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Who Rules Dallas DJing? Meet Five of the Contenders

DJs are no longer the music geeks they used to be. Now, they are front and center and depended on, not just to speak the language of the party but to create the conversation itself. This Friday, the Red Bull Thre3style Sub Regional Qualifying competition will kick things off in North Texas for thei ... More >>

Marriage Proposals, $16 Margaritas and Other Things Seen and Overheard at Chris Botti's Verizon Theatre Show

​Let me make myself clear: I love Chris Botti's music. Not in an ironic or tongue-in-cheek way. Yes, Botti, the trumpet player who's played with everyone from Sting to Josh Groban to Steven Tyler. He's the kind of guy your parents love, along with Celine Dion and Barbra Streisand. This admis ... More >>

The Ghosts of Saturday Night: Man or Astro-man? Live From Sons of Hermann Hall

Daniel Rodrigue​ Man or Astro-man? Sons of Hermann Hall Saturday, December 17, 2011 Better than: Having amoebas eat through your brain. A snippet of conversation overheard before the Man or Astro-man? show: "I'm really freaked out about Neti pots right now." "Why?" "Well, I read this sto ... More >>

Foster The People, Eisley and This Week's Show Announcements

Foster The People​If you're thinking, "If I hear 'Pumped Up Kicks' one more time, I'm gonna pull a gun on someone and make them outrun my bullets," then you should definitely not read on. The band responsible for the song, Foster The People, has strategically planned to start selling tickets to it ... More >>

Mute Math, Stardeath & White Dwarfs, Youth Lagoon, and This Week's Show Announcements

New Orleans rock act Mute Math, known for their blend of DJ Shadow-esque beats and new wave songs, have a new album out called Odd Soul. They'll be on tour this winter in support of said record, and you can catch them at the House of Blues on Saturday, January 28, for $23. Tickets will go on sale on ... More >>

Bringing Saxy Back: 10 Pieces of Audio Evidence Confirming 2011's Full-On Saxophone Revival

In an episode of 30 Rock from last year's fifth season, Tina Fey's alter-ego Liz Lemon walks the street, moping about the end of writing as career path. (I feel you, sister.) (Fistbump.)Eventually, she runs into a group of other bygone careerists living in a subway, ready to adopt h ... More >>

Listomania: The 15 Most Unexpected, Unlikely, and Downright Awkward Collaborations of All Time

Beck​Yesterday Beck announced that he had been "recording some tracks" with country singer Dwight Yoakam. And yeah, we guess we could kind of see that, as Beck has run the gamut of styles during his career, touching on hip-hop, electronic, folk, and mariachi. But, even though it makes sense when ... More >>

The Problem With... Katy Perry's "Last Friday Night"

I'm starting to think the whole '80s retro thing has run its course. We've seen plenty of it in recent memory, and now Katy Perry's latest single "Last Friday Night" is the latest attempt to pull at your nostalgic side -- while referencing, of course, to the ABC sitcom block T.G.I.F.  Ugh. So. ... More >>

No Miracle: At the Last Minute, DSO Cancels Smokey Robinson Show Due to Slow Sales

​For the second time in a month, the Dallas Symphony Orchestra has canceled a concert due to slow ticket sales. But June's cancellation was for a "community concert" featuring Jubilant Sykes -- an astounding singer, but not exactly a household name. And it came with two weeks' warning. But today's ... More >>

The 15 Worst ...and Friends! Albums Of All-Time

​It's hard not to remember Santana's 1999 album Supernatural. Besides just the Rob Thomas collab "Smooth," which we've spent the past decade trying to erase from our memories, the album received a lot of attention at the time for being one of those records that featured a different collaboration w ... More >>

Looks Like Someone's Not Afraid of the Fair Park Band Shell. But Who? And For What?

