The Walkmen play Saturday at The Fort Worth Music Festival.

Is there such a thing as the end of festival season here? I don't know. What I do know is that there are a couple more this weekend -- Fort Worth Music Festival features twang on Friday and fuzzy guitar bliss on Saturday. And Wildflower remains the most fun I can imagine having in the general proximity of 635. But wait, there's more: Nappy Roots, Curren$y, and you'll have to read on for the rest.

Oh, and if you're wondering why there are only eight shows this week, it's just that kind of week. Wait until next round -- things are about to get ridiculous.

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Rachel Watts

Sammy's Bar-B-Q in Dallas has a jukebox that is more than 50 years old, and it still plays 45s

Jukeboxes serve a simple yet critical role in bars everywhere. They can help you cope after a breakup, relax you after a long day of work, remind you of what you love most or fire you up and give you something to dance to.

A jukebox used to be the imprint of a bar's spirit, hosting a select set of albums and songs that shed light on that bar's personality, the character of its regulars and ultimately the soul of the place. While they certainly aren't what they used to be, with digital jukeboxes playing anything you could possibly want, a few gems with lovingly hand-picked selections remain. Here are the 10 best in Dallas, Texas.

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Curtis Mayfield

This is not your everyday Billboard chart. Each week, we'll tell you which bands are selling in the fine record shops in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex, where we consumers of music have impeccable taste.

CD Source owner, Lance Price, saw a combination of new releases and classic albums creep toward the top. "Dawes, Yeah Yeah Yeah's, Ghostface Killah, Flaming Lips and Phoenix are all releases that came out within the last few weeks," says Price. "But it's always fun to see an old-school album sneak into the top 20. This time the very influential Superfly soundtrack did that and it was our highest ranked non-RSD release. It's hard to beat Curtis Mayfield's voice and the rhythms of the title song, especially for Saturday-night listening."

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Talented artists are spreading their works of art all across the great city of Dallas through magnificent music flyers. Each week we'll spotlight our favorite poster picks for upcoming shows in the metroplex.

Starting off the beginning of May is a Homegrown Fest After Party poster, with an all-seeing eye that highlights Ishi, The Phuss, and PVC Street Gang. The Rivercrest Yacht Club's poster features a variegated sugar skull with floral and paisley designs to advertise their show at Lola's Saloon. Also in the mix, is a Parade of Flesh show flyer complete with a naked woman straddling a moose head, surrounded by tiger lillies and bird feces; what more could you ask for?

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As we approach the halfway mark of 2013, it's time to recap the five most interesting local hip-hop music videos released so far. There were plenty of releases to choose from, so to keep things diplomatic, I kept it to one per artist. Although lyrical content and beat played a part in the decision, the deciding factor was the visuals. Those chosen each rep Dallas in their own way. Some videos use the city as milieu, for others it plays a character. Most of all, the city's skyline remains in the background, with the artist's talent front and center.

See also:
-13 of the Best Female-Fronted Bands in DFW
-The Five DFW Punk Albums We're Most Excited About for Spring/Summer/Whenever Punk Time Allows
-The Ten Most Badass Band Names in DFW

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The O's

This is not your everyday Billboard chart. Each week, we'll tell you which bands are selling in the fine record shops in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex, where we consumers of music have impeccable taste.

Record Store Day is still having an effect on the sales at local independent record shops; however, a few other factors are causing an increase in numbers as well.

Lance Price, CD Source owner, says that most of CD Source's top 20 titles continued to be Record Store Day releases. "The only non-Record Store Day titles to make the Top 20 were Phoenix (both regular and deluxe versions), Kid Cudi and Flaming Lips," says Price. "All of them came out in the last two weeks."

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Talented artists are spreading their works of art all across the great city of Dallas through magnificent music flyers. Each week we'll spotlight our favorite poster picks for upcoming shows in the metroplex.

Ishi's Digial Wounds Album Release show has finally arrived and their exotic and outlandish poster made this week's top picks. Good Karma Circus teams up with the Nourish Collective on a flyer with floating unicorns and palm reading for their feel good, give back party at The Where House, and Dwarves and the Queers show at Three Links features a Texas Flag poster with a sinister twist.

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Musician Christopher Hughes tattooed his music-loving cat George onto his arm.

Pets are like family. Really, they can be better than family; They don't complain about your haircut, career goals or new girlfriend. For these 10 Dallas-Fort Worth musicians, their pets are everything: sources of inspiration, a friend when it gets lonely and most importantly, an ear to their music. Whether you've seen these furry creatures at the bar patio, heard their pitter-patter in the background of local recordings, or "liked" their silly videos on Facebook, let's take a moment to recognize some of DFW's most awesome music-loving pets.

See also:
-The Five DFW Punk Albums We're Most Excited About for Spring/Summer/Whenever Punk Time Allows
-The Ten Most Badass Band Names in DFW
-13 of the Best Female-Fronted Bands in DFW

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Sarah Jaffe, Gary Clark Jr, Alabama Shakes, The Flaming Lips, White Stripes, Ben Harper

This is not your everyday Billboard chart. Each week, we'll tell you which bands are selling in the fine record shops in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex, where we consumers of music have impeccable taste.

Record Store Day was a great success and brought outstanding numbers to last week's top-selling albums, including a special 7-inch featuring local favorites Sarah Jaffe with the Toadies.

"Everything on our Top 20 for last week has one thing in common; they are all Record Store Day releases that came out last Saturday," says Lance Price, CD Source owner. "Record Store Day continues to grow every year and took a giant leap this year with over 300 special releases. We had a long line wrapped around the corner when we opened up at 7 and continued to have people streaming in all day long. Many customers were very excited when they found what they were looking for with lots of them raising the albums up in excitement."

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Talented artists are spreading their works of art all across the great city of Dallas through magnificent music flyers. Each week we'll spotlight our favorite poster picks for upcoming shows in the metroplex.

Volume Dealer will be having a CD release show, and their heavy metal poster highlighting several other bands is in this week's top picks. Also in the mix is Quintron and Miss Pussycat appearing to pose after a paint run, and Rad Company's juvenile arrest poster featuring Square Bizness, Half Truths and Enthusiast.

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