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Per the Denton Record-Chronicle, some big news out of Denton yesterday, as the organizers of 35 Conferette got the go-aheads from city council to erect outdoor stages on public property in downtown Denton and to also sell alcohol outside during their four-day festival. As such, there will be no last-minute…

Hayes Carll is nothing if not affable, with his ever-present half-smirk and “aw, shucks” persona. But don’t be fooled by nonchalant swagger. The 35-year-old Carll, born and raised in The Woodlands, is also quite self-aware. Almost ridiculously so. See, Carll knows what’s on the immediate horizon of his career. He…

Seems there are two vastly different camps developing in the Dallas hip-hop scene these days. For starters, there’s the heavily club-focused set featuring the likes of Dorrough, Play-N-Skillz, Trai’D, Inertia, Big Chief and others. Then there’s the underground movement being pushed by progressive acts like Sore Losers, A.Dd+, Killa MC…

Not too much happening on the local music dial tonight. Just one note of significance, really. But it’s of some pretty big significance, as you no doubt already know, if you’ve read the cover story in this week’s print edition…

Westlake’s Own Joe Jonas is 21 years old now — and he’s, like, so totally over his relationship with Colleyville’s Own Demi Lovato, in case you were curious. So much so that he’s focusing on Joe for the time being: Like his younger brother Nick before him, the middle JoBro…

Speaking of North Texas bands popping up on television, Jonathan Tyler & The Northern Lights have also been involved in that game lately, stopping in to record a couple acoustic songs and an interview for Beta TV, which is a nationally syndicated TV show that airs in 146 cities, although…

We repeat it like broken records, but, yes, very much so, Denton’s Midlake is big overseas. And now we have more proof, in the form of a nice set of performances from the folk-rock heroes on the French TV show One Shot Not, which broadcast the band’s three-song set of…

We’ve mentioned before Tim DeLaughter’s excitement over New Fumes, the brainchild of former Ghostcar member and touring Flaming Lips and Polyphonic Spree player Daniel Huffman, which, indeed, will be the next act to have release on DeLaughter’s Good Records Recordings label. And, hey, he’s got every right to be stoked:…

Since the release of their debut, 2009 full-length, Manic, local punk act Here Holy Spain has come a long way, quickly becoming one of the tighter live acts around — and, quite capably, showcasing themselves as more than “that band from the Toadies’ roadie.” Sure, Wes Todd Solem may indeed…

Like so many other venues last weekend, the pop-up club sponsored by rap’s favorite cognac, the so-called House of Hennessy in Arlington, showcased its fair share of musical star power as part of its Super Bowl weekend celebrations: Neo-soul performer Marsha Ambrosius stopped in for a minute; rappers Trina and…

Seems some changes are in store for local mall punk heroes Forever The Sickest Kids, who have a new, self-titled record coming out on March 1, their third for Universal Motown and their second full-length in total. Mainly, like other some other, notable mall-punkers before them, it seems that the…

With all the touring show posters and one-off local affairs we normally highlight in this space, it’s fairly easy to forget about the weekly events. But this one deserves some recognition…

In case you haven’t been paying attention: Dallas-Fort Worth has been back on a metal kick of late, with new metal bands popping up and grabbing our attention — like Warbeast and Maleveller, to name a few. Now there’s another act to add to the list of attention-worthy upstarts: Arlington’s…