Dirty Projectors

Ten Adorable and Influential Pets Owned By DFW Musicians

Pets are like family. Really, they can be better than family; They don't complain about your haircut, career goals or new girlfriend. For these 10 Dallas-Fort Worth musicians, their pets are everything: sources of inspiration, a friend when it gets lonely and most importantly, an ear to their music. ... More >>

NRML, The Weirdest Festival You'll See This Year, Fights Misconceptions about Mexico

When you speak to famed DIY promoter Todd Patrick (better known as Todd P) about Mexico, you're taken aback by his optimism. He talks about the growing middle class and its effect on the country's economy. He talks about the youth's passion for the arts, and he never fails to mention that our countr ... More >>

My First Show: Best of 2012 Edition

We decided to check back in with some of the people we interviewed this year for My First Show, and ask about favorite concerts, records, and most-wanted Christmas gifts. Bad Design's Steven Altuna takes the cake for best answer for a Christmas wish. What was the best show you saw this year? Evan ... More >>

The Five Best Concerts In DFW This Week

Norah Jones Monday, October 22, at McFarlin Auditorium, $60.55-$71.32 Norah Jones is making her way back to her old stomping grounds tonight at McFarlin Auditorium, after kicking off her fifth world tour this past May. After pairing up with Danger Mouse for her fifth release, Little Broken Hearts, J ... More >>

Ten of August's Best Music Photos

August is typically the cruelest month, in terms of temperatures, lack of energy and things to do. Looking back through the blog, however, we certainly got our fair share of photo ops. Here are a few to remind you of the month that was.

Dirty Projectors, Wye Oak - The Kessler Theater - 8/3/12

Dirty Projectors, Wye Oak The Kessler Theater Friday, August 3 Dirty Projectors, and David Longstreth particularly, are incredibly adept musicians that wear their musical smarts on their sleeves. But idiosyncratic arrangements and vocals that, while not jarring are hardy mellifluous, can make sitti ... More >>

Dirty Projectors and Wye Oak

Friday, August 3, at the Kessler Theater

13 of This Weekend's Best Shows: Neil Halstead, The Coathangers, KISS and more

Neil HalsteadSaturday, August 4, at Good RecordsOnce the lead singer of one of the loudest and dreamiest shoegaze acts, Slowdive, Neil Halstead has somehow found himself far away from the style he once perfected. After a decade of playing country pop in Mojave 3, he's now strumming solo, in preview ... More >>

How I Learned To Love The Dirty Projectors

When Dirty Projectors' 2009 album Bitte Orca was released, it was treated as the second coming. Of course, there seems to be a new Album of the Decade crowned on a yearly basis. Even though I write about music on a regular basis for multiple outlets, I get annoyed with the publicity or hype that cer ... More >>

Mark Your Calendar: Texas Theatre's Got a Copy of Urgh! A Music War

If you have yet to see Urgh! A Music War, you're in for a treat, as Texas Theatre has obtained a rare 35mm copy, and will be screening it on Friday, May 25 and Saturday, May 26, with live performances from Peopleodian, George Quartz and Marriage Material. If you have seen it, you'll likely agree t ... More >>

Denton's Roy Robertson Does Björk's "Who Is It (Carry My Joy on the Left, Carry My Pain on the Right)"

Björk might seem an odd subject for a cover, but it makes sense when you think about it. Her often minimal arrangements leave plenty open to interpretation, and her avant-garde style certainly has earned many fans among fellow artists. In fact, Thom Yorke called "Unravel" his "favorite song ever," ... More >>

Dirty Projectors, Wye Oak, Mark Kozelek and More Show Announcements

Dirty Projectors have a lot to live up with their forthcoming 2012 album Swing Lo Magellan. Past efforts include an album of Black Flag songs recorded only from memory, and a concept album about Don Henley's life. The band's output has slowed since 2010, when they peaked as blogosphere darlings ... More >>

Show Announcements: Lauryn Hill, Concerts In The Garden & More!

Lauryn Hill​Ever since Lauryn Hill made a brief disappearance from the public eye in 2000, her career has been patchy at best. Her acoustic record in 2002, MTV Unplugged No. 2.0, was met with mediocre reviews, and the Fugees reunion fared even worse. But, aside from her brilliant output in the Fug ... More >>

Tonight, Tonight: Busiest Wednesday Ever?

Holy crap! We have a shitload of killer shows in our area tonight!

Unexpected Influences: Datahowler Doesn't Always Listen To Music -- But When He Does, He Prefers Obscure African or Latin Records.

