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Salt-N-Pepa, Doug E. Fresh, Biz Markie, M.C. Lyte, Kool Moe Dee

Saturday, March 26, at the Dallas Convention Center

By Annie Zaleski
Mar 24, 2011

For about a decade, few musicians—gender be damned—could match the smarts or wit of Salt-N-Pepa. Formed in 1985, the trio—including DJ Spinderella, who now calls Dallas home—busted out of Queens with the scratchin' street-funk of "Tramp" and its flipside, the sultry schoolyard-rap chant "Push It." Later came the consciousness-raising "Let's...
Something Corporate

Wednesday, August 18, at House of Blues

By Annie Zaleski
Aug 12, 2010

During Something Corporate's original time as a band—roughly the years between 1998 and 2004—they never received their proper due. The piano-driven group didn't quite fit in with prevailing trends (although they were on then-pop-punk mecca Drive-Thru Records and toured with bands in the genre) and vocalist/ivory-tickler Andrew McMahon's lyrics were...
The Rural Alberta Advantage

Saturday, December 12, at The Cavern

By Annie Zaleski
Dec 10, 2009

As might be expected from their band's name, the members of the Rural Alberta Advantage grew up in the Canadian province of Alberta. What the trio cultivated from such a chilly (and at times isolated) existence is an un-selfconscious sound, one that's devoid of artifice or trends. Hometowns, the Toronto...
The Fray, Jack's Mannequin, Meese

Friday, July 24, at Superpages.com Center

By Annie Zaleski
Jul 23, 2009

If the sun's shining, it's a perfect occasion to break out Jack's Mannequin's two albums, 2005's Everything in Transit and last year's The Glass Passenger. Ebullient piano, sugary pop harmonies and bright California rock barely conceal each album's melancholic undercurrent, from Transit's odes to heartbreak to Passenger's triumphs over mortality...
Cute Is What We Aim For, Meg & Dia,Every Avenue, Breathe Carolina, AnarborSunday, March 8, at House of Blues

Sunday, March 8, at House of Blues

By Annie Zaleski
Mar 5, 2009

Most discerning listeners over the age of 18 tend to dismiss mainstreamo as nothing but stupid haircuts, whiny vocals and self-obsessed lyrics. But for each of the last eight years, the Take Action! Tour has championed the charitable nature of that scene. Presented by Hopeless Records (and its nonprofit label,...

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