Casio Inc.

How can I Get my Mexican Neighbor to Turn his Music Down?

Last Night: Lady Gaga at the American Airlines Center

Lady GagaAmerican Airlines CenterMarch 14, 2011Better than: missing out on the chance to see a pop icon like Gaga at her peak. Stephen MaskerRa ra, ra-ah-ah. Roma roma-ma. Gaga, oh la la.​"I am certain that Jesus must love EVERYBODY," Gaga roared into her mic at American Airlines Center last night ... More >>

Our Critics' Year-End Top Tens: Daniel Rodrigue Finds Something Happening About LCD Soundsystem's Promised Swan Song

In this week's paper, you may notice a piece including some of our DC9 writers' choices for best albums of the year. But, space being limited, we couldn't run all of our writers' lists. So, thanks to the power of the Internet, we're doing just that, right here.​ Former ... More >>

Clearing Out The Mailroom: Monday, December 20, 2010

​We've got quite a backlog of CDs we've never gotten around to, so we're going to try to chip away at the pile with this regular feature. The plan: to take a few at a time and play each CD for as long as I can stand it.Bryan Adams (Ontario, Canada)Bare Bones (Decca)If Bryan Adams hadn't have been ... More >>

There's Something for Everyone With These New Holiday Albums.

Good Friday: Ben Kweller, Rhett Miller, Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti, Os Mutantes, Deerhunter, Best Coast, Monotonix, Delorean, Magic Kids, Alejandro Escovedo, Bill Frisell, Suicidal Tendencies, DJ Shadow, Merle Haggard, Tumbledown & More!

Ben Kweller punching the bottom of Rhett Miller's head--for Cystic Fibrosis​This weekend's concert calender is abnormally full to the brim, but the show we're maybe most excited about is Ben Kweller and Rhett Miller's Cystic Fibrosis benefit concert at Granada Theater. Two of the biggest local ind ... More >>

Small Black, Class Actress, Sextape

Saturday, October 30, at The Cavern

Show Announcements: Black Tie Dynasty, Happy Birthday, Sundress, The Black Angels, Deer Hunter, Best Coast, Blitzen Trapper, Better Than Ezra, David Allan Coe, and others

Bill EllisonI can't tell if Black Tie Dynasty is saying hello or goodbye.​I always thought it would be kind of a great idea for a band to only play break-up or reunion shows. Think about it: You can get a lot of people to come to your last concert. And, likewise, when your band gets back together. ... More >>

Clearing Out The Mailroom: Paper Tongues, Gwyneth & Monko, Dave Gleason

​We've got quite a backlog of CDs we've never gotten around to, so we're going to try to chip away at the pile with this regular feature. The plan: to take a few at a time and play each CD for as long as I can stand it. Paper Tongues (Charlotte, NC) S/T (A&M) Are you more than a little bumme ... More >>

This Week In Dallas Music History: Street Beat Archives Yield Timeline On Deep Ellum's "Alleged Heyday"

For reasons unknown, 4 Reasons Unknown was the first of the Deep Ellum bands to land on MTV​Sure, this week's selection from the June 17-23 edition of the Observer is a bit of a calendar stretch that would have been better suited for last week, but, whatever, these archived issues don't tend to fa ... More >>

Clearing Out The Mailroom: Tuesday, June 15, 2010.

​We've got quite a backlog of CDs we've never gotten around to, so we're going to try to chip away at the pile with this regular feature. The plan: to take a few at a time and play each CD for as long as I can stand it.Widespread Panic (Athens, Georgia)Dirty Side Down (ATO)It's been reported mo ... More >>

Lovie

Because Of My Mattress (Self-released)

Paul Slavens' Improvisational Therapy

Introducing Kashioboy and his Chiptunes.

PVC Street Gang Pipes Up

Last Night: Deerhunter, Times New Viking and Nite Jewel at The Loft

Deerhunter, Times New Viking, Nite JewelThe LoftDecember 1, 2008Better than: Going to Vietnam, only to return with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. (Get it, movie buffs?)Deerhunter's Bradford Cox, with bells on. (Mikey Harris)With the bitter cold, little advertising and a post-holiday Monday for a bo ... More >>

Paul Slavens' Improvisational Therapy

Geek Chic

No More Heroes is hip, bloody and indispensable.

Check Out Ulises Via Free Songs

5 x 2 = 10

Five to remember...and five to hope for

Lord Have Mercy

Jesus Camp pitches its tent in the other America

Bright Idea

Show Up, 8/11-8/12

Nintendo Wizards

Senses are overloaded

at And/Or, the new gallery

on the block

Pop Rocks

The shiniest and catchiest of 2005's snap and fizz

Fishboy

Little D (Business Deal)

Fred Eaglesmith

Sunday, March 6

Divide and Convolute

Blueberry Boat has indie rockers confused: Are the Fiery Furnaces geniuses, hacks—or both?

Tree Wave

Cabana EP+ (Made Up Records)

Going Through Changes

Salim Nourallah, who's become a different man over the years, isreleasing three new recordings

Big Deal

A good idea grows up into a missed opportunity

We All Die Sumday

The rise—and fall—of the machines is still on Grandaddy’s mind

This Old House

Derrick Carter strengthens the dance-music pipeline between Dallas and Chicago

Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players

June 20

Erasure

Other People's Songs (Mute)

Tiger Trap

With so many other things to ask Le Tigre about, who's got time for music?

Trance Syndicate

Paul Oakenfold doesn't want to conquer America anymore. He just wants to make people dance.

The Fox and the Hounded

Or: How The Rondelles deal with being the cutest band on Earth

The sound of Deep Ellum

Or: How I went to London to find the next Jam, and found Rhett Miller instead

Out Here

Centro-matic

The weak in rock

Out Here

Johnnie Taylor

Out There

Magnetic Fields

Hamell on Trial

Out There

The Chemical Brothers
Moby

We can work it out

Baboon jumps out of the frying pan and into the fire in pursuit of major-label green

Out of a Trance

Trance Syndicate--Texas' best label--closes its doors, leaving Bedhead without a home

Deifying Dah-veed

David Garza worships at the altar of rock and roll

Pop mart

South by Southwest '97: Will guitars give up the ghost? Yes and no, but mostly no

The Hip-Hop Hustle

Tommy Quon and goldfinger found out that Dallas is no rapper's paradise