By Chaz Kangas Last week, rapper Lil Wayne added to his already-quite-substantial legacy by breaking Elvis Presley’s record for most songs on the Hot 100 charts by a solo artist. Immediately, however, many began squawking that this record deserved an asterisk, a la Roger Maris’ 61 home runs. See also:…

Are you a musician? Is your group having issues? Critic Jessica Hopper has played in and managed bands, toured internationally, booked shows, produced records, worked as a publicist, and is the author of The Girls’ Guide to Rocking, a how-to for teen ladies. She is here to help you stop…

Hot Wet Mess, North Texas Fairgrounds, September 1…

By Katie Bain In the past three years, one woman has ranked in DJ Magazine’s yearly Top 100 DJs poll. (Lisa Lashes, #75, 2009). The international EDM circuit is dominated by men like Justice, Diplo, Skrillex, Swedish House Mafia, Tiësto, David Guetta and Avicii, and the underground scene is as…

Find more of this weekend’s best shows in our shiny new concert calendar. Fort Worth Music Festival Will Rogers Memorial, Friday, September 28 and Saturday, September 29 Whether it’s the deep soul of Charles Bradley & His Extraordinaires, the tears-in-my-beer ballads of Hayes Carll, or the smooth jazzing of Kevin…

Are you a musician? Is your group having issues? Critic Jessica Hopper has played in and managed bands, toured internationally, booked shows, produced records, worked as a publicist, and is the author of The Girls’ Guide to Rocking, a how-to for teen ladies. She is here to help you stop…

Got plans this weekend? Cancel them and go support live music instead. We’re here to help with our freshly updated calendar of Dallas concerts. The listings are sortable by artist, venue and even price, if you like to choose bands based on cost per riff. There’s also a big list…

See more scenes in our slideshow See also: Reggie Watts give hair care tips See also: Big Freedia’s house of bounce Saturday afternoon, RTB2, Fergus & Geronimo, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Big Freedia, Reggie Watts, No Age and the Black Lips converged on the North Texas Fairgrounds for 35 Denton’s Hot…

Hunter Hedrickson hit the Granada on Saturday night, opening for John Mayall, and demonstrated exactly why he might be Dallas’ best guitarist…

BY REED FISCHER See also: What your Lollapalooza outfit says about you Are you ready for some GIFs? To quote Ozzy Osbourne, “I can’t fucking hear you!” I said, ARE YOU READY FOR SOME GIFs?! This past weekend’s running of Lollapalooza in Chicago was intense. The heat, the monsoon-like storm…

Photo by Erik Hess BY ERIK THOMPSON The 2012 installment of Lollapalooza has thus far brought the requisite extremes, in terms of performances and potent weather. A two-hour delay cut through the middle of Saturday’s entertainment at Chicago’s Grant Park, and a good many people were wishing they had just…

Photo by Erik Hess BY REED FISCHER Now more than ever, Lollapalooza is a mélange of different fashion decisions to accompany the varied musical offerings crammed together throughout Chicago’s Grant Park. When EDM butts up against metal, alt-country, and whatever the hell you’d call Die Antwoord, there’s really no wrong way…

100. Tripping Daisy, “Sonic Bloom” Before this album, the band had a grunge-pop affectation, but this song, from 1998’s Jesus Hits Like the Atom Bomb, was more heartfelt than anything they’d done before. – Daniel Hopkins 99. Pleasant Grove, “The Plaque at 16ft” Bret Egner wrote “The Plaque at 16ft,”…

Songs #100-80 Songs #79-60 Songs #59-40 Songs #39-20 The Spotify playlist for songs #19-1 19. Billy Preston, “Nothing From Nothing” Houston pianist Billy Preston got to hang around some decent talent (The Beatles, The Stones), but his solo material went in another direction altogether. This is his most well-known hit,…

Best Texas songs, #100-80 Best Texas songs, #79-60 Best Texas songs, #59-40 The Spotify playlist for songs #39-20 39. Billy Joe Shaver, “Live Forever” “Live Forever” is an emotional experience. The line, “Don’t let the darkness take them” is tear-inducing, given that his own son, Eddy, was taken by heroin…

Best Texas songs, #100-80 Best Texas songs, #79-60 The Spotify playlist for songs #59-40 59. Tum Tum, “Caprice Music” For years, the Dallas hip-hop community’s had a love affair with the Chevy Caprice Classic. Tum Tum’s “Caprice Music” was an ode to that car culture, illustrating the unique trends specific…