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The Whigs Think We Should All Stop Being Jerks to Kings of Leon

Hailing from Athens, Georgia, the garage rock trio known as The Whigs has been plying their craft for over a decade. In that time, they have released four amazing records including last years' Enjoy the Company. Speaking from a tour stop in Los Angeles and in anticipation of Friday's show at the Pr ... More >>

America's Petro-Terrorists

How greedy speculators bought politicians and drove up the price of oil.

Chuck Taylor Looks Back on 10 Years of Texas Countdown

Dirty Projectors, Wye Oak, Mark Kozelek and More Show Announcements

Dirty Projectors have a lot to live up with their forthcoming 2012 album Swing Lo Magellan. Past efforts include an album of Black Flag songs recorded only from memory, and a concept album about Don Henley's life. The band's output has slowed since 2010, when they peaked as blogosphere darlings ... More >>

Fry Master Abel Gonzales Jr. Teaches Us How to Make Fried Cookie Dough

DIY fried cookie dough. Oh snap.​Last week, my friend told me about a batch of cookies she made with Oreo cookies crumbled inside them. "It's a cookie in a cookie!" Pretty impressive. But what would obviously be more impressive? We had to fry it. (begin Ghostbusters parody) "Who you gonna ca ... More >>

Penny Lazo Works For Universal Records and Gets Celebrities To Pose for Pics With Her Taco.

Welcome to Local Music 'Mericans, where we meet the people in the local music scene that you don't see on stages. Penny Lazo. With LMFAO. And a taco. No, the taco isn't real.​Penny Lazo is a DFW-based rep for Universal Records. Despite being very rock 'n' roll in appearance, her main beat is coun ... More >>

Tony Edwards Wants To Help Build Your Band's Brand With His Growing Street-Team Company

Welcome to Local Music 'Mericans , where we meet some of the people behind the local music scene -- those who aren't necessarily members of local bands, but more the people who make the scene move.Tony Edwards​Tony Edwards was almost certainly a hummingbird in a past life. He darts, moves, and ... More >>

The Top 10 Lamest "Rivalries" in Sports

​As I watched Mitch Moreland's gargantuan, 472-foot homer sail into the soon-to-be stormy June night, I was reminded that the Rangers-Astros' fight should be stopped on account of inhumane bludgeonry. Moreland's blast -- tied for third-longest in baseball this season -- capped an 8-3 Texas c ... More >>

Clear Fork Station: A Cowboy Oasis

Worth a stop if you're in the neighborhood.

Which Of Your Texas Rangers Has The Coolest Intro Music?

​Last week, the Morning News' Rangers beat writer/columnist Evan Grant shared the music being used at the start of this baseball season by most of your Texas Rangers players -- either at-bat music or welcome-to-the-mound stuff, naturally.The best news that wasn't? Grant reported that catcher Mike ... More >>

Good Friday: Robyn, Beth Orton, Sebadoh, Miranda Lambert, Broken Social Scene, Tapes N' Tapes, Ty Segall, Nadia Washington, Flowers Of God, Toby Keith, Mixmaster Mike, Swans, Hares On The Mountain & More!

Robyn​This weekend will be insane. And it all starts with Swedish pop star Robyn, who will be performing at South Side Music Hall tonight. She's managed to find a nice happy medium with her highly credible, highly danceable, modern pop music, and tonight will afford her fans a chance to see just h ... More >>

Show Announcements: Fleet Foxes, Decemberists, Beth Orton, Rusko, Ray Price, Adele, Maps & Atlases, Delorean, Dashboard Confessional, George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic, Dokken, Wilco, Ricky Martin, Deftones, The Dillinger Escape Plan and More!

Fleet Foxes​Two years ago, Fleet Foxes blindsided indie-rock fans with a self-titled debut record full of four-part harmonies and folk songs that were both melancholy and triumphant. The self-made record, which was done on a shoe-string budget, went on to sell over 300,000 records worldwide.  ... More >>

Local Music 'Mericans: John Graham Toured With Pantera and Damageplan Before Tending Bar At All Your Favorite Music Venues

Welcome to Local Music 'Mericans, where we'll be meeting some people behind the local music scene who aren't the musicians, but more behind-the-scenes folk.John Graham​Right before Pantera's major label debut, Cowboys from Hell, came out in 1990, John Graham went on the road with them and their op ... More >>

A Few Do's and Don'ts Learned During the 2010 Republican Party of Texas Convention

Photos by Patrick Michels​Happy Sunday, Friends! While you were out having a nice, relaxing weekend full of neighbors and sun and beers and loveliness, I was at the 2010 Texas Republican Party Convention having a blast talking about 'Murka and stuff. It was a fun- and camo-filled two days, but I'v ... More >>

Top 100 Most Annoying Summer Songs

Shut up, Jimmy Buffett.​You know what really gives us the summertime blues? "Summertime Blues," not to mention other maddening summer hits like "All I Wanna Do," "Margaritaville" or the shotgun-in-mouth-inducing "Hot Hot Hot." It's bad enough global warming is cooking the planet like a plastic cu ... More >>

Good Friday: Tre Orsi, The O's, Eleven Hundred Springs, Pet Hospital, Record Hop, Hendrick, Whiskey Folk Ramblers, Yppah, John Lefler, 100 Monkeys, August Burns Red, Rick Springfield, Devildriver, Toby Keith, Ellotio Levin Trio, Charlie Daniels Band

The weekend's finally here, boo-yah, and it's a deceptively crowded one music-wise, actually. You should already know about the weekend shows we've already discussed here and in the print edition, but, in case you forgot, well, let's recap. Well, now that I think of it, pretty much every show we've ... More >>

Live Nation Pulls Back Service Charges, Offers DC9 Readers A Giveaway

Last week, Live Nation, the national concert booking and promoting conglomerate that books to Superpages.com Center and other large venues throughout the region, offered up the concert-going public what it thought would be a nice little respite to the recession: One day (Wednesday) in which service ... More >>

Top 10 Country Albums of 2008

Photo by Michael Alan GoldbergTwo young blondes with toothy smiles and hard-core work ethics, Taylor Swift and Carrie Underwood, helped country expand its fan base in these years of shrinking music sales. Meanwhile, Kenny Chesney, Rascal Flatts, Alan Jackson, Toby Keith, Tim McGraw, Brad Paisley and ... More >>

Darryl Lee Rush

Saturday, March 10, at Club Dada

Girls Will Be Boys

It's a mixed-up world, but who cares?

Whatever He Is

Hometowner Jack Ingram embraces his newfound Nashville success, even after dropping a dozen Music City F-bombs

Take Me Home

England has been raving about half-Texas, half-Manchester band The Earlies for two years. Now it's our turn.

Wailing on Each Other

Plus: Seeing Red

This Week's Day-By-Day Picks

Feelin' Lucky

Granbury rounds up the Guys and Dolls

Hammer of the Gods

With a handful of artists, "classic rock" is not a pejorative

Dixie Down

When does a benign anti-war comment become the death of open discourse?

Country in Crisis

Plus: War,the Sequel; French? Toast!

Crit and Shap

The worst of 2002

Big in Bahrain

Taken from 35 Marines ages 18-23

A managers memories

Red Sox skipper Kennedy remains bitter about turn with Rangers

Strait to hell

George Strait saved country music. Then he killed it