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Ten Things You Can Expect to See At Austin City Limits 2011

Searching for the Soul of Austin

The neo city on the hills is a far cry from its cheap pot, cold beer and low-rent former ways.

The 15 Worst ...and Friends! Albums Of All-Time

​It's hard not to remember Santana's 1999 album Supernatural. Besides just the Rob Thomas collab "Smooth," which we've spent the past decade trying to erase from our memories, the album received a lot of attention at the time for being one of those records that featured a different collaboration w ... More >>

Good Godfather! Al Pacino's Bringing a Greatest-Hits One-Man Show to AT&TPAC in November.

​Maria May at the AT&T Performing Arts Center just sent over a release announcing the 2010-'11 seasons of the Brinker International Forum, TITAS and JAZZ ROOTS -- quite the trifecta, especially when you look at the roster for the Brinker International Forum. The whole kit, along with the atten ... More >>

Radio, Radio: Ayo Says Adios, While We Look at Just What Passes for "Quality Rock"

Two follow-ups in this particular radio round-up. First, I exchanged a few messages with Alan Ayo via Facebook, and the long and short of it is, he's not at all upset that Clear Channel gave him his walking papers yesterday. Writes the former midday host and music director at KDGE-FM:I'm feeling rat ... More >>

Last Night: Jackson Browne At Nokia Theatre

Two follow-ups in this particular radio round-up. First, I exchanged a few messages with Alan Ayo via Facebook, and the long and short of it is, he's not at all upset that Clear Channel gave him his walking papers yesterday. Writes the former midday host and music director at KDGE-FM:I'm feeling rat ... More >>

Cold War Kids Get by on Bravado

On stage, Cold War Kids ooze with confidence. In the real world, they’d rather stay out of trouble.

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

On stage, Cold War Kids ooze with confidence. In the real world, they’d rather stay out of trouble.

Spoon's Latest Achieves Messy Perfection

(Just like Britt Daniel's hair)

Going Green

Martin Sexton embarks on an eco-friendly tour

Calling Back

Twenty-five years later, former Telefone Gerard Dirkx replaces skinny ties with sweaty soul

Good Ideas

When SMU alum Astronautalis stopped rap-battling, he finally figured out how to win

Pie Kids

How two American filmmakers made a very British Boy

Finding Faith

A young girl traverses Europe to reclaim the sister she lost to The Invisible Circus

Crit and Shap 2000

The worst of the worst

Born to Die

Knowing how Nick Drake expired helps bring his music to life

Amazing grace

Three years after his death, Jeff Buckley continues to build a mystery with a new live collection

Restless farewell

Bob Dylan, the voice of a generation, to be silenced after Paul Simon tour

Young man inside an old man

With Mock Tudor, Richard Thompson proves you can go home again

Graham Parker

Caravan of Dreams
Fort Worth

Radio-Free Garland

An unlikely suburban airwave pirate lands in the FCC's crosshairs

Man at the top

The General adroitly animates real-life Irish crime boss Martin Cahill

The great divide

Levon Helm, the heart and soul of The Band, looks back in anger

Justice served

As her former band gets embalmed on a new collection, Maria McKee finally finds her voice

The music man

Lenny Waronker is a rock-biz legend, but is that enough to make DreamWorks Records a success?

Baby, it's them

Elvis Costello and Burt Bacharach are not such unlikely partners

1998 Dallas Observer Music Awards Nominees

Elvis Costello and Burt Bacharach are not such unlikely partners

Rock and roll over

In today's music business, tomorrow's revolution is yesterday's fad

Born again

Rickie Lee Jones leaves Chuck E. behind and looks toward tentative tomorrows

When the well runs dry

The vitality stops, but the music just keeps on comin'

The baddest seed

Nick Cave digs in and gets his hands bloody

She's got you

Lisa Layne's terrific voice carries A Closer Walk with Patsy Cline

Far from Gone

Dwight Yoakam's latest conjures up echoes of '60s AM radio