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Eisley

Eisley’s second, as-of-yet-unnamed album, the follow-up to their 2005 major label debut, Room Noises, should be out this spring. The family band of three...

Still Going Apey

Everyone knows Baboon. The local rockers have been around for nearly 16 years, and they’ve toured with The Toadies, experienced some national success, and,...

Smile Smile

Intentionally simple, the Dallas duo Smile Smile spotlights each discrete element of a song, enabling the plainspoken emotion of harmony to speak for itself....

Sufjan Stevens

Indie songsmith Sufjan Stevens may be known more for ambition than follow-through. The 31-year-old plays about 20 different instruments, holds a masters degree in...

Michelle Mayfield

The title of Michelle Mayfield’s most recent c.d. comes from a Ralph Waldo Emerson line: “What lies behind us and what lies before us...

The Village Voice

For the past 15 years, the voice of local music for Star-Telegram readers has been Malcolm Mayhew. He was here when The Toadies and...

Regina Spektor

While half-dozing on the couch recently, I faintly overheard Jay Leno introduce his night’s musical guest. Never heard of her. Zzzzz. Deep sleep was...

The Burning Hotels

The Burning Hotels often get compared to The Killers. But the local quartet does the disco-rock darlings somewhat differently, chiefly by stressing melancholy over...

Dirty Diversion

The label “garage band” may have fallen out of fashion years ago, but that doesn’t mean rockers no longer practice the art. Though it...

Jason Boland & the Stragglers

Jason Boland & the Stragglers promote themselves as country outlaws, but if their new c.d. is any indication, they might be in a transition...