My Chemical Romance

Jimmy Urine from Mindless Self Indulgence: "People Hear Us and Say, 'Where the Fuck Do They Come From?'"

Bands that mash up several genres can produce some amazingly unique music as well as some unadulterated shit. New York's Mindless Self Indulgence is quite capable of doing both within the same song. For nearly 15 years, Jimmy Urine and crew have created what they like to call industrial jungle pussy ... More >>

The 20 Best Concert Photos of 2011

Mike MezeulBroken Social Scene at the House of Blues​The number of good shows and exciting, inspiring, heartbreaking moments in the Dallas music scene this year were, to put it SO very mildly...numerous. It probably can go with out saying. Except we're going to say it. We're going to talk about it ... More >>

3 Doors Down's Chris Henderson Saw 3 Doors Down Before He Was Even In The Band

3 Doors Down​Love 'em or hate 'em, 3 Doors Down have been around since the mid-'90s, with five albums in their canon. They're currently touring on last year's mega-selling Time of My Life, but you can still hear songs on the radio from their debut album. Led by vocalist (and the band's original dr ... More >>

Last Night: Blink-182 and My Chemical Romance at Gexa Energy Pavilion

Blink-182, My Chemical Romance, Matt & KimGexa Energy PavilionSeptember 27, 2011Better than: seeing SR-71 right now.Rachel ParkerBlink-182's Mark Hoppus mugging for the camera at gexa Energy Pavilion last night. For more photos from the concert, check out the slideshow.​They're a little older ... More >>

Mark Hoppus on Blink-182's Past: "We Thought That We Needed To Be Unified As Three People With One Vision, When We're Not."

The new Blink-182 album is in stores tomorrow.​Tomorrow night at Gexa Energy Pavilion, things will come full circle for Blink-182: The San Diego-sprung outfit will celebrate the release of their new album, Neighborhoods, their first release in eight years and their first since their ugly split in ... More >>

The 20 Best Dallas Concert Photos of the Year (So Far, Anyway)

Sara KerensMy Chemical Romance at House of Blues in May​Here we are at the midway point of the year, or something. The heat's at blow-torch temperatures, The Rapture's well on the way (not the 2012 one), and DOMA's gonna rear it's wicked head soon.In honor of this half-year-ish thing, we'd like to ... More >>

Looking Back at The Best and Worst Lineups Seen In Warped Tour's 17 Years Of Existence

​The Warped Tour has always had a lot of bands and a lot of different bands. Sure, you're not going to see these bands end up on any Pitchfork best-of, but the tour doesn't exactly play to people who decree most things in life as "meh," either.Even in its first few years, you could see a hardcore ... More >>

Blink-182 & My Chemical Romance, Girl Talk & The Cool Kids, and Many Other Announcements

Blink 182 are back, and they're looking for corporate sponsorhips​This week's most notable show announcements come our way via huge corporate sponsorships -- one from Honda Civic, and the other from 7-Eleven. The former, which features the newly reunited pop-punk forefathers Blink-182 and their mi ... More >>

Over The Weekend: My Chemical Romance, Circa Survive, The Architects at House of Blues

My Chemical Romance, Circa Survive and The ArchitectsThe House of BluesMay 21, 2011(Just Barely) Better Than: Staying home and watching the Mavericks beat the Thunder.Sara KerensMy Chemical Romance's Gerard Way. For more pictures from the performance, check out the slideshow.​New Jersey's alt-rock ... More >>

In Defense of My Chemical Romance: 10 Bands That Look Emo, But Aren't.

My Chemical Romance​You know the look: Checkered sneakers, skinny pants, that forlorn gaze through a cascade of floppy bangs. Emo kids are easy to spot. Or are they? Can you tell that a band is emo by the way they look? In this week's paper, we talked to My Chemical Romance guitarist Frak Iero a ... More >>

Good Friday: Third Eye Blind at Taste Of Addison, and the Rest of This Weekend's Shows

Third Eye Blind​Not the strongest weekend we've ever had, but there are still some pretty solid shows happening around town. The show scheduled for Saturday at the Taste Of Addison Main Stage isn't really one of them, but it's definitely the weirdest bill we've seen in a long time: Third Eye Blind ... More >>

My Chemical Romance Shed Their Emo Roots

Last Night: The Get Up Kids, Steel Train, River City Extension at The Loft

The Get Up Kids, Steel Train, River City Extension The Loft January 23, 2011  Better than: polishing your multi-colored Hot Water Music vinyl records.  Alexander FloresThe Get Up Kids​Aren't you glad when a reunion tour isn't a fluke? Fifteen months ago, The Get Up Kids triumphantly retu ... More >>

