Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival

Local Music 'Mericans: Katie Karch Is More Than A Roadie -- She's In Charge Of How A Bunch of Local Bands Sound Onstage.

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.Katie Karch​Last week, with 25-year-old Michelle Pelissero, we found ourselves celebrating the "accomplishment of youth" factor in Local Music 'Me ... More >>

Arbitrarily Grading The Year That Was: A Look Back At The Major Music Happenings of 2010.

Not quite an A . But 2010 was still a pretty good year for music.​If the '00s were dominated by hip-hop, this decade looks as if it's being dominated by electronic music. While electro-pop has had some resurrections over the years, it's now a mainstay of popular music. Look no farther tha ... More >>

The Best Songs in Dallas Music, 2010: Jonathan Tyler & The Northern Lights Explore The Dark Circles of Hell at No. 5

[Over these last few days of 2010, 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. 5 on the list -- and, please, feel free to click after the jump for a stream of the track. Also after the jum ... More >>

DC9er Mixtape, Vol. 28: DJ Hunter Vaughan

​Three years ago, Hunter Vaughan was just your average 17-year-old raver who frequented Dallas' nightclubs (when permitted inside) with the sole objective of having a good time. As Vaughan became more aware of the scene around him, though, he started keeping his eyes and ears out for local residen ... More >>

Is the ACL Spillover Effect Just a Big Myth?

Q&A: Chromeo's Dave 1 Talks Hall & Oates, VEGA and Moving Away From Electro-Funk. Also? He Gives Us An MP3. And Free Tickets.

Less than a week from now, on Wednesday, August 25, at the Palladium Ballroom, the electro-funk masters in Chromeo will roll through town, bringing with them Brooklyn's Holy Ghost!, and, surely, the same tongue-in-cheek attitudes that have served them so well since bursting on to the scene with thei ... More >>

Riffs McGee

RSVP To Ishi's Free Show at The Loft on Thursday and Maybe Send The Band to Bonnaroo

Dustin HollywoodIshi's live shows tend to get a little crazy.​Local dance/pop act Ishi is no stranger to a contest. The band recently won a spot on the main stage at this year's Edgefest, and now the band has its sights set on the massive Bonnaroo festival coming up this summer in Tennessee.How? W ... More >>

Today In Music News: The 'Roo Line-Up Is Revealed, Gaslight Anthem Announce New Album And Weezy's Sentence Gets Pushed Back

Your daily dose of national music news for Wednesday, February 10, 2010...This year's Bonnaroo line-up has been announced.  Remember kids, it's never too early to stock up on your patchouli!The Gaslight Anthem have announced their new album, American Slang.Looks like nothing in Weezy's life ha ... More >>

Norah Jones, Other North Texans (Including Neon Indian, Who'll Also Play Fallon Thursday Night) Named to 2010 Bonnaroo Lineup

​ All day yesterday, (via Twitter) Bonnaroo went ahead and announced its lineup for this year ordeal, which will take place June 10-13 in Manchester, Tennessee, and it's a pretty impressive lineup featuring the likes of Stevie Wonder, Jay-Z, Dave Matthew Band, Kings of Leon and the Flaming Lips, w ... More >>

Today In Music News: Drummers Get Some Love, NIN Announces New Final Appearances and Smooth Jazz Gets The Boot

Your daily dose of national music news for Wednesday, July 8, 2009... Black Keys drummer Patrick Carney has started a band with four other drummers. The act is called... wait for it... Drummer.  Trent Reznor has already gone back on his word regarding his claims that NIN's last show was B ... More >>

Erykah Badu To Appear On Jimmy Kimmel Live Late Night with Jimmy Fallon Tonight

Fresh off her amazing solo performance and crowd-thrilling guest appearance with Snoop Dogg at Bonnaroo, Erykah Badu will make a "surprise" appearance tonight on Jimmy Kimmel Live Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. She'll be playing in and with Kimmel's Fallon's house band, The Roots, ... More >>

Sloppy Seconds: Blazing A Trail

Getting of the beaten path and trying new things can be especially rewarding when of comes to food, and this week on City of Ate proved it. From a Hophead excursion to Bonnaroo, to a taste of new gelato flavors for summer, we brought plenty of ways to avoid the same old thing.The Week in Review( ... More >>

