Talking Heads (Band)

RTB2, Nervous Curtains, Ice Eater at LaGrange

St. Vincent and David Byrne - McFarlin Auditorium - 10/7/12

St. Vincent and David Byrne McFarlin Auditorium Sunday, October 7 Musical collaborations among established artists usually don't work. Sometimes there's too much baggage of past success to overcome, or the resulting product is just a novelty that didn't bring out the best of the artists involved or ... More >>

One Night, Four Dive Bars

Recently, I've been thinking a lot about dive bars, that sub-sect of watering hole fiercely guarded by established regulars. The type of place where the bartender and waitress know 90% of their customer's names and take the time to invest in conversation past the precursory friendly pre-drink banter ... More >>

Jonathan Demme's Neil Young Journeys, Another Journey Worth Joining

13 of This Weekend's Best Concerts: H2O Music Festival, Gillian Welch, Latin Energy Festival and More

H2O Music FestivalSaturday, June 9, at The Cotton BowlThere's something for everyone at H2O Music Festival. For those of us on this side of 30, Weezer has is somewhat familiar. (Remember when Pinkerton occupied our stereo for an entire summer?) They'll be joined by Snoop Dogg, Ozomatli, Yelawolf, Ju ... More >>

Santigold Finds a Balance With Her New Album

Reptar - The Prophet Bar - 2/24/12

Reptar, Quiet Hooves, Zhora The Prophet Bar Friday, February 24 "We are about to get nasty," said Graham Ulicny moments before "Sebastian," a standout from Reptar's self-titled album. The Athens, Georgia group didn't disappoint. Combining the nerdy dance vibe of early Talking Heads with the more mo ... More >>

A Lull, Deleted Scenes and Botany Throw Tempo Tantrums at Dan's Silverleaf

A Lull, Deleted Scenes, Botany Dan's Silverleaf Tuesday, January 31 Chicago five-piece A Lull took the Dan's stage at 11:30 p.m. with two drummers in tow, in front of roughly 20 people. Raucous, tribal beats rolled along for a majority of the set and, propelled by these rhythms, the high-pitched, r ... More >>

Holy Ghost! Frontman Alex Frankel Talks About Being Labeled a Singles Band

Holy Ghost!​Brooklyn-based electro-pop act Holy Ghost! had both an instant and gradual rise to fame. The electro-pop duo Alex Frankel and Nick Millhiser began releasing remixes of acclaimed indie songs such as MGMT's "Of Moons, Birds and Monsters" before debuting their first piece of original mat ... More >>

Over the Weekend: We Were Promised Jetpacks, Royal Bangs, Bear Hands

We Were Promised Jetpacks​Over the Weekend: We Were Promised Jetpacks, Royal Bangs, Bear Hands Trees November 5 Better than: feeling the 5.6 earthquake and wondering how the hell an earthquake could happen here. Glasgow's We Were Promised Jetpacks poured their hearts out on Saturday night, b ... More >>

For Your Weekend Listening Pleasure: A Brief Musical History of the Toadies (Slaphead!)

Via.Clark Vogler and Todd Lewis at Trees in '97​The Dallas Observer Music Awards Showcase Concert is tonight in Deep Ellum, with Sarah Jaffe, Centro-matic, the Old 97's and the Toadies scheduled to play the outdoor stage beginning 'round 4:30, when Jaffe goes on, whilst some 50 others play surroun ... More >>

Stream The New St. Vincent and Get Nostalgic With Her About a Closed Dallas Record Store

Tina TyrellRest up, Annie. Shit's about to get real.​Some pertinent St. Vincent news to pass along to end the day today, exactly one week before Dallas product Annie Clark releases her this solo record, Strange Mercy, the most pressing of which is this: In case you haven't yet noticed, the new, ma ... More >>

Dallas-Born Final Destination Star Miles Fisher Spoofs Saved By The Bell For New Music Video

