Video: Lupe Fiasco at House of Blues

I came across this video of Lupe Fiasco’s show at the House of Blues a couple months back (oddly, it was posted on March 23), and it got me a little psyched for the May 1 show. Lupe Fiasco will be taking the stage at Superpages with Kanye West, Rihanna…

Hear 2 New Hey Hollywood Songs This Weekend

Hey Hollywood There’s a lot going on this coming weekend. Those who can’t wait until Pete helps you narrow down the landscape in Good Friday, may be interested to know that Hey Hollywood is promising to play two brand new songs at its performance at the Spring Indie Fest Saturday…

Video: Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers at House of Blues

Every time I’ve been to the House of Blues for a show it’s been downstairs in the music hall. But I just watched this video of Roger Clyne and The Peacemakers playing in the Cambridge Room earlier in the week, and it looks like the upstairs room offers much more…

Listen and Learn: Protest The Hero

I have been spinning Protest The Hero’s Fortress nonstop for the last few weeks. The purposeful chaos is engaging, and Rody Walker’s vocal acrobatics are reminiscent of Daryl Palumbo in his early Glassjaw days. Those who love Dillinger Escape Plan or Glassjaw will want to check Protest The Hero out…

Steal of the Week: PlayRadioPlay!

Fort Worth’s PlayRadioPlay! released its national debut earlier this month. Dan Hunter, the one-man show of PRP, will be playing a couple hometown shows this week. We suggest checking PRP out at Good Records (1808 Greenville Ave.) this Sunday afternoon. Hunter will be signing copies of Texas after playing a…

Lovie, El Gato, Tim Delaughter Highlight Benefit CD

El Gato.Last week we mentioned Bridges and Blinking Lights were recording a song for an upcoming compilation album benefiting the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. Team UltraViolet, featuring members of El Gato and Lovie, is assembling the CD together the benefit album. We got word that El Gato will also have a…

Video: Gogol Bordello at Granada

Sometimes you just need a little something to get your Monday going. I suggest watching this video from Gogol Bordello’s show in town last week. A little gypsy punk can do wonders at 9 a.m., seriously. — Chelsea Ide Update: This video is from Gogol Bordello’s October show at the…

Is MySpace Marring Band Mystique?

Sometimes it’s great that bands can communicate with their via MySpace bulletins and Facebook notes, and other times it really just shows how dorky the band members are. This isn’t bad, but it’s hard to maintain mystique when telling your band’s “friends” about what you just watched on TV. Read…

Video: The Burning Hotels Playing “Out and Alone”

Normally, we wouldn’t assail you with tons of videos first thing in the morning. (Hate for your boss to want to block DC-9 for killing your bandwidth — it happens.) But we just came across a live video of The Burning Hotels playing at the Palladium Loft. Sometimes this local…

Video: Jens Lekman at Granada

While I spent last Sunday driving back from Austin and icing my newly broken big toe, others were at the Jens Lekman show in town. Haven’t heard feedback from too many of you. Did anyone on here hit up the show? Well, for those of us who were otherwise engaged,…

Video: Handshakes and Highfives Answer Your Questions

So your friends in Handshakes and Highfives are a little bored –- or maybe they’re really dedicated. Not sure. Either way, they’ve posted a video answering fan questions. Whether you like the band or not, the video is entertaining. — Chelsea Ide P.S. We hear the band will be posting…

Video: Outlaw Nation at Granada

So, while we were out of town plenty of good bands hit town. You know this, lots of you were here. A few people have told us we missed out by not hitting up the Outlaw Nation show on March 15. Luckily, we came across this video from the concert…

Overheard: Flatstock at SXSW

“I never thought I’d want a Broken Social Scene poster, but shit. That’s insane.” “Why does the coloring on this one look weird?” “It’s letterpress.” “Oh. … Interesting.” “You spent $100 on a poster? You can get those for free all over the place.” And just about every artist was…

Flatstock: Best Purchase of the Week

So, after managing to resist throwing down cash at my visit to Flatstock earlier this week, I went back. Was it worth it? Oh yeah. Below you can see my new pride and joy by Andrew Crawshaw of Broken Press. I also picked up a wonderful piece by Mark McCormick…

I Just Saw… Billy Gibbons at Beauty Bar

The ZZ Top guitarist popped up at Rachel Ray’s SXSW showcase this afternoon. He even took the stage to play a cover of John Lennon’s “Cold Turkey” with the Cringe — Ray’s husband John Cusimano plays guitar and sings in the band. — