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35 Denton: Five Acts to Catch

If you love music nearly as much as I do, chances are you’re stoked about 35 Denton (need a map or full schedule?). It kicks off tomorrow and runs through Sunday, with over 100 acts encompassing genres from psychedelic indie rock to hip-hop to metal. In preparation for this epic event, I’ve been listening to [...]

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Tim Halperin et. al. at Trees [Show Previews]

There comes a time in every blogger’s life when we have to admit our guilty pleasures. For some, it might be something as small as liking Foster the People after July (because, let’s be honest, none of us are going to admit to that.) For others, it’s worse. And for me, dear readers it’s worse. [...]

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Your Weekday Live Music Fix: Minus The Bear at Granada Theater

In case you needed an excuse to catch a show on a weeknight, consider this your opportunity. Seattle based indie rockers Minus the Bear are rolling through town on Tuesday, October 25th and playing at the Granada Theater. Minus the Bear last released an album in 2010 (OMNI) and this tour is being billed as [...]

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5 Can’t Miss Bands at the Fort Worth Music Festival

This weekend’s Fort Worth Music Festival is going to be… awesome. Seriously awesome. Two days of great bands and not a rain shower in sight (okay, that second part isn’t surprising.) And if you haven’t taken advantage of the Groupon offers yet, we mayyy have a chance for you to score some free tickets (check [...]

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Okkervil River and Wye Oak Tonight at Granada Theater [Show Previews]

After last night’s devastating rain-out of Explosions in the Sky at ATTPAC, we could really use something to lift our spirits. And with a trip to ACL a biiiit outside our current reach, we’re pumped to get a little bit of Austin tonight here in Dallas. The boys of Okkervil River will bring their melodic, off-beat indie [...]

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TV On the Radio with Broken Social Scene at House of Blues Dallas [Show Preview]

Note: The following is a guest post from author Adrian Nieves. Since the indie chart-topping, blog rockin’ breakthrough success of Return from Cookie Mountain, TV on the Radio have been the reliably weird poster children for indie cannibalism, devouring genres as diverse as funk, pop, jazz, barbershop, punk and electronic to fashion the jagged, junkyard [...]

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AWOLNATION at The Prophet Bar on 8/4

This Thursday: Wallpaper and AWOLNATION at The Prophet Bar [Show Previews]

There’s really no way to avoid liking a band that has songs named #STUPiDFACEED and FUCKINGBESTSONGEVERRR. In a time where it seems that every. damn. person. on. Twitter. has a broken keyboard (OMGGGG GIRLLL I CAN’T WAIT FOR THE SHOW TONIGHTTTT), Wallpaper is an ironic breath of fresh air. Wallpaper is opening for AWOLNATION, a hard-edged [...]

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Three Bands You Must See at Saturday’s Gorilla vs. Bear Festival [Show Preview]

Surely you’ve heard of the Gorilla vs. Bear festival by now, right? And if not, you’ve at least heard of the blog, Gorilla vs. Bear, right? For those uninitiated into the artistic stylings of one Mr. Chris Cantalini, the prolific music blogger who calls the Dallas area home, do yourself a favor and check out [...]

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