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Doug Burr

Doug Burr has been quietly turning heads in Denton Texas for a while now, scooping up regional awards and nominations (Dallas Music, Dallas Observer, Dallas Morning News) as well as critical acclaim from countless national and international publications. “I wanted to make a record of Psalms music for a long time, since about 2003,” says Burr about The Shawl, his new work recorded at Texas Hall in the pastoral town of Tehuacana, TX, and slated for release early 2009. You can download “The Righteous Will Rejoice” from his upcoming record, here.


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The Arts


Off Into the Sunshine
By Timothy Zila

Calexico concludes their tour in support of Carried to Dust at the Sunshine Theater in Albuquerque.


The 'Twilight' Is Still Dim
By Nathan Martin |

In case you’re still thinking of seeing the now two-week-old Twilight, here’s one last warning.



Patrol Presents Fix-The-Lists 2008
By The Editors |

Tired of bad best albums of the year lists? This year, you’re the editor.


The Patrol Review
The Killers
Day & Age

It’s high time we all faced the elephantine reality about the Killers: they’re not going to get any better.


Anathallo
Canopy Glow

Anathallo’s melodies and jubilant harmonies are finally anchored to concise, palatable song structures.


Shiny Toy Guns
Sea of Poison

This album doesn’t make an aggressive statement so much as it passively suggests that perhaps Shiny Toy Guns are more than the Best Electronic/Dance nominees.


Coldplay
Prospekt's March

Coldplay’s addendum to Viva la Vida is mindlessly but endlessly pleasant.


Kanye West
808s and Heartbreak

Kanye West’s fourth record could stand to more concise and less fixated with its own gimmicks.


Beyoncé
I Am ... Sasha Fierce

Save one song from each part, there is nothing on I Am … Sasha Fierce that sounds like it should be performed by a singer of Beyoncé‘s class.


I'm From Barcelona
Who Killed Harry Houdini?

Who Killed Harry Houdini? is more imitative than it’s predecessor, but it’s not markedly worse off for it.


David Arnold
Quantum of Solace

So no one liked the new Bond movie. But there are lots of reasons to love the soundtrack.




Features

Off Into the Sunshine

Calexico concludes their tour in support of Carried to Dust at the Sunshine Theater in Albuquerque.



The 'Twilight' Is Still Dim

In case you’re still thinking of seeing the now two-week-old Twilight, here’s one last warning.



Patrol Presents Fix-The-Lists 2008

Tired of bad best albums of the year lists? This year, you’re the editor.



The Faces of Australia

Australia: a colossal failure or Thanksgiving Weekend family fun? A Patrol dialogue.



History Gets A Revision

Browsing the $85 million renovations to the Museum of American History in Washington, D.C.



Name That Bass Guitarist

I don’t know many musicians, if any, who do not recall with jaw-slacking stupor the first time they heard Jaco Pastorius play his Fender Jazz Bass.



Wood and Music

MTVu’s 2008 “Woodie Awards” in New York showed which branch of the network still cares about music.



House, O.M.G.

A collaborative novel between Christian scare-authors Ted Dekker and Frank Peretti becomes a brutal mess of a movie.



Quantum of Solace

Is Quantum of Solace the brash-action neo-Bond at his best, or just another Bourne movie?



How Lunatics with M83's Kraak Streetlights

For your weekend playlist: the best five songs we could find in the tubes this week.


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