Miles Fisher​Miles Fisher is becoming something of a renaissance man. The actor and musician, born and raised in Dallas, and the son of Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas president Richard Fisher, stars in Final Destination 5, the latest in the long-lasting film series, which will be released in theat ... More >>

For Your Excessive Heat Warning Listening Pleasure: Smashing Pumpkins at Bronco Bowl

​I've spent the last couple of hours doing as suggested at the beginning of an excessive heat-warning wave: staying hydrated. With Bacardi Añejo, over ice, a great rum at a nice price. Also: listening to music, as the two often go together. Which reminds me: In the past year-plus spent rounding u ... More >>

For Your Weekend Listening Pleasure: God Save the Longhorn Ballroom From the Sex Pistols

Via.​Seeing as how C.J. Ramone's in town tonight, I'd hoped this recording of the Ramones at the Fair Park Band Shell from July 26, 1990 (password's "gle-gle.blogspot.com," if you're so inclined), would be at the very least listenable. Only, it sounds like it was recorded from someone standing in ... More >>

El Cento

Second Bridge

Tonight, Tonight: Owen Obel at Absinthe Lounge and Ryan Thomas Becker at The Belmont Hotel

Tonight, we start out the week a wee bit on the slow side. Don't worry, though: Thinks get sufficiently hectic once again tomorrow night. And, hey, there are still a couple of cool local shows tonight.

Cut Copy, Holy Ghost!, Foals, The Naked & Famous

Wednesday, April 20, at Granada Theater

Q&A: Warpaint's Theresa Wayman Wonders Why There Aren't More All-Girl Rock Bands

In 2008, Los Angeles noise pop quartet Warpaint released their debut EP, Exquisite Corpse, an effort that earned the band massive amounts of attention -- enough so that the band was asked to open for several high-profile acts, including Akron/Family and the nationally sold-out tour from The xx. Now, ... More >>

Last Night at 35 Conferette: Local Natives Soaks Up The Sun, Even In The Dark

Local NativesMain Stage OneWith the slightest adjustment of the pink and purple berry-colored lights, the teeming Denton crowd, prematurely yelped for their Saturday night headlining act, Los Angeles' Local Natives. The night had long been dark, and a young Denton crowd with dogs and bikes and beard ... More >>

Watch: The O's, The Tom Tom Club and Bucks Burnett Celebrate The Grand Opening of The World's First and Only Eight-Track Museum.

​Last Monday night, on Commerce Street in Deep Ellum, a first not only for Dallas but for the world: A museum dedicated to eight-track tapes celebrated its grand opening. Go figure, right?Maybe it's not so weird, though: Sure, the grand opening of the Eight-Track Museum, the vision of one Bucks Bu ... More >>

Tonight, Tonight: Eight-Track Museum Grand Opening with The O's and the Tom Tom Club

Not too much happening on the local music dial tonight. Just one note of significance, really. But it's of some pretty big significance, as you no doubt already know, if you've read the cover story in this week's print edition.

Track Back Through Time

Bucks Burnett's Eight-Track Museum To Hold Grand Opening on Valentine's Day With Some Help From The Tom Tom Club and The O's.

​Turns out the Christmas Day opening of Bucks Burnett's Eight-Track Museum at 2630 E. Commerce St. in Deep Ellum was just a soft one. The grand opening, we now know, will take place on another holiday -- Valentine's Day, which, in case you've somehow forgotten, takes place on Monday, February 14.A ... More >>

For Your Weekend Listening Pleasure: Talking Heads Go to a Palladium on Fire in 1978

​And speaking of Chris Frantz ...Happy Almost Anniversary! And where were you on December 11, 1978? The Palladium, perhaps? (The original, that is to say -- near Abrams and Northwest Highway. You know, the Agora.) Lucky you -- that was the night the Talking Heads played Dallas for the very first t ... More >>

No Fear of the Eight-Track: Chris Frantz on Big Bucks and Tom Tom Club's "New" Live Release.

