Christina Aguilera

Marriage Proposals, $16 Margaritas and Other Things Seen and Overheard at Chris Botti's Verizon Theatre Show

​Let me make myself clear: I love Chris Botti's music. Not in an ironic or tongue-in-cheek way. Yes, Botti, the trumpet player who's played with everyone from Sting to Josh Groban to Steven Tyler. He's the kind of guy your parents love, along with Celine Dion and Barbra Streisand. This admis ... More >>

A Spune Christmas, Moby, Man Or Astro-man? and a Very Solid Weekend of Shows

Telegraph Canyon headlines A Spune Christmas at Dada​It's a big weekend for shows any way you cut it. Tonight's A Spune Christmas party at Dada with Telegraph Canyon and Air Review is certainly one of your better options, especially if you like free tacos and free beer. Saturday night, however, is ... More >>

Switch Turns on Rio Room with a Less-Than-Edgy Set

DJ Dave Taylor, aka Switch.​The Winter Night Lights series at Rio Room is the staff's attempt to bring edgier, more underground (for lack of a better word) DJ's to town. At least edgier and more underground than the Vegas-style top 40 or electro house sets that can typically be heard at Rio Ro ... More >>

Selena Gomez Says She's Almost Done With Music

DJ Dave Taylor, aka Switch.​The Winter Night Lights series at Rio Room is the staff's attempt to bring edgier, more underground (for lack of a better word) DJ's to town. At least edgier and more underground than the Vegas-style top 40 or electro house sets that can typically be heard at Rio Ro ... More >>

Good Friday: Homegrown Music & Art Festival, and the Rest of This Weekend's Shows

Seriously: Does anyone have any new photos of Neon Indian?​This weekend's biggest show will give local music fans a good reason to get outside: On Saturday, Homegrown Music & Art Festival will feature performances from Neon Indian, School of Seven Bells and a handful of other bands with local ... More >>

An exciting Super Bowl game couldn't rescue North Texas from a disastrous Super Bowl week.

Seriously: Does anyone have any new photos of Neon Indian?​This weekend's biggest show will give local music fans a good reason to get outside: On Saturday, Homegrown Music & Art Festival will feature performances from Neon Indian, School of Seven Bells and a handful of other bands with local ... More >>

Packers 31, Steelers 25: My Top 10 Observer-ations

​10. Can't believe I just watched Troy Polamalu play like Alan Ball. And James Harrison like Anthony Spencer. I know Harrison had a sack, but for the most part those playmakers were non-factors. 9. Biggest play of the game was Rashard Mendenhall's fumble at Green Bay's 36 on the first pl ... More >>

Let's Not Complain About Super Bowl Weekend.

​10. Can't believe I just watched Troy Polamalu play like Alan Ball. And James Harrison like Anthony Spencer. I know Harrison had a sack, but for the most part those playmakers were non-factors. 9. Biggest play of the game was Rashard Mendenhall's fumble at Green Bay's 36 on the first pl ... More >>

Grace Potter's Bringing Sexy Back

​10. Can't believe I just watched Troy Polamalu play like Alan Ball. And James Harrison like Anthony Spencer. I know Harrison had a sack, but for the most part those playmakers were non-factors. 9. Biggest play of the game was Rashard Mendenhall's fumble at Green Bay's 36 on the first pl ... More >>

The 15 Worst ...and Friends! Albums Of All-Time

​It's hard not to remember Santana's 1999 album Supernatural. Besides just the Rob Thomas collab "Smooth," which we've spent the past decade trying to erase from our memories, the album received a lot of attention at the time for being one of those records that featured a different collaboration w ... More >>

Idol Rich: And the Winner Is...

​This is, essentially, a "closure" post. I think we all have to come terms with the fact that Fort Worth/Cool's Casey James was let go in favor of the inferior Lee DeWyze. Whether or not I think CJ should be the American Idol, I've blogged the finale because he and a couple of other North Texans w ... More >>

Project Recap: Cher-iously, Not Another Bridal Gown Challenge?

