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Indie-Verse's Eric Landrum: "I Would Put on My Grandfather's Loafers and Moonwalk on Their Stoop"

Eric Landrum has sacrificed a lot as a music fan working in radio promotions, but what's really kept him on the clock is his passion. No matter what kind of laminate or credentials Landrum has scored over the years working live broadcasts at concerts or meet-and-greets with national touring artists, ... More >>

ACL 2012 Announced: Red Hot Chili Peppers, Neil Young, Iggy & the Stooges and More

The Austin City Limits Music Festival line-up was announced at midnight, and I'm kind of miffed that RHCP are billed above Neil Young. Beyond that, you've got the usual ACL formula: the top tier of tried and true go-to festival acts (no surprise seeing the Black Keys or Jack White on this bill).Then ... More >>

This Week In Print: Tiger Dick, Dallas Distortion Music and More Ringing in the Ears

This week in print, I check in with Sarah Alexander and Nevada Hill, two Denton musicians who host Tiger Dick, a weekly radio show devoted to the unheard and unseen. Dallas Distortion Music chats with Alan Ayo about their first year in business. Kelly Dearmore asks Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial ... More >>

Parade of Flesh Has Got a 2012 Deal For You

If that 2012 movie was right -- and it surely was because, ya know, Hollywood knows science -- then we're all going to die in a spectacularly crappy tidal wave of CGI effects next year. Huzzah. However, that movie came out in 2009. C'mon, Hollywood. We need to be more terrified going into the new ye ... More >>

Coldplay and Tool Announce 2nd Shows and This Week's Show Announcements

Get a double dose of Coldplay next summer.​This week, we learned that ticket demand for two shows we recently wrote about (Coldplay and Tool) was so overwhelming a second show has been added for each. On Saturday, June 23, Coldplay will perform a second show at American Airlines Center. Tickets fo ... More >>

Giveaway: Two Pairs of Tickets to Tonight's Los Campesinos! Show at the Granada Theater

Yesterday on DC9, Daniel Hopkins caught up with Gareth Campesinos, frontman for the Welsh eight-piece indie pop-punk outfit Los Campesinos!, to talk about the band's most recent release (Romance Is Boring), the differences between U.S. and U.K. audiences (there are plenty) and what it's like touring ... More >>

Good Friday: Festival At The Switchyard, Free Energy, Los Campesinos, Dawes, Valient Thorr, The Thermals, AC Slater, Bush, Paul Oakenfold, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, and More!

Tim DeLaughter and The Polyphonic Spree perform at Festival At The Switchyard on Friday.​Well, we've finally recovered from our Austin City Limits Music Festival hangover--and just in time, too. This weekend's Festival At The Switchyard in Carrollton is yet another suburban rock fest featuring som ... More >>

October's Music Offerings Are Unrelenting. And We Likey.

Los Campesinos!

Friday, October 22, at the Granada Theater

Q&A: Gareth Campesinos Talks About Life on the Road and Creative Giveaway Ideas

Los Campesinos​The members of Los Campesinos, a spastic indie-punk band from Wales, are in the middle of their final US tour of the year. With two full-length records and a handful of EPs under their belts, this fun eight-piece band is quickly gaining fans all over the world.The band is at the hal ... More >>

Local Natives

Wednesday, October 6, at House of Blues

Show Announcements: Bush, Smashing Pumpkins, Free Week at Rubber Gloves, Joanna Newsom, Los Campesinos!, Hanson, Futureheads, We Are Scientists, White Denim, Trail Of Dead and More!

Bush reunites, forgets to floss.​It looks like this week's edition of Show Announcements could have been written in 1995 thanks to two big shows coming to town. On Friday, October 22, a newly reformed Bush will be passing through town at the Palladium Ballroom. And I'm sure everyone over at Kirtla ... More >>

Today In Music News: Beiber Gets His Revenge, Robert Wilson Dies And Gareth Campesinos! Show You How NOT To Stage Dive

Your daily dose of national music news for Tuesday, August 17, 2010...You do not mess with The Bieber, he will get his revenge on you via Twitter.Robert Wilson of The Gap Band passed away.Gareth, from Los Campesinos! shows how to fail at stage diving.

