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Ten Must-See Concerts in DFW This Week: May 30-June 5

Hey guys, guess what. Scientists recently decided that the world could instantly turn into a solid state at any moment, so before that happens, go catch these 10 must-see concerts in DFW. Scroll down to make your bucket list, then find the link to this terrifying NPR article on page two.

Courtney Love, Smash Mouth, Icona Pop, Bob Schneider and More Top Show Announcements

More '90s bands are coming to town! The Dream is alive! Out of the bands below that I'm announcing are coming to town, a handful of them peaked a couple of decades ago. Now go watch that music video for the song "Good" by Better than Ezra to take you on a little trip down memory lane.

Ten Signs Your Favorite Band Is Past Its Prime

​Earlier this week, Weezer announced plans to partner with Carnival Cruise Lines to arrange the first ever "Weezer Cruise." The four-night voyage from Miami to Cozumel will also feature sets by the likes of Ozma, Dinosaur Jr., Wavves and loads of others.Never mind how awesome we think all this sou ... More >>

Bridesmaids: Still a Man's World

Stakes are high for comedy written by and starring women.

A Lotta Cox! When You Need to Get Out of the House, Go Straight to Hell at Texas Theatre.

​I hadn't seen Alex Cox's Straight to Hell since forever, but Barak Epstein at the Texas Theatre was kind enough to provide a copy yesterday in advance of its re-appearance at the Oak Cliff movie house tomorrow night -- the first of four nights paying homage to the filmmaker. Well, technically, it ... More >>

For Your Weekend Listening Pleasure: The Full-Custom Gospel Sounds of Arizona Dranes

​I've considered retiring this weekly feature many times in recent weeks; we're about out of the good stuff, I fear -- unless you're just dying for a ladies-choice between Linda Ronstadt at Reunion in '82 or Courtney Love and Hole at Deep Ellum Live in '94, which I'd briefly considered last night. ... More >>

Over The Weekend: Edgefest 2010 at Pizza Hut Park

Edgefest 2010Pizza Hut Park in FriscoMay 1, 2010Better than: watching the Kentucky Derby, although probably not if you were doing so from Churchill Downs' infield--because that's a party, folks.Phoenix headlined Edgefest's smaller stage on Saturday.​Believe it or not, there was music at Pizza Hut ... More >>

Calhoun Returns From The Dead, Releases New Demos, Hits Studio

Vishal Malhotra Calhoun's back, even if it's just those two on the left...​Over on the Fort Worth Star-Telegram's site today, a real treat for fans of Calhoun, one of the finest bands from that city: Seems the band, which called it quits last May, isn't done yet. And there's proof: A week ago toda ... More >>

Short Echoes: You Know You're Wrong

It was 15 years ago last week when a landscaper found Kurt Cobain's body sprawled out on the floor of his garage apartment. Time flies when you're dead, huh? His suicide will always be a shining example of why an aspiration to celebrity is such a vacuous exercise in ego. The guy could never admit ... More >>

Stereo Total Finds, After 15 Years Touring the World, People Are Pretty Much the Same Anywhere

Our annual Death Pool: Which artists will croak in '09?

Who should fear the reaper this year?

Dude Food: Grimaldi's

Grimaldi's Pizzeria3636 McKinney, Suite 190214-559-4611 Last night my ladyfriend and I decided on a pizza dinner at Grimaldi's in the West Village. If you haven't been yet, Grimaldi's is the first Dallas location of the chain which has served famously delicious coal-fired pizza pies to dudes like F ... More >>

Two-Timing

T-3 doubles your pleasure with House and Garden's interlocking production; not a lot of funny things happened at WaterTower's Forum

The Roaster

Jeffrey Ross visits the Lakewood

Two Local Reasons to Watch Runway, Like We Need 'Em

Zzzzz...Huh? Oh Yeah. That Mayor Thingy.

Helping the Healing

Nothing like a little hardball to help the Mavs forget

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Show Your Bones (Interscope)

Exit the Matrix

The Matrix: Path of Neo is more chop suey than chopsocky.

Navel-Gazing

Blame Game

The Buck passes as Rangers go riches to rags

Vue

July 4

Big, Wet Kiss

Richard Curtis is in Love with love, so what's new?

A Sad Salvation

At SXSW, you couldn't hear the bad news over all that music

Off Our Soapbox

Let SXSW stay in Austin. We're OK with that.

Mr. One-Man Show

David Cross is funny as hell. So why isn't he laughing?

Pink

May 15

Simple Simon

California Suite isn't Neil Simon's best, but Richardson Theatre Centre could have done worse

Not Fading Away

Buddy! The Buddy Holly Story showcases the important thing--the music

Family Values Tour

November 6

Say It, Don't Sing It

IFC's new documentary, Crossover

So real, it hurts

Sandra Berhard is still here

Grungy sipping

Il Solé's menu rocks. Unfortunately, so does the sound system.

Smells like Leif Garrett

Fifteen years later, The Melvins are still willing to provoke and confuse

By the book

Julie Speed tells her viewers all they need to know about her art -- and her

Freaks of the industry

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

Girl trouble

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

On and on

The Muffs' Kim Shattuck doesn't need a major label to be Alert Today

Out There

Carry that weight

While Fugazi continues to rage against the machine, it really just wants to be a regular ol' band

The great Pumpkin

With Adore, Billy Corgan has finally made a record as good as he thinks it is

Dream a little dream

During South by Southwest, the harsh reality is always a free drink away

Life is a carnival

The musical midway of Citizen Lane

Taking a stand

Rebellious Chef Danielle Custer creates a risky menu for Laurels

Dead man acting

Hollywood never realized that Tupac was always better than his movies

Little mascara

The wages of Lollapalooza's sin is Metallica and make-up

Joe Bob Briggs

Drive-In Movie Critic of Grapevine, TX

Fading star

Michael Jackson tells HIStory to whoever is left to listen to it

Reviews

Come, come

The Go-Go's return - again - to finish what they began 15 years ago