I am going to overlook my fear of octopus tentacles and endorse this show tonight, not only because it's free and at a doughnut shop, but because the lineup is pretty yankin', and includes a set from Budapest folk combo Morzsa Records.
Last October, North of the Dial featured a story about how The Heartstring Stranglers were dealing with losing one of the band's founding members. Next week, the chamber-folk act's frontman Freddie Schulze and cellist Emily Hertz leave Denton, bound for Budapest, where the pair will spend the ne ... More >>
OK, so there's a clause at the bottom of the press release we just received--y'know "The list is subject to change" blah, blah blah--but lo and behold, here it is: The first round of announced performers for the 23rd SXSW festival, schedule to take place this year March 18-22. After the jump, the c ... More >>
The Drams are the Best
Kona's tasty happy hour won't break the bank
Brent Best and his longtime friends in the Drams don't have a bone to pick
Fateless paints a stunning portrait of a Jewish teen's death-camp survival
Thursday, November 17, at Barley House
Members of Slobberbone return to do bigger--and perhaps better--things as The Drams
If you think Dallas' music scene is slipping, then you're obviously missing the shows
Midlake on The Late Late Show; enter The Drams; and say bye-bye to Sara Radle
Get It Wrong It's Alright (Zounds Soundsa)
Local musicians pick their favorite albums of 2004
Saturday, October 30, at Club Clearview
Local bands unite!
Poignant but a bit flaccid, Gloomy Sunday almost satisfies
The Danube flows in unexpected directions at Kitchen Dog Theater
Budapest One's Keith Killoren and Chad Stockslager find their future in the past
Éva Gárdos delivers an autobiographical culture clash
Counting down the days 'til February
Revisiting the best local albums of 2000
We knocked over the stack of local releases and found eight you need to hear
Budapest One, Bobgoblin & Adventures of Jet
Hardly a shock
Long-overdue debuts
Todd Deatherage's newest up for grabs; Buzz-Oven reheats; New info on Centro-matic and Polyphonic Spree discs
End hits
Adventure Club's b-day bash; "Surreal" multi-act bills; Funland reunited (sort-of); Get a job
North Texas by South by Southwest
Good/Bad beauty pageant; Storefront Daisy; Zac loves Caulk; Plus, plugs a plenty
First Fridays at The Galaxy
Will this year's best local records survive the millennium?
New releases from Last Beat, Darlington, Centro-matic, and Lift to Experience; Black Sabbath tribute night
Texas artist Frank X. Tolbert2 gives us a new look at the Old World
The Contemporary British Painters exhibit soothes the critic's savage breast
March 4 - 10, 1999
Passionate, not sentimental, The Last Days chronicles the Hungarian Holocaust
Budapest One is a brand-new band making some venerable -- and tremendous -- rock and roll