Hophead: Camping Out In The 'Broo-er's Festival' Tent At Bonnaroo

Mark C. AustinHophead wasn't the only one thirsty for beer at Bonnaroo last weekend. Hophead spent a four-day weekend at the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival in Manchester, Tennessee. The music, comedy, people-watching and general chaos of the thing made for an outstanding trip. But one of the hig ... More >>

Bonnaroo: Peace, Love, Music... and Anarchy

Today In Music News: Fleet Foxes Like To Download, Panic Hits Voodoo Fest, Reznor Leaves Touring

Your daily dose of national music news for Monday, June 15, 2009... Fleet Foxes' Robin Pecknhold used to be an illegal music downloader. But he thinks it helped him make the music he and other bands are making today, so it's cool. The New Orleans Voodoo Festival has added touring monsters Wide ... More >>

Blogaroo 3: Preaching To The Converted at Bonnaroo

Music aside, one big part of the fun at Bonnaroo is just experiencing the interaction of strangers who would never have anything to do with each other outside of such a frenzied environment. This is true everywhere, from the open-air drug markets along "Shakedown Street" to the campgrounds to the sw ... More >>

Picture Show: Bonnaroo Performances, Bonnaroo Crowd and Bonnaroo Celebrities! Oh My!

Mark C. AustinJustin Long and Drew Barrymore They may have been in attendance, but, no, Bonnaroo isn't just for the stars of He's Just Not That Into You. Bands played too, y'know. Laymen walked about as well.And we have empirical proof of all that, thanks to a trio of slideshows patched together by ... More >>

Blogaroo '09: At Least The Comics Are Keeping Things Light...

As of Friday at noonish, nothing at the 2009 Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival has happened the way I've expected it to. Or the way I've thought it should've gone. Or the way Triumph the Insult Comic Dog thought it would either, for that matter.No surprise that there are lines for everything, but th ... More >>

Hophead: Homebrew Competition At Eno's Sunday

Hopefully entrants in Sunday's homebrew competition come up with something better than Skittlebrau.Whether you've got your own specialty beer you're dying to share with the world or you just like free mystery drinks, make sure you block out some time Sunday afternoon. From 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday, J ... More >>

Poster of the Week: John Congleton and Joey Kendall at Dan's Silverleaf Tonight

Tonight at Dan's Silverleaf, the brains behind two of the region's most mind-blowing acts, John Congleton (of The Paper Chase) and Joey Kendall (of Mount Righteous), will join forces on a bill that features each of these intriguing minds performing solo sets.The above poster for the show uses an ae ... More >>

Former Denton Resident Corn Mo Releases New EP, Playing Bonnaroo, Then Releasing LP. (Phew.)

As much Corn Mo as you can handle.It would seem that one of our own is doing quite well on the national scene. Jon Cunningham, aka Corn Mo, and his band, .357 Lover, are about to release their second EP, followed by a full-length effort coming in August. That full-length will be ca ... More >>

Today In Music News: Introducing DJ Hero and The 2009 Bonnaroo Lineup (Thanks, TV on the Radio!)

Your daily dose of national music news for Tuesday, February 3, 2009... First Guitar Hero gave us the ability to shred with our musical heroes. Now the makers of Guitar Hero will let unknown DJs move from their bedroom to the living room via DJ Hero. Yep, now you too can cut it up on the ones ... More >>

Is Ozzfest Really The Third-Highest Grossing Concert Of The Year?

"Good Karma And Circumstance" Got Badu Onstage With My Morning Jacket

The Internet Gives Badu & MMJ An Enthusiastic Two Thumbs Up!

Fleet Foxes

Fleet Foxes (Sub Pop)

We're So Ready for Blues with Jonathan Tyler

Twisters and Double Wides

Postmodern news you can use

My Morning Jacket

Thursday and Friday, November 16 and 17, at Gypsy Tea Room

My Trip

Texas Toe Jam

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

Prairie Beckons

Ol' "Blue Eyes"

Be Our Guest

If only some great Dallas festival was flagging down southbound SXSW drivers right now...

Citizen Cope

Tuesday, December 14

Lollapaloozers

This summer's best concert just got canceled. So what happened?

Don't Know How

On her way to the Top 10, Norah Jones had to decide what to do--and what not to do

Time Is Free

Widespread Panic may experiment, but it's all part of the song. Usually.