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The Five Best Concerts In Dallas This Week, March 18-21

Spooky Folk, Babar, New Science Projects, Peopleodeon, Cool Womb Wednesday, March 20, at J&J's Pizza, Free They should rename this show "Musical Chairs of Denton." In celebrating his 20-somethingth birthday, Chris Bryan of Peopleodeon has put together a hefty bill of bands, considering the mere thre ... More >>

The Jealous Sound's Blair Shehan Remembers his First Guitar: A Black and White Epiphone

In honor of the Jealous Sound's third appearance in the DFW area in 12 months (they play in the House of Blues' Cambridge Room tonight), we caught up with frontman Blair Shehan on how he got into playing guitar, hardcore punk, and where the band is now. What drew you to playing guitar? I grew up ... More >>

Ask Fan Landers: Is My Band Accidentally Aiding A Right-Wing Extremist?

Are you a musician? Is your band having issues? Our new advice columnist, Fan Landers (a.k.a. Jessica Hopper), is ready to give you Real Talk about any problems your musical outfit might be having -- whether professional, practical, or sartorial. Send your problems here; confidentiality is assured, ... More >>

California Wives on Vagrant Records and the Musée d'Orsay

Chicago's California Wives, featured most recently in a commercial for Sharpie, will grace Dallas on Saturday, when they open for Stars. Jayson Kramer took some time out to share with us about being on Vagrant Records, museums and touring with Stars. Since you're on Vagrant Records, I'm curious as ... More >>

Into It. Over It's Evan Weiss Talks Being Fed Bullshit, Plus Five Warped Tour Recommendations

If you've seen No Room for Rock Stars, a recently-released documentary on the Warped Tour, it might be hard to imagine someone like Evan Weiss fitting in. Weiss, the mastermind behind Into It. Over It, isn't a tatted-up singer in a metalcore band who's missing his daughter back home. He isn't drivin ... More >>

Matt Pryor of Where's the Band? Talks About Drinking a Lot of Coffee and How Touring Is Like Fight Club

Matt Pryor's main gig is fronting The Get Up Kids, but every year or so, he decides to go the sensitive singer/songwriter route and bring a few friends along, including Bayside's Anthony Raneri and Chris Conley from Saves the Day. They all play under the banner of Where's the Band? Speaking from th ... More >>

My Jerusalem's Jeff Klein on Playing in Dallas and with Mark Lanegan and Greg Dulli

Austin-based My Jerusalem hits Dallas tonight, a night crowded with great shows. Seems like everyone is stuffing the good pre-Thanksgiving concerts into one night. My Jerusalem plays a special folky orchestral pop that isn't precious or twee, and it's not something to miss. With a new album in th ... More >>

Good Friday: Bro Fest, Kessler Theater Turns One, Peter Murphy, Roman Numerals, Tombs, Robert Earl Keen, Third Day, Rural Alberta Advantage, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Toro Y Moi, Snoop Dogg, Valient Thorr & More!

The Greenhornes headline Bro Fest 2011​This weekend is all about South By Southwest spillover, and the entity that is taking advantage the most is Parade of Flesh, who will be hosting the third annual Bro Fest all day on Sunday at Club Dada. For more information on the 22-band, half-indie, half-me ... More >>

Last Night: The Get Up Kids, Steel Train, River City Extension at The Loft

The Get Up Kids, Steel Train, River City Extension The Loft January 23, 2011  Better than: polishing your multi-colored Hot Water Music vinyl records.  Alexander FloresThe Get Up Kids​Aren't you glad when a reunion tour isn't a fluke? Fifteen months ago, The Get Up Kids triumphantly retu ... More >>

Good Friday: Moondoggies, Ume, The O's, Sarah Jaffe, The Cool Kids, New Science Projects, Chris Johnson, The Virgin Wolves, Menkena, Bob Schneider, 30 Seconds To Mars & More!

