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June 4, 2009Yesterday at NX35: Night One? Fairly Successful!
Until 7 p.m. last night, the Square seemed pretty much business as usual for a cold, wet afternoon in Denton. Well, except for all the people in black NX35 t-shirts hurriedly scuttling around from door to door like manic crabs. Armed with clipboards, walkie-talkies and purposed demeanors, the busy "blackshirts" buzzing around the sidewalks were the first sign that something was, well, out of the ordinary. And, as the grey sky skies dimmed, it was increasingly obvious that this wasn't just an ave
March 13, 2009Echoes and Reverberations: Mad Chops and Culture Jamming on Fry Street
Check out our accompanying slideshow for more images from this week's installment of Echoes and Reverberations.Sly Stone was born there. Roy Orbison and Don Henley went to school there. Pat Boone and Dr. Phil even made the scene. But enough about all that: Let's talk about skronk monkeys trippin' balls at Fry Street Fair. Let's remember the graffiti artists getting sick with the acrylic... and smelly jazz doods rippin' minor scales for eight hours straight in an effort to land a spot in the UNT
March 13, 2009Yesterday at NX35: Spooky Folk and The Baptist Generals at The Hydrant
BAND(s): Spooky Folk and The Baptist GeneralsVENUE: The Hydrant Café TIME: 9:30 & 10:30 p.m. Having already raved about the living-room-vibe of The Hydrant's upstairs room, I'll leave that alone--other than mentioning that, as far as intimate performance spaces in Denton (not including DIY house venues), I can't think of anyplace more appropriately suited for showcasing either of these acts. I'd already seen Kaloe Kaualoku performing his Spooky Folk material in solo sets around Denton's cof
March 13, 2009Yesterday at NX35: The Sun'll Come Out, Tomorrowpeople
The Internet thinks your Interstate 35E sucks. Constant rain and two major wrecks in the 45-mile stretch of highway between Dallas and Denton made the drive an absolutely miserable mess. I was feeling sorry for myself that my trip took an hour and a half--more than twice the usual time--until I talked to a few people whose trips took topped the two-hour mark. The weather also seemed to have a dampening effect on the foot traffic in and around the Denton square. Daniel Rodrigue yesterday note
March 14, 2009Yesterday at NX35: Bringin' the Weird
Denton is a pretty weird cross-section of the world, and people are starting to notice--even the New York Times. Aaron Jacobs But the cold and constant rain didn't keep some of Denton's most eclectic weirdoes from showing up at the Denton Civic Center yesterday. Their conversation was centered on the necessity of 'weird' in creative processes, their community and beyond. 90.1 KERA-FM radio personality Paul Slavens, horn player for Denton's Brave Combo Jeffrey Barnes and legenda
March 14, 2009Yesterday At NX35: Night Two? Blame It On The Rain.
Blame the rain. Blame the cold. Blame a competing Denton house show. Blame the traffic accidents on Interstate 35 that pushed the commute from Dallas to nearly two hours. Blame whatever you want, but, in the early evening hours Friday night, the venues participating in NX35 were noticeably, jarringly empty. I'm talking 15 people empty. And while a sparse crowd like that can fly at Banter, The Hydrant or even J&Js Pizza, it looks downright eerie at a club like Hailey's.And that was the
March 14, 2009Weekend Roundup: NX35 Edition including Monotonix, Tame...Tame & Quiet, Gun Gun, Boyfriends Inc. and Possessed by Paul James
Denton was the place to be for live music this weekend, hands down. With the first ever NX35 festival all wrapped up, I wanted to pay it some well-deserved homage with a special edition of Weekend Roundup... Enjoy! Monotonix at Hailey's, Sunday, Mar. 15This garage rock band played in Denton's NX35 by way of Tel Aviv, Israel. Dissatisfied with the state of music in their home country, Monotonix peaced out of Israel in 2006 and has been kicking ass in the United States and oth
March 16, 2009Denton's Own Eli Young Band To Perform On Jimmy Kimmel Live Tonight.
The Denton-based, modern country up-and-comers in the Eli Young Band, which performed at the House of Blues just last Friday (see Caity Colvard's slideshow of that concert right here), are scheduled to perform as the musical guests on Jimmy Kimmel Live this evening. So set your DVRs, I guess. Because, y'know, the band's from the area and all.