As long as Richardson's Shirin Askari is on the show, we'll watch. But if she's auffed, we're so off.​This week on Project Runway, which we're one local contestant auffing away from turning off forever, Heidi Klum flounced out on the runway and announced that the designers would have to pick new m ... More >>

Ticketmaster and Livenation Merger Hearings Reveal a Hell of a Secret: Bands Get a Cut of Service Fees

As long as Richardson's Shirin Askari is on the show, we'll watch. But if she's auffed, we're so off.​This week on Project Runway, which we're one local contestant auffing away from turning off forever, Heidi Klum flounced out on the runway and announced that the designers would have to pick new m ... More >>

Is Dallas Boxer Luis Yanez a Future World Champion or Just a Suburban Myth?

He was an Olympic disappointment, but with his first pro fight on Friday, Yanez is out to prove he's the real deal.

"An Unfilled Hole": CBS Dallas VP Explains Movin' From Dance Music to Spanish Pop

These have been busy days over at CBS Radio Dallas: First, it turned chatty Live 105.3 into the sportsy The Fan. Then, mid-song yesterday, all-day dance party Movin' 107.5 became the puro Español Mega 107.5, described by Kurt Johnson, VP of programming for CBS Radio Dallas, as "Dallas's first and o ... More >>

Pole Dancing—Good for the Body, But What About a Woman's Soul?

How powerful can a woman be when she's dangling by a leg and touching her "teaser"?

In Shine a Light, Seniors Scorsese and The Stones Together Again

How powerful can a woman be when she's dangling by a leg and touching her "teaser"?

Tube Boobs

American Dreamz's nation

of idiots lands a little close

to home

Star Factory

At Septien Vocal Studio, anyone can make it in music. But you've got to be cute. And a million bucks would help too.

Pirates of Conspiracy

The artists of Oh6 turn assassination into comic revelry

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The artists of Oh6 turn assassination into comic revelry

Method Rocking

Minnie Driver and Juliette Lewis have started bands. Come on, you know you're curious.

Capsule Reviews

Our critics weigh in on local theater

Capsule Reviews

Our critics weigh in on local theater

20 Bands 7 Days

For one week, Sarah Hepola saw every band that invited her. God help her.

Dance Off

Local dance troupes prove it's a small world after all

Bad Boy

Peer Gynt is a cautionary tale in tights

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Peer Gynt is a cautionary tale in tights

Anatomy Lesson

At Kitchen Dog, Hedwig proves size does matter; Flower Drum Song sounds lovely at Fair Park

How You Doin'?

Plus: Never Been Kissed; Wanted

Minority Report

Hispanic Expo offers diversity, free stuff

Phight Phair

Liz Phair is once again an exile in guyville

Idol Worship

From Kelly to critics: I ain't going nowhere, darn it

Avril Lavigne

Performs May 4

Scavenger Hunt

The best was hard to find, harder still to ignore

Blonde Ambition

Princess Superstar could be the first white-girl rapper to break through to the mainstream

Bang to Hype

At SXSW, it's all about the buzz, not the Buzz Band

Scene, Heard

Don't put Trees in a pine box just yet.

Ransom Notes

Can one man convince millions of people to pay for their "free" music?

Best Reason Only Johnny Cash Should Be Allowed to Sing Johnny Cash Songs

Colin Boyd

Ring my Bell

The BellRays lay the groundwork for a soul-punk revolt

Body shots

Mariah Carey's new video is an insult to your intelligence, but it's much more than that

The other F-word

Eminem's mind-blowing Marshall Mathers LP promises to spark feverish free-speech debates

Hot and bothered

The city's ordinance governing topless clubs is a joke. But Bachman Lake-area residents are determined to get rid of the clubs by any means necessary.

Freaks of the industry

A guide to music on the Web that the RIAA isn't worried about

Yule be sorry

All we want for Xmas is Jessica's two front teats

Girl trouble

Rock and roll is still a man's, man's, man's, man's world