A Place to Bury Strangers

Four Other "Big Four" Shows We'd Love To See

​The recent Big Four shows featuring thrash-metal kings Metallica, Megadeath, Slayer and Anthrax were massive, epic spectacles that were barely contained by the huge venues they were performed in -- legendary spots such as the Coachella-approved Empire Polo Club and Yankee Stadium, and some Europe ... More >>

A Place to Bury Strangers' Oliver Ackermann Names The Five Loudest Shows He's Ever Seen

That's Ackermann, front and center, with the rest of APTBS.​As we've already discussed a bit this week, A Place To Bury Strangers have about as much a problem turning up the volume knob as Rick Perry does seeking hair product. Which makes this recent, surprise announcement all the more awesome: Ol ... More >>

A Place to Bury Strangers: "Everything [We] Get Involved With Seems to be Related to Death."

New York's A Place to Bury Strangers has been around for nearly a decade, and, in that time, the band has garnered a solid fan base for its unrelentingly loud slabs of noise. The band's sophomore record, 2009's Exploding Head, which the band is still touring behind, found APTBS exploring interesti ... More >>

A Place To Bury Strangers (Free), Portugal. The Man, and The Rest Of This Week's New Shows

A Place To Bury Strangers​The fall season is starting to shape up as expected. The fall and the spring are, after all, the prime touring seasons, and right away, it looks like the Granada Theater's got some pretty impressive bills coming our way.New York noise rock band A Place To Bury Strangers w ... More >>

The Globes' Erik Walters Tells Us The Problem With Overbearing Volume In Live Settings

The Globes​To this day, the mere mention of the term "Seattle Band" conjures up images of flannel and angst-fueled grunge more than it does the harmonic, beard-enrobed folk-rock that now serves as the rain-drenched city's chief musical export. But while the coffee-stained town seems to churn out t ... More >>

Night Four at 35 Conferette '11: The Strongest Bill Of The Festival Caused Some Anguish, But Sent The Denton Fest Out In Style In The End.

​Without question, Sunday's offering at the 2011 35 Conferette was the Denton festival's strongest, featuring performances from the likes of Davila 666, Miami Horror, Colour Revolt, !!!, Portugal. The Man, Big Boi, A Place to Bury Strangers, Jessica Lea Mayfield, Gayngs, Kid Koala, Dan Deacon, The ... More >>

Show Announcements: True Widow, 35 Conferette Schedule, The Hope Trust, Bill Frisell, KT Tunstall, Portugal. The Man, Black Label Society, Slobberbone & More!

Steve VisneauTrue Widow​It's been three years since local slow-grinding act True Widow released their self titled debut album to local acclaim. But their debut grabbed the attention of Kemodo Records, who signed the band just last year. And now they are poised to release their follow up, the ridic ... More >>

35 Conferette Announces Performance Schedule

​Well, it finally came to pass: Just before noon today, the folks at Denton's upcoming four-day music festival the 35 Conferette (formerly the NX35 Conferette) posted the full schedule of events for their deal -- or, well, at least the night-time goings-on for its third year of existence.No word a ... More >>

35 Conferette Adds More Acts, Including New Sub Pop Supergroup Featuring Michael Cera

If nothing else, Michael Cera is cooler than Danny Masterson, right?​After announcing last week the addition of another 135 bands to its bill, you'd think the folks up at Denton's 35 Conferette might need a breather -- or, I dunno, maybe some time to focus on the actual logistics of the fest, sinc ... More >>

35 Conferette Adds A Whopping 135 More Bands To Bill, Including A Whole Slew of Locals

Big things happening today in the world of 35 Conferette -- bigger news, even, than the fact that the-festival-formerly-known-as-North-by-35 now has an actual website to call its own (!). Bigger, too, than the really awesome web teaser/advertisement that the fest's organizers have created to promote ... More >>

35 Conferette Adds Midlake Pal John Grant, Remix Fave Cut Chemist, Others To '11 Lineup.

​A few more more acts of note have been added today to the bill of the 35 Conferette, which will overtake and, quite possibly, overwhelm Denton from March 10 through the 13. And at least one of them has some local ties: John Grant, formerly of the Denver-based punk outfit The Czars, spent a good c ... More >>

The Pains of Being Pure At Heart Join 35 Conferette Bill

That headline kind of says it all -- and, gotta say, we're pretty stoked to see our favorite Jesus & Mary Chain apers getting tacked on to this thing, which, we'll once again remind you, will be taking place in Denton on March 10 - 13.After the jump, the full bill, which now boasts 61 names, and ... More >>

35 Conferette Adds Miami Horror, Turbo Fruits, Pujol and Eight Others To Growing 2011 Lineup

​Things are getting down to the nitty gritty for the folks up at Denton's 35 Conferette. The fest, formerly called NX35, has made some big announcements on the performer front in the past few weeks, but, sitting just 10 weeks away from its 2011 launch, the festival's yet to announce its full lineu ... More >>

Big Boi Joins 35 Conferette's Increasingly Impressive Lineup of Performers

Big news out of 35 Conferette camp this morning -- literally and figuratively, actually -- as the Denton-hosted, pre-SXSW festival has announced that iconic Atlanta rapper Big Boi will join an already crowded and impressive group of performers at this year's third annual go in March.The rapper, half ... More >>

Latest Round of 35 Conferette Lineup Adds Includes !!!, Portugal. The Man, Kid Koala, Generationals and The Civil Wars

​Another week has passed and another round of acts has been added to the upcoming 35 Conferette in Denton (formerly known as NX35).Today, five more names just added to the March 10-13 festival lineup: indie dance favorites !!! (pronounced Chk Chk Chk, if that helps), Alaskan-based prog-rockers Por ... More >>

Adds To 35 Conferette: Local Natives, Gayngs, How to Dress Well, Dave Smalley and Others.