Moondoggies​Despite having a terrible name, Moondoggies' brand of Americana and alt-country is surprisingly good -- so good that, last month, the Seattle quartet's song "What Took So Long" was featured as NPR's song of the day. While drawing some comparisons to Fleet Foxes, their four-part har ... More >>

Giveaway: Five Pairs of Tickets to See The Get Up Kids at The Loft on Sunday

In this week's paper, Eric Grubbs puts back on his emo -- nay, post-hardcore -- cap, to talk the reunited Get Up Kids, who will be coming through town this weekend for a gig at The Loft on Sunday night with River City Extension and Steel Train. Writes Grubbs:The Kansas City five-piece packed the Gr ... More >>

The Get Up Kids, Steel Train, River City Extension

Sunday, January 23, at The Loft

My First Show: The Get Up Kids' Jim Suptic Got A Black Eye in The Pit of A Helmet, The Jesus Lizard and Therapy? Show When He Was 15.

Get Up Kids​Jim Suptic co-founded The Get Up Kids back in 1995. Their first practice came on his 18th birthday. And, in the following years, his band became a touchstone in the emo community. But their beginnings were pretty humble: Eons before Weezer's Pinkerton was worshipped and the members of ... More >>

Show Announcements: Best Coast, Wavves, No Age, Geographer, Josh Ritter, Thirty Seconds To Mars, Get Up Kids, Tapes N' Tapes, Oberhofer, Bitter End, Underoath, Deerhoof & more

Best Coast and Wavves--In Love and On the Road​It's no secret that Best Coast singer Bethany Cosentino wished that Nathan Williams, the stoner behind Wavves, was her boyfriend. She got her wish, too. And, now, the two are taking their much publicized relationship on road, presumably leaving a trai ... More >>

Last Night: Angels & Airwaves and Say Anything at the Palladium

Angels & Airwaves, Say AnythingPalladium BallroomMay 20, 2010Better than: staying in and listening to Angels & Airwaves on small computer speakers.   Angels & Airwaves​Angels & Airwaves has never been a vanity project for its singer/guitarist, Tom DeLonge. While he's back ... More >>

Last Night: Motion City Soundtrack, Set Your Goals, This Providence, The Swellers at the Prophet Bar

Motion City Soundtrack, Set Your Goals, This Providence, The SwellersProphet BarFebruary 10th, 2010 Better than: sitting at home worrying about the snow's possible effect on traffic Thursday and Friday morning. ​Motion City Soundtrack played--as expected--to a packed crowd in the big room of the ... More >>

Motion City Soundtrack, Set Your Goals, This Providence, The Swellers

Wednesday, February 10, at The Door

Last Night: The Get Up Kids at The Granada Theater

[Editor's Note: Sorry this is being posted so late in the day. We had some technical difficulties in getting it your way. But, alas, here you go...] The Get Up Kids, Youth Group, Pretty & Nice Granada TheaterSeptember 30, 2009 Better than: seeing The Get Up Kids in 2004 opening for Dashboard ... More >>

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Wednesday, September 30, at the Granada Theater

Today In Music News: The Get Up Kids Apologizes, Billy Joel Is Sick and Coldplay Heads To Springfield

Your daily dose of national music news for Tuesday, July 28, 2009... The Get Up Kids have formally apologized for a nation full of eyeliner and tight jean-wearing emo kids. Thank you, it's long overdue. Billy Joel and Elton John's Face 2 Face tour has been forced to cancel a few shows because Joel ... More >>

Traffic Reporter Eric Grubbs Is Way More Emo Than You Could Ever Be

What's New

Here's the scoop on some local releases--big, small and in between

The Anniversary

March 1

Not Just Yet

Upcoming music happenings offer much to anticipate

Scene, Heard

Chomsky unveils its latest efforts

Everyone's a Critic

Or at least a handful of musicians and music-industry types are, for a few brief moments

Kids Inc.

The Get Up Kids' independent success is still Something to Write Home About

Scene, Heard

Smirnoff sucks them in; The Rocket Summer waits 'til fall; Jeff Buckely's mom; North Texas Music Festival jab; Plus, much, much more

Across the Bar

Rocket Summer, Toadies break out, Solex gets Good, Live at the Hootenanny, and more

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