April 2, 2009Video: Eli Young Band Performing On Jimmy Kimmel Live Last Night
Denton's own Eli Young Band performed on Jimmy Kimmel Live last night as anticipated. Check out the video above to see the band performing its single, "Always The Love Songs" for a live, studio audience.
April 3, 2009Good Friday: The Good Friday Edition.
...because a picture of Jesus on the cross might be a little inappropriate for a music blog.Happy Good Friday, everyone! Wait--is this a happy holiday? Hell if this Jew knows. Oh well. Onto the weekend!First, the shows we've already hyped...Tonight, the big 'un is happening over at the Palladium, where the legendary Moz is set to croon the masses at around 8:30 or so. Not feeling so self-loathing? The kids at The Door Fort Worth will surely welcome you if you wanna go see more of The Captive.On
April 10, 2009NX35 Gives Music Fans Something to Remember
March 19, 2009D-FW Acts Make a Strong Showing at SXSW
March 19, 2009Starhead
Escadrille (The Wow Signal Music Company)
March 19, 2009Poster of the Week, Part II: Seryn, This Old House, Western Giants, Younger Sons and Baruch The Scribe at The Treehouse in Denton
This flyer by Michael Musselwhite promotes Seryn, This Old House, Western Giants, Younger Sons and Baruch The Scribe at The Treehouse in Denton. Should be a wonderful, mellow evening of acoustic Americana and folk, and this intricately detailed flyer really captures the vibe of these bands. It's a great poster, easily my favorite of the week--original or otherwise. In fact, if I'd seen it before last night, I could have avoided a slightly embarrasing PoW faux pas.
June 5, 2009Last Night: Electric Six at the Boiler Room
Electric SixThe Boiler Room, DentonApril 16, 2009Better than: the lame-ass excuses given by my friends found not to join me. You know who you are.Daniel DaughertyDownload: Check out our slideshow from last night's show.Six years and a couple hilarious music videos later, Electric Six still rides on the head of steam built up by "Gay Bar," a song that hit No. 1 in the U.K. back in '03. The minor Internet meme launched after dozens of homemade music videos appeared on Youtube helps, of course.
April 17, 2009Good Friday: The Mother's Day Weekend Edition
We already reminded you once, but what the heck, let's do it again: Sunday is Mother's Day. Remember it. Write it in permanent ink on your hand. Don't spend the next year in the doghouse with mom, because, really, moms rock. Now, onto some actual rock. As always, let's lead with the show's we've already hyped. Tonight's the Phoenix Project benefit show at Reno's that Jesse just told you about and, also, the Backside Pick CD release show up in Denton at Hailey's.Saturday's a pretty big day:
May 8, 2009Good Friday: Calhoun, Hayes Carll, Red Headed Stranglers, Metal Rouge, Wildflower!, The Lash Outs, A Tribute To Stephen Bruton, Dem Southernfolkz, QCBS Benefit
There are so many options for music lovers this weekend that it's almost overwhelming. Remember, back in the days when you used to go to video stores to rent movies, how it felt to just stare at the cases with no idea what you wanted to watch, and there were so many choices that you got a headache by the time you got to about the Q-T section of the New Releases shelf, and finally you'd just grab something and go to the checkout counter? It's kind of like that this weekend. Here's what you alread
May 15, 2009Good Friday: The Memorial Day Weekend Edition
Hey guys, it's a long weekend! Who knew! Fortunately, we've already talked about most of the top shows coming happening around the region either on the blog or in print. Still, there's some others we think you should know about--and, certainly, that you should check out, should you get the chance. First up, as always, the ones you should already know about....Tonight, there's Margot and the Nuclear So and So's stop by Hailey's in Denton with the buzzing Telekinesis and Everything, Now!On
May 22, 2009Save Paste, Hear A Michelle Shocked Demo