​Over the weekend, on his Facebook page, Big Bucks Burnett debuted the new logo for his Eight Track Museum in Deep Ellum -- that's it at right. And on Wednesday come even more details -- as in, where, exactly, that sucker's being planted.  But until then, let's revisit Burnett's record label ... More >>

Tonight, Tonight: Wolf Parade at The Granada, The Supervillians at The Loft, The Gaslamp Killer at Trees, Miss May I at The Prophet Bar and Jessie Frye at Dan's Silverleaf

We have ourselves a busy little evening of music on our hands tonight. If you can't find something cool listed here, you don't deserve to go out.

Listomania: Top Five Music-Related Halloween Costumes... For Your Cats.

Keyboard Cat is too easy! Try Cat Garth Brooks, instead.​So, Halloween's closing in, and you have to choose a costume. It's tough, isn't it? The clock is ticking--and if you don't choose something remarkable then the night is a big suck pile.Then, there's your pet. Do you dress it up for the occas ... More >>

DC9er Mixtape, Vol. 24: DJ Redsean

​His popular weekly dance party known as Disqo Disco may be dead now, but Sean Humphrey, who also serves as the frontman of local electro act Sydney Confirm, still spins lively sets around town under his stage name of Redsean.In both his band and in his DJ sets, Humphrey draws a great deal of infl ... More >>

This Week In Dallas Music History: The Judy's Wrote 'All The Catchy Songs'

​This week, we're featuring a flashback of a flashback in which Robert Wilonsky gets to wax poetic about one of his favorite Texas acts: The Judy's. Though the act hailed from Pearland, The Judy's had a strong local following thanks to radio play and opening for touring acts like Devo, Talking Hea ... More >>

Yeasayer? Or Mehsayer?

What's Eating Gilberto Gil?

Yesterday at NX35: Pomegranates at Hailey's Club

Pomegranates​Band: PomegranatesVenue: Hailey's ClubTime: 9:30 p.m.Hailing out of Cincinnati, the youthful quartet known as Pomegranates made one of my favorite records of 2009, the wonderfully chaotic Everybody, Come Outside. This evening was my first chance to catch the band live, though--and it ... More >>

Q&A: Dave Wakeling of The English Beat On Punks, Mixing Races and the Circular Nature of Music.

Dave Wakeling​Even three decades after the fact, the music of The English Beat still retains the fresh edge that distinguished it back in 1978. Beginning with the "Mirror in the Bathroom" and "Save it For Later" singles, The Beat (as it was then called and is still referred to in its native Englan ... More >>

Pomegranates

Everybody, Come Outside! (Lujo)

An Arresting Development as Police Drummer Finishes Concerto for D'Drum and the DSO

Stewart Copeland​Maybe you missed this when we posted it the first time around -- back in, um, June 2007, when the Police played the American Airlines Center. So, from March '79, here's the band performing (kind of) "The Yellow Rose of Texas" at the original Palladium. (Can't believe that link's s ... More >>

Last Night: David Byrne at the Majestic Theatre

David ByrneJune 14, 2009Majestic TheaterBetter than: just about anything else happening on a Sunday night.Derrick MillerDressed in all white, like some kind of angelic delivery boy, legendary indie rock icon David Byrne thrilled a packed house at the Majestic Theatre with two hours of angular pop/fu ... More >>

David Byrne

Sunday, June 14, at the Majestic Theatre

Retirement Rock

Seniors jam in Young at Heart

Aging Musically

Blondie's frontwoman is still stage-worthy

Girl in a Coma

Thursday, August 16, at Andy's, Denton

Talking Heads

Once in a Lifetime (Sire)

Various Artists

The Old Grey Whistle Test (BBC Video)

Les Savy Fav, Pretty Girls Make Graves, Ex Models; Hella

November 11; November 7

Talking Heads

Stop Making Sense Special New Edition (Warner Bros.)

The rise of Auntie Christ

Exene Cervenkova throws down the gauntlet

Roadshows

Grits ain't groceries

Soul Food Cafe tries to take blue-eyed soul to another level

Out There

Between the cracks

Surprise--David Garza grows up in public and survives