​Three years ago (danged near to the day), I lamented the fact that the Fair Park Band Shell -- recipient of a $1.3-million makeover in 2000 -- remains The Best Concert Venue in Dallas That Nobody Ever Uses. Plenty of folks had valid reasons why not: Fair Park executive general manager Daniel Huer ... More >>

Today In Music News: Hot Chip Announces New Album, Ian Brown Gets Arrested And Weezer Now Loves Coldplay

Your daily dose of national music news for Tuesday, November 3, 2009...Hot Chip have announced plans for a new album. It's good to see that dance-rock isn't dead just yet.Britpop legend Ian Brown was arrested for "allegedly" beating his wife. Gives "Bye, Bye Badman" new meaning...It's hard to tell w ... More >>

Today In Music News: Rachel Ray Wants Hall & Oates In Rock Hall, Morrissey Collapses and Weezer Loves Smooth Jazz

Your daily dose of national music news for Monday, October 26, 2009...Does Hall & Oates belong in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame? Maybe yes. Maybe no. But is it really a good idea to have Rachel Ray taking up the cause of getting them nominated? Morrissey collapsed on stage due to breathing di ... More >>

Electric Six,Bang Camaro

Thursday, April 16,at the Boiler Room, Denton

Gig Alerts: The Dead Kenny G's Tonight at Dan's Silverleaf, Off With Their Heads at Rubber Gloves

Not dead... yet.Besides possessing one hilarious moniker, The Dead Kenny G's is one hell of a jazz/punk trio. Led by percussionist Mike Dillon, a veteran of the Dallas rock scene, this testy triumvirate revels in the long lost nonsense/overboard aesthetic of Frank Zappa. And like Zappa, these guys a ... More >>

How 'Bout Them Knockers: Rocco's Uptown

Order Doritos and end up with this.Rocco's Uptown 2916 McKinney Dallas, TX 75204 (214)871-9207 Promised delivery time: 30 minutes Actual delivery time: 60 minutes Ordering online and not worrying if you will be put on hold listening to Kenny G : 20 Singing along with the website's Italian music ... More >>

Gig Alert: Rebirth Brass Band with Snarky Puppy, Fatty Lumpkin Tonight at The Granada

Last night, it was the blues with Pop Carter. So tonight I thought I'd recommend some jazz. And I'm not talking about some lame ass "jazz lite" a la Kenny G. I'm talking about the soulful, funky kind of jazz. The mind-bending, shape-shifting kind of jazz. The stuff that flows from all three artists ... More >>

Botti Blows

The star trumpeter plays Fort Worth

Snarky Puppy

Bring Us the Bright (SiTMoM Records)

Saxy Time

Chargers 31, Cowboys 17 vs. Terrell Owens Hearts Kenny G

Hey, Dallas Jazzheads: Get Ready To Party

Project GHB -- Turns Out, Not At All Like Project Runway

Brick House

Jim Brickman lets it all hang out at the Bass

Hear What We Hear

Find the perfect Christmas CD for your favorite guitar-slaying Navajo cousin

Go Fish Go

Points for creativity, but simplicity is good seafood at Go Fish

Cheap Shots

How do you find good, inexpensive liquors?

Talkin' 'Bot Love

Like Big Fish for little kids, Robots works hard to please everyone

Mike Dillon, Earl Harvin

Sunday, November 28

Chris Botti

January 31

Toe to Toe

DBDT springs for Booker T.

The Starlings

Christmas Again (Self-released)

Shoal Shocked

The Lighthouse doesn't quite work

Out & About

Najee

Stylish Survivor

The Riviera may be tired, but the staff isn't

Fat Like Me

Nothing our rotund reporter tried could help him lose weight. Finally, he attacked his belly through his melon. That's right. He's been hypnotized.

Out & About

David Sanborn

Electrasy

In Here We Fall (Arista Records)

Best jazz club

Sambuca

Aging like wine

Two decades do the music of Yusef Lateef and Rahsaan Roland Kirk a world of good

Cold fusion

Liberty's Asian fusion concept slips on a noodle

Deck the malls

This season's Christmas album offerings

Out Here

Out There

Joe Bob Briggs

Drive-In Movie Critic of Grapevine, TX

Jingle bells, Jingle sells

The industry aims for the heart of Christmas-- with a shotgun

Girls school

DIVA's learned a lot about prejudice and potential

Out Here

Soul to soul

The artist formerly known as Randy Moore explores two sides of R&B

The language of lite

Everything But the Girl's Ben Watt laments the duo's adult alternative fate