Denmark

Efterklang at Dan's Silverleaf: Review

"Even though you think its cold, it's not cold", Efterklang's Casper Clausen admonished the full house at Dan's Silverleaf. Hailing from Denmark and having spent time above the Arctic Circle, he knows of what he speaks. The dapper Clausen and band mates Rasmus Stolberg on bass and Mads Bauer on el ... More >>

Rasmus Stolberg of Efterklang Talks the Copenhagen Music Scene, Recording on an Arctic Island and Why Socialism Works

Unsatisfied with simply recording in a top-notch studio in Copenhagen, the members of Efterklang decided to head to the Arctic island of Piramida to create their album of the same name. Using the desolate climate as inspiration, the band used field recordings as the basis for each track. These dudes ... More >>

The Five Best Concerts In Dallas This Weekend, January 17-20

Stalley, Ace Mitch, Dustin Cavazos, Nice Major, -Topic, KO Boyz Saturday, January 19, at The Prophet Bar, $18 Maybach Music Group rapper Stalley was busy in 2012, mostly with the release of his popular mixtape, Savage Journey to the American Dream, featuring heavy-hitters like Rick Ross, Curren$y, 2 ... More >>

Muse, Wale, The Black Crowes, Danko Jones and More of This Weeks' Top Show Announcements

Muse, Dead Sara Wednesday, March 13, at American Airlines Center, $36.50-$61.50 Well, we all knew it was coming. After October's The 2nd Law dropped, and, of course, after being unable to escape the "Madness" single no matter how far from civilization one ventured, we all knew it was only a matter o ... More >>

Eight of This Week's Top Show Announcements: Jeff Mangum, Morrissey and More

Morrissey Monday, February 18, at Palladium Ballroom, $39.50 We were really looking forward to road-tripping to Wichita Falls to see Moz at the end of the month, but since some of his U.S. tour dates were postponed, we'll just have to throw roses at him in Dallas. Tickets go on sale this Friday at 1 ... More >>

First Round of SXSW 2013 Acts Announced, Including Blackstone Rangers and The Relatives

With the announcement of 35 Denton's initial lineup, it was only a matter of time before you felt that tightening in your chest, aka the first round of SXSW acts. North Texas' Blackstone Rangers, Ronnie Fauss, the Relatives, Somebody's Darling, Sarah Jaffe and Tedashii are all represented. Thurston ... More >>

The Power of Lobbying: Trinity Levees Are Unsafe SUPER Safe, the Corps Says Now

OK, wait, wait, before we start the party, can I ask a couple questions? Could we maybe just try to put ourselves in a global context first? In July, 2011, the city of Copenhagen was ravaged by the worst flood in recorded history, rated by scientists as a "1,000-year" flood, meaning it could be ex ... More >>

12 for 2012: A Dozen DFW Actors Who Deserve More Stage Time

The list of actors we want to see more of on Dallas/Fort Worth theater stages this year includes a few we've seen a lot of in recent productions -- a lot, as in their frontal and backal parts sans costume. Nudity has become so common among local theater companies, it's no big deal anymore. There a ... More >>

Best Films of 2011: Ten and Two to Grow On

J. Hoberman's faves from a mutating medium.

Best Films of 2011: Why You've Never Heard of Margaret

And nine more choice flicks.

Cooked Dane

Shakespeare Dallas' Hamlet boils over; Hair offers a brush with the '60s.

Panda Bear Tells Us What He's Been Listening To, Confirms New Animal Collective Material

Musicians are undoubtedly influenced by the music they listen to. An artist's musical selections can sometimes even foretell what a next album might sound like. So if you've ever wondered what the artists who grace your stereo are getting funky to, here's your chance to find out. Every week, I'll as ... More >>

Rolling Stones Ready Plans To Theatrically Release Film of 1978 Fort Worth Concert

​No date has yet been announced -- just a "Coming Soon!" promise -- for the stateside release of the new Rolling Stones concert film, The Rolling Stones: Some Girls -- Live in Texas. But, starting early next month, the United Kingdom and Ireland (followed shortly by Denmark, South Africa, Cro ... More >>

Last Night: Iceage, Midnight Society at Rubber Gloves Rehearsal Studios

Iceage, Midnight SocietyRubber Gloves Rehearsal StudiosSunday, July 17, 2011Better than: Seeing punk poseurs that don't deliver. Doug DavisElias Bender, seconds before Iceage kicked into their set.​Jesus fucking Christ! Last night the crowd at Denton's Rubber Gloves Rehearsal Studios was treate ... More >>

Q&A: Mostly, The Young Denmark Punk Exports In Iceage Are Worried About The Texas Heat...

