Elliott Smith

The 15 Greatest Original Film Scores From the Past Decade

Established musicians composing film scores is nothing new. Some of the best scores of the last 50 some odd years have come from pop stars: Dylan's score for Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid, Danny Elfman's whole career and Queen's legendary Flash Gordon score. With the rise of various indie studios worl ... More >>

The 10 Must-See Bands at 35 Denton

Ten Movie Moments That Were Made By The Music

Last week saw the limited release of Paul Thomas Anderson's The Master, and the director is currently receiving the type of media love reserved for those who rarely misstep and whose work is hailed as classic the moment it's released. What's always interested me about Anderson is his ability to perf ... More >>

Baruch the Scribe - Dan's Silverleaf - 3/2/12

Baruch the Scribe Dan's Silverleaf Friday, March 2 In what seemed like a battle for most effects processors and pedals, Denton's Baruch the Scribe headlined Dan's on Saturday night with the Coves, Botany and the very slick, very talented Gold Beach out of Austin. Their new seven-song LP, Intentions ... More >>

For Your Late Wednesday Listening Pleasure: Elliott Smith, Between the Bars at Trees in '99

​We had hoped to end the day by telling you which redistricting map the city council's going to send to the Department of Justice. That will not happen, at least not in the next little while: After Mayor Mike Rawlings took council members Tennell Atkins and Delia Jasso into a back room to hash out ... More >>

Avi Buffalo

Friday, August 5, at Dada

Listomania: Ten Songs That Love the Beatles

Apple's HomepageGood News, Everyone!​This morning, a headline on CNN read, "Beatles come to iTunes." Innocuous enough, yes, but, gosh, where the hell else are you going to buy music from (arguably) the world's biggest band? At Best Buy? Apple's official announcement (the above pic is from their ho ... More >>

Today In Music News: Smith Gets Defaced, Scarlett Wants To Be Courtney And Beiber Fever Is A Helluva Drug

Your daily dose of national music news for Thursday, May 6, 2010...Either Roger Waters or one of his minions don't care to much for Elliot Smith...Scarlett Johansson says she wants to play Courtney Love in a Nirvana movie.  Uh, Scarlett... you're not skanky enough and you're too top-heavy.The ... More >>

For Your Weekend Listening Pleasure: The Complete Elliott Smith Covers Collection

​Every now and then I check in on Hurst's Jessica Peters to see how her Elliott Smith doc is coming. It would appear her film about the singer-songwriter, who lived here from the time he was 5 to 13, remains a work-in-progress. Fingers crossed she gets it done sooner than later, as we've already h ... More >>

Snow Angels: Everywhere Tom Hicks Looks, He Finds a Billionaire Willing to Bail Him Out

​So, Mark Cuban's interested in biting off a piece of that Dallas Stars Popsicle -- not the whole thing, mind you, just a taste. So he told Randy Galloway yesterday: "I have talked to somebody who is interested in buying the team, and I told them I would try to help them get a deal done." Makes go ... More >>

This Cinco de Mayo, give the mariachis a break from the old standbys

Echoes and Reverberations: You Shoot, We Score

Texas music looks great. It provokes the imagination and illustrates the intangible. For years, we've been providing the necessary flavor to help filmmakers tell their stories. It's what we do; we're obviously good at this kind of thing. And it goes both ways: Movie soundtracks are the kind of thin ... More >>

The Whigs look to establish themselves live

Another Matter Entirely

The members of The Theater Fire are as different as Lightness and Darkness

It Takes Forever to Deface a Dumpster

Elliott Smith, Amongst the Trees

Sean Lennon, Kamila Thompson, Women and Children

Friday, March 30, at the Gypsy Tea Room

Robert Gomez

Brand New Towns (Bella Union)

Granada Theater Fire

Brave New Christmas

Alternative holiday jams

Straylight Run, Matt Pond PA, Kevin Devine

The Best Song Around "These Days"

Future Imperfect

Renaissance is black and white and a little dead all over

Pegasus (Right) Now

OK Piano

Christopher O'Riley leads a classical revolution

Various artists

To: Elliott, From: Portland (Expunged)

Our critics' top 10 albums

Move Away and Shine

After scoring the movie Thumbsucker, The Polyphonic Spree ponders what could come next. Perhaps a musical?

Pajo

Pajo (Drag City)

Lucero, The Honorary Title

Wednesday, July 27, at Galaxy Club

Best City Ever

If you think Dallas' music scene is slipping, then you're obviously missing the shows

Ben Folds

Songs for Silverman (Epic)

Chris Holt

Wednesday, March 9, at the Barley House

Eisley, Radiant*

Friday, December 31

Sondre Lerche

Saturday, November 20, at Gypsy Tea Room

Jon Brion

I Heart Huckabees Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Milan)

Petra Haden and Bill Frisell | Alison Moyet

Petra Haden and Bill Frisell (Songline/Tonefield) | Voice (Sanctuary)

Remembering Elliott

Our music writers discuss their favorite Elliott Smith songs

Ashes on Everything

A year after Elliott Smith's suicide, a writer remembers the aftermath of the singer-songwriter's death

Various Artists

Future Soundtrack for America (Barsuk Records)

20 Bands 7 Days

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

Bolton No More in ’04

And other New Year’s resolutions we’re not sticking with

From Me to You

A mix CD for 2003

Following Suit

When record labels finally pay attention to Dallas, they usually likewhat they see

Ash, Goldenboy

November 9

A Good Idea, But...

The Granada Theater as a live music venue only works in theory

Quasi

The Sword of God (Touch & Go Records)

Here and There

Ten from Dallas and England and all points in between

Just Beautiful

A year so good, not even Sleater-Kinney makes the Top 10

South by so what

Putting the jest in music fest