Band of Horses

The Best of Coachella: Weekend One

Karen O's Outfit Karen O's wardrobe on Friday night was bad ass. The Yeah Yeah Yeah's front woman appeared on the main stage in a technicolor cape draped over a suit that looked like it was made of mercury. The vibrant collage was topped with a headpiece that Liberace might have worn had he ever bee ... More >>

The Grape Is Now Run By A New Top Chef

Danyele McPherson just recently returned from taping Bravo's Top Chef, and now has been promoted to chef de cuisine at The Grape. McPherson is one of a handful of Dallas chefs to appear on the show and subsequently run a restaurant. Tiffany Derry and Tre Wilcox focus on high-end dining in upper-cr ... More >>

Last Night: 40 Minutes In, Kings of Leon's Caleb Followill Drunkenly Pulled Plug on Dallas Show

Kings of Leon, Band of Horses Gexa Energy Pavilion July 29, 2011 Better than: watching a train wreck. About three songs into Kings of Leon's set, lead singer Caleb Followill addressed the crowd: "My voice is shot," he said. "My voice is completely, one hundred percent, gone. But I'm going to drink ... More >>

Good Friday: Kings Of Leon, Band Of Horses and The Best of The Rest This Weekend

The Kangs​The biggest show this weekend, for better or for worse, is headlined by a group of Followills known as Kings Of Leon. The show will take place tonight at Gexa Energy Pavilion. And, with Band Of Horses as the opening act, we suggest that the tour be called The Bands That Started Off Great ... More >>

Kings of Leon, Band of Horses

Friday, July 29, at Gexa Energy Pavilion

Priory's Brandon Johnson Talks The Ups and Downs Of His Band's Potentially Religious Name

Priory​Portland's Priory only recently issued its debut effort, but main songwriters Brandon Johnson and Kyle Dieker have been collaborating for several years. It just took getting a couple of other band members in place for the band to finally hit the studio with its plethora of material. It expl ... More >>

Kings Of Leon & Band Of Horses, Civil Wars, and Over 100 New Show Announcements

Kings Of Leon​The first time the Kings of Leon came to town, they played an intimate show at the Gypsy Tea Room. And what a different time that was: Critics referred to them as The Stokes of the South, and before long, Kings Of Leon found themselves as the opening act for Julian Casablancas & ... More >>

Last Night: Band of Horses, Midlake at Verizon Theatre

Band of Horses, MidlakeVerizon Theatre in Grand PrairieApril 7, 2011Better than: seeing a band of actual horses, which the group of people behind me seemed to think was the funniest joke possibly ever.Band of Horses​With certain performers, it's all about the voice. And so it was last night at the ... More >>

Band of Horses, Midlake

Thursday, April 7, at Verizon Theatre, Grand Prairie

Tonight, Tonight: Band of Horses at Verizon Theatre, George Clinton at South Side Music Hall and Molotov Solution at Hailey's Club. LATE ADD: Strange Boys at Rubber Gloves Rehearsal Studios.

A busy Thursday evening is highlighted by one of the best bands of the decade and a legendary master of psychedelic funk.

Q&A: Midlake Invite Us Into Their Denton Studio, Talk Their Recent Recording Sessions

Dylan HollingsworthMidlake in their studio, just after wrapping The Courage of Others.​That first step into Midlake's new studio is a tricky one -- especially at night. The entry way is actually a sectioned-off sitting room, and it's pitch black, forcing one to step lightly to avoid knocking over ... More >>

Band of Horses Announces Midlake As Opening Act For April 7 Concert at the Verizon Theatre

Band of Horses and MIdlake will share the Verizon Theatre stage on April 7.​Aside from a few tweets and a Show Announcement post that came before this show was moved from Saturday, April 9, to Thursday, April 7, we kind of glossed over the announcement that Band of Horses would be coming through t ... More >>

Show Announcements: British Sea Power, Band Of Horses, Randy Travis, Dawes, Devotchka, The Kills, Cut Copy, Ice Cube, Guster, The Crystal Method, Appleseed Cast, Warpaint, Freelance Whales, Helmet & More!

British Sea Power​Brighton's explosive British Sea Power are fresh off the release of their fourth studio album, Valhalla Dancehall, which, unfortunately, doesn't quite match up to the power chord anthems on their previous record, Do You Like Rock Music. Rather, the new album hearkens back to thei ... More >>

Quizzing Brownstone's Casey Thompson
On her Idols, Dead Trends and her Last Meal

Casey Thompson​Yesterday, we gave you an in-depth profile of Casey Thompson, Top Chef star, former executive chef at Shinsei and currently parking her toque at Fort Worth's Brownstone. Today, we lob a few questions her way, yielding such important personal tidbits as her fondness for The King ... More >>

Last Night: Mumford & Sons and Cadillac Sky at the House of Blues

Mumford & SonsNovember 4, 2010House of Blues Better Than: Going to a show at House of Blues when the Mavericks or Stars are in town.Andrew ShepherdMarcus Mumford. For more photos, check the slideshow.​ The frenzy that currently envelopes English folk-rockers Mumford & Sons is as clear as ... More >>

A Blow-by-Blow Field Report From Austin City Limits 2010.

Q&A: Lissie Talks Covering Metallica, Living in the UK and How She's A Very Complicated Person

​Lissie, the Midwestern girl who is now one of the U.K.'s favorite adopted songwriters, understands the value of unpredictability. What many see as unpredictable, Lissie views as a natural need to adapt--at least when the situation, or her feelings, requires her to do so.When her EP, Why You Runni ... More >>

ACL '10, Night Three: Dad-Rockers Square Off Against Artsy Fartsy Types, And We All Win?

