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Brill Building

  • 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 >>

  • Music

    November 14, 1996

    Roadshows

    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 22, 1997

    Timeless flights

    The Byrds soar though the changes

  • Film

    June 26, 1997

    Muscle bound

    Disney's Hercules is all brawn, no brain

  • Music

    August 28, 1997

    Power lines

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

  • Music

    November 6, 1997

    Rap gets puffy

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

  • Music

    November 20, 1997

    Late in the evening

    The legacy of Simon and Garfunkel still shines true

  • Music

    September 24, 1998

    Baby, it's them

    Elvis Costello and Burt Bacharach are not such unlikely partners

  • Music

    December 17, 1998

    Roasting Chesnutt

    No one loves Vic Chesnutt like Vic Chesnutt

  • Music

    December 24, 1998

    Listen up

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

  • Music

    February 18, 1999

    The seven-year itch

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

  • Music

    April 29, 1999

    1999 Dallas Observer Music Awards

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

  • Music

    May 20, 1999

    No depression

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

  • Music

    December 13, 2001

    Jools Holland

    Small World Big Band (Warner Music UK)

  • Music

    December 19, 2002

    Idol Chatter

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

  • Film

    March 13, 2008

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

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

  • 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

    April 11, 2002

    Pop is Dead

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

  • Music

    March 7, 2002
  • 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

    August 27, 2009
  • Music

    November 4, 2010

    Magic Kids

    Friday, November 5, at The Cavern

  • 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 10, 2011

    Sondre Lerche; here, in arms

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

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