Explosions in the Sky returns to Dallas this week for its first area performance in a few years. In turn, it's looking like one of the most-anticipated shows of the year -- mostly because, yes, with the instrumental, four-piece Austin post-rock outfit playing the outdoor Strauss Square in the AT& ... More >>
Back in February, just as revered area folk-rock duo The O's were gearing up to release Between The Two, their much-anticipated second release, Taylor Young and John Pedigo released a music video for their album's lead single, "We'll Go Walking." The clip, we were told at the time, was to be just t ... More >>
OK, so Ola Podrida isn't really local at all--band leader David Wingo calls Austin home, not Dallas--but the band is named after Olla Podrida, that old arts and crafts mall off LBJ Freeway here in the D. And, if we're searching for more local angles, we know that Wingo collaborated with former Am ... More >>
If you regrettably missed last Wednesday's homecoming performance of sorts from Fort Worth native Andrew Kenny, formerly of American Analog Set, as he stopped through town at the House of Blues for a show with his new, Barsuk-signed act, The Wooden Birds, you'd probably be pleased to check out this ... More >>
Wednesday, June 17, at House of Blues
It was five months ago now, that we first learned of Fort Worth native and American Analog Set frontman Andrew Kenny's newest project, The Wooden Birds. Well, just last week, The Wooden Birds' debut disc, Magnolia, earned its release on the pretty excellent Barsuk Records label. It's a largely subdu ... More >>
Erik Wofford and John Congleton on the art of production
Saturday, September 30, at Hailey's, Denton
At this week's Dallas Video Festival, local audio gets the spotlight treatment
Friday, August 4, at Hailey's
Everybody Has a Dark Side, but nobody's sounds as timeless as the Theater Fire
Austin's American Analog Set plays its final Dallas concert this week...maybe.
Wednesday, November 16, at Gypsy Tea Room's "Tea Room"
Elvis tanks, the Pixies rock and other tales from the 2004 ACL Festival
American Analog Set is only occasionally together, but that's good enough
American Analog Set does it for the love of the song
Trance Syndicate--Texas' best label--closes its doors, leaving Bedhead without a home
Just call these the Old 97's Observer Music Awards
The Dallas scene flourishes beneath the chaos
Last year showed pop still has more than a ghost of a chance
1996 lived up to its predecessor while presaging great things to come
KNON fixture Roy Ashley bids a fiery farewell
Deep Blue Something involved in legal fight over money, "Breakfast at Tiffany's," and the rights to their own music
Dre and Snoop Dogg, the boys who cried wolf, cancel yet another Dallas show
This was the year local music broke, but was it fixed?