Paste Magazine's been a big supporter of the DFW music scene in the past year or so, specifically dolling out the praise to a number of Denton bands. So on that note--and, yes, maybe we should have mentioned this earlier--may we direct your attention to the campaign to save the mag, which has been hurt, just like the rest of us, by the ongoing recession.It's not just a straight up beg-fest, though. In exchange for donations of $25 or more, Paste is giving supporters rare and exclusive mp3s from
May 27, 2009Save Paste, Hear A Michelle Shocked Demo
Paste Magazine's been a big supporter of the DFW music scene in the past year or so, specifically dolling out the praise to a number of Denton bands. So on that note--and, yes, maybe we should have mentioned this earlier--may we direct your attention to the campaign to save the mag, which has been hurt, just like the rest of us, by the ongoing recession.It's not just a straight up beg-fest, though. In exchange for donations of $25 or more, Paste is giving supporters rare and exclusive mp3s from
May 27, 2009School's Out For Summer
May 28, 2009Rally 'Round the Family (Pet)
May 28, 2009Good Friday: New Science Projects, The Theater Fire, Red, Air Review, George Strait, I Was A King, Pops Carter, Josh Weathers, Bowling for Soup, J.D. Souther, Grand Funk Railroad, Better Than Ezra, Les Claypool, Girl In A Coma
Why, yes, that is R. Kelly playing from my computer speakers in the office right now. Which means it must be the weekend. And means I must be running late on posting Good Friday. My sincerest apologies. Here are your weekend plans, friends. First up, the shows we've already hyped.Tonight's kinda crazy, actually. There's the Brutal Juice reunion at Club Dada, for one (catch 'em again on Saturday at the Rock 'N' Roll BBQ at Dan's Silverleaf in Denton). Also: The Flatlanders at House of Blues; Cons
June 5, 2009The People Behind The Denton Deluxe Compilations Release Their Archives... Which Means 112 Free Songs For You And Me.
If you need some reassurance that the massive amount of hype the Denton music scene has earned in recent years has merit, well, just listen to any of the four Denton Deluxe compilation albums. The discs deliver track after track of stellar songs by a bevy of diverse acts. And if you don't already have the albums, no problem: Yesterday, Chad Withers of Denton Deluxe put all 112 songs up for free download on their Web site--that's nearly six hours worth of free tunes. Withers says he put all the a
June 10, 2009Gig Alert: Matthew Gray, Baruch The Scribe, The Fox & The Bird and Angel Lenora at The Hydrant in Denton Tonight... For Free
This looks to be a grand weekend for shows in Denton, with an excellent bill at The Hydrant tonight kicking off the weekend one day early. If you haven't been to a show at The Hydrant yet, then this should be a great bill to catch. The two-story coffee shop/venue is a block off the Square, and it has a great upstairs performance space, which we've already inked and blogged about plenty. Tonight's free show, put together by The Bee's Fifth Collective, features the art collective's own Matthew Gra
June 18, 2009Gig Alert: Mothfight!, Florene and Red Faced Laughter at Bee's Manor in Denton
The impressive Mothfight! returns to Denton this evening.For the second night in a row, The Bee's Fifth Collective has put together another free show with a solid lineup. Only tonight's show will be notably more... well... energetic. Hosted at the collective's own Bee's Manor (306 Texas St., Denton), tonight's bill features Denton's Florene and Austin's Mothfight!--two bands that I've given plenty of love--as well as Red Faced Laughter, a band said to put on a powerful live show. I still haven't
June 19, 2009Good Friday: The Independence Day Edition
So, first and foremost: Happy (almost) Fourth of July, everyone! Now, let's talk about the weekend in music, per protocol. As always, the stuff we already discussed up first.Tonight's pretty busy, actually: Asylum Street Spankers, Porterdavis and The O's play the Granada; The Edge gets the 20th Anniversary treatment at the Lakewood Theater with the likes of Pop Poppins, the Bat Mastersons, Cottonmouth, TX and Deep Blue Something all set to perform; Dirt Nasty (aka former MTV VJ Simon Rex) takes
July 3, 2009Finding Jazz In A Supposedly Jazzy Town
