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Man, I Used to Really Love Dave Matthews Band

In September 2000, a few days before Dave Matthews Band played with Bela Fleck and the Flecktones at Coca-Cola Starplex, I got into a car accident turning onto Inwood Road from Walnut Hill. My '99 Explorer was crunched, and the woman I hit injured her arm. I sat on the curb, waiting for my parents ... More >>

Loving the Turntable at Tried and True

When the music matches the digs, NHS's latest is a great bar.

The Olivia Tremor Control - Sons of Hermann Hall - 4/27/12

The Olivia Tremor Control, Woods, Deathray Davies Sons of Hermann Hall Friday, April 27 Odds are, if you're an astute follower of the DFW music scene, you've attended a Tactics Productions or Parade of Flesh event at some point. So when they co-conspire to put on the same show, expect good things. ... More >>

The Blue Hit's Grace Park Talks Gillian Welch, The Inspiration For Her New Solo Project

Musicians are undoubtedly influenced by the music they listen to. An artist's musical selection can sometimes even foretell what a next album might sound like. So if you've ever wondered what the artists who grace your stereo are getting funky to, here's your chance to find out. Every week, I'll ask ... More >>

Nicola Calamari: A Few Words from La Fiorentina's Executive Chef

Kevin MarpleNicola Calamari​On Wednesday, we gave you the goods on Nicola Calamari, executive chef at La Fiorentina. Today, we asked Calamari to finish a few sentences for us. Tomorrow, he shares one of his recipes. (Calamari's words are after the ellipses.) I was raised in...Florence. My ... More >>

For Your Listening Pleasure: The Gourds (and Pogues, Snoop Dogg and VU) at Barleypalooza

​Amazing the things you find when you're not looking for them. Take this morning's accidental stumbled-across, for instance: The Gourds recorded in the old Barley House parking lot on June 1, 1997, during the third then-annual Barleypalooza musical marathon on N. Henderson. (Here's some video, for ... More >>

Leon Russell

Thursday, September 9, at the Granada Theater

Last Night: Miike Snow, Canon Blue at the Granada Theater

Miike Snow, Canon BlueGranada TheaterJune 7, 2010Better than: Seeing Neil Young at the Meyerson. Just sayin'. Miike Snow​Before they left the stage last night at the Granada Theater, openers Canon Blue ensured the capacity crowd that they would be "in for a real treat visually and aurally." This e ... More >>

Dawes, Cory Chisel & The Wandering Sons, Jason Boesel

Thursday, March 4, at The Cavern

St. Vincent Gives The National the Once-Over at Haiti Relief Show in Brooklyn

Pardon my interloping, but I've asked Pete for his permission to post over here as a friend just forwarded along this trio of tracks from a Haiti benefit in Brooklyn over the weekend. DC9 favorite and Lake Highlands grad Annie Clark, or St. Vincent, performed with the likes of Bon Iver, and while th ... More >>

The Gourds Keep On Keeping On

What It Was Like: Port O' Brien, Those Darlins, Phosphorescent, Deer Tick, Hacienda

Noah W. BaileyPort O' Brien channels Neil Young at Buffalo Billiards.After the three-and-a-half hour drive from Dallas I decided to start the evening off right at Hut's Hamburgers before finally checking out some music. Here's what I saw. Now it's time for breakfast tacos at Nueva Onda and more band ... More >>

Echoes and Reverberations: Our Radio Heads Are Waxing Nostalgic

The staff of the Zoo, as seen on Liles' bedroom wall poster.I was twelve years old and up way past my bedtime. The headphones were on and I was hiding underneath the blankets. The stereo was tuned to a Dallas radio station called "The Zoo". A DJ named JD was playing a track from The Beatles' W ... More >>

Top Ten Americana Albums of 2008

In next week's paper, we'll unveil our national package on the best music of the year (the following week, we'll tackle the best in DFWd music). But, as a teaser, here's our paper's contribution to the national package: Noah W. Bailey's picks for the best Americana/folk releases of '08. Picking the ... More >>

Calexico Takes Its Music South of the States and Across the Pond

Blackbird Harmony

Hardwood Exits (Yer Bird)

Looking For Good Music Tonight? Check Into Death Vessel And The Action Design. Also: A Giveaway!

The Only Person Who Can Do a Good Bobby Patterson is Jeff Tweedy

Q&A: Quiet Life's Sean Spellman

Olav Larsen & The Alabama Rodeo Stars

Love's Come to Town (Hyena)

A Good Records In-Store That Sounds Great

Charity Cases

Good ways to spend some money. Just get a receipt for your taxes.

Backyard Tire Fire

Vagabonds and Hooligans (o.i.e.)

On the Download

Some of the best music of 2006 wasn't exactly officially released (wink, wink)

Perfect

From Now On

Older, wiser, and

with a longer beard,

Doug Martsch spills his "Conventional Wisdom"

KNON Hip-Hop Benefit Party with Mr. Blakes, Legendary Fritz and Devotion 420

Saturday, September 16, at Darkside Lounge

SXSW, 3/16/06

Backyard Tire Fire

Thursday, March 16, at the Absinthe Lounge

Picks in '06

It's time for some good news in local music--why not start with four amazing albums?

Season's Bleatings

Thanks to these CDs, it's beginning to sound a lot like Christmas

Milton Mapes, Magnolia Summer, Pleasant Grove

Friday, July 30 & Saturday, July 31

Decent Folk

Summer Hymns' summer hymns define the purdy South

The Ataris; Cave In; My Morning Jacket

April 19

Walking the Wire

Calexico finds the sweet spot between being its own band and being someone else's

Ben Kweller with Centro-matic

February 27

The Minus 5

Down with Wilco (Yep Roc)

Play It Loud

Scorsese rockudrama remembers The Band

Hayden / Neil Halstead

Skyscraper National Park (Hardwood/Badman) / Sleeping on Roads (4AD)

Write and Wrong

When is a singer-songwriter not a singer-songwriter? When he's Josh Rouse.

Milton Mapes/Milton Mapes-Nate Fowler/Deadman

The State Line (My Aunt Jane's Recordings)/Sway (Neighborhood Recordings)/Cuatro Canciones (Self-released)

You're Not The Boss of Me

The Boss is coming to your living room

Baboon

A Bum Note and a Bead of Sweat (Last Beat)

Garageland

Do What You Want (Foodchain)

Flanagan's wake

VH1 vice president's novel about the music business mourns an era just since passed

Across the Bar

Adventure Club's b-day bash; "Surreal" multi-act bills; Funland reunited (sort-of); Get a job

The show-me slate

DeRogatis' Top 10 Reasons for Living in 1999

Out There

Farther along

Emmylou Harris has a new boxed set, but she won't be trapped by that cardboard tombstone

Out There

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