Nirvana (Band)

David Bowie Tops the Dallas Independent Record Store Charts

This is not your everyday Billboard chart. Each week, we'll tell you which bands are selling in the fine record shops in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex, where we consumers of music have impeccable taste. Consensus arose at Good Records and CD Source as David Bowie takes the lead in top selling alb ... More >>

And Music Lived on Wax!

Video: Playdough Samples "Bohemian Rhapsody" for "King of Queens"

As a teaser for his upcoming album Writer Dye: Deux or Die, which comes out October 22, Dallas rapper Playdough just unveiled this video for "King of Queens." The Queen part is taken literally, as the whole song hinges on a sample of "Bohemian Rhapsody," which Playdough repurposes for his own ride o ... More >>

The Angelus on Genesis, Whitney Houston and Slint

See also: The Angelus, Le Leek Electrique at Dan's Silverleaf Local trio The Angelus is playing Thursday night at LaGrange with another local featured in this column before: Crushed Stars. Expect the music to be slow, but no doubt peaceful and heavenly. The three members of The Angelus took time o ... More >>

Trophy Wives' Tony Ash: "Fugazi Was Actually My First Show Ever"

Louisville, Kentucky four-piece Trophy Wives are giving DFW a treat this week. Not only are they playing Andy's Bar in Denton tonight with Bad Design, they're also playing Double Wide on Thursday with Nervous Curtains and Descender. They'll be previewing material from their album Old Scratch, so don ... More >>

A Not-So-Vulgar Discussion of Pantera's Vulgar Display of Power

In honor of the recent 20th anniversary reissue of Pantera's Vulgar Display of Power, two music writers sat around a kitchen table and talked about it. One is clearly older than the other one. Eric Grubbs: When that record came out in 1992, what do you remember, aside from grunge and Nirvana being ... More >>

When Hipsters Procreate: Children's Music That Won't Make You Wish You Were Deaf

I don't know how my kid does it. He's heard "ABCs" a thousand times and it's still his number one request. If you have a little one, you know you're going to hear the same song hundreds - no, thousands - of times. If you're particular about the music you listen to, choosing good music to play for yo ... More >>

Jane's Addiction, The Duke Spirit - McFarlin Auditorium - 5/10/12

Jane's Addiction, The Duke Spirit McFarlin Auditorium Thursday, May 10 Last night's show was definitely a situation where the venue didn't seem right for the band and its audience. Jane's Addiction put on a great 85-minute performance, but McFarlin Auditorium is not a good venue for a rock show, an ... More >>

Record Store Day Comes Early This Year as Record Stores Celebrate Black Friday

​If you're reading this blog, it's likely you frequent a record store, and there are several good ones in the area to choose from.  But, if you didn't realize that purchasing music online is a mild sin, and if your record store of choice is the iTunes store or Amazon.com, you might be out of ... More >>

For Your Weekend Listening Pleasure: The Fab T-Birds Tear It Up at Fair Park Coliseum in '86

​We began the day by looking at old photos of Stevie Ray and Jimmie Vaughan courtesy Kirby Warnock, who's bringing Jimmie to the Texas Theatre for a very special homecoming show and chitchat. So, then, it's only appropriate to end it with this recent find from 1986: Jimmie, Kim Wilson, Preston Hub ... More >>

Soundgarden's Kim Thayil Talks His Band's Legacy, Plus Grunge's Revival and Future.

Kim Thayil​With the 20th anniversary edition of Nevermind being released earlier this year -- and with the subsequent buzz it churned -- it would seem we are on the brink of a full-blown grunge resurgence. But what is being somewhat overlooked in all the Nirvana hype is that the early '90s Seattle ... More >>

Manchester Orchestra, White Denim, The Dear Hunter

Sunday, October 23, at the Palladium Ballroom

3 Doors Down's Chris Henderson Saw 3 Doors Down Before He Was Even In The Band

3 Doors Down​Love 'em or hate 'em, 3 Doors Down have been around since the mid-'90s, with five albums in their canon. They're currently touring on last year's mega-selling Time of My Life, but you can still hear songs on the radio from their debut album. Led by vocalist (and the band's original dr ... More >>

Kevin Devine Talks Nirvana, Politics and Your Texas Rangers: "You Guys Got a Good Club!"

Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter Kevin Devine is such an avid fan of the New York Mets that he named his first band Miracle of 86 in honor of that baseball club's surprising victory overthe Boston Red Sox in that year's World Series.But Devine is far more than a fan of The Great Game. He's an astute ... More >>

400 Blows' Skot Alexander On Punk: "It's a Clothing Store in The Mall Called Hot Topic."

​Talking to Skot Alexander of the Los Angeles-based punk act 400 Blows is like conversing with your drunken uncle. It can be pretty funny, but also a little frustrating: One moment, the guy expresses a well thought out opinion about the sterilization of punk rock; the next moment, the guy can ... More >>

The Night Nirvana Played Trees

Bonus MP3: Darstar -- "Trapdoor Spider"

​Being as this year marks the 20th anniversary of the release of such seminal albums as Nirvana's Nevermind, Pearl Jam's Ten, Pixies' Trompe Le Monde, and Smashing Pumpkins' Gish, the sounds of early '90s grunge and alt-rock are once again becoming fashionable. From its meteoric rise in 1991 to su ... More >>

The Conversation: 1991 Was a Damn Good Year, But Was It The Best Music Year of The '90s?

