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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 >>

Nervous Curtains Calculate Infinity

Listomania: Ten Best Indie Christmas Songs

​It's that time of the year where you're sure to hear all the classic Christmas songs -- the exact same songs you listened to the year before. Snooze! Enter the indies, adding their own twist to your holiday favorites so you don't get sick of them. Okay, so we threw in a couple oldies, but the ... More >>

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 >>

Ten Signs Your Favorite Band Is Past Its Prime

​Earlier this week, Weezer announced plans to partner with Carnival Cruise Lines to arrange the first ever "Weezer Cruise." The four-night voyage from Miami to Cozumel will also feature sets by the likes of Ozma, Dinosaur Jr., Wavves and loads of others.Never mind how awesome we think all this sou ... More >>

Q&A: Ty Segall Talks His Favorite Music Formats and Becoming "The Next Jay Reatard"

Ty Segall​By our estimation, 2010 can be best summed up as the year of beach music. All year long, it seemed, new bands from coastal regions were cropping up with their hazy guitar tones and rich vocal harmonies, all soaked in reverb and packed with more pop hooks than we previously thought could ... More >>

Ty Segall

Saturday, February 19, at Rubber Gloves Rehearsal Studios in Denton

Five Traits Shared By Every Beach Pop Buzz Band

Listomania: What Scents Would Be Most Appropriate For The Future Perfumes and Colognes of Today's Biggest Music Icons?

OK, here she probably smelled like blood and semen...​According to fragrance industry insiders, Lady Gaga has requested that Monster, the perfume she is developing, smell of "blood and semen." Frankly, that's a head-scratcher for us -- it sounds more like a Bloodhound Gang scent, or perhaps a Load ... More >>

Last Night: Best Coast, Wavves and No Joy at the Granada Theater

Best Coast, Wavves, No Joy Granada Theater January 24, 2011 Better Than: Being separated from your best friend/cat. Best Coast's Bethany Cosentino and Wavves' Nathan Williams​Over the past year, the relationship between Nathan Williams and Bethany Cosentino, lead singers of Wavves and Best Coas ... More >>

Giveaway: Two Pairs of Tickets and A Free Poster For Tonight's Granada Theater Show With Best Coast, Wavves and No Joy.

There aren't too many secrets behind the successes of either Best Coast or Wavves, who join forces to take over the Granada Theater in what's sure to be a busy night at the Greenville Avenue venue. Both mine a warm, lo-fi aesthetic in their slacker, California chic offerings, with the former using ... More >>

Tonight, Tonight: Escape the Fate at South Side Music Hall, Best Coast at the Granada and Against Me! at Trees

A solidly packed Monday evening of music awaits those who don't mind stepping out on a cold winter's night...

Bonus MP3: Mind Spiders -- "No Romance"

​As you may have noticed, much of the music section in this week's Observer is dedicated to the cause of counting down the 20 best local releases of 2010. Next week's issue, meanwhile, will heavily focus on the most anticipated releases of 2011.And few bands pop up on both lists, actually -- inclu ... More >>

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 >>

The Best Songs in Dallas Music, 2010: Leg Sweeper Does It For The Weekend at No. 14

[Over the next few weeks, we'll be presenting our favorite local songs of the year, counting down from No. 25 to No. 1, one track a day. Today, we take an in-depth look at song No. 14 on the list -- and, please, feel free to click after the jump to grab a free download of the track. Also after the ... More >>

Erykah Badu and Sarah Jaffe Land On Some Early Year-End Best Album Lists

Sarah Jaffe's had a big year, in case you didn't know.​It's officially December, which means 2010 is almost over, which means it's time for the overzealous music critics of the world to rush out their year-end best music lists, even though, hey, the year isn't over and there are still albums comin ... More >>

Show Announcements: Best Coast, Wavves, No Age, Geographer, Josh Ritter, Thirty Seconds To Mars, Get Up Kids, Tapes N' Tapes, Oberhofer, Bitter End, Underoath, Deerhoof & more

Best Coast and Wavves--In Love and On the Road​It's no secret that Best Coast singer Bethany Cosentino wished that Nathan Williams, the stoner behind Wavves, was her boyfriend. She got her wish, too. And, now, the two are taking their much publicized relationship on road, presumably leaving a trai ... More >>

