San Marcos

What You're Missing at SXSW: Missed Connections and Crappy Free Crap

Awwwww, I know it is a shame you aren't here with us at SXSW in Austin. I can only imagine the aching and longing in your heart for walking aimlessly and standing in long lines for no reason, and sweating through your cardigan to see a band you heard on one of the Twilight soundtracks. You don't w ... More >>

This Will Destroy You

Friday, December 21, at Granada Theater

Seven of the Best Concerts in DFW This Apocalyptic Weekend, December 21-23

This Will Destroy You, True Widow, The Angelus Friday, December 21, at Granada Theater, $19-$30 Texas' cinematic rock group This Will Destroy You will headline a show at Granada this apocalyptic weekend with local stonegaze band True Widow and dark folk ensemble The Angelus. The San Marcos foursome ... More >>

Oink N' Moo Plans to Make Barbecue Mobile with January Truck Launch

A new food truck, Oink N' Moo BBQ, is launching in Dallas in January, and will be Dallas' first dedicated barbecue food truck. And about damn time! In return for this interview, owner David Hunt has promised to drive up to my work three afternoons out of every five. Tell us a bit about you and barb ... More >>

Environmentalists to City: Your Long-Term Trash Plan is a Burning Pile of Garbage

On Tuesday, you saw a glimpse of Dallas' garbage future. The city's long-term solid waste plan had some relatively progressive ideas -- mandatory recycling, a plastic bag ban and "zero waste," for example -- but those won't even be up for actual discussion for another couple of decades. Once the ide ... More >>

Enjoy Riotous Laughter ... or Just a Riot

Q & A: Hooks from Zeds Dead Talks Pulp Fiction, Defining Dubstep and Playing Dallas for the First Time.

Hailing from Toronto, Zeds Dead is a hip dubstep duo who has been sampling and remixing singles under various guises since 2004. The band's most recent EP, Rumble in the Jungle, came out last month on the seminal Mad Decent label and features a variety of electronic styles and bass-heavy, tribal b ... More >>

Shepard Moon

TEA: More Texas Students Are Taking the SAT. Problem Is, Scores Keep Dropping.

​A little while ago, in this item below, Mike MacNaughton posted a link to this freshly minted release from the Texas Education Agency, which leads with the good news: "Texas has experienced a huge increase in the number of college-bound minority students who take the SAT college admissions test." ... More >>

Bonnie Whitmore Moves Up Front

The Homegrown Fest Bore Some Nice Fruits

Three Shows Worth A Damn in Dallas Tonight

Tonight's top touring shows put a serious emphasis on all things heavy.

This Will Destroy You Goes Darker

Texas Wine Industry Considers Identifying Best of the Bunch

​Texas wine enthusiasts seeking a better way to convey to consumers which local wines deserve their attentions are broaching the possibility of creating a wine quality program. Russ Kane, a wine writer who's moderating a panel on wine quality at this week's Texas Wine and Grape Growers Associ ... More >>

Bikini's Sports Bar & Grill's Boobish Concept Evolving in DFW

You say you want to see 'em big, DFW? Well, City of Ate delivers.​The breastaurant scene in Dallas is about to get bigger. Bikini's Sports Bar & Grill, which got its start in Austin, is opening its first Dallas area location in April. According to founder Doug Guller, the Arlington location i ... More >>

Gig Alert/Bonus MP3: Hear Paul Eason's "If You Were Really Here," See Him at The Aardvark

Paul Eason​Singer-songwriter Paul Eason grew up in Houston, went to college in San Marcos and, predictably, ended up in Austin to ply his musical craft. We won't hold that against him.And, judging by the quality of Eason's country/folk, it's difficult to begrudge the guy his choice of cities. Clea ... More >>

A View From the Judges Table: Week 4 of The Shiner Rising Star contest.

