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Phil Ramone Made Crappy Music the Right Way

Phil Ramone, who died Saturday following an aneurysm, produced an astonishing number of albums it's not cool to enjoy. Wikipedia helpfully provides a category full of them. He was in on Rod Stewart's first pop standards album; he did the Sinead O'Connor album after the one Sinead O'Connor album; he ... More >>

Blackstone Rangers Make You a Summer Mixtape

In preview of the release party for debut EP Into the Sea, tonight at Bryan Street Tavern, we asked local trio Blackstone Rangers to give us a few of their favorite summer songs. Not necessarily songs about summer, but ones that they associate with the season. Derek Kutzer, guitar Weezer," Surf W ... More >>

The Life and Times Light Up Dan's Silverleaf

The Life and Times, The Cush, Calhoun Dan's Silverleaf Thursday, January 19 The Life and Times didn't get their set going until 15 minutes after midnight, but almost everyone who came stayed until the very end. The trio, lit only by four lights placed at waist level around the stage, showcased song ... More >>

Burning Hotels at Granada, Triple Play at the Kessler and Your Weekend Shows

​There's a good handful of shows in town this weekend, including The Local Edge's showcase with Burning Hotels, Mon Julien (Cory Watson of Black Tie Dynasty), Air Review and Menkena at the Granada Theater tomorrow night.Triple Play: Hunter Hendrickson, Spooky Folk, Exit 380Friday, January 13, at t ... More >>

Ladysmith Black Mambazo

Sunday, January 15, at Winspear Opera House

Yukon Blonde's Graham Jones on seeing Bob Dylan and Moneen, and playing Dallas for the first time

Canadian four-piece Yukon Blonde hits the Double Wide tonight, and nestle up to the cavernous harmonies of Fleet Foxes and early My Morning Jacket. You'll hear plenty from the band's 2011 EP, Fire/Water, as well as their self-titled debut. In advance, we talked with drummer Graham Jones about his ... More >>

Ghostland Observatory, Anthrax, Wild Flag and The Rest of This Weekend's Best Shows

Pace yourself this weekend. Lots of good shows to see.​Halloween is on Monday, so there should be a good handful people in costume out and about this weekend -- kind of like the zombies at the Dallas Observer Music Award Showcase. And there will be many opportunities to get out and about this week ... More >>

Get To Know Your DOMAXXIII Nominees: Best Solo Act, Best Alt-Country/Roots Act, Best Country Act

​Welcome to our 2011 Dallas Observer Music Awards breakdown, wherein we'll use the weeks leading up to the DOMA showcases on Saturday, October 15 (which is also when voting ends), to explain the nominees in each category Today, we look at the nominees in the  Best Solo, Best Cou ... More >>

Last Night: Erasure at House of Blues

ErasureHouse of BluesSeptember 25, 2011Better than: Staying home and watching The Tank, The Swan, and The Balloon Live. A younger, leaner Erasure.​Roadies placed mysterious steaming white ceramic mugs on the Gargoyle-infested, Gothic-looking stage at the House of Blues. What could it be? Apple ... More >>

Seven Albums That Will Have Mom Thinking You Put Thought Into Her Mother's Day Gift

Don't forget, ungrateful and forgetful children: Mother's Day is this weekend.Fortunately, though, it's still two days off. And, if you're pressed for a gift idea or two, you still have time to pick up one of these special musical options for the lady who brought you into this world.

Watch: Dallas Native Norah Jones, 35 Conferette Performer Mavis Staples, Dave Grohl, Steven Tyler, No Doubt and Paul Simon Pay Tribute To Paul McCartney at Kennedy Center Honors

​If you've got, oh, 13 minutes or so to spare this morning, then, please, do yourself a solid and check out the pair of clips we've got posted for you after the jump. They come courtesy of CBS's Kennedy Center Honors coverage, aired last night, where Oprah Winfrey, Bill T. Jones, Merle Haggard and ... More >>

Request Lines Now Open For Tomorrow Night's Kosher Christmas Music Show on The Ticket

Former News-man-turned-Lodge'r Michael Precker grabbed this last night at the kosher Tom Thumb in Preston Forest, which clearly doesn't want to wind up on Robert Jeffress's Grinch List.​If you listen to KTCK-AM (1310, The Ticket), perhaps you've heard: Tomorrow night, from 9 till midnight, I'm yet ... More >>

This Week in Dallas Music History: Hey, Have You Guys Heard of This Cool New Band, The New Bohemians?

​Edie Brickell & New Bohemians are an institution in the Dallas rock scene, its signature folk/jam having settled in well among the Dallas alt-rock explosion of the '80s. And today, even: The band's singles "What I Am" and "Circle" are still in rotation in soft-rock FM stations across the coun ... More >>

Listomania: Eight Jewish Musical Icons To Celebrate On This Final Night of Chanukah

​When the sun sets this evening, the final night of Chanukah will commence, ending an eight-day spree of phone calls from nagging Jewish mothers and the always pleasant gifting and receiving of holiday socks. Also coming to its unfortunate annual close? The (adorable) singing of the Chanukah praye ... More >>

Echoes and Reverberations: You Shoot, We Score

Texas music looks great. It provokes the imagination and illustrates the intangible. For years, we've been providing the necessary flavor to help filmmakers tell their stories. It's what we do; we're obviously good at this kind of thing. And it goes both ways: Movie soundtracks are the kind of thin ... 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 >>

Giveaway: Two Pairs Of Tickets To Catch Bishop Allen Tonight At Hailey's

Dylan Sneed Is Leaving Town This Weekend--But Not Before One Last Show

Art Conspirators Seek Cause

Vampire Weekend

Vampire Weekend (XL)

Warrior's Work

Ladysmith Black Mambazo performs at Bass Hall

Cellar Beware

Czech Mix

You want eclectic? We got your eclectic.

Backtrackin'

Things you may have missed the first time

If You Got the Money, I Got the Time

Hearts and Bones

Paul Simon | Ray Davies

Friday, July 21, at Nokia Theatre | Saturday, July 22, at the Gypsy Tea Room

Paul Simon

Surprise (Warner Bros.)

Kodachrome

LBM sings in full color

Déjà Vu

Broken hearts and bleeding lungs

Chris Botti

January 31

Now Hear This!

Apartheid didn't stand a chance against so many songs

The Sheep Are Listening

Plus: Low Blow, Tragic Tale

Crit & Shap

You wanted the worst--you got it!

The Rebel's Waltz

For 10 years, Joe Strummer made little noise. Finally, the Clash front man returns with a record he can call his own.

A Real Mother

When Shawn Colvin had a kid, it made giving birth to a new album a little harder

Listen to the Movie

Almost Famous rings in your ears--and heart--long after it's over

Billy Joel

Out There

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

Here Comes Rhymin' Simon

And his pocket full of oldies

Scene, heard

New New Bohemians, Tomorrowpeople part with manager, The Eagle does fashion, and more

The music man

Lenny Waronker is a rock-biz legend, but is that enough to make DreamWorks Records a success?

Out Here

Maybe he's doing it wrong

But a new boxed set proves you can't keep Randy Newman down

Roadshows

Out There

Late in the evening

The legacy of Simon and Garfunkel still shines true

Keep coming back

Singer Edie Brickelland some old Bohemians Slip into something viable

Letters

Beating time

New Bohemians show proves you can go home again, but only for a little while