redefines "Petite." And "Sandwich."

​Last night the Winspear Opera House played host to Kathleen Edwards, a Canadian folk and country singer, and Bon Iver. The opera house, a marvel of modern architectural and sound design, makes for a life-shifting experience when the music is good. I wish I could say the same for the food a ... More >>

Kathleen Edwards: "Justin [Vernon] Helped Me Construct Something That's a 180 For Me."

Kathleen Edwards​Canada's Kathleen Edwards has, perhaps too quietly, put together one of the stronger collections of albums by any young artist in the past decade. After turning heads at SXSW in 2002, she released her debut, Failer, a vulnerable audio-diary that had people lazily drawing the typic ... More >>

As Fame Chases Him, Bon Iver Keeps Running

Active Child, Com Truise

News and Notes: Seryn Gets More Paste Love, Will Johnson Gets NPR'd and Much, Much More

Stand up and take a bow, Seryn.​Got a whole grab-bag of local music notes to pass along today, but none is bigger than this: Yesterday, Paste announced its list of the year's best albums so far, and coming in at No. 4 on their list was Denton's Own Seryn's album, This Is Where We Are. The baroque ... More >>

Bon Iver, The Secret Sisters and a Ridiculous Number of Other Show Announcements

Bon Iver's Justin Vernon​It's a risky career move, holing up in a cabin in the woods to create a debut album, but for Bon Iver's Justin Vernon, it seems to have paid off in spades. Between nods from Kanye West and the success of his R&B side project Gayngs, his highly anticipated self-titled s ... More >>

Bon Iver's Lyrics Find Their Way to "Hinnom, TX" Hell

​Gray swaths are covering North Texas today, which is pitch perfect weather to discuss Bon Iver developments. His new, self-titled sophomore album is dropping on June 21 (a single, "Calgary," is already making the rounds), and the first leg of a US tour has been announced. No stops in Texas yet, b ... More >>

Last Night at 35 Conferette: Even Without Bon Iver's Justin Vernon, Gayngs Pleasingly Slow-Jammed The Festival A Proper Adieu

​Gayngs1 a.m., Hailey's ClubThroughout the day, it was unclear: Would Bon Iver's Justin Vernon be among the 11 or so members of the 23-member Gayngs outfit performing at Hailey's Club to close out the 2011 35 Conferette? At first, as had been the festival's booking agreement, rumor was that he wou ... More >>

Adds To 35 Conferette: Local Natives, Gayngs, How to Dress Well, Dave Smalley and Others.

​The folks up at the festival formerly known as NX35 have today announced a few more of the acts they plan on hosting in Denton as part of their four-day, pre-SXSW bash in mid-March. And a couple of them are pretty big -- especially if you've been paying any attention to those oh-so-enticing year- ... More >>

Today In Music News: Carlos D Hates Playing Bass, Kanye Working With Bon Iver? And Arcade Fire Show Indie Bands Can Make It

Your daily dose of national music news for Friday, August 13, 2010...Carlos D quit Interpol because he hated playing bass.  Bad choice of instrument to hate for a bands bass player.Are Kanye West and Bon Iver collaborating?Apparently Arcade Fire show us why you can still make it as an indie ba ... More >>

Giveaway: Five Pairs Of Tickets to See A.A. Bondy at The Loft Tomorrow Night

A growing trend among indie-folk musicians these days is going out to the woods by themselves, living off of the land for an extended time, and writing a weirdly brilliant album. Bon Iver frontman Jason Vernon is probably the most notable, but years before he got the notion, A.A. Bondy spent some ti ... More >>

Giveaway: Five Pairs of Tickets to See Nathanial Rateliff and The Beaten Sea at The Loft Tomorrow Night

Denver's soulful singer/songwriter Nathaniel Rateliff just dropped his first release with Rounder Records, In Memory of Loss, in May and is embarking on his first international tour to celebrate. His very first stop? Dallas, Texas. Rateliff, who has previously performed under the epithet The Wheel a ... More >>

Austin City Limits Announces 2010 Lineup...

​It's that time of year, again. The Austin City Limits Festival line-up was unveiled early this morning via the fest's official website. There isn't any question: This year's docket will have people gabbing--whether it's vitriolic hate or nostalgic, warm-fuzzies. Sure, for many, bashing on the cho ... More >>

Listomania: Five Failed Musician-Celebrity Collaborations

​Last month, She & Him's Volume Two hit stores, featuring the "unlikely dynamic duo" of actress Zooey Deschanel and M. Ward. Since then, many celebrities have become jealous to achieve this same intellectual-indie success. Last year, Scarlett Johansson & Pete Yorn made a little CD called B ... More >>

Someone Dipped Their St. Vincent in My Neil Young (and Dolly Parton and The National)

​Ya know, before Pete came along, I was doing a fine job of writing about St. Vincent all by my lonesome. So, don't tell, but a Friend of Unfair Park sends along these MP3s featuring Annie Clark and Bon Iver performing at Saturday night's Haiti benefit concert at Brooklyn's Music Hall of Williamsb ... More >>

St. Vincent Gives The National the Once-Over at Haiti Relief Show in Brooklyn

Pardon my interloping, but I've asked Pete for his permission to post over here as a friend just forwarded along this trio of tracks from a Haiti benefit in Brooklyn over the weekend. DC9 favorite and Lake Highlands grad Annie Clark, or St. Vincent, performed with the likes of Bon Iver, and while th ... More >>

ACL '09 in Photos: Flogging Molly, The Airborne Toxic Event, Dave Matthews Band and More

Photos by Patrick Michels. Flogging Molly frontman Dave King was in his element Saturday afternoon.​Saturday's downpour raised the stakes for yesterday's ACL acts, and while !!! did a fine job firing up the soggy crowd, Flogging Molly was another of the acts best suited for the rain.Startin ... More >>

ACL '09: Jonathan Tyler and The Northern Lights Turn On Their Charm--And Draw Impressively At ACL Debut

All photos by Patrick Michels​Jonathan Tyler & The Northern Lights had a lot of things working against it as its 4:40 p.m. timeslot neared. The rain was coming down at its hardest, the crowds were starting to tire, and, at this point, it was more than clear that there was no hope of sun ... More >>

What It Was Like: Efterklang, Alela Diane, Camera Obscura, Dark Meat, Megafaun

Patrick MichelsEfterklang under a tent at the French Legation MuseumBand: EfterklangWhere: Other Music Party at the French Legation MuseumWhat It Was Like: Seven people from Copenhagen playing ornate pop combining violin, trumpet and flute with glitchy electronics. Closer "Cutting Ice to Snow" start ... More >>

A New Album From Another Arrogant Sea

North Carolina's The Ox Magnolia posted its new album up as a free download over on the band's MySpace page on Wednesday. And, I'll be damned if I haven't plopped down $14.95, or more, for albums that were no where near as good as the stunningly, breathtakingly beautiful Only Some Place. ... More >>

2008 Should've Been The New Year's Year

One thing you can't expect every new year? Another record from Dallas' own The New Year—which is just part of why The New Year is such a crowning achievement.

Top Ten Americana Albums of 2008

In next week's paper, we'll unveil our national package on the best music of the year (the following week, we'll tackle the best in DFWd music). But, as a teaser, here's our paper's contribution to the national package: Noah W. Bailey's picks for the best Americana/folk releases of '08. Picking the ... More >>

The Rosebuds Learn to Relax and Get Lifelike

Why SXSW When You Can NPR?

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For Emma, Forever Ago (Jagjaguwar)