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  • SXSW music fest keeps rocking
    Austin's SXSW music fest is the place to be for area musicians

    Every spring, Austin's South by Southwest music fest becomes the place to be for area musicians who want to do more than spin their wheels.

  • Five questions with cellist Yo-Yo Ma, who will perform Tuesday at Bass Hall
    Five questions with cellist Yo-Yo Ma, who will perform Tuesday at Bass Hall

    Yo-Yo Ma

  • NX35 shines the spotlight on Denton
    NX35 will put Denton in the spotlight, but the college town has long been part of the music scene

    That sound you hear as you’re whizzing by on I-35 is a musical mecca finding its groove. So pull off, plug in, and rock hard.

  • British buzz band Muse to play rare Fort Worth concert
    British buzz band Muse to play rare Fort Worth concert

    Many a hipster head was scratched upon hearing the announcement that British buzz band Muse would play -- the Fort Worth Convention Center?! But let's not look a gift horse in the mouth.

  • English troubadour David Gray at Nokia
    English troubadour David Gray at Nokia

    David Gray has continued to evolve as one of pop music's most riveting talents.

  • Palm Beach band Surfer Blood playing Granada
    Palm Beach band Surfer Blood playing Granada

    Palm Beach band Surfer Blood is poised to be one of 2010's breakout acts.

  • Lone Star Sounds: News bits before SXSW gets started
    Lone Star Sounds: News bits before SXSW gets started

    While South by Southwest is a welcome break from day-to-day office drudgery, it can make for some crazy days beforehand. (And by the way, I'll be blogging throughout the music portion of SXSW at dfw.com/music.) That being the case, here's a slew of notable news bits.

KERA's new music station, KKXT 91.7: what's your take?
    • Songwriting skills not identical for Watson Twins
      Songwriting skills not identical for Watson Twins

      Contemplating the title of the second full-length album by the Watson Twins can be a hall-of-mirrors experience. Who's talking to whom? Which one is doing the talking? Are they talking to each other? You talkin' to me?

    • Girlicious band member charged with having drugs
      Girlicious band member charged with having drugs

      A member of the pop group Girlicious has been charged in California with drug possession with the intent to sell after Glendale police allegedly found a dozen plastic bags of cocaine in her Gucci purse.

    • Pink Floyd wins battle with EMI over online sales
      Pink Floyd wins battle with EMI over online sales

      Album lovers may rejoice a little at last: a British court says Pink Floyd, purveyor of iTunes-unfriendly concept records, cannot be unbundled.

    • Appeal filed in Phil Spector case
      Appeal filed in Phil Spector case

      Lawyers for legendary music producer Phil Spector have asked an appellate court to throw out his second-degree murder conviction on grounds of judicial error and prosecutorial misconduct.

    • Ahead of the Bell: Video Game Sales
      Ahead of the Bell: Video Game Sales

      U.S. video game sales could likely show a decline Thursday when the NPD Group releases its February sales figures after the market closes.

    • Court OKs TV rules opposed by Comcast, Cablevision
      Court OKs TV rules opposed by Comcast, Cablevision

      A federal court has upheld regulations that require cable TV companies to make channels they own available to satellite TV providers and other rivals on equal terms.

    • February video game sales drop 15 percent
      February video game sales drop 15 percent

      U.S. retail sales of video games declined 15 percent in February, hurt in part by an ongoing decline in sales of music games and lower sales of the Wii system.