The Strokes

Local Independent Record Vendors are Rooting for the Underdogs

This is not your everyday Billboard chart. Each week, we'll tell you which bands are selling in the fine record shops in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex, where we consumers of music have impeccable taste. Similarities emerged at CD Source and Good Records this week with top artists reaching high sa ... More >>

Okay, Illegal Downloads Probably Are Hurting The Music Industry

This would have surprised me no matter who had turned it up, but there was a special irony in learning that illegal music downloads "aren't hurting the music industry" from a beleaguered print magazine's free-news arm: Illegal downloads aren't hurting the music industry, new study claims | ti.me/10 ... More >>

The Best Performer of All at This Year's SXSW? Seryn, If You Ask Paste.

Seryn​ Regrettably, we didn't make it out to Paste's Thursday day party featuring North Texas' own Sarah Jaffe and Seryn (fellow North Texans Eisley played the magazine's Wednesday party), and, to hear Paste tell it, boy, did we miss out: The venerable and regrettably now online-only music rag cla ... More >>

Picture Show: The Village Voice Media SXSW Showdown With Wu-Tang and Erykah Badu

Nick RalloDJ Lo Down Loretta Brown closed the night. Read a full recap on the Houston Press.​A night that began with Austin-Houston locals Ume, whom we last saw at our St. Patrick's Day Concert, ended with DJ Lo Down Loretta Brown--Erykah Badu--at the Austin Music Hall. And somewhere after The St ... More >>

The Best Of SXSW Thursday: Damien Jurado and Hangover Tacos

Nick RalloDamien Jurado, the minimalist, at the Swan Dive​Moving forward.There were a number of un-missable day parties with good lineups yesterday, including those from Pitchfork, Paste Magazine, Brooklyn Vegan and, of course, the Village Voice Media SXSW Showdown (with Wu-Tang Clan).So, Pete's w ... More >>

At The Village Voice Media SXSW Showdown and...Fireworks!

Nick RalloAnd the hommmme of the...​Bones and walls are rattling. There's thundering everywhere!The bass thunder is coming from the Village Voice Media SXSW party, which kicked-off 'round 5 p.m. with the awesome rock of Ume and will continue with Trae Tha Truth, Yelawolf, Fishbone, and Wu-Tang Cla ... More >>

Hotspots to Fill Up at on a SXSW Day Trip

​With SXSW coming up in just a couple weeks, you might be trying to figure out a way to work a trip down to Austin into your schedule and your budget. I have one answer: Austin on a 24-hour turnaround is not all that hard to pull off. A few years ago, a bunch of us at UNT did just that. We dev ... More >>

Listomania: The 10 Best Albums That Were Supposed To Come Out, But Never Did, in 2010

​Albums get delayed all the time. (Cue Chinese Democracy joke). Sometimes it's because of the close relation of creativity and procrastination. Other times, business overtakes art. More often than not, though, it's just a sheer mystery. So, in looking back at the year, we decided to think about al ... More >>

ACL 2010 So-Far Superlatives: The Best Performers, Songs and Movements of Days One and Two.

Here we are, final morning of Austin City Limits, and we're getting all wistful and whatnot. It's a busy day ahead filled with North Texas connections like whoa: 15-year-old Dallas-born fiddle wunderkind Ruby Jane kicks the entire day off with her 11:15 a.m. set; Midlake will somehow have to physica ... More >>

Picture Show: And So Austin City Limits Begins...

All photos by Nick RalloThe fans are already shirtless, dancing for GIVERS.​So it begins. Austin City Limits 2010 kicked off its heels this morning with Asleep at the Wheel, GIVERS and Charlie Mars. Thanks to the crisp, clear weather, we can show you some beginning pics. Of course, they'll be ... More >>

Neon Indian To Release Deluxe Edition of Psychic Chasms, Stateside

Artwork for Mind Ctrl: Psychic Chasms Possessed​Lately our coverage of Neon Indian has been a near-daily affair, but the Denton band just keeps cranking out big news. Earlier in the week we told you about the UK release of Psychic Chasms, featuring a bonus remix disc called Mind Ctrl: Psychic Chas ... More >>

Delmore Pilcrow

Keep an Eye (Self-released)

Giveaway: Two Pairs Of Tickets To Tonight's Little Joy Show At Club Dada

In this week's print edition, Observer contributor Elliott Johnston faced the not-so-big task of making tonight's Little Joy show at Club Dada seem like it's worth your time. Again, not exactly the toughest feat in the world. Writes Johnston:"Rock critics are seduced by the tendency to call out an ... More >>

Gig Alerts: Clues Tonight at The Loft; Stardeath and White Dwarfs at Good Records

Yet another quirky, off-kilter pop band from Canada, Montreal's Clues recorded its eponymous debut at Arcade Fire's Petite Eglise studio late last year. Which makes sense, since Clues' multi-instrumentalist Brendan Reed was an early member of Arcade Fire, playing drums and singing on that band's deb ... More >>

Little Joy

Tuesday, June 9, at Club Dada

It's Not Americana; It's Dress-Up

Don't be fooled by the faded denim and snap-button cowboy shirts

Albert Hammond Jr.

¿Cómo Te Llama? (RCA)

Tokyo Police Club

Tuesday, April 1, at House of Blues' Cambridge Room

Will Rock Band and Guitar Hero Save Us?

Are rocker videogames the new MTV—and will they help us save the music universe?

Shred Cred

You wanted the best — you get the best: Guitar Hero III

Waging War on the Digital Jukebox

The 'Fro'd One

Pop Quiz

An SAT for DFW

Albert Hammond Jr., Incubus

Wednesday, January 17, at the Gypsy Tea Room

Regina Spektor

Thursday, November 9, at Gypsy Tea Room

Rhymefest

Blue Collar (J/Allido)

Suburban Kids With Biblical Names

#3 (Labrador)

Odds & Ends

Why the Austin City Limits Music Fest is stupider than a big bowl of dust

Mermaid Purse, The Valentines, Andrew Tinker

Saturday, August 27, at Dan's Silverleaf

Robbers on High Street

Tree City (New Line Records)

Learning As They Go

The members of Jimmy Eat World have been together 10 years now--but what do their Futures hold?

The Now, The Hundred Inevitables, Grand Champeen

Thursday, December 16, at Double Wide

Rye Coalition, The Golden Falcons, The Lord Henry

Friday, October 15, at the Gypsy Tea Room

The Hives

Tyrannosaurus Hives (Interscope)

Bad Boy

Peer Gynt is a cautionary tale in tights

Letters

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

November 17

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club

September 12

The Thrills

So Much for the City (EMI International)

Les Savy Fav

April 25

Bottle the Spin

The "40 best artists making music right now?" Nah.

The Ties That Bind

The Top 10 musical ties of 2002

A List of Lists

Counting down 2002

Mag Light

Today's music magazines suck up to celebs--and just plain suck

Tuba Wanted

The Polyphonic Spree looking to add a new member to its cast

Without Clearance

Or, how Eminem's new single spawned a dozen of the best (illegal) songs ever

Best of the Best

This pretty much speaks for itself

Hear This

Back to business as usual: I dig music

Independent's Day

Pete Yorn may have signed a big record contract, but he didn't stop doing it himself