Trevor PaulhusBAND: Matthew and the Arrogant Sea VENUE: Hailey's Club TIME: 9:50ish p.m.
By the time I got to Hailey's, two songs into Matthew and the Arrogant Sea's 11-song set, the venue was teeming with people.
Somewhere around 250 people were packed into the main room watching the show, and, for the rest of the set, Hailey's was elbow-to-elbow.
Not much of a surprise that MATAS' set was magical, energetic, entertaining and, yeah, I'll say it, beautiful. Midlake's Eric Pulido joined
Robert Gomez ponders where to hold his secret album-release party.Robert Gomez's Pine Sticks And Phosphorous, his follow-up to the excellent Brand New Towns, is due out April 14, and he's celebrating with an album-release house show 9 p.m. April 25 in Denton with The Baptist Generals. The catch is, mum's the word on exactly where it will be. The location will be sent to anyone who buys a ticket here. Pine Sticks And Phosphorous will be released through Gomez and Eric Pulido's Nova Posta Vinyl on
In a year that saw Ozzy, the Jonases and The New York Times storm through North Texas, which area music stories will go down as the most important of 2008?
Looks like ritual day at the Midlake house...​Big news today from Midlake camp, as the band's publicity team has sent out a press release announcing the date (February 2, 2010) and cover art (see right) of the band's first release in three years (The Courage of Others)--not to mention the somewhat unsurprising, but still comforting, news that the record will once again be release under the Bella Union label. After the jump, check the full press release, which includes a tracklisting and short
