The Kinks

13 of This Weekend's Best Shows: Neil Halstead, The Coathangers, KISS and more

Neil HalsteadSaturday, August 4, at Good RecordsOnce the lead singer of one of the loudest and dreamiest shoegaze acts, Slowdive, Neil Halstead has somehow found himself far away from the style he once perfected. After a decade of playing country pop in Mojave 3, he's now strumming solo, in preview ... More >>

Hope You Have The Time Of Your Life

The Rest of the Fest: One Last Look Back at 35 Denton

It was four days facing the elements: Wind, rain, solar flares and, on Saturday night, slime. In between, there were late-night basement dance parties, close calls with golf carts, mysterious bruises, random introductions and the chance to catch music at every turn. 35 Denton feels like what SXSW p ... More >>

Nervous Curtains' Violitionist Session Gets Kinky

We know this promo photo might get some of you fetishists fired up, but it's not what you think. The Dallas trio, who we profiled this week in preview of their excellent new album, Fake Infinity, just laid down a Violitionist Session, featuring two album tracks and an inspired cover of The Kinks' "T ... More >>

Listen to Rhett Miller's New Live Covers Album The Interpreter: Live From Largo

​Looks like Rolling Stone has a jump on Rhett Miller's new live covers album The Interpreter: Live From Largo. The record is set to be released November 22, but you can listen to the entire thing on the Rolling Stone site.Just a word of warning, there are no original songs on this record. If you'r ... More >>

Poster Of the Week: Rhett Miller, Sarah Jaffe & The O's at Granada Theater

​There's a good reason this two-sided poster, designed by Tractorbeam's Daniel Führer, has topped the list of this week's poster submissions. It's for a good cause, and it offers a glimpse into man's circulatory system that no other concert poster has yet.

Listomania: Nine Songs That May or May Not Be About Paying Your Taxes

​As part of their ongoing strategy to make April the most hated month of the year, the U.S. government requires that you turn in your taxes on Monday. Yes, that's right: It's the time of year again where you have to strain your eyes and flip through your receipts, desperately hoping to find possib ... More >>

Unexpected Influences: Datahowler Doesn't Always Listen To Music -- But When He Does, He Prefers Obscure African or Latin Records.

Welcome to a Unexpected Influences, where we talk to musicians about the music no one expects them to like.Datahowler​Datahowler, mad processor of decades of international culture, has a lot on his mind. Born Ross Edman (and formerly using the moniker Objectiv One), he has managed to push himself ... More >>

Denton's Own Sly Stone Is The 38th Greatest Musical Artist of All-Time, Says VH1...

Speaking of Denton ranking highly on lists today, have you guys been watching VH1's 100 Greatest Artists of All-Time countdown this week? It's a guilty pleasure, for sure, especially if you enjoy hearing people like Sebastian Bach and members of the Barenaked Ladies talk about their musical heroes. ... More >>

For Your Long Weekend Listening Pleasure: Frank Zappa, Blondie Do Dallas Way Back When

​With an extra day this weekend, an extra night: Blondie on December 1, 1979, from an unspecified Dallas venue; and Frank Zappa at the Dallas Convention Center Arena on October 17, 1980. Both, revolutionary in their own right.They're both flawless recordings -- Blondie because it was for radio. As ... More >>

Last Night: Ray Davies and The 88 At The Palladium Ballroom

Ray Davies, The 88The Palladium BallroomMarch 17, 2010Better than: Being the oldest person in the crowd, which I seemed to be at NX35.Sarah Jane Semrad​What a fickle position to be Raymond Douglas Davies. To be simultaneously a rock-and-roll oldies generation entertainer and a darling to the indie ... More >>

Brothers in Arms

The Avetts don't let success get in the way of family

Gig Alert: The Blakes at Hailey's in Denton Tonight

​Those without plans for this Wednesday evening might want to think about heading to Denton to catch the Seattle-based The Blakes at Hailey's. For one, there's not too many acts channeling influences like The Who and The Kinks these days, and, two, The Blakes mix in enough of The Stooges to make t ... More >>

Shutter Stars

Cheap Trick, Def Leppard, Poison

Friday, August 21, at Superpages.com Center

Dallas Observer Music Awards

Jesus Christ! This Year's Nine Worthwhile Christmas Discs

Echoes & Reverberations: Van Halen’s “Almost Infamous”

Blackheart Society

Oh!! Oh!! (Hit Records)

Happy Christmas, Your Arse

Local musicians weigh in on their favorite—and least favorite—Christmas songs

Teen Pregnancy, Hilarious and Sweet, in the Indie-licious Juno

Be Your Own Pet, Awesome Color, Red Monroe

Sunday, November 12, Gypsy Tea Room

Person With Disability

Rest in peace--please-- Zayra Alvarez

Rock Star Goes Opry

Rock Star 101: Know Thy Cr�e, GNR and Metallica

Our top DVD picks for the week of July 5

Bois and Grrls

Genderqueer: Straight or gay, these kids refuse to play dress-up by the rules

Island Records

Get Tiki with it

On the Town

We endured nine straight nights of booze and smoke to bring you this news. You can thank us later.

Various Artists

The Osbourne Family Album (Epic)

Out & About

David Byrne

Tired of Waiting

The center of the musical universe, Austin welcomes the beautiful and the ugly

See By Be Seen

At the annual South by Southwest music festival, it's the singer, not the song

100 Bullets

MTV and Rolling Stone pick the 100 greatest pop songs ever, "from The Beatles to the Backstreet Boys." We demand a recount.

Gave the People What They Had

Sometimes, the best new music is the best old music

Hard Eight

We knocked over the stack of local releases and found eight you need to hear

Britneymania!

What would the face of rock history have looked like if the British Invasion had been a Britney Invasion instead?

My heart's reflection

Genius plus love still equals Yo La Tengo

Critics' Picks

The Pretenders

Pink panthers

Is there such a thing as a local supergroup? Ask Pinkston.

Through a glass darkly

Up close and intimate, Francis Bacon's work transcends the clichés and introduces you to the real man

Sleepy Heroes

The Foxymorons don't need to sleep in the same city to make their bedroom pop

Across the Bar

Post from Vermont is returned to sender; Who is A Quick One; The Cavern experiments; The Volares get good print

David Lee Roth Band

Reunion Arena

Whipping boy

John Loza learns that making friends is easy for a city council member. Keeping them is harder.

The rules of rock

Messing up in public

Ray Davies gets the kinks-- but not the Kinks-- out of his career