Video Premiere: People On Vacation -- "Better Off Dead"

Scott ColePeople on Vacation​We've spent a good chunk of space here in the past few weeks talking about People on Vacation, the new collaborative project from Smile Smile's Ryan Hamilton and Bowling for Soup's Jaret Reddick -- probably too much space, considering that the band has yet even to make ... More >>

Listomania: The Songs That Give Thanks, a Field Guide

Not a song, but we sure are thankful for this.​It's hard to argue with Charlie Brown: Thanksgiving is here, man (paraphrased). Over on our on food blog, City of Ate, the writers are counting down to Thanksgiving with odes to their favorite T-Day foods. DC9's thinking: why can't we join in on t ... More >>

The W. Stands For Wicked

Today In Music News: My Chemical Romance Loses The Stories, The Judds Get Back Together And Dan Deacon Cancels His Tour

Your daily dose of national music news for Monday, November 16, 2009...Gerard Way of My Chemical Romance has confirmed that his band's new album will be "100 percent concept free."Former super-duo The Judds will reunite in 2010. Dan Deacon and his glasses have canceled the rest of his tour because o ... More >>

The Get Up Kids

Wednesday, September 30, at the Granada Theater

MySpace To Host Free All-American Rejects Performance At The House of Blues on Monday, July 13

Myspace has been running a free concert series called The List--a pretty interesting deal in that, if you befriend The List's Myspace page on the networking site, you can get into certain free performances when the company decides to put them on in your city. And it's not just slouches offering up t ... More >>

Last Night: The Wedding, The Fold and Ocean Is Theory at The Max

The Wedding, The Fold and Ocean Is TheoryThe MaxFebruary 16, 2009 Better than: Any other rock show you went to last night, promise.   Two weeks ago, BrokeNCYDE got real raunchy for a crowd of 15-year-olds at the Max. With choruses like, "Let's get freaky now, let's get fucking freaky no ... More >>

Would Morrissey Approve of Bands Like Girl in a Coma Who Take Their Names From His Songs?

Videos: Edgefest 17 Round-Up Featuring Fair to Midland, My Chemical Romance

Getting to Know Edgefest Bands Via Haikus

Poetry about the acts on Edgefest 17's bill? It's music to our ears.

Haste the Day, Sick Puppies

Saturday, April 5, at House of Blues

Best Bets for New Year's Eve Concerts

Thorn vs. Side's Nowell Doesn't Hold Back in Our Q&A

Bone Thugs-N-Harmony

Strength & Loyalty (Full Surface/Interscope)

R.I.P., KDGE

It's so sad when they go so young

Pre-bridal Blowout

Ginuwine takes care of this Bachelorette Party

Pop Quiz

An SAT for DFW

The Matches, Escape the Fate, I Am Ghost, The Higher Road Ready

Tuesday, February 6, at The Door

Beyond Mook

Dude, where's my hook?

Gold Needles in the Pop-Rock Haystack

The best end-to-end albums from a single-driven year

In With the New

Despite doom-and-gloom predictions, 2006 wasn't at all bad

What is Radiant Doing New Year's Eve? Nothing, Except Rockin' Jimmy Kimmel's World.

The Girl Can't Help It

The Trial Of Van Midlake

Thorn vs. Side

Saturday, August 26, at Hailey's

Turned Off

Despite the hair, don't call local rockers Auto Escape emo-anything

Texas Toe Jam

The days of great summer music festivals in Dallas are history. Aren't

Brown October

A lesson on how not to musically suck--just act the exact opposite of these turds

MySXSW

Austin's biggest music fest was anything you wanted it to be. Dallas acts made theirs a blast.

Austin, Condensed

Why attend 1,400 concerts when you can read an abbreviated list instead?

This Game Bites

The new Castlevania is the last nail in the franchise's coffin.

Pop Rocks

The shiniest and catchiest of 2005's snap and fizz

Grandmaster Flash

Friday, September 30, at Liquid Lounge

Close to You

The music blared, the bodies fell. Our intrepid reporter braves Vans Warped Tour.

Mae, The Academy Is...

Wednesday, June 8th at Trees

Helping Out

Granada benefit show to help tsunami victims

Odds & Ends

Downtown music and Four Questions With Mur's Max Hartman