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Ten Indie Artists Poised for Pop Stardom in 2013

We now live in a world where major corporate radio routinely features songs by Phoenix, M83, The Black Keys, Passion Pit, The Lumineers, Mumford & Sons, Kings of Leon and Macklemore. These were largely independent artists who for the most part built critical acclaim over the years by producing quali ... More >>

Frank Ocean - South Side Music Hall - 7/20/12

See also: The fans at Frank Ocean See also: On Frank Ocean, sexuality and the slow shift forward Frank Ocean South Side Music Hall Friday, July 20 Frank Ocean's latest album, Channel Orange, is garnering critical praise. His recent television debut on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon was a jaw-dropp ... More >>

Santigold Finds a Balance With Her New Album

News And Notes: St. Vincent Performs On Fallon, The Boom Boom Box Release Debut & More

With the release of St. Vincent's new album Strange Mercy, Annie Clark, the artist behind the moniker, is making the late night television rounds, performing what we'd presume would be a song from the new record. Except, last night on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon, she didn't.Instead, the Dallas nat ... More >>

Collaboration-Crazy Erykah Badu To Perform With Yo Gabba Gabba! Cast Tonight on Fallon

​Erykah Badu seems like a pretty awesome mom. I got a solid glimpse of as much first-hand about a week back when interviewing the famed Queen of Neo-Soul and proud Dallasite as part of a Dallas Observer Music Awards preview story that's going to run as the cover in this week's paper. About halfway ... More >>

Watch: Neon Indian Returns to Late Night, Again Finds Jimmy Fallon In Love With Them

Alan Palomo and the NBC logo.​No, James T. Fallon did not join Neon Indian for their performance on his Late Night with Jimmy Fallon show last night. But he did geek out on them. Yes, again.This time, Fallon's mind was blown by the band's new PAL 198X synth, which he gave a nice plug before introd ... More >>

What To Expect From Neon Indian's Late Night with Jimmy Fallon Performance Tonight...

Earlier this afternoon, the Denton-sprung Neon Indian posted a note to its Facebook page teasing their return performance tonight on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon: "I think Fallon is joining the band..." the note read. Considering how geeked out on the band Fallon was the last time the band performed ... More >>

As Fame Chases Him, Bon Iver Keeps Running

Forget Demi: It's Grand Prairie's Own Selena Gomez That Disney's Pushing Now.

​Can you smell it? That intoxicating blend of corporate America, young Hollywood and mall food courts wafting around town today -- that's from one Selena Gomez, who is indeed back home in Dallas today, promoting the two fairly major projects on her immediate horizon, her FOX studio film called Mo ... More >>

On Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All. (Or: Believe The Seemingly Outlandish Hype.)

​ Oftentimes, the hype an act has built up heading into South by Southwest can be so overwhelming that it creates an insurmountable hurdle for an otherwise pleasing, if hardly life-changing, outfit (see: Vampire Weekend, circa 2008). And no doubt this was the theoretical case heading into this yea ... More >>

For Your Frozen-Day Watching and Listening Pleasure: Edie Does an Oldie on Jimmy Fallon

Edie Brickell was on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon last night promoting two new albums. But in this "web exclusive," the ol' New Bohemian, aided by one Charlie Sexton on guitar and the great Aaron Comess behind the drum kit, whips out an oldie from Shooting Rubberbands at the Stars: "Circle." And jus ... More >>

Watch: St. Vincent Joins Kid Cudi, Cage and The Roots On Late Night with Jimmy Fallon

​A few weeks back, we passed along word of a new St. Vincent-sampling track from Kid Cudi. The song, called "Maniac," which also features rapper Cage, samples Dallas native Annie Clark's "The Strangers" (off her 2009 release, Actor) and is set to be included on Cudi's new album, Man On The Moon 2: ... More >>

Norah Jones Performs "Chasing Pirates" With The Roots on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon, Preps Compilation Disc of Past Collaborations.

