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Win 2 Tickets to Jeff the Brotherhood and the Kills at the Granada Theater! [Giveaways]

Tweet That’s right. We’re giving away 2 tickets to the sold out Jeff the Brotherhood/the Kills show tonight at the Granada Theater (home of our favorite new haunt, Sundown). How did ...

Three Places to Spend Your Hard Earned Cash This Weekend [Concert Rundown]

Tweet Pickings are still slim this weekend for live music in Dallas (that is, at least as far as our tastes are concerned). All you 90s metal fans may have ...

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Seattle Hip Hop Duo Grieves & Budo Talk Together/Apart, Emo Rap, Warped Tour Life and More [Interviews]

Recently we got the chance to sit down with the up-and-coming Seattle ...

Top Music Festival Tips for Outdoor and Camping Shows

Whether you’re a complete novice or a hardened veteran of umpteen outdoor ...
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Photos from Day Three of Fun Fun Fun Fest in Austin

Some of our favorite photos from Day Three of Fun Fun Fun ...

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Going on Tour

Tweet Okay, you and your band are officially on the road to stardom now. You have a few paid gigs lined up, and before you know it, you may be rocking out in front of a full crowd at Madison Square Garden. But let’s not get too far ahead of ourselves just yet. You and [...]

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35 Denton Adds 100 New Bands to 2012 Festival Lineup! [Festival Circuit]

Tweet Not that we weren’t already pleasently surprised by other announcements for the 2012 edition of 35 Denton – but this kind of blows the little (can we still call it that?) local festival out of the water. In the style we’ve come to expect, festival organizers announced 100 new bands to the lineup with [...]

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Three Places to Spend Your Hard Earned Cash This Weekend [Concert Rundown]

Tweet After last weekend’s disappointing lineup, this weekend is shaping up to be much better as we start to get back into the swing of things. I’m excited for 2012 – I think it’s going to be a great year for live music in Dallas. This weekend we have three solid picks for you, and [...]

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The Best Music Festivals Around the World

Tweet Music festivals are probably the most popular kind of festival around the world. With huge varieties of genre, style and locations, there is one to suit just about everybody. We’ve put together six of the best music festivals (from here, there and everywhere) which all together make up some of the best music festivals [...]

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Help Send Local Favorites Ishi to SXSW [Local Love]

Tweet This just in from our Facebook page – it appears that local folktronic favorites Ishi have a shot at getting into the yearly music discovery engine known as SXSW. Taking place over a week in March, SXSW is arguably one the biggest and most important music festival / conference of the entire year, and [...]

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Former Ishi Singer Taylor Rea Releases Free New EP as ZHORA

Tweet Remember Taylor Rea? You know, the former trippy but captivating singer for popular Dallas folktronic act Ishi? Well, back in early 2011 her and guitarist Rob Bastien left Ishi to start their own project. That project became ZHORA, of which we were teased with an early single in July. Now, we’re excited to report [...]

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A New Year’s Surprise: Mystery Skulls at Club Dada [Show Reviews]

Tweet Christmas came a little late for the team here at BIJLM, but it was worth the wait. Santa got us a perfect gift – a brand new(ish) Dallas band that freaking. rocks. We caught Mystery Skulls’ performance to open the night at Club Dada’s NYE bash, headlined by Astronautalis. While the crowd was pretty [...]

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Three Places to Spend Your Hard Earned Cash Post New Years [Concert Rundown]

Tweet It’s the weekend after New Year’s Eve, and there’s really not a ton going on, unless you happen to live near Denton. In fact, we’re near shocked that most of our favorite booking agents and venues have zilch in play for the weekend. Epic New Years hangover, perhaps? Anyway – if you absolutely must [...]

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Protecting Your Musical Assets

Tweet Sure, the indie rocker lifestyle is great. But you have to get practical at some point. For a musician, no matter what kind of music you play or even what instrument you play, your instruments are your tools of the trade—like a basketball player with a ball, a doctor with a stethoscope and a [...]

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35 Denton Adds Built to Spill, Solidifies Already Impressive Lineup

Tweet Today 35 Denton announced the addition of long time indie rockers Built to Spill to their official lineup. This is quite the coup for the quickly growing festival and combined with the already confirmed Mountain Goats and John Vanderslice, officially moves the festival beyond the regional stage. The announcement was so big, in fact, [...]

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