Maybe you've seen the above clip before? It's the video for "Sleep Whale" from one of my favorite Denton bands, Mom. Nice, right? I think so. But nice enough to become the basis for the band's entire future? Hmmm. Well, it looks that way, actually. According to the band's blog and to the web site for the Austin-based label Western Vinyl, to which Mom (and, Salim Nourallah, too, actually) is signed, Mom has renamed itself in honor of the above song. For good, it appears.I've got calls into both
Just caught up with Joel North of Sleep Whale, which, at this point is still probably best known as the ambient instrumental Denton act fromerly known as Mom, to talk about his band's name change. What it boil's down to, North says, is simply a matter of clarification for North and collaborator Bruce Blay's project. "Bruce and I just exchanged a lot of confusion with mum, the band from Iceland," North says. "Even last night at the Granada, people showed up looking for mum. The people at the Gra
Weekend's here and I'm sure we're all eager to get it launched. So, without further ado, let's get right into it. First, the shows we've already talked up...Tonight, Ben Kweller stops in for a homecoming gig of sorts at the Granada Theater, Cryptacize stops by Rubber Gloves for a set with Fishboy and Shiny Around The Edges and Erykah Badu stops by Late Night with Jimmy Fallon for a televised performance with The Roots.Tomorrow night, Brave Combo takes to Sons of Hermann Hall to celebrate thrity
Gavin GuthrieSleep Whale, at dusk. No DC9 in SPACE filming tonight--and, because of some technical errors on our part, no DC9 in SPACE episode to share before the end of the day today either (although, once it's ready in a few hours, we'll have last week's episode up on the blog for your viewing pleasure). Our missing out on tonight's taping, though? Well, that's a hell of a shame--especially since tonight's episode had the potential to be a real good one.In fact, the plan was actually to fil
