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Brill Building

  • Music

    November 10, 2011

    Sondre Lerche; here, in arms

    Thursday, November 10, at House of Blues' Cambridge Room.

  • Blogs

    September 8, 2011

    The Conversation: Is Playing Other People's Songs Respectable?

    Dallas disco cover band Le Freak​A well-timed cover can be just the thing to take a band's live performance from good to great. But if the execution of the song is off, it could blow the whole set. On the flip side, although playing a cover is a risky move, sometimes the rewards can make an artist ... More >>

  • Music

    November 4, 2010

    Magic Kids

    Friday, November 5, at The Cavern

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    August 27, 2009
  • Blogs

    December 19, 2008

    The Top 10 Reissues of 2008

    It's time to rank the best of what went around and came around again. BILLY JOEL The Stranger (Columbia/Legacy) As punk and disco exploded, the Piano Man's deeply unhip 1978 breakthrough proved that top-shelf Broadway/Brill Building songwriting could still sell - and, occasionally, rock. "Scen ... More >>

  • Film

    March 13, 2008

    Gus Van Sant Returns to Disaffected Youth and Shoestring Budgets in Paranoid Park

    It's time to rank the best of what went around and came around again. BILLY JOEL The Stranger (Columbia/Legacy) As punk and disco exploded, the Piano Man's deeply unhip 1978 breakthrough proved that top-shelf Broadway/Brill Building songwriting could still sell - and, occasionally, rock. "Scen ... More >>

  • Music

    May 3, 2007

    The Postmarks Always Sing Twice

    Florida's new export? Sweet, lush pop.

  • Music

    January 5, 2006

    Various Artists

    One Kiss Can Lead to Another: Girl Group Sounds Lost & Found (Rhino)

  • Music

    November 3, 2005

    Ripped Off

    When singing the blues, DISD's Corrine Silguero knows it helps to live through them

  • Music

    December 19, 2002

    Idol Chatter

    Before she was a "star," Kelly Clarkson was already in the studio

  • Music

    April 11, 2002

    Pop is Dead

    Hip-huh? Antipop Consortium doesn't expect you to get it at first.

  • Music

    March 7, 2002
  • Music

    December 13, 2001

    Jools Holland

    Small World Big Band (Warner Music UK)

  • Music

    November 23, 2000

    A Legend in the Making

    The Blond Bomber flies from Waxahachie to Alan Freed, with a Strat as his sole defense

  • Music

    July 20, 2000

    Out There

    Merritt badge

  • Music

    July 29, 1999

    Stacks of wax

    Adventures at the bottom of the music trade

  • Music

    May 20, 1999

    No depression

    With a new album, Radney Foster isn't so "heartbroke and then some" anymore

  • Music

    April 29, 1999

    1999 Dallas Observer Music Awards

    With a new album, Radney Foster isn't so "heartbroke and then some" anymore

  • Music

    February 18, 1999

    The seven-year itch

    It's one step forward, two steps back for XTC

  • Music

    December 24, 1998

    Listen up

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

  • Music

    December 17, 1998

    Roasting Chesnutt

    No one loves Vic Chesnutt like Vic Chesnutt

  • Music

    September 24, 1998

    Baby, it's them

    Elvis Costello and Burt Bacharach are not such unlikely partners

  • Music

    November 20, 1997

    Late in the evening

    The legacy of Simon and Garfunkel still shines true

  • Music

    November 6, 1997

    Rap gets puffy

    Sean "Puff Daddy" Combs fathers a return to hip-hop pop

  • Music

    August 28, 1997

    Power lines

    Jimmy Webb wrote one of the greatest songs ever, but don't tell him that

  • Film

    June 26, 1997

    Muscle bound

    Disney's Hercules is all brawn, no brain

  • Music

    May 22, 1997

    Timeless flights

    The Byrds soar though the changes

  • Music

    November 14, 1996

    Roadshows

    The Byrds soar though the changes

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