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Matchbox Twenty

  • Blogs

    February 20, 2012

    #KXTFail? Not So Fast.

    Haters gonna hate​There's a lingering disdain in the air for the turbulent playlists of KXT 91.7-FM. Understandably so. For every decent song the station plays, there are two or three -- Train's "Drops of Jupiter," Stereo MCs' "Connected" -- that belong on corporate-run stations.It wasn't always t ... More >>

  • News

    February 3, 2011

    A Field Guide to Dallas Wildlife

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

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2011

    What You're Hearing On KXT Isn't Matchbox Twenty. Says Station VP: It's "Natural Growth."

    Our author's reaction to KXT's playlist of late.​Yesterday morning, on the way in to work, I flipped the dial, as usual, to KKXT-91.7 FM, otherwise known around town as KXT, the just-over-a-year-old music-only NPR affiliate. What happened next was deeply unsettling: I was mentally transported back ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 24, 2009

    The Real World

    Our author's reaction to KXT's playlist of late.​Yesterday morning, on the way in to work, I flipped the dial, as usual, to KKXT-91.7 FM, otherwise known around town as KXT, the just-over-a-year-old music-only NPR affiliate. What happened next was deeply unsettling: I was mentally transported back ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 9, 2009

    A Big, Busy Day For Rhett Miller, Indeed.

    The cover of Rhett Miller as taken by local photographer Jason Janik.If you ignore a brief dalliance from back in 1989, then, yes, today sees the official release of Rhett Miller's third solo record, a self-titled affair that's been getting the Old 97's frontman a whole lot of early attention from o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 29, 2009

    Radio, Radio: Ayo Says Adios, While We Look at Just What Passes for "Quality Rock"

    Two follow-ups in this particular radio round-up. First, I exchanged a few messages with Alan Ayo via Facebook, and the long and short of it is, he's not at all upset that Clear Channel gave him his walking papers yesterday. Writes the former midday host and music director at KDGE-FM:I'm feeling rat ... More >>

  • Music

    February 26, 2009

    Green River Ordinance

    Out Of My hands (EMI)

  • Music

    September 18, 2008

    Jackopierce

    Promise of Summer (Foreverything Records)

  • Blogs

    September 11, 2007

    Kid Rock's Gonna Screw Up My Cowboys-Bills Game

    Promise of Summer (Foreverything Records)

  • News

    April 19, 2007

    Don't You Wish Your Mayor Was Hot Like Me

    Dallas' mayoral wannabes are all nice guys. Where's the fun in that?

  • Blogs

    March 8, 2007

    Look, It's The "Definitive 200" Albums of All Time. Sure, If You Don't Have Ears, Absolutely.

    Dallas' mayoral wannabes are all nice guys. Where's the fun in that?

  • Music

    January 13, 2005

    Crapped Out

    After Pat Green's last album, few of his fans are feeling like Lucky Ones

  • Music

    June 12, 2003
  • Music

    May 1, 2003

    Busy Schedule

    NextStage has a full dance card

  • News

    March 6, 2003

    Letters

    NextStage has a full dance card

  • Music

    February 27, 2003

    Caught Red Headed

    Willie Nelson is always on my mind

  • Music

    March 28, 2002

    Room at the Top

    Nice guys like John Mayer, apparently, finish first

  • Music

    January 10, 2002

    Crit & Shap

    You wanted the worst--you got it!

  • Music

    September 13, 2001

    Scene, Heard

    Getting some closure

  • Calendar

    April 26, 2001

    Hit Parade

    It's like VH1, only bigger and with less drama

  • Music

    August 24, 2000

    Out There

    Flickerstick

  • Music

    May 25, 2000

    Microbe brewery

    Wait, there is a reason why Stereolab CDs sound broken

  • Music

    April 6, 2000

    Out Here

    The Nixons

  • News

    January 20, 2000

    Letters to the Editor

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  • Music

    January 6, 2000

    Take these records, please

    Or: Yes, it was as bad as you think

  • News

    February 11, 1999

    Major Mistakes

    Signing to a record label can be bad for a band's health. So why do they keep doing it?

  • Calendar

    September 24, 1998

    Night & Day

    September 24 - 30, 1998

  • Calendar

    July 30, 1998

    Nostalgic picnic

    September 24 - 30, 1998

  • Music

    July 23, 1998

    Sex bomb

    Girls Against Boys proves that everything new is old again

  • Music

    July 2, 1998

    Out Here

    Girls Against Boys proves that everything new is old again

  • News

    May 28, 1998

    Rock bottom

    Tucked away in the cellar of a Denton pizza shack is a club that offers punk rock bands a place to re-discover why they make music in the first place

  • Music

    March 19, 1998

    Only a memory

    The Deep South decadence of Memory Dean

  • Music

    January 22, 1998

    Believe the hype

    Austin's Sixteen Deluxe is as good as advertised

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