Rob Thomas

Monsters University's Soundtrack will Feature Mastodon. How Did That Happen?

Why are Mastodon writing music for the new Monsters Inc. prequel, Monsters University? As this blog's self-appointed Mastodon Correspondent (the position pays as well as you'd imagine), I have been ordered to conduct an immediate investigation into this somewhat unexpected turn of events, lest we al ... More >>

The Eight Worst NBA/Music Crossovers

Listen, we know most of you aren't paying attention to the NBA finals like you were last year, but for those of who are (some out of Heat Hate, some out of love for the game), we've been treated to some rather abysmal NBA promos featuring Linkin Park's shitty, shitty music. This is nothing new, as ... More >>

Idol Rich: Goodbye, Tim Halperin.

​The wee small RySea stunned us all last night by announcing that 40 million votes had been entered for the 10 audience-selected spots in the American Idol finals. That's what we refer to in the industry as a pant-load, people. And, during the unnecessary two hours of last night's show, there were ... More >>

Idol Rich: Can Tim Halperin Make the Top 12?

​During last night's showing of the Top 12 gents, it bame abundantly clear: This competition is unbelievably tough. And it's not just because there's a great deal of talent on this season of American Idol. Rather, it's because the judges and the show have included some niche performers who, in the ... More >>

Miike Snow, Canon Blue

Monday, June 7, at Granada Theater

The 15 Worst ...and Friends! Albums Of All-Time

​It's hard not to remember Santana's 1999 album Supernatural. Besides just the Rob Thomas collab "Smooth," which we've spent the past decade trying to erase from our memories, the album received a lot of attention at the time for being one of those records that featured a different collaboration w ... More >>

Top 100 Most Annoying Summer Songs

Shut up, Jimmy Buffett.​You know what really gives us the summertime blues? "Summertime Blues," not to mention other maddening summer hits like "All I Wanna Do," "Margaritaville" or the shotgun-in-mouth-inducing "Hot Hot Hot." It's bad enough global warming is cooking the planet like a plastic cu ... More >>

Last Night: The Dead Weather at House of Blues

The Dead WeatherHouse of BluesOctober 5, 2009Better Than: Sunny Day Real Estate, Rob Thomas, and Arctic Monkeys combined. Yeah, I said it.The Dead Weather​As far as rock 'n' roll supergroups are concerned, there are two main varieties: those comprised of members of formerly great bands, reeking of ... More >>

Gig Alerts: The Craziest Monday Night We've Seen Around Here In Some Time...

​In an odd quirk of scheduling, four major national acts bless our area's venues, offering up an incredibly hectic start to the music week begins this evening. Besides Sunny Day Real Estate at the Granada, Rob Thomas at Nokia and Artic Monkeys at the Palladium, you can also catch Jack W ... More >>

The Real World

A Big, Busy Day For Rhett Miller, Indeed.

The cover of Rhett Miller as taken by local photographer Jason Janik.If you ignore a brief dalliance from back in 1989, then, yes, today sees the official release of Rhett Miller's third solo record, a self-titled affair that's been getting the Old 97's frontman a whole lot of early attention from o ... More >>

Evil Ways

Santana smooths over Dallas

Bowling for Soup, American Hi-Fi

Friday, May 6, at the Granada

Crapped Out

After Pat Green's last album, few of his fans are feeling like Lucky Ones

Caught Red Headed

Willie Nelson is always on my mind

Santana

February 15

Crit & Shap

You wanted the worst--you got it!

Mick Jagger / Paul McCartney

Goddess in the Doorway (Virgin) / Driving Rain (Capitol)

Hit Parade

It's like VH1, only bigger and with less drama

Letters to the Editor

Published January 20, 1999

Take these records, please

Or: Yes, it was as bad as you think

Those Crazy kids

A talented cast transcends teen film's familiar, cheesy formula

The preacher and the Prophet

Why can't we all just get along? The history, or not, of Russell and Jeff's Deep Ellum