Caity ColvardThe Eagles' Glenn Frey. You may also remember him from Jerry Maguire.​ Well, we saw it coming, but, no matter, the third day Austin City Limits went out with a whimper. Actually, though, it was kind of an enjoyable whimper. See, three-day fests like this are killers on your little pig ... More >>

ACL 2010 So-Far Superlatives: The Best Performers, Songs and Movements of Days One and Two.

Here we are, final morning of Austin City Limits, and we're getting all wistful and whatnot. It's a busy day ahead filled with North Texas connections like whoa: 15-year-old Dallas-born fiddle wunderkind Ruby Jane kicks the entire day off with her 11:15 a.m. set; Midlake will somehow have to physica ... More >>

ACL Day Three: LET'S GET READY TO DAD-ROCK!!!!! (Also: Ted Leo, Frank Turner, White Rabbits and Warpaint Recaps.)

​Just hours before some serious dad-rock sets out to swoon ACL 2010 into that good night, the weekend's deepest pool of day-timers is going full-tilt. Worthy options Shearwater and Warpaint split the early crowd difference in the earliest hours, then Ted Leo & The Pharmacists and White Rabbits ... More >>

Picture Show: Hippies vs. Hipsters at ACL

Caity ColvardWell, I never! See more fans in the slideshow.​ We're just hours away from the end of the ACL, but the number of good bands left to play in day three is staggering. Band of Horses and the Flaming Lips are up next--and bleeding into the sky here is Robert Earl Keen's "The Road Goes O ... More >>

Today In Music News: Band Of Horses Become Wedding Band, Why Would You Sue Britney Spears And UNT #2

Your daily dose of national music news for Thursday, September 9, 2010...Sometimes when you love someone, you propose marriage to them at a Band of Horses show. And then sometimes when you're really lucky, Band of Horses become your actual wedding band.If you are fortunate enough to see Britney Sp ... More >>

Clearing Out The Mailroom: Monday, July 12, 2010

​We've got quite a backlog of CDs we've never gotten around to, so we're going to try to chip away at the pile with this regular feature. The plan: to take a few at a time and play each CD for as long as I can stand it.Giving Tree Band (Yorkville, Illinois)      &n ... More >>

28 Songs That Should Have Been On the Twilight: Eclipse Soundtrack

Twilight: SoggyHey are we vampires? Cool, just checking.​The Twilight Saga's soundtracks have been mostly impressive. You can say what you want about the movies sucking it hardcore (vampires playing baseball, really?), but the soundtracks feature some surprisingly good tracks from bands like Fanfa ... More >>

Austin City Limits Announces 2010 Lineup...

​It's that time of year, again. The Austin City Limits Festival line-up was unveiled early this morning via the fest's official website. There isn't any question: This year's docket will have people gabbing--whether it's vitriolic hate or nostalgic, warm-fuzzies. Sure, for many, bashing on the cho ... More >>

Today In Music News: Band of Horses Debut Fresh Single And Clay Aiken And Ruben Studdard Join Forces

Your daily dose of national music news for Friday, April 2, 2010...Can't wait for the new Band of Horses album? Check out their first offering "Compliments."Ruben Studdard and Clay Aiken join forces in the ultimate "Hey, Remember Us?!" tour.

What It Was Like: Eighteen Bands In Twelve Hours.

Pete FreedmanLA's Local Natives offered up the finest set of SXSW's second day.​ The second day of SXSW 2010 proved quite the copious one--and, for this here showgoer, a fortunate one. Seemed every time I popped into a different venue, another band was just cuing up its set. In total, SXSW brought ... More >>

The Best Area Album Releases of the '00s

Listomania: A Sountrack for Your Swine Flu Sickness

So, lately, pretty much the only thing on the minds of, well, everyone seems to be ways of refraining from getting any small strain of any sort of sickness--especially the infamous H1N1. Those who haven't been infected, pat yourself on the back and keep soaking up the Purell. Those who weren't so lu ... More >>

Dr. Dog Follows Its New Orders

Echoes and Reverberations: You Shoot, We Score

Texas music looks great. It provokes the imagination and illustrates the intangible. For years, we've been providing the necessary flavor to help filmmakers tell their stories. It's what we do; we're obviously good at this kind of thing. And it goes both ways: Movie soundtracks are the kind of thin ... More >>

Top Ten Americana Albums of 2008

In next week's paper, we'll unveil our national package on the best music of the year (the following week, we'll tackle the best in DFWd music). But, as a teaser, here's our paper's contribution to the national package: Noah W. Bailey's picks for the best Americana/folk releases of '08. Picking the ... More >>

How to Lose Friends and Nick and Norah: Double Your Disappointment

Two mediocre adaptations by two directors who really should have known better

Bonus MP3: The New Year -- "The Company I Can Get"

Grand (Re-)Entrance

Mat Brooke Traded a Band of Horses for some Archives—and came out just fine

Fleet Foxes

Fleet Foxes (Sub Pop)

Grand Archives

Grand Archives (Sub Pop)

Good Friday: Nicky Click, Pikahsso, Band of Horses, Flogging Molly

Bless the Child by Rocking Out

Do a good deed by attending Orphange Second Annual Christmas Benefit

Band of Horses

Cease to Begin (Sub Pop)

Band of Horses

Cease to Begin (Sub Pop)

On the Download

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The O.C. Hearts The New Year

Red Monroe, New Frontiers, Quiet Company, Manchester Orchestra

Friday, January 12, at Sons of Hermann Hall

Independence Day

What's indie rock? Who cares? Here are 10 great CDs that will blow you away, no matter your definition.

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Drenched

Band of Horses rides the open range

Music Mentor

Casual music listeners shouldn't suffer from the boredom of radio and MTV

Band of Horses

Everything All the Time (Sub Pop)

MySXSW

Austin's biggest music fest was anything you wanted it to be. Dallas acts made theirs a blast.