Booker T. Washington High School's own Norah Jones stopped by Late Night with Jimmy Fallon last night to perform "Chasing Pirates" from last year's The Fall with The Roots and to promote her upcoming release, ...Featuring, which serves as a collection of collaborations she's offered up over the cour ... 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 >>

Growing Up With Elvis Costello.

Erykah Badu Announces Summer Tour Plans, Schedules North Texas Performance For June 14

​ We'd been wondering when Erykah Badu would schedule a hometown performance in support of her new album, New Amerykah, Pt. 2: Return of the Ankh. Earlier this week, when Badu announced her tour schedule, we got our answer: She'll be playing the Nokia Theatre in Grand Prairie on June 14. After the ... More >>

Norah Jones, Other North Texans (Including Neon Indian, Who'll Also Play Fallon Thursday Night) Named to 2010 Bonnaroo Lineup

​ All day yesterday, (via Twitter) Bonnaroo went ahead and announced its lineup for this year ordeal, which will take place June 10-13 in Manchester, Tennessee, and it's a pretty impressive lineup featuring the likes of Stevie Wonder, Jay-Z, Dave Matthew Band, Kings of Leon and the Flaming Lips, w ... More >>

Because You're Gonna Be Watching Late Night TV This Week, Anyway...

The Orbans​...y'know, what with all the drama and all, then you might as well turn in to Late Night with Jimmy Fallon tonight. Why? Well, 'cause you might spot a familiar face or two: Justin Pate, keyboardist for Fort Worth's The Orbans, will be among the the backing players performing in musical ... More >>

Picture Show: Nick Jonas Debuts The Administration In Dallas

Dylan Hollingsworth​ It's been a big couple of weeks indeed for the Dallas-born, Westlake-dwelling Nick Jonas, the youngest and seemingly least bro-ish of the JoBros. On Saturday, his new side project Nick Jonas & The Administration made its live performance debut at the House of Blues. On Tue ... More >>

The Roots Tease New Badu Track On Late Night. Oh, And Her New Disc Is Set For A February 23rd Release... Officially.

Best friends forever.​Last week, just after a potential upcoming single from Erykah Badu leaked to the Internet, the Dallas-based neo-soul queen formally announced the release date for her upcoming album, New Amerykah Pt. 2: Return of the Ankh. The disc, reported Billboard late on Friday afternoon ... More >>

Electronic Music Moves Its Way Into Other Genres

Amadou and Mariam Break Out Of World Music

World Music Must Die

AMADOU AND MARIAM BREAK OUT OF A FLABBY, GENERIC GENRE

Download: Erykah Badu and The Roots -- "I Wanna Be Where You Are (Michael Jackson Cover)"

There's no video to be found at the moment of Erykah Badu's performance alongside The Roots on Friday night's episode of Late Night with Jimmy Fallon anywhere we know of on the Internet, which sucks. (What gives NBC?) But there's this: Over the weekend, Questlove, The Roots' drummer, post ... More >>

Erykah Badu To Appear On Jimmy Kimmel Live Late Night with Jimmy Fallon Tonight

Fresh off her amazing solo performance and crowd-thrilling guest appearance with Snoop Dogg at Bonnaroo, Erykah Badu will make a "surprise" appearance tonight on Jimmy Kimmel Live Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. She'll be playing in and with Kimmel's Fallon's house band, The Roots, ... More >>

Good Friday: The Felons, Joe Ely, Peacemaker, Telegraph Canyon, Sleep Whale, Whiskey Folk Ramblers, Daniel Francis Doyle, Little Black Dress, Record Hop

Weekend's here and I'm sure we're all eager to get it launched. So, without further ado, let's get right into it. First, the shows we've already talked up...Tonight, Ben Kweller stops in for a homecoming gig of sorts at the Granada Theater, Cryptacize stops by Rubber Gloves for a set with Fishboy an ... More >>

Jimmy Fallon Does The Stanky Legg On National TV. No, Really.

The GS Boyz and their still-huge "Stanky Legg" song got some major love on last night's episode of Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, as Fallon not only talked about the song before delving into a segment called the "Late Night Dance Challenge," but also ended the segment by doing the Stanky Legg on sta ... More >>