Cold War Kids

Backstreet Boys, Steely Dan, Cold War Kids and More Top Show Announcements

You know, this seldom happens, but I can say without a doubt that I have every single one of these artists in my iPod. Maybe I'll make it into a playlist. This'd be a good playlist, right? Either way, here are your top show announcements this week, and if you're like me, you're flabbergasted by th ... More >>

The Power of Dallas: Erykah Badu Gives Tyler a Bump and Bill's Old Friend Makes the White House

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. Tyler, The Creator features several artists on his new album, and according to CD Source owne ... More >>

Index Festival

Friday, October 5, and Saturday, October 6, at Trees

The Six Best Concerts In Dallas This Weekend

Astronautalis, Friday, October 5, at Granada Theater This time last year, former North Texas rapper Astronautalis had just released his 11-track gem, This Is Our Science. This Friday, he opens for Flobots, a Denver-based prog hip-hop group signed to Motown Records. On his website, Astronautalis enco ... More >>

Ten Fall Concerts You'd Be Crazy To Miss

Ten of the Best Fall Concerts

See also: Six of the summer's best concerts With this recent open-window weather comes the pitter-patter of the fall concert season, tugging at our sleeve and asking us to pleeeaaase hold it. There's plenty to teethe on in Dallas over the next three or four months, including bigger festivals like ... More >>

Esquire Says You Didn't Hear Sarah Jaffe's Cold War Kids Cover This Year. Well, Just in Case ...

​A couple of months back, good ol' what's-his-name noted that Sarah Jaffe's latest, The Way Sound Leaves a Room, featured her take on Cold War Kids' "Louder Than Ever." And it's a very nice take at that, as you can hear for yourself below courtesy the button below that'll launch the MySpace music ... More >>

Sarah Jaffe

The Way Sound Leaves a Room "Kirtland Records"

Sarah Jaffe Talks Her New EP, That Disc's Cover Songs, and What To Expect From Her Next LP

​Earlier this week, Sarah Jaffe released The Way Sound Leaves a Room, a new EP/DVD release that features footage from her Wyly Theater performance from back in February, as well as eight never-before-released songs from the popular area singer-songwriter. The eight songs are particularly interesti ... More >>

Sarah Jaffe Covers Drake & The-Dream, Cold War Kids On Suburban Nature Follow-Up

​If it seems like we've been waiting forever for the new Sarah Jaffe release, it's because we kind of have been. Or, at least, we've sure been reporting on it for a while -- dating back to July 2010, when Jaffe told us that the new disc was likely going to be coming out in the fall of that year. I ... More >>

Welcome to ACL '11: Zilker Warms Up For A Big First Night; It's Already Buzz-Thirty, Dudes.

Pete FreedmanCold War Kids tear down that first-day ACL wall.​Off in the distance, the song of the summer, Foster the People's can't-stop-won't-stop "Pumped Up Kicks," is blasting away over Zilker Park, blaring from the P.A. over at the Google (nee Dell) Stage. There's a marvelous tag-team effort ... More >>

Poster of the Week: Cold War Kids and Fool's Gold at South Side Music Hall Tonight

​ You know Aaron Eiland's work. Dude is clearly good at what he does. Here, the Dallas-based graphic designer proves it again.

Fool's Gold's Luke Top Talks Singing in Hebrew and Not Sounding Like Vampire Weekend

Fool's Gold​The Los Angeles-based indie rock band Fool's Gold has always been a work in progress. That is, until recently. The band is notorious for incorporating and African flavor into their music and their second album Leave No Trace, which dropped on August 16, holds true to that style. But fr ... More >>

Spillover: ACL Festival Artists Booked to Perform Shows in North Texas This Week

​There are a good many reasons to skip this year's installment of Austin City Limits Music Festival down in Austin.For starters, the weather is supposed to sunny with a high of 98 degrees on all three days. in a giant field with no air conditioning, teeming with thousands of warm bodies, it won't ... More >>

Mission Of Burma, Smith Westerns and The Strongest List of Show Announcements All Year

Mission Of Burma​This week's show announcements are likely the strongest we've seen all year, and, to start it off, we have the legendary post-punk act Mission Of Burma. The band, which broke up in 1983, has been reunited since 2002, putting out what some say is their most impressive work yet. And ... More >>

Loft and South Side Music Hall Talent Buyer Kris Youmans Launches Independent Company

Dylan HollingsworthKris Youmans​ After a year and a half spent working as talent buyer for the Gilley's Complex on South Lamar, focusing on South Side Music Hall, The Loft and the Jack Daniel's Saloon, Kris Youmans has announced today the formation of his own, independent talent buying agency. In ... More >>

Kanye West, Stevie Wonder, Arcade Fire and Coldplay Highlight 2011 Austin City Limits Bill

​We had some fun yesterday trying to guess the bill for the 2011 Austin City Limits Musical Festival -- and, hey, we were right about Kanye West, if nothing else. Early this morning, the folks behind the festival announced for full lineup for their end-of-summer offering. And, as expected, the 10t ... More >>

Check Out The Lineup For How The Edge Stole Christmas 2009. Then Proceed To Groan.

Last year's logo was pretty awesome...​It was a couple weeks back now that KDGE-102.1 FM The Edge announced the lineup for the 2009 version of its annual How The Edge Stole Christmas show. And, uh, you'll have to pardon us for missing the announcement when it first came to pass. For pretty obvious ... More >>

Watch: Beautiful Footage From Telegraph Canyon's Bass Hall Debut

Yesterday, the folks at You and Yours Productions--the same people who've brought you the two latest videos from The Burning Hotels--released the above footage of Telegraph Canyon performing at Bass Hall, opening for the Old 97's, from a few weeks back. It was a special night--and the clip, which b ... More >>

Some Coal For Local Radio XMas Shows

Cold War Kids Get by on Bravado

On stage, Cold War Kids ooze with confidence. In the real world, they’d rather stay out of trouble.

Giveaway: A Pair Of Tickets To Thursday Night's Sold-Out Cold War Kids Gig

Dallas Music Goes Retro-rrific