Baruch the Scribe Dan’s Silverleaf Friday, March 2 In what seemed like a battle for most effects processors and pedals, Denton’s Baruch the Scribe headlined Dan’s on Saturday night with the Coves, Botany and the very slick, very talented Gold Beach out of Austin. Their new seven-song LP, Intentions, is…
Next Saturday, March 10, in Denton, Paschall Bar will host an awards ceremony for the 2012 Beard Pageant, featuring some of the most epic beards around. The event, put on by Sonny Bynum, benefits the community outreach program Serve Denton, an organization that coordinates efforts to help the needy in…
Let’s not mince words. Buckethead is one of the best rock guitarists on the market right now. Artists as diverse as Les Claypool, Bootsy Collins and Mike Patton have relied on him to enhance their shows, and with good reason. He not only entrances audiences with his machine-perfect chops, but…
Dave Bazan Saturday, February 25 In case you forgot how cool the town of Denton is, Saturday night, Denton city councilman Kevin Roden hosted an intimate evening with Dave Bazan at his home on Texas Street, right across from TWU. “[Bazan’s] management team put out the call that they were…
It’s highly possible this year’s 35 Denton will be your last chance to see Ty Stamp lead his experimental supergroup, Violent Squid, on a sonic journey. He recently moved to Austin, and is driving up to play the March festival. This type of improvisational jamming can feel obligatory to witness,…
Lumberjack 8 Dan’s Silverleaf Saturday, February 18 This yearly mini music festival is Harlan Anderson’s brainchild, and he was the one grilling on the back patio, cheerfully putting up with the rain in his “Meat Guns” apron, hob-knobbing with attendees and shooting the shit with Dan Mojica, owner of the…
Four months ago, during the tail end of Game Four of the Rangers/Cardinals World Series, I walked into a near-empty Paschall Bar on the third floor of the building above Andy’s in Denton. There were all of 10 people there, looking stoic in front of the custom bookshelf-lined walls, occupying…
Eight years ago, Harlan Anderson started Lumberjack Fest as a way to make money for charity and his Denton-based literary magazine, The Porch. Today, the magazine is defunct, but Lumberjack Fest continues. This year’s lineup features Denton all-stars The Spitfire Tumbleweeds, Pinebox Serenade, Shiny Around the Edges, Dim Locator, Hares…
Denton Square Donuts, Little D’s newest “why-is-that-a-venue?” venue, hosts a powerhouse lineup headlined by quirky acoustic act Fishboy, who recently added Boxcar Bandits bassist Ryan Williams to his band, nicely rounding out an already solid roster of seasoned musicians. DSD, which used to be the Hydrant Café just off the…
Take one part punk, two parts R&B, mix with bass and you get Minneapolis hip-hop collective Doomtree. Featuring solo musicians Dessa, Sims, Mike Mictlan, P.O.S. and Cecil Otter (the latter of whom put out last year’s mash-up of the Wu-Tang Clan and Fugazi, aptly titled Wugazi), the five-piece combines forces…
