Fleet Foxes

Last Shot: Time Is Running Out

[Editor's Note: Longtime concert photographer Andrew Youssef found out almost two years ago that he had Stage IV Colon Cancer. In that time, he has continued to shoot tons of music events for our sister paper OC Weekly on top of other freelance work and working a day job at a hospital, of all places ... More >>

The Most Important Time to Follow Your Passion is When it's Hardest

[Editor's Note: Longtime concert photographer Andrew Youssef found out almost two years ago that he had Stage IV Colon Cancer. In that time, he has continued to shoot tons of music events for our sister paper OC Weekly on top of other freelance work and working a day job at a hospital, of all places ... More >>

How Do We Convert From Christian Rock to Indie Rock?

Are you a musician? Is your group having issues? Ask Fan Landers! Critic Jessica Hopper has played in and managed bands, toured internationally, booked shows, produced records, worked as a publicist, and is the author of The Girls' Guide to Rocking, a how-to for teen ladies. She is here to help you ... More >>

Father John Misty, Jim James, Cannibal Corpse and More of This Week's Show Announcements

Father John Misty Monday, May 6, at Granada Theater It's no news that J. Tillman has had many musical past lives, including a short-lived stint with the Fleet Foxes, but after the release of Fear Fun last summer, the first album under his moniker Father John Misty, he's perhaps never been more at ho ... More >>

Day One Aboard the S.S. Coachella: Father John Misty May or May Not Have Vomited, and More

By Liz Tracy The S.S. Coachella set out to sea rather unceremoniously. There weren't horns, not a streamer in sight, and no one smashed bottles against the body of the ship. But we'd all been aboard the Celebrity Silhouette for about four hours at that point, and Father John Misty was launching ... More >>

The Seven Best Concerts In Dallas This Week

Nas and Lauryn Hill Monday, October 29, at the Palladium Ballroom, $54.75 This pairing is an inspired one, and especially notable for fans of Lauryn Hill, who have been wondering where the follow-up to 1998's The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill has been hiding. That (hopefully) comes with the release of ... More >>

The Six Best Concerts of the Summer

See also: Ten of August's best music photos This summer's musical choices have been made. Our thighs have been chafed from festivals, our livers raked over the fiery coals, our eardrums gently caressed. And now, as we drift into the last quarter of the year, we're taking one look back at some of o ... More >>

Did the Internet Kill the Debut Album?

See also: Old records are outselling new ones for the first time Remember Lana Del Rey? It's OK if you don't, but 10 years from now, we might remember her for a different reason: the death of the debut. I know, technically Born to Die wasn't a "debut." But her manufactured reinvention and the unw ... More >>

Just Who Is Father John Misty?

Just Who Is Father John Misty?

Josh Tillman, the man behind Father John Misty, a moniker he says is completely arbitrary, seems set on confounding his audience. Judging by the reaction he's getting, his plan is working. Tillman is in Los Angeles, packing up after the previous night's show and getting ready to hit the road in sup ... More >>

10 Big Show Announcements: M83 at Palladium Ballroom, One Direction at American Airlines Center and More

M83Thursday, October 11, at Palladium BallroomThis must be some kind of record. The three most anticipated shows coming to town in the next year belong to M83. The two taking place at the Granada Theater later this month are sold out already. I wonder how long it will take for these tickets to disap ... More >>

The 20 Best Concert Photos of 2011

Mike MezeulBroken Social Scene at the House of Blues​The number of good shows and exciting, inspiring, heartbreaking moments in the Dallas music scene this year were, to put it SO very mildly...numerous. It probably can go with out saying. Except we're going to say it. We're going to talk about it ... More >>

The Conversation: Lead Singer Stage Behavior, How Much is Too Much?

Mick Jagger, the ultimate frontman​Make no mistake; there is a big difference between a run-of-the-mill lead singer and a bona fide frontman. Huge, really. Not just anybody has the magnetism required to convince 20,000 people at the American Airlines Center to raise their hands above their heads a ... More >>

Bringing Saxy Back: 10 Pieces of Audio Evidence Confirming 2011's Full-On Saxophone Revival

In an episode of 30 Rock from last year's fifth season, Tina Fey's alter-ego Liz Lemon walks the street, moping about the end of writing as career path. (I feel you, sister.) (Fistbump.)Eventually, she runs into a group of other bygone careerists living in a subway, ready to adopt h ... More >>

Night Three of Austin City Limits '11: If You're Gonna Go Out, You Better Go Out With a Bang.