July 16, 2009Bowling For Soup Gets The Web Soup Treatment
Apparently, every week on the new Web Soup show on G4, host Chris Hardwick shows his viewers a clip called "Things You Can't Unsee" and follows it up with another, cutesy animal clip called the "Palate Cleanser." Well, we're a little late to the game on this one, but it appears as if the above clip was used in the June 23 epsidoe of the show. And what of the clip? Oh, nothing. Just the Denton-based Bowling for Soup hanging out with their puppy Sherman( and a balloon), as a song they wrote
July 15, 2009Denton's New Play Pinball! Records Offers Up Some Sounds
In North of the Dial a few weeks back, we brought your attention to the newly formed Denton-based Play Pinball! Records. Founders Chris Engberg and Trent Ostvig have been busy, and, though they are still readying the vinyl label's dual debut releases for a late-August/early-September drop date, today they've uploaded songs to their Myspace page from both the Fungi Girls' full-length debut Seafaring Pyramids and a Bad Sports track taken from the compilation album Denton Denton USA! to their In so
July 16, 2009Check Out Bowling For Soup's Large, Prosthetic Penis
I'd say that congratulations are certainly in order for Denton's Bowling for Soup this week. Why? Well, quite a few reasons actually. For one, the band's tenth studio release, Sorry For Partyin', is getting prepped for release on Jive Records. And, secondly, the band's already debuted the first single from the upcoming disc, a track called "My Wena," which already has a video (see above) and will be available for download starting next Tuesday. But, lastly and most importantly, the guys deserve
July 23, 2009Roy G. and The Biv Chats with LP33.TV
LP33.tv, a music site out of Santa Monica, California, recently interviewed the sometimes Denton-based electro-pop duo Roy G. and the Biv for a short featurette about the band's jazz background, pop sensibilities and the "pretty solid" grasp the duo has of its futuristic, uh, future. Check it out in the clip above.
July 29, 2009Bald Bombshell
July 30, 2009Good Friday: Tre Orsi, The O's, Eleven Hundred Springs, Pet Hospital, Record Hop, Hendrick, Whiskey Folk Ramblers, Yppah, John Lefler, 100 Monkeys, August Burns Red, Rick Springfield, Devildriver, Toby Keith, Ellotio Levin Trio, Charlie Daniels Band
The weekend's finally here, boo-yah, and it's a deceptively crowded one music-wise, actually. You should already know about the weekend shows we've already discussed here and in the print edition, but, in case you forgot, well, let's recap. Well, now that I think of it, pretty much every show we've already discusses in happening tonight: LehtMoJoe's CD release show at the Granada with Mount Righteous and Anonymous????; De La Soul at the House of Blues; Kim Lenz at the Double Wide; William Fitzsi
July 31, 2009Gig Alert: The Ultra Twist, Pipsqueak, TV Ghost and VIDEO at the 818 House in Denton
Close enough.Tonight, Denton's 818 House has booked what promises to be a spectacular evening--one which will take audiences from a local opener to an Italian touring act. (First: Yes, 818 House is the same DIY venue with a similar numerical prefix that participated in this year's Phat Camp and House by House Fest in Denton. Second: Yes, we spoke with residents of 818 House before blogging all willy-nilly about this show--hence the modified, less "specific" venue name.)Now, onto tonight
August 6, 2009Good Friday: VEGA, Til We're Blue Or Destroy, Pinebox Serenade, Record Hop, Ella Minnow, Matthew Gray Delves..., ST 37
This is one of the biggest music weekends in recent memory, and it seems like there's something for everyone regardless of budget or musical taste. First up is the Bob Dylan/Willie Nelson/Johnny Cougar show at Quiktrip Park in Grand Prairie. There are still tickets available, according to the Airhogs Web site. Doors open, like, now. Brooklyn's The Wiyos open at 5:30 p.m., followed by Willie at 6:10, that "Jack and Diane" asshole at 7:35 and The Bob Dylan Band headlining at 9:10. Also tonight,
August 7, 2009Pitchfork's Still Got It Bad For Denton, Which Is Good News For Abacus.
