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Huey Lewis: "Phil Lynott Taught Me Most of What I Know"

At 62, Huey Lewis is happy to get by on the hits. His tour with Joe Cocker comes to the Meyerson tonight, so we asked about his band's popular ascension in the '70s, how he feels about singing with one of his idols and why he will never produce another album. How did this tour with Joe Cocker come ... More >>

Nick Lowe: "I Never Really Liked Punk Music, But I Like The Mischief That Was Caused By It."

Nick Lowe is a peculiar variety of celebrity. His collaboration with Dave Edmunds in the band Rockpile brought UK chart success and a half-nod from the States in the mid-'70s, and his work recording and producing talent for Stiff Records lifted acts like The Damned into the spotlight. He's frequentl ... More >>

Best Coast, Nick Lowe and This Week's Show Announcements

​What's it like to go from a tiny stoner, scuz-pop act, to a veritable brand in the matter of just a few years? Just ask California's Best Coast, who, just weeks ago, announced that the band's singer Bethany Cosentino teaming up with Urban Outfitters for a clothing line. All this ex ... More >>

For Your Weekend Listening Pleasure: 25 Years Ago Tonight, The Band Played Fast and Cool

​Earlier today I spent as much time as I could, which wasn't anywhere near close to enough, listening to a song Wilco posted to YouTube late yesterday: the band performing The Band's "The Weight" backstage at the Civic Opera House in Chicago, joined by show-opener Nick Lowe and Mavis Staples, who ... More >>

For Your Boxing Day Listening Pleasure: When Nick Lowe Opened For Wilco (Last Month!)

​Yet again, I've been told the office is closed today, which explains why it's dark and cold and empty; who knew. Anyway. I'm not big on year-in-reviews; you were there, right? That said: Whilst perusing that musical treasure chest of recent discovery, I came across one blindingly bright offering ... More >>

My First Show: 2011 Edition

Mike BrooksScratch Acid at Trees​ Since this Sunday is Christmas, we decided to do something a little different with this week's edition of My First Show. Checking back in with a number of the people we interviewed this year, we wanted their takes on the best shows they saw, and to also get a ... More >>

Last Night: Wilco, Nick Lowe at the Music Hall at Fair Park

Last Night: Wilco, Nick Lowe The Music Hall at Fair Park November 29th, 2011 Better than: seeing Wilco at the UNT auditorium There was an emphasis on the noisier side of Wilco last night, and that was completely fine with the mostly-full Music Hall at Fair Park. The band, still in its definitive ... More >>

Q&A: Nick Lowe Talks Songwriting, Being Covered by Costello and Finding Inspiration

At 62, singer/songwriter Nick Lowe can justifiably claim to have just about seen it all. From his days fronting the pub rock band Brinsley Schwarz in the '70s to his heralded production work for Elvis Costello to his fascinating, recent solo efforts, Lowe has always maintained a remarkable commitmen ... More >>

Good Friday: Vans Warped Tour Launches During A Busy Weekend of Shows

It's already started!​It's that time of the year again, when the heat has all of our teenage angst at an all-time high. The folks behind the Vans Warped Tour planned accordingly with this year's installment of the fest, which will be at Gexa Energy Pavilion today. So, if you're extremely pissed at ... More >>

For Your Weekend Listening Pleasure: Tempted By Squeeze at the Bronco Bowl in 1988

​Far as I'm concerned, there's never been a bad Squeeze record. Sure, some are better than others -- that five-record run from the eponymous debut to Sweets From a Stranger is almost unparalleled in modern pop. But Babylon and On did provide The Big Hit ("Hourglass"), while Play has some lovely mo ... More >>

Lookin' for a Home in the Heart of the 21st Century City at Dallas City Hall Next Month

Joel Kotkin​We -- meaning, you -- just got the nicest invitation to Dallas City Hall on November 12. It's for a little get-together called the 21st Century City Conference, which is being staged by The Trinity Trust, The Dallas Institute and the CityDesign Studio. There's some info on the website ... More >>

For Your Weekend Listening Pleasure: Elvis Costello Pumps It Up on Cedar Springs in '78

Joe Prock, courtesy George GimarcElvis Costello on stage at Faces, on Cedar Springs, on January 28, 1978​I asked George Gimarc this evening: Where oh where was Faces?"Faces, Faces, Faces," he said, trying to knock lose his memory. And there, amidst his estimable KZEW ad archive, was the precise ad ... More >>

Q&A: Wreckless Eric Talks Texas, The Death of Dennis Hopper and Whether He Was A Punk.

Wreckless Eric (aka Eric Golden) is best known as one of the initial new wave acts that came out of England back in 1977. Along with Elvis Costello and Nick Lowe, Eric helped expose the world to the greatness that was Stiff Records. Eric's first single, "Whole Wide World," was an instant classic, a ... More >>

Listomania: Declan Patrick MacManus' Five Best Records

In honor of his appearance Wednesday night at Nokia, here are my oddball choices for the best five efforts from Declan Patrick MacManus, better known as Elvis Costello.1. King of AmericaThis countrified effort from 1986 still doesn't get the kudos it so richly deserves. Songs like "American With ... More >>

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

An Unfair Park Exclusive: "Digging Up Bones" with Some Brand-New Bobby Patterson and Shibboleth

Elizabeth McQueen and the Firebrands

Happy Doing What We're Doing (Freedom Records)

Fuck

Cupid's Cactus (Smells Like Records)

Life is Messy

Rodney Crowell chases old ghosts down to Houston

Johnny Cash

American III: Solitary Man (American Recordings)

Graham Parker

Caravan of Dreams
Fort Worth

No depression

With a new album, Radney Foster isn't so "heartbroke and then some" anymore

Pressing on

Finally, June Carter Cash gets her own record, and maybe some of the credit she's always deserved

Out Here

The seven-year itch

It's one step forward, two steps back for XTC

More Top 10 lists, sort of

Baby, it's them

Elvis Costello and Burt Bacharach are not such unlikely partners

Labour of love

Nick Lowe, still the Jesus of Cool, ages gracefully-- and gratefully

Broken Fever

The hardest thing Nick Brisco ever did was grow up

Back in black

Willie Nelson and Johnny Cash are still our greatest Storytellers

Out There

Out Here

Roadshows

The unusual suspects

At South by Southwest, the magic moments count the most

The art of implication

Vince Bell's been dead once, and he's got the record to prove it

Roadshows

1995 Dallas Observer Music Awards (Part II)

A new Lowe

The once and future Jesus of Cool reveals the beast in him

Chocolate and cheese

1994 wasn't The Year of Anything--except great music

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