Another week, another interesting musical export from Scandinavia invades our shores. This time, it's Iceage, a band of 18- to 20-year-olds from Copenhagen making fiercely good punk music. Already, their June-released debut album, New Brigade, has been named as one of the top 40 best albums of the y ... More >>

A World of Revenge

Play-N-Skillz's New Collaboration With David Guetta Has Already Charted In 18 Countries

Steve VisneauCollaboration swag.​Late last week, we passed along word that the latest single from French house producer David Guetta (the man behind, among other songs, the Black Eyed Peas' "I Gotta Feeling") to blow up the Internet was actually a Play-N-Skillz co-production -- and the first of a ... More >>

Distance Makes The Raveonettes Grow Darker.

Midlake Curates Upcoming Compilation and Covers Black Sabbath's "Am I Going Insane"

​Last we heard, Midlake was back at work, writing some material for a follow-up to 2010's The Courage of Others, a disc that scored pretty much as highly as possible in Europe but gained little traction in the States. As intent as they may be on following up that release, though, it looks like the ... More >>

Dog Lays A Mac Down

Tonight, Tonight: GWAR at House of Blues, Of Montreal at the Granada Theater, Lifehouse at the Palladium Ballroom, Jacob Metcalf at City Tavern

Another Tuesday rolls around and it's another intriguing collection of musical options. A great night to drown those baseball sorrows.

No Mysteries, No Surprises as "Eater X" Edges Sonya Thomas for Lewisville Tamale Title

Photos by Patrick MichelsSonya "the Black Widow" Thomas puts away one of 56 tamales she ate Saturday -- good enough for second place.He set the world tamale-eating record here three years ago, downing 71 in a 12-minute bout on the steps of Lewisville City Hall, and even with a dozen fewer tamales la ... More >>

This Saturday, Competitive Eating's Top Ranks Tackle Lewsville's Hot Tamales

Patrick Michels"Nasty" Nate Biller, Texas' top-ranked eater, will try and keep the tamale title in-state this weekend.​If you're planning on packing on a few extra pounds of fat and grease this weekend, odds are you're headed to the state fair. But up in Lewisville Saturday afternoon, a chosen few ... More >>

Giveaway: Five Pairs of Tickets To See Autolux Tomorrow Night at The Loft

In this week's paper, Doug Davis catches up with Autolux's Greg Edwards to talk about the shoegaze-y Los Anegeles-based band's return to the spotlight with the recently released Transit Transit, the band's sophomore release and its first after six full years of absence. It's a fine release, Davis ex ... More >>

Stage West's Copenhagen Makes Physics Into Fizzy Drama; CTD Stages A Sassy Sisters Rosensweig

Bombs Away

Efterklang, Peter Broderick, Human Highway

Tuesday, March 17, at Hailey's, Denton

Your Dallas Connection To Guitar Hero: Metallica

Next month, metalheads and gamers will find themselves on the same playing field, thanks to the upcoming March 29 release of Guitar Hero: Metallica. But it's not all Hetfield, Ulrigh, Hammett and Trujilo in the mix. Gamers will also be able to play as the great Lemmy (he is God, after all) and, acc ... More >>

From Denmark, Angela Hunt Still Wants to Talk Hotel, Ross Avenue

Bomb Detector: SEC Goes After Irving-Based Maker of Stinker Sniffex

Far From Genius

Review: Urban Taco

Try a little Mexican food without the gloop and refrieds

Cold, Cold Love

The Undermain crowns their Snow Queen

Gonna Fly Now

Roky Erickson's miles from home, and that's a good thing

Electric Six

Saturday, April 14 at Club Dada

North and South

Guatemala visits Frisco

Beeing There

Humble Boy, based on Hamlet, stings the heart; Scapino beats itself to bits

Catch the Tree Wave

Old Ataris playing music? Singing with a dot-matrix printer? For this duo, it's all perfectly natural.

Boy Meets Whirl

A lost lad longs for life in I Am David

Capsule Reviews

Our critics weigh in on local theater

Jazz Hands

Help Wipe Out Kids' Cancer

The Wince and Me

This Roman Holiday redux sacrifices itself for a happy ending

Banned Books

SMU presents an exhibit to die for

Island Fantasy

Dallas Children's Theater plays cat and mouse; Hedwig stays angry two more weeks

The Raveonettes

Chain Gang of Love (Columbia)

Bard to Tears

Shakespeare Fest's Hamlet: There be madness, yet there's sloppy Method acting in't

Grape Smarts

Wine consumption goes hand-in-hand with higher IQs

Free for y'all

Bronco Bowl's Four Plans From Outer Space

Fest intentions

USA Film Festival: Amargosa, Committed, The Devil's Swing, Dropping Out, Hamlet, Lush, The Natural History of the Chicken, Split Decision, The Target Shoots First, Steal This Movie

Gold diggers

The telecommunications bill brings out the greed in all of us