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Ten Raver Tips on How to Dress for Ultra 2013

They danced. They rolled. They yelled: Glitter! Yes, these are ten talkative fashionistas of Ultra Music Festival 2013. Certainly, there were some better dressed, and others more sensibly garbed. But the following folks found during night one of 2013's three-day shit fest -- they were the ones who ... More >>

Inside the Mind of Charlie Sheen

In 10 Years, Channing Tatum and Company Stake Out Adulthood.

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 >>

The 10 Best Music Videos Featuring Puppets

​On Saturday, the world celebrated the birthday of the late master of puppets and all-around creative genius Jim Henson. Henson modernized the age-old art of puppetry by using foam rubber to coat the puppets' limbs. Previously, most TV puppets were made of carved wood. But Henson believed that fo ... More >>

Whitt's End: 8.12.11

​Whether you've reached the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt's End: *Just stop it with the calls for Stephen McGee to get more playing time, or even be elevated to No. 2. Watch the game. He's horrible. He can overcome sloppy footwork, inaccuracy and a lack ... More >>

Listomania: Four Dance Videos That May Have Inspired Thom Yorke's "Lotus Flower" Moves

Last week, without a great deal of forewarning, Radiohead surprised fans by releasing their latest album, King of Limbs, only five days after announcing its impending release. And although it hasn't been out all that long, it is already being hailed as perhaps the band's "most challenging" album yet ... More >>

A Field Guide to Dallas Wildlife

For Fans Who Want to Belly Up to the Bars and Those Who Inhabit Them

DC9er Mixtape, Vol. 22: DJ INDO

​DJ INDO, born Ricky Roe, grew up with music as an integral part of his life, and it was his love for music, alongside inspiration from his father and brother, that led him to DJ. When he first got started, nearly four years ago, DJ INDO explored a wide variety of sounds: "I would try spinning all ... More >>

35 Songs Hollywood Needs To Stop Using

"Somebody Once Told Me The World..." SHUT UP​Dear Hollywood, We know it's hard to cut trailers, and you want to the maximum possible appeal. It's understandable, and we all know the game. Unfortunately, you've recently achieved critical mass on one subject: overused, hackneyed trailer songs. Some ... More >>

Top 100 Most Annoying Summer Songs

Shut up, Jimmy Buffett.​You know what really gives us the summertime blues? "Summertime Blues," not to mention other maddening summer hits like "All I Wanna Do," "Margaritaville" or the shotgun-in-mouth-inducing "Hot Hot Hot." It's bad enough global warming is cooking the planet like a plastic cu ... More >>

David Byrne Collaborates With St. Vincent And Totally Blogs About It, OMG

​ About a month ago, we all stumbled across a clip of Dallas native St. Vincent (nee Annie Clark, duh) and one David Byrne performing together at The Allen Room in New York City. At that show, the two performed a song called "Breathing"--which, turns out, was just the tease of a collaboration that ... More >>

The 10 Musical Acts I'd See If I Was on Death Row

Basia - Because it is, after all, MY list.​Last Thursday I saw a band called MuteMath at The Palladium. Very decent, but in the big picture not quite funky enough or not nearly hard enough for my musical lusting. While there I was thinking - ya know, like you do - whether I'd like ... More >>

What It Was Like: Pete Tong, Late of the Pier, Peter Bjorn & John, Angus & Julia Stone, School of Seven Bells, Zee Avi

Pete Freedman School of Seven Bells' Benjamin Curtis at Buffalo Billiards.The first night of SXSW saw four pretty major draws around town--Echo and the Bunnymen at Emo's; The Decembrists at Stubbs; St. Vincent, Department of Eagles and M. Ward at the Central Presbyterian Church; Peter Bjorn & ... More >>

The Crystal Method

Saturday, December 13, at the Lizard Lounge

Frozen Assets

Once the darlings of Dallas, the Stars and their sport are mired in obscurity

2005 Dallas Observer Music Awards

Case Solved: Killer musicians captured, thanks to your tips

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Palookaville (Astralwerks)

Blur

Think Tank (EMI)

Pig Chattin'

Stephen Malkmus on his new album, Fatboy Slim and the Jicks

Missing His Cue

Would-be auteur Mars Callahan stumbles on a Rocky road

FC Kahuna

Machine Says Yes (Nettwerk America)

The Prince

At long last, the Godfather's son makes his first film, and it was not easy

Rave On

Electronic acts make a good showing around town

Timo Ellis

The Enchanted Forest of Timo Ellis (Records and Tapes)

Various Artists

Off-Centre: A Riot on Old Street (BBE), Beats & Pieces Volume Two (BBE), Funk Rock (BBE)

Mirwais

Production
(Epic Records)

Just Beautiful

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

Fatboy Slim

Halfway Between the Gutter and the Stars (Astralwerks)

Shut Up, Jeremy!

Two rock critics tackle all 25 live Pearl Jam albums, and for what? Nothing, man

Out There

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Letters

Man for Marrs... And woman; Smooth-running machine ;They're not so petty; At least he laughed; Stirring the crock

Better's not better

A new electronic-music documentary clears the dance floor

Green light

Human Traffic is the rave movie that Doug Liman's Go should have been

Being Spike Jonze

The acclaimed rock-video director has made one of the year's oddest, funniest films. So why is he scared of his own shadow?

You Beta, you bet

The elusive Beta Band turns cuckoo clocks and laser gunshots into definition-dodging sounds that -- somehow -- make perfect sense

Under control

The Chemical Brothers' beats may be rockin' fewer blocks, but they won't Surrender

Clearing samples

Moby returns to electronic music, and he's ready to Play

Well-cut gem

Doug Aitken collapses the boundaries between art, film, and storytelling in his Diamond Sea, and without thinking about it too much

Out There

What you bought in 1998

More Top 10 lists, sort of

Listen up

1998 was not a very good year, but it's still worth the bother

Beat down

Dallas' hip-hop scene is more vital than ever, but you'd never know it: no clubs, no radio, no major-label deals. But the musicians, some of this city's best, refuse to give up.

Out There

Steady breakin'

Jeff K and Kelly Reverb put the needle on the record and dance, dance, dance

Back in the game

At 38, Public Enemy's Chuck D goes 'where no age has gone before'