Welcome to a Unexpected Influences, where we talk to musicians about the music no one expects them to like.Datahowler​Datahowler, mad processor of decades of international culture, has a lot on his mind. Born Ross Edman (and formerly using the moniker Objectiv One), he has managed to push himself ... More >>

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Thursday, January 13, at PM Lounge

Fun Fun Fun Fest: MGMT and Bad Religion Cap A Great Saturday

​Oh, the decisions. As was the case last year, Fun Fun Fun's Saturday schedule forced some hard choices; today's toughest might be Washed Out and Deerhunter's simultaneous sets, thought there are plenty of other conflicting sets. But one of the things that makes Fun Fun Fun great is that the three ... More >>

Fun Fun Fun: "Weird Al" Gets This Party Started, Nerd-Style

"Weird Al" Yankovic's "Dare to be Stupid" was as close to Devo as Fun Fun Fun Fest-goers will get this weekend.​As cool as the lineup for Fun Fun Fun Fest today and tomorrow may be, the Friday night kick-off party was clearly for the nerds--former and current. Chris Hardwick was intended to be the ... More >>

Q&A: The National's Scott Devendorf Talks Meeting Obama, Collaborating With St. Vincent and The Stresses of Recording

Keith KlenowskiThe National​In this week's print edition we featured The National's Saturday show at the House of Blues. But the article--concentrating mostly on the band's latest album, High Violet--offered only a glimpse into an interview with bassist Scott Devendorf. Here, we're giving you the ... More >>

Q&A Giveaway: The Morning Benders' Chris Chu Explains His Band's Ever-Changing Sound, How To Eat Healthy On The Road And Why He's Jealous of Bon Iver

​Earlier this week, in advance of the Morning Benders's upcoming performance at the Kessler Theatre on Saturday night, we caught up with the Northern California-based band's frontman Chris Chu. His band had just returned from the European leg of their tour, and was preparing to travel the US in s ... More >>

ACL '10: So Far, So Not Very Impressive. But Things Are Gonna Get Better Real Soon.

​It's the very early goings in the 2010 installment of Austin City Limits, and, apologies to all you die-hard Blues Traveler fans, but, so far, nothing's really blown us away. Well, nothing except Those Darlins, who we already knew we loved.Oh, and the weather, which indeed is proving to be the sm ... More >>

Last Night: Here We Go Magic and Beach Fossils at The Loft

Here We Go Magic, Beach FossilsThe LoftAugust 4, 2010Better than: Seeing these headliners open in a hot and crowded Granada, as was the case last time around.Here We Go Magic​ Last summer, Brooklyn's Here We Go Magic opened for Grizzly Bear in what many considered to be one of the concert highli ... More >>

Fun Fun Fun Fest Announces Badass 2010 Lineup. Included On It? Dallas' Own Power Trip.

​The folks who run Austin''s Fun Fun Fun Fest have made it clear: Heading into their fifth year of operation, they aren't planning on slowing down their ever-growing momentum. Quite the opposite, actually: The fest is ramping up to seriously challenge ACL as Austin's premiere fall fest.Seriously: ... More >>

First Song From The Upcoming St. Vincent, David Byrne Collaboration Will Be Performed By A Marching Band

​The collaboration we mentioned a few months back between our own Annie Clark (St. Vincent) and David Byrne appears to be moving along slowly but nicely. We just read this morning that one of the songs they've teamed up on (either called "The Movie" or "Two Ships"), will initially be performed by ... More >>

Clearing Out The Mailroom: Tuesday, June 15, 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.Widespread Panic (Athens, Georgia)Dirty Side Down (ATO)It's been reported mo ... More >>

Our Critics List Their Fave Discs of '09

Year in Review: 2009's Best Indie Records, the College Rockers Honor Roll

Yeah, pal, that's "college rock," scare quotes very much included. Look, it's a meaningless term. As are "indie," "alternative," "hipster," etc., etc. Let's not overthink this: Here we have ten splendid records with an amorphous rock 'n' roll designation, albeit in a perhaps slightly more experiment ... More >>

St. Vincent And Neon Indian Named To New York Magazine Brooklyn Top 40

​I know, I know. You've had it with daily St. Vincent and Neon Indian updates. All that has to happen now is for St. Vincent to cover "Ice Cream Paint Job" and have Alan Palomo remix it, at which point DC9 would be thrown into a Boolean loop from which it would never emerge. But when I saw the two ... More >>

ACL: The Dirty Projectors Clean Up Quite Nice

​ The Dirty Projectors may have been around since 2002, but make no mistake: 2009 is the Brooklyn-based act's breakthrough year, thanks tot he success of the band's phenomenal earlier-this-year-released Bitte Orca, a true gem of a folktronipop of a record, riff with lush instrumentations and as im ... More >>

ACL '09: The Rain's Stopped (For Now) As Crowds Wait For Pearl Jam--And Maybe The Toadies?

​The early outlook here on the Day Three of the 2009 Austin City Limits Music Festival isn't too bad. The sun has peeked out from behind the clouds here and there, and, for the time being, the rain has held off. Forecasts appear to indicate more rain as the day continues, though, and, surely ... More >>

Does ACL Actually Hurt Dallas?

Grizzly Bear's Chris Taylor Is On A Roll

Odds & Ends

Arm your lyrical swords and prepare your Suge Knight jokes--it's rap battle time at TexasGigs.com

Odds & Ends

Who says you need to go to Austin this weekend for a good concert or four?

The Dirty Projectors

Sunday, September 18, at Rubber Gloves

Odds & Ends

Rubber Gloves will soon be able to pour one out for the indie-rock homies