Cool show/good cause alert. The Octopus Project, Lower Dens, Peopleodian, Carey Wolff, War Party and Doom Ghost are all on board for a very special Sunday show at Lola’s. “Fight For Maddie” is an ongoing benefit to help out Patrick and Melanie Higgins, whose five-year-old daughter Maddie was diagnosed with…
35 Denton just announced the opening act for Wednesday’s rescheduled Jesus and Mary Chain show will be San Francisco shredder Ty Segall, whose 2011 Goodbye Bread LP contained the perfect right brain/left brain of pop and distortion. It’s actually the perfect match. Damn, 35 Denton, y’all playin’ cupid. Again, the…
In case you missed it, Mind Spiders made the New York Times’ must-see list, along with locals A.Dd+ and Jessie Frye. So let’s add the premiere of their new (and first) video, Meltdown track “Wait For Us.” The video, directed by The Texas Theatre’s Jason Reimer, was shot in Dallas,…
It was four days facing the elements: Wind, rain, solar flares and, on Saturday night, a Slime Rave at the Lion’s Den. There was the aforementioned late-night basement dance party, close calls with golf carts, mysterious bruises, random introductions and the chance to catch music at every turn. 35 Denton…
The great Butch Hancock will be at AllGood Cafe tonight, kicking off a March residency and the cafe’s fist annual Townes Van Zandt birthday tribute. Hancock does a similar yearly jam at the Cactus Cafe in Austin, and he’s a master storyteller, especially when talking about Townes. He’s even more…
There’s much being said about the April issue of Elle magazine, which features Dallas’ own Jessica Simpson as the latest star to pose nude and pregnant on the cover of a magazine. Because there’s apparently no other way to photograph a woman with child than nude on the cover of…
35 Denton starts this evening, and we’ve got you covered on picks. (Oh, and other stuff, too.) We talked with festival founder Chris Flemmons about finally making that next Baptist Generals album. Related: This DC9 interview exploring 35’s sea change. Plus: Check out interviews from the Raincoats’ Ana da Silva…
Read more: 35 Denton Cleans Up Its Block and Rebrands Itself THURSDAY Bleached The Labb, 11:30 p.m. San Fernando Valley sisters Jessica and Jennifer Clavin formed California beach-punk band Bleached after their previous group, Mika Miko, dissolved in 2009. Bleached combine sun-soaked, carefree rock with a tinge of late-’70s punk…
Yes, there’s a certain nostalgia in the air at 35 Denton this year, in the form of headliners the Jesus & Mary Chain, the Raincoats and Built to Spill. And yet, in its fourth year — and first as 35 Denton — it’s finally found an identity and stepped up…
Few fused Mexican rhythms with “Nuevo Wavo” quite like Joe King Carrasco. The native Texan was penning Farfisa-driven party anthems way back in ’83 (“Party Weekend,” anyone?) and enlisted a stellar band with the likes of Texas legends Speedy Sparks and Augie Meyers. His live show is where you really…
If you’re not planning on going to 35 Denton, this all-local show is a nice way to ease into the weekend. And there are four different flavors to taste: The Black Dotz’s punk R&B, the electronic dance missives of Taylor Rea’s Zhora, the “futro” sounds of Blixaboy and the laptop…
When guitarist Ana da Silva met bassist Gina Birch in art school and started going to gigs in London in the late ’70s, their fate was already sealed. The Raincoats’ 1979 self-titled debut and 1981’s Odyshape, both on Rough Trade, were products of that creatively and politically off-center time, and…
When guitarist Ana da Silva met bassist Gina Birch in art school and started going to gigs in London in the late ’70s, their fate was already sealed. The Raincoats’ 1979 self-titled debut and 1981’s Odyshape, both on Rough Trade, were products of that creatively and politically off-center time, and…
Unknown Mortal Orchestra’s 2011 Fat Possum debut is one of those albums that sort of blindsides: Every song is a different texture, soul, hip-hop, funk and psych layered for maximum gonzo appeal. The vocals on every song are different too, to the point that the album almost plays out like…
Girls Rock Dallas is gearing up for their inaugural summer session, but in the meantime, they’re looking for submissions for a local comp they’re putting together. “We have received a few submissions, but we would love some more,” says camp director Rachel Michaud. “We are looking for all different genres…
The Relatives Ben E. Keith World Stage Saturday, March 3 The headline of Wilonsky’s opening night post sort of summed it up: The Margaret Hunt Hill bridge to-do, for many, was about back-patting and drinking and essentially celebrating an unfinished project that’s cost the city seven years and close to…
As we mentioned in our preview this week, Summer of Glaciers, the solo project of Angelus bassist Ryan Wasterlain, just released an EP on Denton’s Gutterth Records called Small Spaces. Check out the video clip for the unreleased track “The Use of Mirrors,” so you can get a taste of…
Grimes Good Records Thursday, March 1 Was it just me or did Grimes seem a a little nervous to be playing at 4 p.m.? There was a hesitancy to the daylight set, as well as vocal and sound issues, which could have added to the feel. And she could apparently…
Ah yes, 35 Denton is coming at us fast and furious, so keep an eye out for our preview and 173+ rules for surviving the upcoming “fest season” in next week’s issue. However, there’s another festival called SXSW that a lot of people seem to be excited about. Bruce Springsteen’s…
I reconnected with The Relatives, who are playing in West Dallas this Saturday, only the second time the gospel group has performed in Dallas since reforming in 2009. Henry Rollins wrote a column about Texas, in which he shouts out to Roky Erickson, Houston police and Dallas’ own True Widow…
On “Circumambient,” a track from 23-year-old Claire Boucher’s latest album, Visions, she sings, “Oh baby I can’t say/ That everything is OK/ Cause I have problems/ And I don’t know how to solve them.” The Montreal musician’s third full-length and first for 4AD navigates body and mind in order to…
The term “poet” really doesn’t do justice in describing the work of Saul Williams. The NYC writer, musician and actor expounds depending on mood, which is why every album he’s released since 2000 sounds a bit different. Volcanic Sunlight, his most recent, is a bit dancier than his 2007 crossover,…
