Thom Yorke

The Worst Supergroups Of All Time

A supergroup is a difficult project to make a success of. The work of previous band members overshadows any new material, and although it brings a ready-made fan base, it also brings unreasonably high expectations. Not only that, those that make up the new band might have similarly unreasonably high ... More >>

Here We Go Magic on Picking Up Nigel Godrich (and John Waters)

"It was a really amazing gift for us as a group," acknowledges Michael Bloch, guitarist for Brooklyn quartet Here We Go Magic. The gift? Nigel Godrich, the producer and "sixth member" of Radiohead, offered his services for the band's new album, A Different Ship. Godrich and Thom Yorke became fans of ... More >>

Here We Go Magic On Picking Up Nigel Godrich (and John Waters)

Ask Indie Grandpa: The Coachella Lineup

With the release of Coachella's lineup yesterday, we decided to ask our resident curmudgeon and "good old days" music expert, Indie Grandpa, what he thought of the annual desert festival, which has now expanded to two weekends. What do you think about Coachella's lineup? First of all, morning ever ... More >>

2011 Music, Turned Up to 11

The Conversation: Lead Singer Stage Behavior, How Much is Too Much?

Mick Jagger, the ultimate frontman​Make no mistake; there is a big difference between a run-of-the-mill lead singer and a bona fide frontman. Huge, really. Not just anybody has the magnetism required to convince 20,000 people at the American Airlines Center to raise their hands above their heads a ... More >>

Best Of SXSW Saturday-Day: Owen Pallett, Rock Screams and Rumors

Nick RalloAh, remember 35 Conferette? Good times, good times.​The final day--and night as Rocks Off discovered--of SXSW was a long one. After perusing an absolutely epic line for Rachel Ray's Feedback Party at Stubb's (yeah, you read that right), we ventured over to Peckerheads to meet Dallas-fr ... More >>

SXSW 2011 Buzz Power Rankings: Kanye West Stays On Top, But His Lead Is Shrinking...

Everybody knows he's a motherfucking monster.​Thursday at SXSW 2011 has come and gone -- but Kanye remains solidly in his spot atop our buzz power rankings, as determined by chatter we're hearing on the street. His lead is shrinking, though -- Odd Future is hot on his tail, proving once again that ... More >>

Arbitrarily Grading The Year That Was: A Look Back At The Major Music Happenings of 2010.

Not quite an A . But 2010 was still a pretty good year for music.​If the '00s were dominated by hip-hop, this decade looks as if it's being dominated by electronic music. While electro-pop has had some resurrections over the years, it's now a mainstay of popular music. Look no farther tha ... More >>

Q&A: Henry Clay People's Joey Siara Tells Us Why Modern Rock 'n' Roll Is So Annoying

The Henry Clay People​California's The Henry Clay People have come a considerable way in just a few years. Currently out on tour with Silversun Pickups and Against Me! while supporting their ballsy new album, Somewhere on the Golden Coast, the quintet chose to go the route of compromise with not o ... More >>

Eyedea & Abilities

Friday, November 20,at Hailey's Club in Denton

Radio Head: Jeff Catlin Talks About Why Cumulus Buried Its Bone for "Quality Rock"

Michael InsuasteThom Yorke and Radiohead, seen here at the Superpages.com Center last year, are, apparently, "Quality Rock."Jeff Catlin, operations manager for Cumulus Radio Dallas, says it took all of "five, six weeks, maybe" for station management to decide to drop The Bone and rechristen its clas ... More >>

Last Night: Black Rebel Motorcycle Club at Club Dada

Who Got The Better Radiohead Show, Dallas or Houston?

Guitar Hero Breeds a New Kind of Bar Band

Videogamers are living out rock and roll fantasies on screens at your local pub

Soulja Boy: Crankin' the Chain

No one understands the world of major-label rap better

Sanctified

We know her as Annie Clark, but the world knows her as St. Vincent

Cleanin' Out the Closet

On the Download

Some of the best music of 2006 wasn't exactly officially released (wink, wink)

Hip-hop-ocrite

If you want to clear up Soul Position's contradictions, don't study its Blueprint

Another Brick in the Wall of Sound Preview

Thinking About You

Radiohead's next album isn't finished, but why should that--or political goons--get in our way?

Odds & Ends

Pre-music awards "awards"; praise for a Dallas photographer; and Band to Watch

Remembering John Peel

Influential DJ began his radio career in Dallas

Playing Favorites

Local musicians pick the tops

Mix A Lot

Kid 606 separates the beats from the crap

Shannon Wright

May 28

Clinic

March 16

Ben Folds, Divine Comedy

March 11

The Hard Ones

The Beta Band is a group that almost anyone could like, but most people don't

Jon Brion

Meaningless (Straight to Cut-Out)

See By Be Seen

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

Out & About

Japancakes

Blind Man's Bluff

Six things you have to hear

Crit and Shap 2000

The worst of the worst

Here and There

Ten from Dallas and England and all points in between

Listen Up

Who says 2000 was a bad year for music?

Gave the People What They Had

Sometimes, the best new music is the best old music

Letters

Swine Among Pearls, Speaking of Whining, Slave to Soccer

Under the radar

Flickerstick might be one of the most popular bands in the area, even if no one has heard of it

Out Here

Royal trix

Prince Paul used to be hip-hop's leading court jester. Now, he's dead serious.

Timewarp again

More Top 10 lists, sort of

Hunky dory

The glam-rock saga Velvet Goldmine has substance to back up its style

Out There

Creep show

Radiohead: The story of a would-be one-hit wonder