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Reassessing Six Albums From the '90s That We Shunned As Teenagers

He sat in the cab of a green Isuzu pickup in front of the girls dormitory, dressed in a pair of rumpled cargo shorts and a thrift store t-shirt. He was waiting to take a girl to the Flaming Lips show. She was three years his senior and had introduced him to the Lips; even loaned him a copy of their ... More >>

13 Shows To See This Weekend (Because It's Friday the 13th)

School of Seven Bells, Air Review, Calhoun, The AngelusSaturday, April 14, at Fort Worth Modern Art Museum It's hard to deny this show as being one of the biggest this weekend. Kind of strange, though, that School of Seven Bells' last three trips to the Metroplex have only seen one show in Dallas -- ... More >>

Preview: Cursive, Cymbals Eat Guitars at Trees

Sunday, April 15, at Trees

So Why Did the Dallas Country Club Really Set Off Fireworks Last Night?

Over on the News' ice cream blog, Robert Wilonsky reports that North Dallas was baffled last night by an unexpected firework display, allegedly to help celebrate the new clubhouse at the Dallas Country Club. But we all know that a little clubhouse opening isn't enough to warrant fireworks in the Pa ... More >>

Tim Kasher, Aficionado, SeaLion

Archers of Loaf, The Globes

Sunday, June 12, at The Loft

Kirtland Records' Tami Thomsen Tells Us About Her Start, What She Sees In The Label's Future

Welcome to Local Music 'Mericans , where we meet some of the people behind the local music scene -- those who aren't necessarily members of local bands, but more the people who make the scene move.Tami Thomsen​As a high school student, Tami Thomsen, the main cog in the wheel that is (former Dee ... More >>

DISD Superintendent Hinojosa Comments -- Kinda -- on Reports That He's Moving to Vegas

​I was on the phone with a Dallas Independent School Board trustee just seconds ago -- a trustee, mind you, who had not heard there were reports and a yeah-sure-maybe? that DISD Superintendent Michael Hinjosa's outta here, possibly as early as tomorrow, to take the Las Vegas gig -- when the follow ... More >>

Nebraska: Out. Big 12: Gone?

Bye-bye Big, um, Red?​Since 1994 we've enjoyed the Big 12 Conference. Offices based here. Alumni living here. Championship games played here. Savor it. Because, perhaps as early as Friday, it begins to crumble. With the Big 12 having slapped a Friday deadline on Nebraska to essentially comm ... More >>

Reverend Horton Heat, The Von Ehrics

Saturday, December 19, at the Longhorn Saloon, Fort Worth

Incubus,The Duke Spirit

Saturday, August 22,at Superpages.com Center

Dallas Cowboys: Three Dots and a Cloud of Dust

Quick takes from a Wednesday's minicamp workout at Carrollton's Standridge Stadium: *Tony Romo says the story that appeared in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram about him being told to lose weight is total bullshit. "That never happened," Romo said with a smile. "It just didn't." ... *From what I co ... More >>

Clearing Out the Mailroom: Tuesday, June 2, 2009

We've got quite a backlog of CDs we've never gotten around to, so we're going to try to chip away at the pile with this regular feature. The plan: to take four or five at a time and play each CD for as long as I can stand it.The Jones' (Dallas)down in my dreamsFrat-friendly acoustic Americana. The ... More >>

City Needs Just a Little More of Passengers' Dough to Pay for Love Field Renovations

In October 2007, the Dallas City Council's Transportation and Environment Committee took up the issue of a proposed passenger facility charge for folks flying out of Love Field. The reason? The council was looking for ways to fund the capital improvements as part of the Love Field Modernization Prog ... More >>

Tonight at NX35: The Out-of-Towners Come Into Play.

Aubrey Edwards Moth FightWell, for all the folks who were complaining that NX35 featured too many local acts, you can't really complain about tonight. There's Monotonix (Tel Aviv, Israel), Casiotone for the Painfully Alone (Chicago), Beep Beep (Omaha), Sybris (Chicago), Black Gold (Brooklyn) ... More >>

Yesterday at NX35: Mike Seman's Thoughts On Indie Rock And Urban Development

It's a story we've all heard before:  Artists move into the cheap end of town, start doing ...  whatever it is artists do, and pretty soon developers, city officials and moneyed trophy wives all want a piece of the scene. This "gentrification," as it's known in places like Asheville an ... More >>

10 Questions: Jim White

It would be difficult to imagine dining and Dallas without the presence of longtime radio star and founder--with wife Vicki Briley White--of Savor Dallas.Over the years, White has hosted the KRLD Restaurant Show, served as a food columnist and even helped develop the city's annual Restaurant Week, g ... More >>

What About Bob?

Laugh openly at Robert Hawkins

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 >>

Tonight: Go Crash Audio And A Kidnap in Color At The Door in Plano

I know that those who contribute to this blog--including me--have not been overly kind to bands of the emo variety. Sorry, but shows that start at 6:30 p.m. in Plano (especially on a Tuesday) just don't seem to warrant the attention of a weekend event at a venue in Dallas. Ah, but that's not the cas ... More >>

Burning Question: Which Ingredients Do Chefs Hate To Work With?

How would you like to slice into these everyday? Lobsters are easy. We mean that in a culinary sense. Bind up the pincers, drop them in water and commence to melting some butter. Likewise steak: a dash of salt, another of pepper and a crackling grill—that’s all there is to it, pretty much. I ... More >>

Snowball's Chance

Schroeder promotes her Buffett bio

The Faint, Shy Child, Jaguar Love

Tuesday, August 12, at Palladium Ballroom

Tim Halperin Hits The Chicken Ranch, Then Heads Home To Omaha

Welcome to Hell: Or, Good Luck Getting Out of DFW, Suckers.

Good News/Bad News: I Love Math To Release New Disc, Tour

Cursive

Tilly and the Wall

Saturday, November 11, at Hailey's, Denton

Corn Hole?

The Wright to Fly to...Nebraska

The Legend of Billy Hicks

Or, why sax player is no longer a viable occupation in rock and roll

Rilo Kiley, Neva Dinova

Sunday, May 8, at Trees

The Faint, TV on the Radio, Beep Beep

Friday, November 19, at Ridglea Theater

The Good Life

Tuesday, October 5

Cursive, Saul Williams, Planes Mistaken for Stars and Mike Park

June 9

Organ Donor

Tim Kasher writes about his ups, downs and everything between in Cursive

Mixed Up

The Faint wants you to put the needle on the record and Danse

Bright Eyes

April 16

You're Covered

The Curtain Club/Club Clearview deal will get you in for one low (hopefully) price

The Force is With Them

MossEisley is young and talented. Will that be enough to keep these four siblings and the boy next door away from the music industry's dark side?

Prodigy Son

Bright Eyes' Conor Oberst gets Lifted

The Faint

May 10

Bleed American

Desaparecidos want to return to a simple kind of life

Dancer in the Dark

The Faint's Todd Baechle wants you to get on the floor and dance, dance!

Holiday road

Three good bands + one great tour = rock-and-roll fun

D.O.A.

Drop Dead Gorgeous isn't likely to win any popularity contests

High school unhinged

Student council elections fuel a wry examination of hypocrisy and desire

Pig in a poke

With mostly tasty meat, Texas de Brazil stumbles over swine

Transcendental dining

Delight is in the details at Saigon Bistro

Joe Bob Briggs

Drive-In Movie Critic of Grapevine, TX