Pete FreedmanArcade Fire played a familiar set to end Austin City Limits 2011. But it was still thrilling.​ The hot sun from the morning of Day Three at the 2011 Austin City Limits Music Festival persisted well into the afternoon and evening at Zilker Park. But with the festival end looming and pl ... More >>

Priory's Brandon Johnson Talks The Ups and Downs Of His Band's Potentially Religious Name

Priory​Portland's Priory only recently issued its debut effort, but main songwriters Brandon Johnson and Kyle Dieker have been collaborating for several years. It just took getting a couple of other band members in place for the band to finally hit the studio with its plethora of material. It expl ... More >>

News and Notes: Seryn Gets More Paste Love, Will Johnson Gets NPR'd and Much, Much More

Stand up and take a bow, Seryn.​Got a whole grab-bag of local music notes to pass along today, but none is bigger than this: Yesterday, Paste announced its list of the year's best albums so far, and coming in at No. 4 on their list was Denton's Own Seryn's album, This Is Where We Are. The baroque ... 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 >>

Last Night: Fleet Foxes and Cave Singers at Palladium Ballroom

Fleet Foxes, Cave SingersPalladium BallroomMay 11, 2011Better Than: Seeing a bad band in a good venue.Andrew ShepherdFleet Foxes' Robin Pecknold. For more shots from last night's concert, check the slideshow​Based on the release of the Fleet Foxes' brilliant, self-titled 2008 debut -- along with t ... More >>

Three Solid Shows Worth Your Time Tonight

Indie folk, post-rock and hardcore honky-tonk are the order of this evening's musical offerings.

The Six Best Fleet Foxes Concert Videos on YouTube

YoutubeSweet fancy moses, listen to those harmonies.​Fresh off climbing Billboard's charts -- and, y'know, selling a planet-size chunk of records -- Fleet Foxes will be stopping by Dallas tomorrow night. Like you didn't already know. But here's something you might not be aware of: Tonight at 8:30 ... More >>

Interviewing Fleet Foxes Via Twitter

Giveaway: A Free Copy of Seryn's Debut Album on Both CD and Limited Edition White Vinyl

It's already been a heck of a year for Denton's Seryn. Right around the turn of the calendar year, after numerous delays, the band finally got around to releasing their anticipated debut record, This Is Where We Are. And the sprawling, uplifting affair, the disc proved well worth the wait, deserved ... More >>

Show Announcements: Fleet Foxes, Decemberists, Beth Orton, Rusko, Ray Price, Adele, Maps & Atlases, Delorean, Dashboard Confessional, George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic, Dokken, Wilco, Ricky Martin, Deftones, The Dillinger Escape Plan and More!

Fleet Foxes​Two years ago, Fleet Foxes blindsided indie-rock fans with a self-titled debut record full of four-part harmonies and folk songs that were both melancholy and triumphant. The self-made record, which was done on a shoe-string budget, went on to sell over 300,000 records worldwide.  ... More >>

10 Awesome Indie Music Videos Starring No Humans

Ok! You can officially ignore MTV. Aside from vintage Pizza Hut commercials, YouTube has become the newest, best, most badass way to show off one of two things: your music with lyrics set in scrolling Comic Sans or your music under some cool, never-before-seen animator / puppeteer's work. Back i ... More >>

Fergus & Geronimo Get Signed To Sub Pop Imprint Hardly Art

Fergus & Geronimo​Denton favorite, blog favorite and DOMA-nominated Fergus & Geronimo, was just signed to Hardly Art for its upcoming release. Hardly Art is an imprint of the powerhouse indie Sub Pop label, and has had several notable bands, like The Postal Service, Fleet Foxes, and Beach ... More >>

Maybe The Eagles Aren't So Bad, Actually.

