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  Elton John Gave Dallas a Mesmerizing Send-Off

  December 17 at 4 a.m.

  Lately, it seems as if nothing ever really ends in this era of endless pop-culture reboots, reimaginings and reconfigurings. Therefore, the notion of a definitive conclusion carries more weight these days than it might otherwise. That air of finality permeated Elton John’s Friday night performance at American Airlines Center, the...

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  Observer's Picks for the 10 Best Concerts of the Year

  December 11 at 4 a.m.

  What is there to say about Taylor Swift that hasn't been said before? She's the princess of pop, the queen of open letters to streaming services, the goddess of breakup and beef songs. There's nothing she can't or won't do at this point. But even with all she's accomplished, it...

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  A H.E.R. Performance Is An Art Gallery Put To Music

  December 10 at 2:38 p.m.

  Half an hour before the doors even opened at the Bomb Factory on Sunday night, the line had snaked back to the corner of Canton and Malcolm X. The snake grew larger with more arriving, shaking their head and making the journey to the end. The wind wasn’t kind and...

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  Drab Majesty’s Crowd Made Mandatory Laryngectomies Seem Less Inhumane

  December 5 at 4 a.m.

  On the same night Emma Ruth Rundle and Jaye Jayle were scheduled to play Double Wide, Drab Majesty had a day off in the middle of their tour with Smashing Pumpkins and booked a headline gig at Club Dada. Naturally, combing the two shows only seemed practical. After all, Rundle...

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  Silverstein and Hawthorne Heights Celebrate 15 Years with a Rowdy Show at Gas Monkey

  November 30 at 4:49 p.m.

  Album anniversary tours are becoming more and more popular, and we’re not mad about it. It’s no secret that the rise of streaming has changed the way we listen to music. You can skip around from song to song and artist to artist at will, which has its advantages, but...

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  The Front Bottoms Channeled Their Inner Sam Malone and Proved Emo Is Here to Stay

  November 29 at 1:49 p.m.

  Emo’s staying power was reaffirmed as The Front Bottoms and Manchester Orchestra played a co-headlining bill at The Bomb Factory on Wednesday night. To understand why, consider the time and place of both bands. Manchester Orchestra formed during emo’s commercial peak in 2004, now a distant memory. In the 2010s,...