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Tom Waits

  • Blogs

    December 22, 2011

    Five Best and Worst Album Covers of 2011

    The actual artistry of the album cover has been making a comeback. Of course, over the years, the cheesy head shot has gradually (for the most part) faded away and been replaced by, well, art. Go figure. Anyhow, 2011 was a particularly good year for the album cover. Well, there were a few examples w ... More >>

  • Music

    December 1, 2011

    Marc Ribot Leads the Way

    After nearly 40 years of professional playing, guitarist still finds revelations.

  • Blogs

    July 18, 2011

    Watch: St. Vincent Covers Tom Waits

    Tina TyrellSt. Vincent​There will probably be a lot of Annie Clark, or as she's known on stage St. Vincent, news on DC9 in the coming weeks. Call it a hunch.Fresh off the heals of announcing a September 13 release date for her third record Strange Mercy, and a Sunday, October 23, Kessler Theater s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 25, 2010

    Made a Playlist, Now Checkin' it Twice: By Request, Last Night's Christmas Music Show

    ​Many thanks to the many folks who tuned in and called in during last night's late-night Christmas-music spectacular, which gets a replay on KTCK-AM (1310, The Ticket) beginning, why, right this very moment. (That'll be just the three-hour yuletunes special, not the two hours of pirate-radio non-h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 27, 2010

    Over The Weekend: Marc Ribot at the Kessler Theatre

    Marc RibotKessler TheaterSeptember 25, 2010Better than: Being challenged by musical banality.Marc Ribot​The Kessler Theater presented its first "Storytellers at the Kessler" event on Saturday night, hosting Marc Ribot in his first-ever Texas performance. And the combination of music and space coul ... More >>

  • Music

    June 17, 2010

    Carolina Chocolate Drops, Ruthie Foster

    Thursday, June 17, at the Granada Theater

  • Blogs

    April 29, 2010

    Giveaway: Two Pairs of Tickets to Tonight's Mark Growden Show at the Kessler Theatre

    When outsider troubadour Mark Growden rolled through the region back in January, Jesse Hughey previewed the show--quite excitedly, I might add. Wrote Hughey:Mark Growden creates the kind of rich, evocative, cabaret-noir-Americana that thousands of Tom Waits imitators would give their porkpie hats ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 1, 2009

    Shutter Stars

    When outsider troubadour Mark Growden rolled through the region back in January, Jesse Hughey previewed the show--quite excitedly, I might add. Wrote Hughey:Mark Growden creates the kind of rich, evocative, cabaret-noir-Americana that thousands of Tom Waits imitators would give their porkpie hats ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 20, 2009

    Norah Jones Announces A November Release For Her Next Album

    ​According to a press release that apparently went out to every media outlet in the world today, Dallas' own Norah Jones has a new album coming out in November--her fourth overall, and first in two years. After the jump, the press release in full, since it features some Jones quotes on the new, as ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 31, 2008

    Wild Bill

    Frisell shows off in Cowtown

  • Music

    July 3, 2008

    Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, Sharon Little

    Monday, July 7, at Nokia Theatre, Grand Prairie

  • Music

    June 26, 2008

    New Science Projects

    Crocodile (Gutterth Records)

  • Music

    January 17, 2008

    Catfish Whiskey CD Release Party

    Friday, January 18, at the Green Elephant

  • Music

    November 22, 2007

    Guiding Big D's Sonic Pilgrims

    Enough with the turkeys, now for a little locally baked dessert

  • Blogs

    October 8, 2007

    Review: Rock Lottery 10th Anniversary

    Enough with the turkeys, now for a little locally baked dessert

  • Calendar

    August 9, 2007

    Sling Song

    Billy Bob sings at the HOB

  • Blogs

    June 22, 2007

    Jumping Through Hoop

    Billy Bob sings at the HOB

  • Music

    February 15, 2007

    Apostle of Hustle

    National Anthem of Nowhere (Arts&Crafts)

  • Calendar

    October 12, 2006

    Vision Quest

    The Theater Fire gets screened

  • Blogs

    September 6, 2006

    Signing Off

    The Theater Fire gets screened

  • Music

    July 20, 2006

    Burntsienna Trio

    Gregor-Jotace Mission Cathedral (TXMF)

  • Music

    June 22, 2006

    Jesse DeNatale

    Thursday, June 22, at AllGood Cafe

  • Blogs

    June 16, 2006

    All We Want To Do Is Dance

    Thursday, June 22, at AllGood Cafe

  • Music

    June 15, 2006

    James Luther Dickinson

    Jungle Jim and the Voodoo Tiger ( Memphis International)

  • Film

    October 13, 2005

    Keira Get Your Gun

    Domino chronicles the life of a model turned bounty hunter

  • Music

    January 6, 2005

    I'll Drink to That

    Keep that New Year's Eve spirit all year long with these boozy sing-along tunes

  • Music

    December 9, 2004

    One at a Time: A Singer/Songwriter Night

    Monday, November 29, at Rubber Gloves

  • Music

    November 4, 2004

    Delgados, Crooked Fingers

    Tuesday, November 9

  • Best of Dallas

    October 14, 2004
  • Music

    October 7, 2004

    Odds & Ends

    Club TV USA hits town, Crossroads Fest coming out on DVD andlessons from Mail Bag

  • Music

    June 3, 2004

    Various Artists

    The Long Con Compilation, Vol. 1 (Pyramid Scheme Recordings)

  • Music

    May 13, 2004

    Los Lobos

    The Ride (Hollywood/Mammoth)

  • Music

    September 4, 2003

    Various Artists

    The Old Grey Whistle Test (BBC Video)

  • Music

    January 16, 2003

    Crooked Fingers

    Red Devil Dawn (Merge)

  • Music

    January 2, 2003

    A List of Lists

    Counting down 2002

  • Film

    June 6, 2002

    Chaos Theory

    The hypnotic Maelström is full of good-natured twists

  • Film

    April 25, 2002

    Lost Highways

    Billy Crudup is on the road to nowhere in World Traveler

  • Music

    March 21, 2002

    Hayden / Neil Halstead

    Skyscraper National Park (Hardwood/Badman) / Sleeping on Roads (4AD)

  • Music

    April 5, 2001

    Indoor Fireworks

    In ABBA's old studio, Elvis Costello and Anne Sofie von Otter reinterpret pop music history

  • Music

    March 22, 2001

    Tired of Waiting

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

  • Music

    June 22, 2000

    Flanagan's wake

    VH1 vice president's novel about the music business mourns an era just since passed

  • Music

    November 11, 1999
  • Music

    September 23, 1999

    Out Here

    Little Jack Melody and His Young Turks

  • Music

    August 5, 1999

    More Oar: A Tribute to the Skip Spence Album

    Various artists (Birdman Records)

  • Film

    August 5, 1999

    Super zeroes

    Heroes without powers, the Mystery Men fight crime with laughter

  • Music

    July 2, 1998

    Jim of all trades

    For David Byrne discovery Jim White, music wasn't his first career choice. Or his second. Or his third...

  • Music

    January 8, 1998

    Come Again

    The best reissues of 1997 prove nostalgia pays off

  • Music

    March 21, 1996

    Out There

    The best reissues of 1997 prove nostalgia pays off

  • Music

    February 29, 1996

    Out Here

    The best reissues of 1997 prove nostalgia pays off

  • Music

    January 11, 1996

    Out There

    The best reissues of 1997 prove nostalgia pays off

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