Picture Show: Local Natives and Suckers at Sons of Hermann Hall

Mattie StaffordLocal Natives offered a powerful set at its Sons of Hermann Hall show.​ As promised, LA's Local Natives rolled through town last night and offered up a display well worthy of its critical acclaim. But we expected that much, really: Just like the band's powerful SXSW showcases, last ... More >>

Local Natives, Suckers

Thursday, April 22, at Sons of Hermann Hall

Today In Music News: Weezer Gets In A Bus Accident, Fleet Foxes Gets Less Upbeat And Robert Pollard Loves Guided By Voices

Your daily dose of national music news for Monday, December 7, 2009...Members of Weezer were injured in an accident after its bus skid on ice across several lanes of traffic.Looks like Fleet Foxes is moving into a different, "less upbeat" direction on it's new album.It looks like there are shows Rob ... More >>

J. Tillman, Pearly Gate Music, Sleep Whale

Saturday, November 28, at Hailey's Club in Denton

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 >>

Today In Music News: Fleet Foxes Like To Download, Panic Hits Voodoo Fest, Reznor Leaves Touring

Your daily dose of national music news for Monday, June 15, 2009... Fleet Foxes' Robin Pecknhold used to be an illegal music downloader. But he thinks it helped him make the music he and other bands are making today, so it's cool. The New Orleans Voodoo Festival has added touring monsters Wide ... More >>

Today In Music News: Mandy Moore Getting Fleet? Jay-Z Walking On A Bar Tab? Downloading Getting Serious?

Your daily dose of national music news for Monday, April 20, 2009...Already the world's oddest pairing of famous people, it now seems Ryan Adams' indieness is rubbing off on new wife Mandy Moore, who says she wants to work with Fleet Foxes on a new record.What's better than going bar-hopping with Ja ... More >>

Great Lake Swimmers Get All-Natural

SXSW Dispatches: Telegraph Canyon Shares All The Good News From Its First SXSW Trip

[Last week, we asked a few bands to check in with us from time to time over the course of the week to tell us about their SXSW experiences. Now, with the fest over, those diatribes are starting to show. Here's Telegraph Canyon frontman Chris Johnson's SXSW diary, for your reading pleasure...] Hal S ... More >>

What It Was Like: Port O' Brien, Those Darlins, Phosphorescent, Deer Tick, Hacienda

Noah W. BaileyPort O' Brien channels Neil Young at Buffalo Billiards.After the three-and-a-half hour drive from Dallas I decided to start the evening off right at Hut's Hamburgers before finally checking out some music. Here's what I saw. Now it's time for breakfast tacos at Nueva Onda and more band ... More >>

The AirborneToxic Event, Alberta Cross

Tuesday, March 17, at The Loft

2008 Should've Been The New Year's Year

One thing you can't expect every new year? Another record from Dallas' own The New Year—which is just part of why The New Year is such a crowning achievement.

Is New Amerykah Pt. 1 The 'Token Urban Album' Of '08?

Speaking of Erykah Badu: Much like we're doing in this upcoming week's paper, Stereogum today asked some of its favorite artists of '08 to name some of their favorite artists, albums, songs, etc. of 2008, and right at the top of the list, Of Montreal frontman Kevin Barnes names New Amerykah Pt. 1 a ... More >>

Pop Quiz, Music Snobs!

What the hell happened with music in 2008? Well, let's see if you know.

New Amerykah Named In USA Today And Pitchfork Best of '08 Lists

Hotel guests across the country will see Dallas' own Erykah Badu named among the artists in USA Today's critic's picks for top albums of 2008. Edna Gunderson named New Amerykah, Pt. 1: 4th World War as the No. 5 album of the year, describing it as "Gutsy, inventive, deeply felt neo-soul and retro fu ... More >>

Top Ten Americana Albums of 2008

In next week's paper, we'll unveil our national package on the best music of the year (the following week, we'll tackle the best in DFWd music). But, as a teaser, here's our paper's contribution to the national package: Noah W. Bailey's picks for the best Americana/folk releases of '08. Picking the ... More >>

And So It Begins: The End-Of-Year List Propaganda Arrives

The Winners and Losers of ACL Fest 2008

Dallas benefits, again, from being near Austin City Limits

Look at all the concerts ACL is leading our way this weekend (while ignoring the ugly side effects)!

Giveaway: Two Pairs Of Tickets To Fleet Foxes At Lola's On Friday

Pet Peeves

The Beach Boys are popping up everywhere this year in music but don't seem to be getting their due

Not So Fast

Fleet Foxes' successful sound depends on slowing things down

Fleet Foxes

Fleet Foxes (Sub Pop)