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Thank you, Apple.

We’ve always known Dallas has a fertile music scene, and it seems some other people think so, too. To that end, it’s time for dconstruction.org to acknowledge and welcome some new Dallas-based podcasts to the cast-o-sphere. Obviously, there’s no real comparison between these newcomers and the First, Best and Only True Dallas Music Podcast. Nevertheless, they are worth mentioning. Maybe.

• Texas Gigs: Though by no means a newcomer to the scene - or Internet audio - the interview format with Kate Mackley is certainly new. So far it’s been awkward, fawning, technically inept and an all-around amateur effort - but I ended up listening to the whole thing, anyway. Maybe you will, too.
• Quick’s PodQast: Isn’t that cute and clever? The “Q”? Oh, those savvy corporate brand managers. But despite the Belo-born marketing and affiliation with the stodgy Dallas Morning News, Quick has already become a champion of sorts for local music with their JuQbox (oh, look: more branding). Now, Hunter Hauk comes out with a weekly (?) three-song podcast to highlight more local artists, theoretically with more critical precision than the round-robin lottery of JuQbox. That precision is made suspect with the inclusion of Max Cady in the first episode, and Hunter’s stilted, teleprompter delivery adds little confidence. Still, we here at dconstruction.org know Hunter’s a man of taste and letters, so we await a maturation of his show.
• Dallas Does Indie: Popping, crackling and hissing in a pair of headphones near you, Dallas Does Indie is a low-rent Tracks Up the Tree, playing music that has no tie to Dallas but that the podcast originates from DFW. Some kudos to Jaisen Swords, who runs the site, for including Chet Baker in the inaugural episode.
• Indie Interviews: Another show out of Dallas, but having little to do with Dallas, this podcast sounds very much like an undergrad media project or some starry-eyed demo sent to NPR, but it’s well researched and the access “your host Garrison Reid” gets to bands like Clap Your Hands Say Yeah!, The Decemberists and The Wrens is impressive. Too bad the dynamic and dialogue between “your host Garrison Reid” and his guests are so lackluster. But, we’ll keep listening and waiting for improvement.
• The DFW Localshow: Veering perilously close to trademark infringement upon Chris Ryan’s Local Show, this short podcast seems dedicated to scripted commentary and absolute crap music. Whoever is behind this site, please report to Coke Machine Glow for re-education.

All of these podcasts except Dallas Does Indie and Indie Interviews are without an RSS feed. This matters to very few of you, but I’ll mention it anyway: podcasts should have an RSS feed. It’s kinda the point.