Destiny's Child

Roy Williams Likes it Slow

Girls Following Their Destinies

Summer suns and some aren't

Going steady with the singles of the summer

Powers Off

In Goldmember, Myers' mojo is running low

Scene, Heard

KRBV's change in format causes barely a ripple in the airwaves

Bilal / Usher / Chocolate Genius

1st Born Second (Interscope) / 8701 (Arista) / Godmusic (V2)

N.E.R.D.

In Search of N.E.R.D. (Virgin)

Don't Take Your Love to Town

Get your asses to Bass Hall for Kenny Rogers

How R&B has descended into Rap and Bullshit

Get your asses to Bass Hall for Kenny Rogers

What No. 1 Songs Tell Us About Inaugurations

History, as predicted by Inauguration Day's No. 1 hits

Haste the Day, Sick Puppies

Saturday, April 5, at House of Blues

Patriot Acts

Proof that George Bush doesn't have a monopoly on luvin' the U.S. of A.

Jackson Jive

Michael Jackson vowed to raise millions for 9/11 victims. And he hired a gay-porn producer pal to help.

Beyoncé

B-Day (Sony)

The Beatdown

Judging by his huge remix portfolio, Junior Vasquez is a house music senior

Kitty Litter

Steve Martin's Pink Panther piddles on its predecessor

Little Brother

Thursday, August 25, at the Gypsy Tea Room's Ballroom

Go Ahead, Tear Us Apart

Reality TV has turned Britney Spears, Bobby Brown, Howard Jones and INXS into fascinating punchlines

Odds & Ends

Chris Bell, bar anniversaries and the North Texas Rock Rally

Almost Legal

Conduit Gallery gets older and better

Miller's Crossing

Rhett Miller's The Instigator isn't the wreck of the Old 97's. It's just what he does.

Without Clearance

Or, how Eminem's new single spawned a dozen of the best (illegal) songs ever

Elvis Costello

When I Was Cruel (Island Def Jam)

Hear Here

Local music was better than ever in 2001

Soul Alone

N'Dambi doesn't need a record label. She just needs you to listen.

Out & About

Destiny's Child

Foxy Brown

Broken Silence (Def Jam)

Bless This Mess

The Go-Go's, sweethearts of pop, move beyond old sins

Five for Fighting

Selected Notes on Music, 2000

Listen Up

Who says 2000 was a bad year for music?

Holidaze

Unwrapping our annual roundup of musical season's greetings--and beatings

100 Bullets

MTV and Rolling Stone pick the 100 greatest pop songs ever, "from The Beatles to the Backstreet Boys." We demand a recount.

Hop online

Is Russell Simmons' 360HipHop.com the best hope to bring hip-hop culture onto the Internet?

Texas weakly

The Monthly's music issue strikes a bum note

Yule be sorry

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

Signing off

Local talent scout Teresa LaBarbera-Whites discovered singing sensation Jessica Simpson the way she always does: without even trying

Last Night: Beyonce at American Airlines Center

BeyonceAmerican Airlines CenterJuly 5, 2009 Better than: Filming my own Youtube version of "Single Ladies." Dallas was lucky to have Beyonce stop by last night on her international "I Am" tour de force. From start to finish, the show was phenomenal: Not only was it a showcase of her powerful, ... More >>

Weekend Roundup: Less Than Jake, Beyonce, Demi Lovato, Rhett Butler

Warped Tour at Superpages.com Center on Sunday, July 5Anti-Flag, Bad Religion and Less Than Jake headlined the 15th annual Warped Tour. For $40, it offered something for all types of Hot Topic-clad teenage rockers, from the roots of punk to the MySpace man of glamour, Jeffree Star. That's fierce... ... More >>

DC9er Mixtape, Vol. 7: Yeahdef

​This week's DC9er takes you behind the booth, North of the Dial style, with Denton-based, eclectic party-DJ, Joey Liechty aka Yeahdef. Liechty has been DJing for the past 7 years, and is the founder of  '90s night, one of Denton's hottest dance nights, bringing people from Denton and Dallas ... More >>

Over The Weekend: The Hood Internet at The Loft

The Hood Internet, Yeahdef, Red SeanThe LoftJune 25, 2010 Better Than: sitting on the wall like you were Poindexter. Mattie StaffordSee the rest of the night's pics in our slideshow.​Going to see Chicago's Hood Internet, I figured the crowd would be predominately college-age and looking for a par ... More >>

The Problem With... Beyonce's "Run the World (Girls)"

After a year away from music, Mrs. Sean Carter is now looking to get back on the spotlight. Tracks from the 2008 release I Am... Sasha Fierce endured for a while. With "Video Phone," she pushed the gadget industry to include video phone functionality, which the iPhone eventually did. "Single La ... More >>

In Defense of... Kelly Rowland's "Motivation (feat. Lil Wayne)"

I sympathize with Kelly Rowland, I really do. It must suck being constantly overshadowed by your former Destiny's Child groupmate Beyoncé. Really: If Rowland cured cancer tomorrow, the story would probably be buried under another one about Beyoncé's breakfast.