Collin Herring

Tonight, Tonight: British Sea Power at The Loft, Emmitt-Nershi Band at the Granada, Collin Herring at Lochrann's and One Red Martian at the Prophet Bar

It's a fairly packed Thursday evening of music tonight -- one that features local, national and even international talent.

Show Announcements: Seryn Benefit Show, Archers Of Loaf Reunion and Over 100 More...

Seryn​Denton's Seryn have been riding high since the release of their debut full-lenth, This Is Where We Are. And, in the midst of all the hype the band has been receiving, they've found a way to give back. On Saturday, April 16, at 7 p.m., the band will perform a benefit concert at Bethany Luther ... More >>

Show Announcements: True Widow, 35 Conferette Schedule, The Hope Trust, Bill Frisell, KT Tunstall, Portugal. The Man, Black Label Society, Slobberbone & More!

Steve VisneauTrue Widow​It's been three years since local slow-grinding act True Widow released their self titled debut album to local acclaim. But their debut grabbed the attention of Kemodo Records, who signed the band just last year. And now they are poised to release their follow up, the ridic ... More >>

Tonight, Tonight: Lucero at Club Dada, Colin Herring at Lola's, Norma Jean at The Door, Mojo Nixon at All Good Café, Civil Twilight at The Loft and Marnie Stern at Sons of Hermann Hall

Holy shit, Sherlock, we have a busy musical Thursday evening on our hands! If you can't find a quality show to go to tonight, then you're not a real fan of music.

Good Friday: DJ Lo Down Loretta Brown, The Flowers of God, The O's, The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band, The Mumbles, Collin Herring, Boys Named Sue & More!

Merry Rockmas​It's a weekend chock-full of holiday parties. The Granada Theater is throwing one, DayBowBow has one in Denton, The O's have one at Sons of Hermann Hall, and "The Orphanage" is hosting their fifth annual Christmas party at the Double Wide on Saturday night. The two slackers who host ... More >>

Local Music 'Mericans: Cindy Chaffin

Welcome to Local Music'Mericans, where we'll be meeting some people behind the local music scene who aren't musicians, but more behind-the-scenes folk.Jason JanikCindy Chaffin​Once upon a time, Cindy Chaffin was the mastermind behind Texas Gigs, a blog and database that ... More >>

Tonight, Tonight: The Octopus Project at South Side Music Haoll, Jason Bonham's Led Zeppelin Experience at the Fair Park Music Hall, The Queers at The Boiler Rom (in Denton), Corb Lund at The Granada and Robbie Fulks at All Good Café. Plus: A Few More!

By this busy line up of shows, you'd think it's already Friday.

Show Announcements: Wu-Tang Clan, Old 97's, Centro-matic, The Queers, Devil Wears Prada, Robert Earl Keen, The Goards, Hinder, Alien Ant Farm and More!

The Wu-Tang Bunch​The biggest show announcement we've had in a while--no, not you, Aaron Neville--is the Wu-Tang Clan's just-announced show at the Granada Theater on Friday, December 10. Although billed as an all-original line-up, there is a certain issue with one Old Dirty Bastard, who passed awa ... More >>

Show Announcements: Phosphorescent, Keane, Shakira, Mat Kearney, Built to Spill, Black Crowes,Jimmy Buffet, Jonas Brothers, Brad Paisley, Bel Biv Devoe and More!

