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School of Seven Bells at The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth

Saturday, April 14, at The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth

Local Music 'Mericans: Cat Hough Will Give Your Band Legal Advice If You Listen To Her Music Memories From Denton in the '90s.

Welcome to Local Music'Mericans, where we'll be meeting some people behind the local music scene who aren't musicians, but more behind-the-scenes folk.Cat Hough​Cat Hough was a high school kid in Fort Worth when she saw the Toadies perform one of their earliest shows at a place called Maggie's Bea ... More >>

DC9atNight and WeDentonDoIt Present: School of Seven Bells

Welcome to a new joint venture between DC9 at Night and the folks at We Denton Do It, aimed at introducing local audiences to up-and-coming acts they may have missed during recent stops through town. They're the kind of acts we think you're gonna want to know--and right away.School of Seven Bells ... More >>

An Awkward Past Fuels School of Seven Bells' Bright Future

Dia De Los Toadies III

Friday, August 27, and Saturday, August 28, at Whitewater On The Horseshoe in New Braunfels

DOMAXXII: Relive The Experience With Some New Footage of The Cool Kids, Jonathan Tyler & The Northern Lights and The Secret Machines.

​Only a month later, we're finally wrapping up the joy and wonder that was DOMAXXII. We all had a blast this year--with several fun new additions like the award ceremony's on-stage mash-ups and the first-ever, incredibly hot, outdoor stage, presented by Bud Light. Our friends at Expat Films went t ... More >>

Tracklist: The Local Hang, Vol. 11

​Had another good time at The Libertine last night for the first-Monday-of-the-month "DJ" night/party/bad decision called The Local Hang, where your ears get stuffed with nothing but local music, because those are the rules. At least, I hope it was a good time. This throbbing sensation between my ... More >>

This Week In Dallas Music History: The Secret Machines of Captain Audio (An Origin Story)

​If it seemed like The Secret Machines were more than comfortable playing the outdoor stage at the DOMAXXII Showcase on Saturday, well, there's a good reason for that. It's not really a secret around town that the New York-based act got its start in right here in Dallas, or that the band boasts fo ... More >>

What It Was Like: The Secret Machines and Jonathan Tyler & The Northern Lights at the DOMAXXII Showcase

All photos by Patrick MichelsThe Secret Machines came home to a very literal warm reception on Saturday.​ The Secret Machines7:15 p.m.Outdoor Stage The sun had long since baked Deep Ellum's concrete into a considerable second source of heat by the time the Secret Machines graced the outdoor stage ... More >>

First Impressions DOMAXXII: Secret Machines, The Hope Trust

Nick RalloSecret Machines at the Outdoor Stage​ While Secret Machines played the sunset at the outdoor stage, the Hope Trust lit up Trees bright red. More photos and reviews coming soon, of course, but for now enjoy these pics of Secret Machines and The Hope Trust after the jump.

Local Musicians Tell Us Why They're So Excited About The State of the Scene.

More DOMAXXII Showcase News And Info Than You Can Handle. Also? Free Wristbands!

​Hello, Unfair Park. It's nice to be here. Thanks for having me. Sorry to say, though, it's just a short stay--a follow-through on a promise I made yesterday to Robert, y'know. That promise? That I'd roll on through to this side of the fence for a moment to tell you a little "something-something" ... More >>

More Details On Next Weekend's DOMAXXII Showcase. Plus: Set Times For All Of The Stages!

​A couple weeks back, we announced the initial, tentative lineup for this year's Dallas Observer Music Awards showcase, which will run from 4 p.m. on Saturday, July 17, until the wee hours of Sunday, July 18, at six venues--not to mention an outdoor stage--in Deep Ellum. We really couldn't be more ... More >>

School Of Seven Bells Announces Fall Tour, Includes Stop at Hailey's Club in Denton

In hometown-boy-done-good news, we just received a press release announcing School Of Seven Bells Fall headlining tour in support of their forthcoming album, Disconnect From Desire, which drops on July 13. Ben Curtis (formerly of local bands Captain Audio and Secret Machines) and identical twins All ... More >>

Dallas Native and Secret Machine Member Brandon Curtis To Join Interpol's Live Set-up

"Hey, dude on the left: Wanna join Interpol?"​Yesterday, on its MySpace page blog, soon-to-be-returning-to-the-spotlight buzz band Interpol (which is slated to release its fourth studio album, a self-titled release, in September) announced that it was adding two members to its live set-up--former ... More >>

Tracklist: Local Hang with Playlister P, Vol. 9

​Many thanks to all who came out to the ninth rendition of the little monthly event I throw in conjunction with The Libertine every first Monday, The Local Hang. It's been a good time since the jump--and last night was no exception. I mean, c'mon, a legit crowded room of people sitting around, enj ... More >>