​Something happened this week 20 years ago, and music hasn't been the same since: Nirvana released "Smells Like Teen Spirit," the lead single from Nevermind, which would itself come out later in the month. With the song came a new movement in music, a new era. But plenty of other influential acts ... More >>

Manchester Orchestra, Cage the Elephant, Sleeper Agent

Sunday, May 29, at the Palladium Ballroom

Saying Goodbye to Dwaine Caraway, the Mayor of our Dreams

Here's hoping the next guy is just as bold and bumbling.

Paper Robot

Hellbiscuit (Wow Signal Music Company)

Giveaway: Five Pairs Of Tickets to Tomorrow Night's Show From Nirvana Influences The Vaselines at The Loft

​In this week's print edition, Darryl Smyers talks up tomorrow night's show at The Loft from The Vaselines, who, after bearing an influence over Nirvana's Kurt Cobain in the early '90s, took a 17-year break after their 1992 compilation release, All the Stuff and More..., before Sub Pop released an ... More >>

Listomania: Top 10 Most Annoying Songs Heard Regularly at Guitar Center (Not Counting "Stairway to Heaven," Duh)

Khue BuiNo "Stairway To Heaven," bro.​A musician's heaven can quickly turn into a musician's hell. If you need a new set of guitar strings or drumsticks, just head to that shining beacon of sundry rock and roll knick-knacks known as Guitar Center. It's a place where almost any piece of musical e ... More >>

Slayer, Megadeth, Anthrax

Friday, September 24, at Superpages.com Center

Harlem, Tiger Thrust, Sir Name & The Janes

Friday, September 17, at The Nightmare

Tum Tum's Latest Mixtape Is Smoking.

Tum Tum Reveals New Track From Upcoming Mixtape--And A Head-Scratching Nevermind Reference

​Dallas rapper Tum Tum, who claimed notable success in the rap game over the past few years, even having the video for "Caprice Musik" run on MTV for a short time in 2006, is set to drop his latest mixtape, Purp Kobain, on Saturday. Purp Kobain? That sounds oddly familiar....But it's spelled wi ... More >>

Today In Music News: Smith Gets Defaced, Scarlett Wants To Be Courtney And Beiber Fever Is A Helluva Drug

Your daily dose of national music news for Thursday, May 6, 2010...Either Roger Waters or one of his minions don't care to much for Elliot Smith...Scarlett Johansson says she wants to play Courtney Love in a Nirvana movie.  Uh, Scarlett... you're not skanky enough and you're too top-heavy.The ... More >>

The Oceanaire Seafood Room vs. Rockfish Seafood Grill : The Crab Cake Conundrum

Alex Flores​Crab cake is official food of the Preakness Stakes for good reason. Just as the Preakness is the second jewel of the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing, the simple dish of quality crab meat, and little else, is a crown jewel of Maryland. Thought to be another one of these ancient ... More >>

The True Troublemaker

DC9er Mixtape, Vol. 4: Killtron

​Joel Trujillo, Jr. is better known around town as Killtron, and he's been playing party-jams in the Metroplex since 2005. He got his start by listening to "Energy," a segment on nonprofit listener-supported station KNON, catching the show at every opportunity he had, eagerly listening in, and eve ... More >>

Last Night: Everclear at House of Blues

Everclear, Clayton Senne, Oso ClosoHouse of BluesJanuary 2, 2009 (Barely) better than: Staying home and listening to my "best of" Everclear CD We've also got photos from the show here in a slideshow.​A surprisingly large and diverse crowd assembled at the House of Blues last night to catch ' ... More >>

Weekend Roundup: Otep, Cruefest, Method Man & Redman

Otep at The Loft on Thursday, August 6 "Nirvana means freedom from pain..." quoted Otep Shamaya before hammering into this Nirvana classic with a pungent admiration for Kurt. Otep's new album Smash the Control Machine is due out next Tuesday.

Q&A: Candlebox Frontman Kevin Martin Is Still Miffed Over His Band's "Grunge Lite" Tag

Rarely has a band's hometown been held against it, but that's definitely the case with Candlebox. Forming in 1990 and hailing out of Seattle, Candlebox was compared, for better and worse, with bands that were a part of the then burgeoning grunge scene. With more in common with classic rock acts such ... More >>

30 Years In, Meat Puppets Are Still Going

The Melvins, Big Business

Thursday, October 18, at the Granada

Out of the Closet

With Trees' fate nearly sealed, we look back at its brave beginnings--and, of course, the blood

Letters

Harry Connick Jr.

November 14

Carrie Borzillo

Nirvana: The Day By Day Eyewitness Chronicle Thunder's (Mouth Press)

Best way to curb your anger

Target Master Indoor Shooting Center and Gun Store

The sound of a musical

DTC's South Pacific should be heard and not seen

Too high. Period.

Curt Kirkwood, now living in Austin, is still a Meat Puppet. His brother Cris is a missing-in-action junkie

Out Here

Out Here

Sells like teen spirit

Hype! dreams and other bull about grunge, Seattle, and Sub Pop

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