Phosphorescent​Brooklyn-based Phosphorescent went from being an unknown indie poet scouring the globe and playing empty rooms to a critical darling almost overnight--many thanks to Willie Nelson. Matthew Houck, the man behind the moniker, made the risky decision to do an album of Nelson covers las ... More >>

Good Friday: Nouvelle Vauge Postponed, Vic Chesnutt Tribute Canceled, But You've Still Got True Widow, Louis Moholo-Moholo, The J.C. Experience, American Werewolf Academy, Baruch The Scribe, Collin Herring and More

​Aside from the snow, the big story this weekend is, of course, the NBA All-Star Game and the musicians, celebrities, models, gold-diggers and hookers swarming the city. This week's cover story tells you why this is such an important weekend for Dallas' mainstream-leaning hip-hop artists, and the ... More >>

Bonus MP3: Collin Herring - "Trazodone"

​Ft. Worth native Collin Herring's newest album, Ocho, may well be the singer/songwriter's best effort. And that's saying a lot considering Herring's past couple of releases, The Other Side of Kindness and Past Life Crashing, were stellar in their own right. If you caught my review of Herring's n ... More >>

Collin Herring

Ocho (Self-released)

Good Friday: The Lash Outs, True Widow, Les Americains, Kansas City Faggots, Collin Herring

Wait--it's just now the weekend? Coulda fooled us, as it's been hard not to feel like we're the only ones in the world working today...Oh, well. Anyway, here's your weekend. In music, of course.First, the shows we've already dropped knowledge on...Saturday night's a big 'un in Ellum, what with it ho ... More >>

The Top 20 Dallas Releases of 2008

Ranking the best albums Dallas, Denton and Fort Worth had to offer this past year

The Best Albums In Dallas Music, 2008: So Who Comes In At No. 1?

Assuming you've been keeping up with this blog, then, yep, you've seen me counting down my favorite local record releases of 2008, one record a day, for the past week and a half or so. Well, it all comes to an end right here, right now. Below, a recount of records No. 20 through No. 2. Then, after t ... More >>

The Best Albums In Dallas Music, 2008: Mount Righteous Happily Makes No. 5

Editor's Note: Over the next 10 days, I'll be presenting my favorite local records of the year, counting down from No. 10 to No. 1, one album a day. Keep checking back to see how the list pans out, and, in the meantime, click after the jump to see albums No. 20-11 in the Top 20 list that will update ... More >>

The Best Albums In Dallas Music, 2008: Sarah Jaffe's Even Born Again EP Hits No. 6

Editor's Note: Over the next 10 days, I'll be presenting my favorite local records of the year, counting down from No. 10 to No. 1, one album a day. Keep checking back to see how the list pans out, and, in the meantime, click after the jump to see albums No. 20-11 in the Top 20 list that will update ... More >>

The Best Albums In Dallas Music, 2008: Dem Southernfolkz's The Message Checks In At No. 10

Editor's Note: Over the next 10 days, I'll be presenting my favorite local records of the year, counting down from No. 10 to No. 1, one album a day. Keep checking back to see how the list pans out, and, in the meantime, click after the jump to see albums No. 20-11 in the Top 20 list that will update ... More >>

DOMA XX: Best Folk/Acoustic Act Nominees

DOMA XX: And The Nominees Are...

Last Night: The Whigs, What Made Milwaukee Famous, The Dead Trees and Collin Herring

Over The Weekend: Collin Herring, Trey Johnson, Mars Volta Ticket Winner

Last Night: Collin Herring at The Cavern

Collin Herring CD Release Show

Saturday, April 5, at The Cavern

Frontier Brothers, Calhoun, The Barons and Collin Herring

Friday, November 23, at The Aardvark

Dylan Sneed, Collin Herring and Slider Pines

Thursday, August 9, at the Double Wide

Pay Up or Shut Up, Preferably the Latter

MySXSW

Austin's biggest music fest was anything you wanted it to be. Dallas acts made theirs a blast.

Collin Herring, Cordelane, Doug Burr

Jesse Hughey

Odds & Ends

Radiant goes Over There, Ward Richmond goes to jail and every band in Dallas gets put on hold

Odds & Ends

Chomsky on Queer Eye; two local benefit concerts; Dallas Guitar Show returns

Young Gun

Collin Herring hits somewhere between Merle Haggard and Husker Du--and that's a good place to be

Drumroll, Please

Dallas Observer Music Awards 2005

Doesn't Jibe

A Dallas music fave calls it quits