School of Seven Bells Announces Release Date For Sophomore Full-Length

School of Seven Bells​When we caught up with former Secret Machines- and UFOFU-er Benjamin Curtis at Austin City Limits this past fall, the current School of Seven Bells member gave us some insight into the sophomore release his band was working on at the time:"It's a bigger sound," he said. "It's ... More >>

Tracklist: The Local Hang With Playlister P, Vol. 4

This comes up when you google "local hang." Go figure.​Kind of a crazy night last night at The Libertine for the fourth go 'round of the once-a-month local music love-fest we're still calling The Local Hang with Playlister P. It featured the biggest crowd we've seen to date, for one. And it was a ... More >>

The Secret Machines,...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead

Tuesday, September 29,at the Granada Theater

Over The Weekend: Second Annual Dia de Los Toadies Festival

Dia de Los ToadiesRough Creek Ranch, Glen RoseAugust 29, 2009Better than: planting your ass at a sports bar in the asphalt jungle. Keep an eye out for a slideshow from the event, coming later today.​ Rough Creek Ranch is a scenic patch of olive Texas prarie centered around a modest ... More >>

Giveaway: A Pair Of Tickets To Dia de Los Toadies (Third of Four Chances!)

​OK, you know what the deal is by now: Twice already this week, we've passed out a free pair of tickets to Saturday's Dia de Los Toadies festival out in Glen Rose--a deal we're pretty impressed by, mind you--and we're gonna be doing it twice more, too. And one of those times: Well, how 'bout right ... More >>

Giveaway: A Pair Of Tickets To Dia de Los Toadies (First of Four Chances!)

​We've hardly hid how impressed we are by the lineup at this year's Dia de Los Toadies festival, which, in addition to the namesakes, will also feature The Secret Machines, Ben Kweller, Bowling For Soup, Eleven Hundred Springs and The Boom Boom Box out at Rough Creek Ranch in Glen Rose (about an h ... More >>

Another Band's Been Added To The Already Impressive Dia De Los Toadies Lineup...

...and it's another nationally recognized band from the DFW region: Bowling for Soup. The band joins the already stacked, nine-hour event bill featuring the Toadies, The Secret Machines, Ben Kweller, Eleven Hundred Springs and The Boom Boom Box. Tickets to the event, which will be held Saturday, Au ... More >>

Video: School Of Seven Bells' "Half Asleep"

School of Seven Bells premiered the video for its song "Half Asleep" over on Pitchfork.tv today, which is relevant a) because the band's 2008 release Alpinisms is great, and b) because the band's guitarist is Dallas ex-pat and former Tripping Daisy, Polyphonic Spree and Secret Machines member Ben Cu ... More >>

The Year-End List Extravagana Continues: Even The Curtis Brothers Are Gettin' Some Love!

It was only officially released in late October, but one album that I've found myself returning to a couple times in these waning months of 2008 is School of Seven Bell's Alpinism.The ethereal electronic rock act School of Seven Bells--or SVIIB, as the kids apparently abbreviate the act--you'll reme ... More >>

Secret Machines

Secret Machines (TSM Recordings)

Pardon, But What New Radio Show?

Welcome Back, Curtis

The Secret Machines return to Dallas minus a Curtis brother—but still with plenty of confidence, nonetheless

Secret Machines' Marfa Trip Not So Secret Anymore, Looks Like

Still at Work?

UFOFU Sighting

Austin City Limits: You Read It Here First

The Secret Machines are Hunky Dory

Secret Machines

Ten Silver Drops (Warner Bros.)

Ol' "Blue Eyes"

Secret Machines: All You Need is Bono

Dallas: City of Sleepers

Odds & Ends

In remembrance of Robert "Tuck" Tucker; Lollapalooza's Texas

The Falkon, Young Heart Attack

Saturday, February 26

Getting to Know Us

The more the world knows about the Dallas music scene, the better it'll be

Anatomy of a Buzz

With the proper machinery in place, a band could remain a Secret no more

Bishop Allen and The Deathray Davies

March 22

Sonic Boom

Of course you've heard about Sonic Youth. But have you actually heard them?

Best Place to See Dallas Musicians

New York, apparently

The Machines Are Winning

Secret Machines have conquered NYC. Sort of.

A day that will live in infamy? Nah

Localpalooza and a Sock Monkey blowout gives you every D-D-FW band in the land

Across the Bar

Sock Monkey's anniversary; a few rock shows you should be aware of

Scene, heard

Darlingtons bass-less again; Vibrolux takes the stage once again; Deep Blue Something cracks the top 50

Captain sensibility

The gang's all here in the Secret Machines of Captain Audio