Steve Earle

ACL 2012 Announced: Red Hot Chili Peppers, Neil Young, Iggy & the Stooges and More

The Austin City Limits Music Festival line-up was announced at midnight, and I'm kind of miffed that RHCP are billed above Neil Young. Beyond that, you've got the usual ACL formula: the top tier of tried and true go-to festival acts (no surprise seeing the Black Keys or Jack White on this bill).Then ... More >>

13 Shows To See This Weekend: The Beach Boys, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, The Olivia Tremor Control & More

Beach BoysThursday, April 26, at Verizon TheatreIt's the first time the Beach Boys will feature Brian Wilson on tour in decades. Their voices aren't as pure as they were on their near-perfect album Pet Sounds, but even at half strength the performance should be good.Steve EarleThursday, April 2 ... More >>

Shooter Jennings On Fitting in With Nashville: "I Just Know I Don't Want to Do It."

Since the 2005 release of his modern outlaw coming-out party, Put the "O" Back In Country, Shooter Jennings has proudly waved the banner his mother and father, Jesse Colter and Waylon Jennings, had helped design decades ago. After the surprising release of his 2010 concept album, Black Ribbons, Jen ... More >>

Eleven Hundred Springs and Exit 380

Midway Self-released Townies (Hand Drawn Records)

For Your Weekend Listening Pleasure: Living Colour Plays the Arcadia in November 1990

​This one's special. I found it late last night, buried in one of the Internet's dustier corners, marked only "Living Colour - Dallas, TX - 11-27-90." It didn't say where. So I thought maybe it was that extraordinary Bronco Bowl show I reviewed for the Times Herald, drenched in sweat and knee-deep ... More >>

Javi Garcia Prefers Dark Subject Matter: "I Am Not Interested In Writing a Pop Song," He Says.

He's just 30 years old, but alt-country singer-songwriter Javi Garcia has the world weary soul and voice of someone in their 50s. As such, even though the New Braunfels native has only been playing music professionally for a couple of years, his songs reek with the pathos and anger of post-addicted ... More >>

The Antlers Promise Not To Completely Depress You Tonight. Plus: Three Other Solid Shows.

A solid hump-day offering of shows is on tap for you tonight as quality acts are spaced all across the area.

Joe Pug Tells Us How To Get Heard

Old 97's, Rodney Parker Round Out Tyler's Southbound Sound Music Festival

​If you don't mind driving the 92 miles between Dallas and Tyler, there's a nice line up set for the Southbound Sound Music Festival, which is set to take place on Saturday, May 8, at the Texas Rose Horse Park located at 14078 State Highway 110 N. The all day festival will feature (among others) J ... More >>

Giveaway: Five Pairs Of Tickets To Saturday's CF Benefit Show at the Granada Theater with Rhett Miller, The O's and Shibboleth

On Saturday night, Rhett Miller will headline the third annual cystic fibrosis research benefit show at the Granada Theater, which will also feature performances from local favorites The O's and Shibboleth. In this week's paper, I caught up with Rhett, who last night ended a tour in the UK opening ... More >>

David Allan Coe, The O's

Thursday, July 23, at House of Blues

The Texas Red Legs Competing in Shiner Records Contest

In the past couple of years, two of our area's best alt-country acts, Darryl Lee Rush and Somebody's Darling have been the recipients of a free album recording session, care of the fine folks at Shiner Records. This honor was bestowed upon them once they'd won the annual Shiner Rising Star battle of ... More >>

Super Cool Music-Related Father's Day Gift Ideas, Guys!

You want to show your dad you really love him? Well, stop being a cheap ass and buying those lame hallmark cards. Get your dad a gift that makes up--at least a little--for all the shit you gave the old guy. Here are some music-related gift ideas that are guaranteed to have pops thinking he raise ... More >>

The Texas Red Legs

Rattlesnake Inn (Self-released)

Chris Knight, Back Porch Mary, Mo Robson Band

Thursday, April 2, at the Granada Theater

Hayes Carll, Band of Heathens, Jason Eady

Monday, December 29, at the Granada Theater

Today in Music News: KRS-One's Still Anti-Violence, Kurt Cobain's Still Worth It, Stereogum's Got The Goods And Wayne Coyne's Feeling The Spirit...

Your top national music stories for Wednesday, December 24, 2008: Remember back in '89 when no one knew we were in the midst of Hip-Hop's "golden age" and KRS-One schooled us on why non-violence is good with the ditty "Self Destruction?" Well, now the young pups of today can have their own ve ... More >>

Gig Alert: Got the Hump Day Blues? Well, There's Actually A Ton of Good Shows Tonight...

Spend your Wednesday night under Eugene Chadbourne's gaze.With the fact that we're just two weeks off from Christmas, and, well, it being Wednesday and all, you'd think this would be a slow night for good shows. Well, you'd be mistaken. There's actually several acts playing about Metroplex tonight-- ... More >>

Admit It: Death Cab Made You Vote

The Summer After

The Summer of Love got all sorts of coverage on its 40th Anniversary. So where’s the love for 1968?

Over The Weekend: Collin Herring, Trey Johnson, Mars Volta Ticket Winner

Last Night: Collin Herring at The Cavern

1100 Springs, Two Tons of Steel, Tejas Brothers

Friday, January 11, at The Granada

Backtrackin'

Things you may have missed the first time

For the Rest of Us

A field guide to the hippest music festivals of the summer

Joe Ely

Happy Songs From Rattlesnake Gulch (Rack 'Em)

Old Crow Medicine Show

Wednesday, February 21, at Gyspy Tea Room

Kevin Welch

Friday, July 28, at Uncle Calvin's Coffee House

Arcadia Fire Sale

Wade Bowen

Saturday, March 18, at Gilley's

Fort Worth Blues

The Modern hosts a weekend of Townes

Camp Death

Plus: Stink Pit

Collin Herring, Cordelane, Doug Burr

Jesse Hughey

Various Artists

Sounds Eclectic 3 (Palm Pictures)

Tweed

Tweed (Self-released)

Busy Schedule

NextStage has a full dance card

Kathleen Edwards

Failer (Zoë)

Sigur Rós / Godspeed You! Black Emperor

() (MCA) / Yanqui U.X.O. (Constellation)

The Bastard Sons of Johnny Cash

Distance Between (Ultimatum Music)

Varnaline

February 15 and February 16

God Only Knows Why

There's much to learn -- and forget -- about TNT's All-Star Tribute to Brian Wilson

His and hers

For Buddy and Julie Miller, love, God, and country music are all that matters

Guy Clark

South by so what

Putting the jest in music fest

The grass is blue

Writing hits for the Dixie Chicks has given Jim Lauderdale his own wide open space

Out Here

Jack Ingram

Love Hurts

A new record pays homage to Gram Parsons, a hero before his time

Long journey home

Lucinda Williams' Car Wheels roll on a perfect road

Exile on Fry Street

Slobberbone is still a little bit country and a lot rock and roll

Ten albums I played a lot in 1997