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Jon Brion

  • Blogs

    March 11, 2012

    Saturday's 35 Denton Review: Bun B, Best Coast, Rain and Rap

    Live your life like it's one in, one out. That's a motto I've started living by this weekend. Last night especially, as the rain upon Denton reached Biblical proportions. I imagined a scenario in which Denton flooded and hundreds of drunk, high fans were washed away in the most epic fashion. But the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 7, 2012

    10 Albums That Cure a Bad Hangover

    LA WeeklyOh, sweet relief!​There are few things that cure day-after-drinking hell better than a Bloody Mary. It's got to be a salad in a glass for the really bad ones, when you feel heavy at the forehead like a sledgehammer. Obviously, there's a number of additional things you can do for yours ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 18, 2011

    Ten Goosebump-Inducing Movie Score and Soundtrack Moments Not From John Williams

    A scene from The Royal Tenenbaums.​Hey, it's almost Oscar season! Well, kind of. This much is sure: The summer's about to crest and the shitty movies will finally wash ashore like a dead, bloated whale. Then, the good films will come! You know the Hollywood drill -- and, often, it involves Hollywo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 10, 2011

    Rhett Miller Shares The First Two Songs (One Never Before Released) He Wrote After 9/11

    Stephen MaskerRhett Miller​Considering that this upcoming September 11th will serve as the ten-year anniversary of the day the Twin Towers fell, the fact The Atlantic is using its September issue to look back on 9/11 isn't all that surprising. The fact that the highly regarded publication asked Ol ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 14, 2011

    Kiddrae's Beautiful Video of Mavericks Fans Celebrating a Title. And: DART's Parade Plans.

    MAVS in 6. from Kiddrae on Vimeo.I've been sitting on two videos with which I'd planned to end the day. But Dallas Area Rapid Transit just sent its rather lengthy list o' travel plans for Thursday morning's Mavs title parade, so I thought I'd share one -- Kiddrae's gorgeous short "MAVS in 6.," set t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 6, 2010

    Q&A: The Old 97's Rhett Miller Talks The Grand Theatre, Accepting The Band's Alt-Country Tag and The Trouble With Releasing Double Discs.

    Piper FergusonThe Old 97's are looking sharp once more.​In tomorrow's print issue of DC9, I take a long hard look at the Old 97's eighth studio release, The Grand Theatre, Volume One, which earns its release on Tuesday, October 12. And I find, as we've been saying since we first heard the disc bac ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 10, 2009

    Rhett Miller Talks To Billboard About His Upcoming Solo Disc

    Speaking of the 97's, news comes today via Billboard that Rhett Miller's fourth solo record will see release on June 9. The self-titled affair, which Miller recorded over the past two months at Salim Nourallah's Pleasantry Lane studios, also features a whole bunch of familiar names backing the 97' ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 3, 2008

    Odds and Sods: Of Michaels, the Meadows Foundation and the Eternal Sunshine of Downtown Dallas

    While we wait for Sam to post from the city council briefing -- where, for the first time, the entire council will discuss the smoking ordinance -- a few random notes. First, a Friend of Unfair Park points us toward the latest earnings report from Irving-based arts-and-craft emporium Michaels Stores ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 1, 2007

    Q&A: Going Ga Ga with Spoon's Eno

    While we wait for Sam to post from the city council briefing -- where, for the first time, the entire council will discuss the smoking ordinance -- a few random notes. First, a Friend of Unfair Park points us toward the latest earnings report from Irving-based arts-and-craft emporium Michaels Stores ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 29, 2006

    Wait No Longer, Spree Fans

    While we wait for Sam to post from the city council briefing -- where, for the first time, the entire council will discuss the smoking ordinance -- a few random notes. First, a Friend of Unfair Park points us toward the latest earnings report from Irving-based arts-and-craft emporium Michaels Stores ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 12, 2006

    Going on a Polyphonic Spree Spree

    While we wait for Sam to post from the city council briefing -- where, for the first time, the entire council will discuss the smoking ordinance -- a few random notes. First, a Friend of Unfair Park points us toward the latest earnings report from Irving-based arts-and-craft emporium Michaels Stores ... More >>

  • Music

    December 22, 2005

    Our critics' top 10 albums

    While we wait for Sam to post from the city council briefing -- where, for the first time, the entire council will discuss the smoking ordinance -- a few random notes. First, a Friend of Unfair Park points us toward the latest earnings report from Irving-based arts-and-craft emporium Michaels Stores ... More >>

  • Music

    November 10, 2005

    Neil Diamond

    12 Songs (Columbia)

  • Music

    April 14, 2005

    Glen Phillips, Blue Merle

    Saturday, April 16, at Trees

  • Music

    April 14, 2005

    Fiona Apple

    Extraordinary Machine (Unreleased)

  • Music

    March 17, 2005

    Chris Holt

    Wednesday, March 9, at the Barley House

  • Music

    January 13, 2005

    Marianne Faithfull

    Before the Poison (Anti-/Nave)

  • Music

    January 13, 2005

    Move Over, Flickerstick

    A Dozen Furies wins Battle for Ozzfest

  • Music

    October 28, 2004

    Jon Brion

    I Heart Huckabees Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Milan)

  • News

    May 13, 2004

    20 Bands 7 Days

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

  • Music

    September 25, 2003

    Evan Dando and the New Amsterdams

    October 1

  • Music

    July 3, 2003

    All Aboard the Wagon

    Evan Dando is back from rock star excess hell. Don't expect apologies or explanations.

  • Music

    May 22, 2003

    The New Boss?

    Pete Yorn on Bruce, bongs and “Burrito”

  • Music

    September 26, 2002

    Rhett Miller

    The Instigator (Elektra)

  • Music

    September 26, 2002

    Miller's Crossing

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

  • Music

    May 30, 2002

    Jay Bennett and Edward Burch

    June 5

  • Music

    February 28, 2002

    Checking In

    Old 97's guitarist has a new solo project in The Scrap Hotel

  • Music

    February 14, 2002

    Sara Hickman

    February 15

  • Music

    December 27, 2001

    Rumor Mill

    Old 97's breaking up? Who told you that?

  • Music

    December 6, 2001

    Shelby Lynne

    Love, Shelby (Island Def Jam)

  • Music

    September 27, 2001

    Miranda Lee Richards / Paula Frazer

    The Herethereafter (Virgin) / Indoor Universe (Birdman)

  • Music

    August 2, 2001

    Method Men

    The Crystal Method's Ken Jordan and Scott Kirkland come back from their lost Tweekend

  • Music

    May 31, 2001

    Jon Brion

    Meaningless (Straight to Cut-Out)

  • Music

    December 30, 1999

    The weak in rock

    Meaningless (Straight to Cut-Out)

  • Music

    November 25, 1999

    Oh, Mann

    Three years and one bad record deal later, Aimee Mann returns -- with two wonderful records

  • Music

    November 4, 1999

    Out There

    Fiona Apple

  • Music

    October 1, 1998

    The oldest story in the world

    Fourteen years after breaking up, the Plimsouls return with a new record and an old sound

  • Music

    April 2, 1998

    The million-dollar record

    Four years after its debut, Slowpoke makes its major-label bow on Geffen

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