The American Analog Set

Explosions in the Sky's Munaf Rayani Forgot To Bring His Amp To His Band's First Dallas Gig

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 >>

Music Video Monday: New Clips From The O's, The Wooden Birds and Forever The Sickest Kids

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 >>

David Wingo Once Had A Beer Dumped On Him At Olla Podrida Mall. So, Naturally, That's How He Came Up With His Band's Name.

​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 >>

Download: A Few Choice Wooden Birds Live Tracks From Boston

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 >>

The Wooden Birds, Other Lives

Wednesday, June 17, at House of Blues

Pitchfork Reviews The Debut From The Wooden Birds, The Latest Project From AmAnSet's Andrew Kenny

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 >>

Chairmen of the Board

Erik Wofford and John Congleton on the art of production

Back to School Bash featuring Black Tie Dynasty, Sorta, The Happy Bullets and more

Saturday, September 30, at Hailey's, Denton

Odds & Ends

At this week's Dallas Video Festival, local audio gets the spotlight treatment

Say Hi to Your Mom

Friday, August 4, at Hailey's

Parlor Music

Everybody Has a Dark Side, but nobody's sounds as timeless as the Theater Fire

Last Set?

Austin's American Analog Set plays its final Dallas concert this week...maybe.

Styrofoam

Wednesday, November 16, at Gypsy Tea Room's "Tea Room"

To the Limits

Elvis tanks, the Pixies rock and other tales from the 2004 ACL Festival

Band Apart

American Analog Set is only occasionally together, but that's good enough

The Short Cut

American Analog Set does it for the love of the song

Out of a Trance

Trance Syndicate--Texas' best label--closes its doors, leaving Bedhead without a home

Vote the rock

Just call these the Old 97's Observer Music Awards

Out Here

Every which way but loose

The Dallas scene flourishes beneath the chaos

Spirit of '96

Last year showed pop still has more than a ghost of a chance

It was a very good year

1996 lived up to its predecessor while presaging great things to come

Out Here

Stabbed in the redneck

KNON fixture Roy Ashley bids a fiery farewell

Copywrong?

Deep Blue Something involved in legal fight over money, "Breakfast at Tiffany's," and the rights to their own music

The Dr. is out

Dre and Snoop Dogg, the boys who cried wolf, cancel yet another Dallas show

Grading on a curve

This was the year local music broke, but was it fixed?

Out Here