Well, Pitchfork once again reached its thick red prongs all the way to our fair metro area this morning, by featuring two tracks by the Denton-based experimental act Abacus. "What's in the water in Denton, Texas?" the Pitchfork author jokes in the write up -- this is after all the second time in one week that the tastemaking site has featured a song by a Denton-based act as a Forecast track. But, the two recently "forecasted" acts share more in common than the City of Denton's water supply
August 10, 2009Good Friday: Slow Roosevelt at Trees, Slayer and Marilyn Manson, Los Campesinos!, Heartstring Stranglers
It's been fun, and yet... we are so done with this week.OK everybody. Show me some grace here, because this Good Friday you're reading marks the first time Mr. Pete Freedman has trusted your mostly-friendly neighborhood Denton correspondent to offer up the show-going options for the weekend. There's loads of release shows this weekend, but before that: First, I kinda regret not talking to Pete about letting me do a Good Thursday for yesterday, because last night blessed the area with a mess
August 14, 2009North of the Dial
August 27, 2009Good Friday: RTB2, Tantric, The Weight, MATAS, This Old House, The Gourds, Grant Jones, Hawk Vs. Dove, Shaolin Death Squad, Bad Veins, The Black and White Years
Another week bites the dust, which leads us to this weekly inevitability of us offering up our top choices for musical entertainment each weekend. And, well, there's a lot this weekend, actually, so hold on tight. First up, as always, a reminder of the shows we've already hyped up plenty...Tonight in particular is packed with goodies: Hip-hoppers C.S. Rucker and Dustin Cavazos (who has been working on new material, I hear) will be playing at Mokah Lounge in Deep Ellum; rapper SHO. will be joi
August 28, 2009Over The Weekend: Fight Night in Denton (14 Bands, One Packed Schoolhouse)
Fight NightThe Schoolhouse, DentonSeptember 5, 2009Better than: shooting bourbon in an actual schoolhouse.Danny FulgencioGiggle Party, along with a baker's dozen of other acts, played The Schoolhouse on Saturday. Peruse our slideshow of the day's events. Nestled away from the venues of Denton's idyllic Square and Fry Street's controversy, the Schoolhouse is a deceptively ordinary one-story yellow and white residence. But Saturday, at around 3 p.m., as a slew of musicians rolled or lugged thei
September 8, 2009Air Review, Andrew Tinker, Some Girl Claiming To Be From Denton All Vying For Final ACL Spot
Well, it's that time of year again, I guess, where (mostly) unknown acts take to the Internet in competition to try and snag the final spot at this year's ACL Fest in the annual battle known as The Sound and The Jury. By my count, three locals have made it to the final 20 in the voting competition: Denton popster Andrew Tinker, Dallas rockers Air Review and some oddball pop tart named Erin Austin who purports her home to be New York, San Francisco and Denton all at once, curiously enough. Vot
September 8, 2009For The Uptown Bums, It's All About The House
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October 2, 2009Bonus MP3: VIDEO -- "Images"
OK, Dallas: If in the last three months you hadn't yet found time to drive to Denton to catch one of VIDEO's sets, and you aren't planning to see them in Austin tonight, then tomorrow night will be your first chance to catch the band considerably closer to home. As we told you yesterday, VIDEO will be playing Saturday's Parade of Flesh show at Dallas DIY venue The Handsome Kitten (located at 824 Exposition Ave., No. 8). The band's booked as local support for Seattle's The Intelligence, a
October 2, 2009Last Night: Colour Revolt at Hailey's Club
Colour RevoltHailey's Club, DentonOctober 4, 2009 Better than: Spending the whole night sobbing over the Cowboys' loss. Colour Revolt As part of a short tour through the south, Colour Revolt stopped by Hailey's in Denton for what seemed to be more of a small get together--a really nice small get together. At first, the small crowd was a bit surprising, but then it hit me--hello, this is Denton, half of the city packed up and drove four hours south for Austin City Limits.
October 5, 2009Gig Alert: Shaolin Death Squad, The Better Death and Ninja Academy Tonight at The Boiler Room
The guys in Denton's Shaolin Death Squad have been together the better part of a decade, wearing those funny masks and dispensing their own brand of melodic, progressive metal and offbeat, Asian philosophy.Sure, it's a mini Gwar rip-off--and also cheesy as hell--but I'd rather a metal band flash a little cheese than wallow in demonic pretensions or the morose seriousness that seems to inflict most metal acts these days. Meanwhile, Dallas' own The Better Death has a brand new, 6 song EP to p
October 8, 2009If The Drummer In The Background Looks Familiar, It's Because He Should.
Wait till right around the one-minute mark in the above clip and you'll catch a familiar face backing Regina Spektor during her Saturday Night Live performance from this weekend: Denton-based Midlake and Fieros drummer McKenzie Smith. Neat-o!
October 12, 2009Electro Act Peopleodian Rises... From The Folk Scene?
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