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DJ Woodtronic Knows a Good Oddity When He Sees One, and He Sees Plenty in DFW

Photo by Allan Hayslip Known for his sophistication as a DJ, Reid Robinson (a.k.a. Woodtronic) gets groovy, laid back gigs spinning at spots like the Perot Museum and outdoor shows in Dallas Arts District. Not to say he can't pump (and punk) it up if needed...you can also see him spinning pretty reg ... More >>

Katy Perry's Part of Me? More Like Part of Meh.

This week, America got two helpings of fantasy in the theaters: The Amazing Spider-Man and Katy Perry: Part of Me. As of July 4, both were rated 71% on Rotten Tomatoes. So why did a dude like me choose to see Katy Perry: Part of Me? Well, when I saw Perry last summer at Verizon Theatre, the cool-ja ... More >>

Hollywood Records' John Nicholson Knows How To Make Pyrotechnics Out of Tomato Juice Cans and Gunpowder

Welcome to Local Music 'Mericans, where we get to know the people behind the scenes in Dallas/Fort Worth music. Lima, Peru, native John Nicholson has helped out a lot of DFW musicians over the years. His early gigs included Sound Warehouse, Bill's Records and label promotion for Polygram, A&M and V ... More >>

Bruce Corbitt of Rigor Mortis: "One Day We're Getting Signed To Capitol Records And The Next I Am Getting Stabbed In The Back Five Times At A Show."

Hugely influential on the local metal scene, Rigor Mortis' violent live performances throughout the mid-to-late-'80s are the stuff of legend. Vocalist Bruce Corbitt was fired in 1989 and the band was never the same. Luckily, after a 20-year cooling off period, the original line-up has been playing r ... More >>

Shelby Lynne Reveals a Little More

For Your Hanukkah Listening Pleasure: Richard Thompson Turns the Tide at Poor David's in '91

​That crazy website I stumbled across at the end of last week, the one that turned up those Zevon shows from '93, is proving to be quite the treasure trove; and just when I was about to ditch this feature too. Don't think I'm not this close to spending all day tomorrow posting picks from the vault ... More >>

A.A. Bondy, Gold Leaves

Saturday, November 12,at the Prophet Bar.

Kevin Devine Talks Nirvana, Politics and Your Texas Rangers: "You Guys Got a Good Club!"

Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter Kevin Devine is such an avid fan of the New York Mets that he named his first band Miracle of 86 in honor of that baseball club's surprising victory overthe Boston Red Sox in that year's World Series.But Devine is far more than a fan of The Great Game. He's an astute ... More >>

Deion Sanders Collaborates With Snoop? Merle Haggard's Got Song About Wash? Yes and Yes.

The Old School Brother.​It's been a weird, surprisingly musical week in Dallas sports, y'all. For starters, recent Hall of Fame inductee Willie Beamen Deion Sanders is back in action on the hip-hop front. Sanders, you may recall, released a Dallas Austin-produced hip-hop album called Prime Time in ... More >>

The Decemberists Enjoy Stardom On Their Own Terms.

Pomplamoose's DIY Revolution

Local bands turn to Kickstarter to fund their next release.

Interpol's Confidence Doesn't Reflect Recent Lineup Changes

OK Go Moves Past The Labels

Warbeast

Krush The Enemy (Housecore Records)

About Tonight's "Secret Screening" at the Dallas International Film Festival ...

​If you look at tonight's schedule for the Dallas International Film Festival, you'll notice there's a "secret screening" scheduled for 10:30 p.m. at the Magnolia. The producers have asked we not reveal the title of the documentary for, well, let's say pragmatic purposes: By keeping the name of th ... More >>

Today in Music News: The Gamblers Get A Nod, Modest Mouse Releases Ledger Video, Alan W. Livingston Passes

Your daily dose of national music news for Monday, March 16, 2009... The former Dentonites in The Riverboat Gamblers were named in Rolling Stone writer David Fricke's "Fricke's Picks" this week. Modest Mouse will soon release the Heath Ledger-directed video for their b-side, "King Rat".& ... More >>

Will Rock Band and Guitar Hero Save Us?

Are rocker videogames the new MTV—and will they help us save the music universe?

Know Dick?

Dale's much more than just that "Miserlou" guy

Marathon Run

Austin's Sound Team knows blog hype doesn't buy much more than PB&Js

"Dallas Rag" and Other Stomps

Strung Up

CMH Records is having a classical gas with every band, like, ever

Talented Success

The Mermaid Purse is a supergroup, sort of?

The Star Spangles

Bazooka!!! (Capitol)

Phight Phair

Liz Phair is once again an exile in guyville

Bum Deal

Mandy Moore's going to be around for a while--but that doesn't mean you should see her movies

Good Times

The Hag brings his songs to Fort Worth this week

Jimmy Eat World

Bleed American (DreamWorks)

Here and There

Ten from Dallas and England and all points in between

The artist formerly known as print

Our quarterly roundup of the latest in music books

Pat's the rub

The Smithereens' Pat DiNizio is playing in a living room near you

Daughter of the chaos

Luscious Jackson's Jill Cuniff explains why it shouldn't be called "news"

Hometown heroes

Let's do it again, one more time

The show-me slate

DeRogatis' Top 10 Reasons for Living in 1999

Pickin' a winner

CMH Records has given '80s faves a musical makeover, whether you like it or not

Young man inside an old man

With Mock Tudor, Richard Thompson proves you can go home again

Frustrated

You got the Knack a long time ago, but Doug Fieger thinks you need it again

Fake the money and run

Steve Miller learned everything he knows about music while living in Dallas--but has he forgotten it all?

Out There

Hammered

When Kevin Abdullah wrote a rap song for his idol MC Hammer, he thought he was getting his big break. Instead, he got screwed.

Robert Wilonsky's best albums of 1997

Deck the malls

This season's Christmas album offerings

Everything's just fine

Coming down with the Dandy Warhols

Events for the week

Out Here

Events for the week

From hereto eternity

Frank Sinatra isn't dead.He's just an 80-year-old man

Roadshows

Reviews