Home by Hovercraft were nominated in our Best None of the Above category in this year’s Observer music awards, and this reminds us why. The group’s new musical, On the Eve, tells the trippy tale of Marie Antoinette, time travel and hot air balloons. One description paints it thusly: “With…
Bettye LaVette’s 1965 single “Let Me Down Easy” was the song that should have put the Detroit singer in the ranks of the Supremes and Marvin Gaye. LaVette’s fame came later in life, however, namely as she’s re-emerged in the last decade or so. Her 2005 covers album, I’ve Got…
When we caught up with the Relatives last March, they were about to play the opening weekend of the Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge, a pretty significant moment for the West Dallas group. They performed older songs, and then they performed a new song, one that unfurled in heavy waves of…
This Saturday, December 1, Dada hosts quite the rumble/ramble, with an all-local bill featuring Telegraph Canyon, the Southern Renaissance, Dylan LeBlanc, Lincoln Durham, Quaker City Night Hawks and Hanna Barbarians. A nice show to welcome in some of this colder weather, though this 75-degrees-in-late-November thing has been pretty great/probably not…
A great poet once said, “I didn’t choose the thug life, the thug life chose me.” That has proven true for me as a music writer, a profession I never sought out, and yet somehow I’ve managed to clock 10 years as a hustler of the written word. That is…
Houston’s Trae Tha Truth and Z-Ro reunited as their early Aughts rap duo ABN (Assholes By Nature) in their hometown late last year. Now, they’re bringing it on the road, and they’ll be pulling from 2003’s self-titled and 2008’s It Is What It Is, the latter of which contains possibly…
This electronic lineup makes good use of the Golden Triangle’s dark pull. Houston’s Boan, which features Mariana Saldana, formerly of Tense and Medio Mutante, and José Cota (Medio Mutante) headline the night, along with Austin’s one-man storm front Assacre, and Thug Decay, which is one half of ATX synth duo…
On the heels of their win for Best Metal Act in the 2012 Dallas Observer Music Awards, comes the news that Fort Worth duo Pinkish Black have signed to Century Media Records, which has headquarters in California and Germany, and is home to some very metal acts, including Nachtmystium, Cryptopsy…
Denton duo Dan Hill and Juliana Dieterich, aka Ethereal and the Queer Show, currently reside in Portland, but they’ve still got some North Texas ties. Their excellent new 14-track album, Cosmotopia, was just released via local cassette and vinyl label Pour le Corps, and it’s in line with their past…
Original post, 8:50am: News came early this morning via LaGrange’s Facebook page that the Deep Ellum club will be closing, and all scheduled shows, including tonight’s David Ramirez show, will be moved: It’s a sad day! After a long 3 year journey, we are closing our Deep Ellum doors. We…
Best Album Best Solo Act Best Female Vocalist The Body Wins, Sarah Jaffe Sarah Jaffe continues to be on the lips of North Texas music lovers in 2012, with her second LP, The Body Wins, revealing a tougher, darker side to longtime fans, and certainly gaining some new ones in…
We just witnessed the glory of Ms. Lauryn Hill a few weeks ago, and now another ’90s R&B counterpart resurfaces. For those of us who took Mary J. Blige’s 1994 album My Life as scripture, 2011’s My Life II … The Journey Continues (Act 1) kept Blige in the loop,…
We’ve lost track of how many times Houston marijuana connoisseur Devin the Dude has gotten us high this year. As Thanksgiving approaches, he’s playing a special holiday show, and there will no doubt be special guests helping us get blunted. Fellow H-Towner Le$ jumps on as well, and Yeahdef provides…
Check out our Q&A with SATE’s Jenny and Michael Seman this week, as they talk about the new sound of their latest album, The Night Is a Disco. Eccotone and Forever Home open up the night at Macaroni Island, the deliciously named new house-show venue in Denton…
Just went back and listened to the Sea and Cake’s 1995 album The Biz, and it’s sort of impressive how intricate their sound already was just three albums in. The guitar interplay between Sam Prekop and Archer Prewitt remains their foundation, however the music has changed over the past 20…
Will you be enrolled in classes at a local college or university next spring? Are you interested in a writing career, possibly one focused on music? We’re looking for a few good interns for spring. These are unpaid positions, but you will earn course credit (given that your college or…
After weeks of voting and stump speeches, and a Saturday showcase that left us with hangovers of epic proportions, we’re finally here. Cue mood music. Tonight we celebrate with emcee Paul Varghese, and sets from the Cannabinoids, the O’s, Luna Matto and Memphis punks Lucero. Tickets are still available, so…
What a night it was. Saturday’s music awards showcase on Elm Street left our web editor Nick Rallo voiceless, a man at Reno’s toothless, and accounted for some epic hangovers the next day. It was a glorious night filled with memorable sets, and those little moments of bodily chaos, as…
We clocked this Bonnaroo365 gig with White Denim and Maps & Atlases on our list of the best shows this weekend, but Spune has been nice enough to offer up a pair of last-minute tickets to tonight’s show at Lola’s, which also promises a “special guest.” Hit us up here…
Update 11/8: Congrats to Dustin Stanford, who won the tickets to tonight’s show. There’s a killer Dallas hip-hop show tomorrow at Dada, featuring Tum Tum and Big Tuck, formerly of Dirty South Rydaz, joining forces for one smoke-filled night on the outdoor stage. They’ll be joined by A.Dd+, Dustin Cavazos,…
With the announcement of 35 Denton’s initial lineup, it was only a matter of time before you felt that tightening in your chest, aka the first round of SXSW acts. North Texas’ Blackstone Rangers, Ronnie Fauss, the Relatives, Somebody’s Darling, Sarah Jaffe and Tedashii are all represented. Thurston Moore looks…
Instructions: 1) Go to our Saturday showcase 2) Get drunk 3) See live music 4) Play this Bingo card 5) Wake up in Reno’s bathroom…
