Welcome to the first-ever weekly installment of the Laughcast, your complete stand-up comedy forecast for the upcoming week. This week, a surprise gust of hilarity is blowing through Uptown and Oak Cliff, while a consistent cloud of funny persists in Tarrant County throughout the weekend. Sunday, there’s a 20 percent…
Cheapwads unite! Rent’s due soon and Mavs tickets cost money, so it’s time to skimp other places. What follows are suggestions for keeping your music expenses down and your endorphins up. Wolff 6 p.m., Monday, October 29. Good Records, 1808 Greenville Ave. Free Well, shit, since rock is taking a…
In a perfect world, incredible bands with outstanding live shows and ceaseless work ethic become superstars of their own merit. Black Tie Dynasty is creating this world, one day at a time. In the cloistral confines of a black couch in a hallway at Arlington’s Universal Rehearsal, we dig deeper…
It’s a common issue. You want to go to a show but you gotta eat first. For some it’s an energy issue and for others it’s all about the drink base. Whatever the reason, you’re sure as hell not going to pack a sandwich (not that it’s uncool or anything,…
Whilst doing a little MP3 blog trolling over the weekend, we stumbled across a pleasant surprise: The night after DC-9 Park fave St. Vincent joined the likes of Peter and the Wolf, Doug Burr, Tame…Tame and Quiet and other notables at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, music blog…
Local rap group P.P.T. is in the running for a trio of 2008 Grammy nominations and now the members are just waiting for the final tally of votes to hear if they move on to the next round. So, are the nominated or not? It’s little bit confusing. That’s because…
Poet Michael McConnell becomes Draknastula at Dan’s Silverleaf. (Melanie Gomez)If you’re a little hungover, suffering from the early flu bug (damn near everyone in our office has dealt with it already) or just bummed to be sitting at your desk, DC-9 is happy to help you relive the weekend. Pre-Halloween…
Despite having an intermission during his SMU performance, we still love Ryan Adams. (Matthew Blake) We walked into the Ryan Adams concert at McFarlin Auditorium an hour late last night. It was like walking in on the middle of a film people were having trouble following, and two clumsy girls…
In preparation for the Boys Like Girls and Forever The Sickest Kids show tomorrow night at The Rockyards in Fort Worth, we came across this video from the tour. Watch Jonathan from FTSK perform “Heels Over Head” with Boys Like Girls. We’d put money (not much, we’re music writers) that…
The Rocket Summer just got word its video for “So Much Love” is going to premiere on MTV’s TRL next Wednesday, Oct. 24. The video is only slated to show once, but then fans can bring it back. In a MySpace post the band (a.k.a. Bryce Avary) posted its excitement:…
Best bets, bitches! Modern Til Midnight with St. Vincent, Peter & the Wolf, Sleeping States, Doug Burr, Tame…Tame and Quiet and Mom 6 p.m. tonight, Oct. 19. Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth (3200 Darnell St.). $15. Hmm…need we tell you about St. Vincent, our native daughter who is currently…
Fort Worth’s Oh, Sleeper is ready to release its Solid State debut When I Am God all weekend. CD release parties are scheduled tonight in Fort Worth (at The Door), Saturday in Wichita Falls and Sunday in Waco. We’re hitting up tonight’s show. To get in the mood for the…
Guess proves in his latest video, “Bounce 4 Me,” that all that is needed for an indie rap video is dancing chicks, pimped-out rides and a bunch of available friends. The video, also featuring Young Bleed, is the latest by Dallas-based label FhatCity Records. What could have been another throwaway…
So I’m drifting around Half Price Books last night because I like to, you know, read books, and flipping through the music writing section (Dude—how many books can there be about punk? I mean, we get it!), when I happily stumble upon a copy of George Gimarc’s Post Punk Diary,…
Boy/Girl 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 21. Good Records (1808 Greenville Ave.). Free. L.A.’s aptly named duo Boy/Girl hate comparisons to the White Stripes, and it’s understandable why: Aside from the gender breakdown of the band, the similarities are few. Sure, the girl (Lisa Cusack) plays drums while the boy (Eric…
We were happy to see Pitchfork give the Polyphonic Spree a shout-out today, noting the Dallas band’s new single, a remix of “We Crawl,” off Tim D, et al’s latest disc The Fragile Army. — Jonanna Widner…
Dallas-based Deaf Pedestrians were played on prime time Tuesday night. The band’s song “Hail to the Geek” was featured in the new episode of the CW’s “Beauty and the Geek” (yeah that show with hot, but dumb women and socially awkward men). We’re happy for the Pedestrians. We’re scanning YouTube…
Fort Worth’s smartest, most animated, most illin’-est* hip-hop crew P.P.T. just sent out the video to its latest single, “Down South Girl,” from the group’s Idol Records release Tres Monos in Love. Waco hip-hop band Strange Fruit Project lent a huge hand to P.P.T. by producing the video and appearing…
Our much-loved locally-owned venue the Granada Theater just gave us even more reason to want to kiss owner Mike Schoder’s hemp shoes. The following is a MySpace bulletin sent via the Granada’s new MySpace page: How much do your friends care about you? Do you really know who your friends…
We weren’t able to take our cameras into Saturday night’s Timbaland show. Luckily, YouTube poster williamlanier uploaded footage of the better part of the show. Enjoy. — Chelsea Ide…
Strutting for the troops. (Travis Awalt)When Dallas band ChalkLign e-mailed us about the Operation Rock the Troops fashion show, we couldn’t resist. What can we say? We love benefit shows and fashion. Our photographer Travis Awalt hit up the Saturday night, Oct. 13, event at Firewater. He made sure to…
Scion hosted Timbaland in a free concert last night at the Palladium Ballroom, and the people came out in force. The floor was increasingly crowded throughout the night (although the place is so big, the back area was still an easy walk through). A surprising spectrum of people showed up…