Fun Fun Fun: "Weird Al" Gets This Party Started, Nerd-Style

"Weird Al" Yankovic's "Dare to be Stupid" was as close to Devo as Fun Fun Fun Fest-goers will get this weekend.​As cool as the lineup for Fun Fun Fun Fest today and tomorrow may be, the Friday night kick-off party was clearly for the nerds--former and current. Chris Hardwick was intended to be the ... More >>

Fun Fun Fun: Monotonix, Wavves, Devin The Dude And More Make For A Smokin' Saturday Afternoon

Jesse HugheyMonotonix at Fun Fun Fun Fest, 2010.​How about a couple sentences each on some of the more noteworthy acts I've seen so far? No? Well, it'll have to suffice for now...Antlers: Sweet Moog and Korg keyboards and swooshing guitars. Great atmospheric slacker-psych rock. Devin The Dude: The ... More >>

Today In Music News: Kanye Reveals The Plot To His Mini-Movie, Wavves Get Industrious And King Of Leon Turn Into Divas

Your daily dose of national music news for Thursday, September 16, 2010...Kanye reveals the story behind his mini-movie that accompanies his song "Runaway." Need your very own Wavves weed grinder? So Kings of Leon have turned into festival divas?

Bonus MP3: Leg Sweeper -- "Sexy Weekend"

Pam CantuLeg Sweeper​Leg Sweeper's Taylor Stolly and Justin "Boots" Gomez never meant to become a Dallas band. The former Houston-based act came to Dallas on a roundabout mission to make their way to becoming an Austin band. Their reasons for stopping? To visit the Dallas-raised Stolly's family, t ... More >>

The Lounge On Elm Street Gets New Owner, Preps To Change Its Name to "The Nightmare"

​Quietly, over the course of the past few weeks, The Lounge On Elm Street has undergone an ownership change. And, in the next few weeks, it'll undergo a name change, too.According to new owner Victor Villalobos, the venue will soon be called The Nightmare. (Get it?)Over the past few years, The Lou ... More >>

Parade of Flesh Preps a Bro Down

Parade Of Flesh Announces Initial Bro Fest 2010 Lineup

​We're big fans of what John Iskander is doing around town with the shows that he's booking under his Parade of Flesh moniker. But you already knew that.What you might not have known, however, is that Iskander's been planning another post-SXSW bash--as he's been known to do in the past. Won't be c ... More >>

Today In Music News: The Dead Weather Works Fast, Wavves Pick Up New Members And Morrissey's Fans Apparently Don't Like Him

Your daily dose of national music news for Friday, November 20, 2009...It doesn't take The Dead Weather long to make records. The band just released its first album and it's already ready to release a new one. It didn't take Jay Reatard's former band to find gainful employ... they have joined up wi ... More >>

Correction: KXT Actually Launches at 7 a.m.; Wavves Is Not Behind WeeklyTapeDeck.

​I guess I didn't bring my 'A' game to this week's column in the print edition this week. Not the writing so much--that's still fantastic, of course. But I did make two factual errors that need correcting.For one, KXT-91.7 FM will not launch at 6 a.m. this coming Monday morning. Rather, it's launc ... More >>

Over The Weekend: Wavves, Ganglians, El Paso Hot Button at The Lounge on Elm Street

Wavves, Ganglians, El Paso Hot ButtonThe Lounge on Elm StreetOctober 9, 2009Better than: a show where you can hear every note played with precision.Mattie SaffordClick here for a full slideshow from Friday's show.​There was a definite, palpable energy flowing through The Lounge on Elm Street on Fr ... More >>

Wavves Is Out Of Control--In A Good Way

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Parade Of Flesh Offers Multi-Show Passes; Also, Relocates Upcoming Pastime Tavern Shows

Despite what the flyer says, this show is actually going to be at Good Records. Act fast and you can include it in your 20-something show Parade of Flesh pass.​John Iskander, grand marshal of Parade of Flesh, is offering passes good for all of his upcoming shows through the end of the year--an esp ... More >>