​Shing Rising Star Competition: Week 4August 12, 2010City TavernAnother Thursday night in the Metroplex meant another evening of the Shiner Rising Star contest last night. Whereas the majority of the competing bands in the previous weeks have been North Texas products, last night featured a couple ... More >>

Gig Alert: Dustin Cavazos With Donovan Jones Live At Mokah Tonight

​As Pete let you know back in September, Dallas indie skate-hop MC Dustin Cavazos made his very promising The Shelly EP a free download. So maybe you can return the favor by checking him out live at Mokah Coffee Bar in Deep Ellum tonight, whaddya say? The Scuba Team Go member's solo efforts are de ... More >>

Yesterday at NX35: This Will Destroy You at Hailey's

Spike JohnsonThis Will Destroy You and a bottle of Jameson.​Band: This Will Destroy YouVenue: Hailey'sTime: 11:30 p.m.On Thursday night at NX35, This Will Destroy You tried its best to live up to its name. As the crowd at Hailey's slowly grew with semi-drunk, bearded fans, so did the anticipation ... More >>

This Will Destroy you Sets Out To Make A Name For Itself In One Way Or Another

Octopus Project, This Will Destroy You, Ume

Saturday, May 23, at the Granada Theater

Good Friday: Terri Hendrix, Lloyd Maines, Richard Lloyd, Charlie Louvin, Kenny Chesney, Dave Matthews, Ghoultown, The Uncontrollable Urge, Jason Isbell, Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, Slow Roosevelt, Eleven Hundred Springs

Darryl is totally stoked that this guy is coming to town.Quite a variety of musical happenings this weekend; and it's a nice mix of national and local fare. First the shows already covered in print or in the blog: Jesse did a nice job hipping you to tonight's Chalie Louvin/AM Ramblers show in Fort ... More >>

Gig Alerts: Eric Neal and Anna Thomas at Dada, Owen Temple and Adam Carroll at Dan's Silverleaf

Eric NealIf you're done with your taxes (unlike, say, me) there are a couple of shows worth venturing out for this deadline Wednesday...Local singer/songwriter Eric Neal headlines a nice local bill at Dada's Listening Room. Back in August, Pete did a nice post on Neal's Birthday Bash, also at ... More >>

Cinema Royalty

A Princess visits the Inwood

Some Coal For Local Radio XMas Shows

Three Dots and a Cloud of Dust ...

   *If you've noticed some quirky fonts or crooked pictures this week it's because Sportatorium is taking a fancy schmancy new software program for a test drive. Cool thing for you customers is that if you see a pic you'd like to see even bigger - like, I dunno, maybe the one just to the l ... More >>

Vaya Con Dios, Hank Hill

Weekend Roundup: Hospital Ships, The Presets, Terri Hedrix, Jars of Clay

A Couple O' Country(ish) Shows To Take In This Weekend...

Bob Log III, Scott H. Biram, Possessed by Paul James

Thursday, July 10, at Granada Theater

Bill Clinton to Cruise Harry Hines (Updated: Rudy Says, "Vote Hillary!")

Countdown to a Killing

This Will Destroy You

Friday, January 26, at the Door

Teutons of Fun

Uptown Players romp through uber-gay Valhalla; CTD stages laid-back Whorehouse

Down South

The Ice House features art beyond the Trinity

Odds & Ends

Grab your intertube and float down to San Marcos for two of Dallas' most acclaimed bands

How to Suck| No Butts About It| Funny Money

Quick Race

Who needs SXSW? Austin's Lemurs already have crazed fans in Dallas

Apple Juju

Frankie Carabetta brings N.Y.C. to Big D

Trials and Tribu-lations

Austin-based salsa orchestra marries ghetto funk with barrio spice

Joint Effort

"Aging hippies" team with the desperately ill and one lawmaker to fight for medical marijuana in Texas. Is that just a smoke screen?

Lucky break

The O'Hair case gets a boost from a trio of hapless thieves

Day for Knight

Ray Wylie Hubbard is no longer up against the wall, redneck mother

Milking it

Terri Hendrix proves you can't keep a girl down on the Farm

Night & Day

August 6 - 12, 1998

Joe Bob Briggs

Drive-In Movie Critic of Grapevine, TX

Square peg

Don McCalister Jr. ain't your typical Austin renegade

A pox on 1995!

Next year will be better

Hank, junior

Wayne Hancock rides shotgun down the Lost Highway

Dis and demos

From the bottom of the drawer come real gems and fool's gold of local music