As Deep Ellum Rises From the Ashes, Venerable Club Dada Goes Dark

Go Ahead And Watch Los Campesinos! Shop For Vinyl At Good Records, If That's Your Thing.

It's been ten days now since Los Campesinos! rolled through town for a gig at the Granada Theater, and in the wake of that show, the above video of frontman Gareth shopping at Good Records popped up on the ol' Youtube. Specifically, Gareth was on the prowl for 7'' records as part of a fan giveaway ... More >>

Picture Show: You! Los Campesinos! Dancing!

Gloria Levario​ If Trees was the place to be on Friday night, Saturday was owned by the Granada Theater as it played host to Los Campesinos! and a hyped-up undercard of Girls and The Smith Westerns.From the looks of our photo pal Gloria Levario's slideshow of the night, it appears as if it was a g ... More >>

Giveaway: Five Pairs of Tickets To Los Campesinos!, Saturday Night At The Granada

​As the story in this week's Observer will tell you, Los Campesinos! never went out looking for buzz-band status. But based on a sampling of folks on the street here back in January, we could've told you there's something special about the catchy, upbeat sounds from this British septet -- seven mu ... More >>

Good 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. Ther ... More >>

Stardom Was Never Los Campesinos!’s Intent. But, Hey, You Take It When You Can Get It.

Weekend Roundup: Tapes 'N Tapes, Los Campesinos!, JJ Grey & MOFRO

It's Tapes 'n Tapes, don't cha know? First up as we round-up the weekend, these Minnesotans played in front of a rowdy crowd Friday night at Club Dada (read our review here). They rose to popularity a few years ago via the blogosphere, and from the looks of things, perform up to their internet-creat ... More >>

Picture Show: Los Campesinos! at Club Dada

Mattie StaffordLos Campesinos!Our photographer Mattie Stafford was on hand to catch Los Campesinos! at Club Dada Saturday night, and has photos from the show in our slideshow here.Once you've soaked up the atmosphere, if you haven't read Pete's review of the show, which opened with Titus Andronicus, ... More >>

Last Night: Los Campesinos! and Titus Andronicus at Club Dada

Los Campesinos!, Titus AndronicusClub DadaSaturday, January 31, 2009 Better than: Staying home with eager anticipation for this weekend's fairly bland Super Bowl lineup (Bruce Springsteen's halftime performance notwithstanding). Download: Photographer Mattie Stafford trolled the grounds of Dada to b ... More >>

Good Friday: Caleb Jones, Dan Dyer, Dallas' Hidden Talents, The Demigs, Titus Andronicus, Dove Hunter, Mount Righteous, King Bucks and More

So you already know about tonight's shows, which include Tapes 'n Tapes at Dada and Nervous Curtains and Dust Congress opening for Daniel Folmer's CD release at 7 p.m. at Good Records. And Saturday night, Los Campesinos and Titus Andronicus play at Club Dada, Somebody's Darling celebrates a CD relea ... More >>

The Indie-Verse Is Streaming Online, Sponsoring Shows About Town

Ellen from Los Campesinos! will guest DJ an hour for the Indie-Verse today at 2 p.m.Been a good six months-plus since we checked in with Eric Landrum, program director of the still-kinda-new HD2 station at 105.3 FM, about how things are going over there at his indie rock radio station, The Indie-Ver ... More >>

The Weekly Podcast: Macon Greyson, The Happy Bullets, David "Fathead" Newman and Daniel Folmer. Plus: Show Previews!

Well, lookie, lookie: We just had so much darned fun making our year-end podcast a couple of weeks ago that we've decided to try and go ahead and try to do the same thing on a somewhat regular basis. Perhaps even weekly!So, here we present you with the official debut of our newest weekly DC9 segment ... More >>

Aural Ambush: Los Campesinos!

Sarah WilmerThis week, two new interns joined the Aural Ambush squad and our $20 Discman was replaced with a borrowed iPod. A few weeks/months off and suddenly this is a high class operation? Well, actually, that's fitting: Only the best would do for the esteemed Knox Street patrons and joggers of t ... More >>

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