Mississippi native and former lead-singer for the successful Squirrel Nut Zippers, Jimbo Mathus, shows his true southern self on his latest, excellent album, White Buffalo. While his old band brought attention back to Swing music for a while in the late 1990's, it's now tough to imagine Mathus ever ... More >>
One of these guys has been hittin' the sauce...well, the extract, really.Long before these dismal days of gut-busting King Size Snickers and 3 Musketeers Dark Chocolate Mint (an unholy creation, for sure), there were Goo Goo Clusters and Zagnuts and Squirrel Nut Zippers...uh...must...resist...Beavi ... More >>
Sunday, March 22, at the Granada Theater
Swing again at the House of Blues
Palm Reader (Polyvinyl Record Company)
Thursday, February 3
Mapping out the trends of 2005
Deep Ellum has too many opening acts and not enough headliners
Moments of brilliance are few and far between in this year's Spike and Mike
Once dismissed as novelty, G. Love & Special Sauce find a serious niche with Electric Mile
For the second time this decade, Ray Benson pays tribute to Bob Wills
After 10 years, Superchunk and Merge Records are still working. But they're not working for you.
The best friend Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys ever had
Tommy Stinson escapes the shadow of the Replacements as he tries to be Perfect
How Richard Linklater and the Bad Livers bucked the trend of soundtraxploitation
The Dallas scene flourishes beneath the chaos