​The folks up at the festival formerly known as NX35 have today announced a few more of the acts they plan on hosting in Denton as part of their four-day, pre-SXSW bash in mid-March. And a couple of them are pretty big -- especially if you've been paying any attention to those oh-so-enticing year- ... More >>

Among The Latest Adds To The Growing 35 Conferette Bill: Dr. Dog, Big Freedia, Dan Deacon, White Denim

​After last week's adds to Denton's upcoming 35 Conferette in March (Jessica Lea Mayfield, A Place to Bury Strangers, Nit Jewel) and the round of added performers announced prior to that one (Mavis Staples, Royal bangs, Reggie Watts, Damien Jurado) our take on the growing lineup card, as you might ... More >>

A Couple More Adds For Denton's 35 Conferette: Jessica Lea Mayfield, A Place to Bury Stranges, Reading Rainbow and Others...

​The Denton-hosted, pre-South by Southwest festival formerly known as NX35 went and released another round of performers slated to play its festivities in March today -- and, as with the last round of additions, it features a couple of interesting names.Among today's several adds: Ohio-based singe ... More >>

Erykah Badu Included Among SXSW's Very Early Initial Performers List

​Well, at least one local will be participating at South by Southwest in the coming spring.In anticipation of its 25-year anniversary, SXSW has just just released its earliest performer announcement in history, and, alongside acts like A Place to Bury Strangers, Asobi Seksu, Designer Drugs, El Gui ... More >>

Over The Weekend: The Big Pink and A Place To Bury Strangers at the Granada Theater

The Big Pink, A Place To Bury StrangersGranada TheaterApril 9, 2010Better than: Tinnitus, but only by a little.Kevin TodoraThe Big Pink went loud at the Granada on Friday.​Heading into Friday night's show at the Granada Theater, you had the feeling it was gonna be a special night. Electro-rock act ... More >>

Picture Shows: Vampire Weekend, Abe Vigoda, The Big Pink, A Place To Bury Strangers, Darktown Strutters

Andrew Shepherd​ By now, hopefully, you've already seen our takes on both last night's Vampire Weekend and Abe Vigoda show at the House of Blues and the Friday night Granada Theater show with The Big Pink, A Place To Bury Strangers and Dallas' own Darktown Strutters. Now, check the picture sets: A ... More >>

Good Friday: Happy Bullets, Damaged Good$, Pigeon John, Asleep at the Wheel, Bret Michaels, Cocky Americans, True Widow, The Theater Fire, Ani DiFranco

​Holy crap, it's a busy weekend. Let's run it down again, shall we?Tonight's jam-packed. There's The Big Pink and A Place to Bury Strangers at the Granada. There's the Old 97's kicking off the MusInk Festival deal at Fair Park. Tomorrow night's even busier: The Buck Pets reunite at Trees; Camera O ... More >>

The Big Pink,A Place To Bury Strangers,Darktown Strutters

Friday, April 9, at the Granada Theater

Giveaway: Three Pairs of Tickets to Tomorrow Night's Granada Theater Show With The Big Pink, A Place To Bury Strangers and Darktown Strutters

Tomorrow night, The Big Pink, whose 2009 debut, A Brief History of Love, made it into my top 10 list of albums from last year, will stop by the Granada Theater for a gig that finds the bombastic duo playing alongside the equally loud A Place to Bury Strangers from Brooklyn and Dallas' own outsider p ... More >>

Parade of Flesh Preps a Bro Down

Show Announcements: Spune Sets Seasonal Soirees, More

That's right, kittie, the Spune Rites Of Spring Fling is coming. ​With the holidays upon us, we know it's hard to think about anything beyond New Year's Day. But if you've already got your 2010 calendar handy, mark a couple of dates, because Spune has a couple of intriguing seasonal festivals in t ... More >>

Show Announcements: Dwight Yoakam Coming To Mesquite In February And More

Jason Wolter​Nothing goes together quite like country music and rodeo action. So with Dwight Yoakam coming to North Texas in February, what better place to perform than the Resistol Arena, home to the Mesquite Rodeo?The country legend hasn't released anything since 2007's tribute to Buck Owens, bu ... More >>

Good Friday: Brent Best, Bridges & Blinking Lights, Days of the New, Babyface, Pitbull, Doug Burr, All That Remains, Binary Sunrise, Rhett Miller, RTB2, Saboteur, The Sounds, Shinedown

​The weekend's here, which is good news for anyone hoping to catch up on sleep and boost their immune systems so they don't catch that darn H1N1 virus going around. And good news for music fans, too, as there's enough rock going on to melt both your face and all potential germs it might be keeping ... More >>

Poster of the Week: A Place To Bury Strangers, Darker My Love, All The Saints Saturday At The Lounge On Elm Street

​Regular Parade of Flesh designer Von Dada created this week's featured poster, which promotes Saturday's lineup of A Place To Bury Strangers, Darker My Love and All The Saints at The Lounge On Elm Street. I don't know exactly what's going on here. Is she the survivor of some kind of Rock Apocalyp ... More >>

Does ACL Actually Hurt Dallas?

Last Night: Nine Inch Nails at American Airlines Center

Shoe Strung

A Place To Bury Strangers isn't shoegaze. Or is it?

What It Was Like: Film School, The Acorn, A Place to Bury Strangers, Sea Wolf