Music

On May 4th at the age of 47, Adam Yauch, one-third of the iconic hip-hop group the Beastie Boys, passed away. Yauch, better known by his stage name MCA, had been battling cancer of the […]

Christian Alt-Rock band Don’t Wake Aislin has come a long way from its beginnings in the churches of Dallas. In 2010, the quintet was honored with a multitude of awards from Myspace.com, including #1 Unsigned […]

It’s not everyday a girl my age is privileged to stand 50 feet from a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, but last week I was privileged to step into a sold-out Granada Theater […]

One thing is for sure, Curren$y knows how to keep his fans on edge. The New Orleans hipster rapper rolled into town for his “Stoned Immaculate” tour at the House of Blues, which also featured […]

It’s a lazy weeknight and the windows at Whitehall Exchange in the Bishop Arts district are open. A group of three young musicians sit around a table sipping on whiskey and water talking about the […]

Singer, raptress, fashion designer…Oakland, California’s Lil’ Debbie does it all. As a former member of the music group White Girl Mob, she performed alongside popular underground female rapper Kreayshawn and has most recently done music […]

The backbone of hip-hop music today is all about owning a unique voice, where the artists who have enjoyed the most staying power are those who have been most consistently authentic in their sound and […]

Lambchop’s 11th album, Mr. M, arrives with such a heavy heart and in a healing time for Kurt Wagner after his close friend Vic Chesnutt’s suicide (on Christmas Day, 2009) that it’s no surprise to […]

When I was invited to attend New Frontier Touring’s SXSW Showcase on Friday, March 18, it was to review a “Roots” band called YARN, who was about to release a new LP two days later […]

For what it’s worth, and never mind what any politician may have you believe, America has a strong sense of internationalism – in music, anyhow. From Coldplay to Rihanna, Adele to Madonna (wait, that’s a […]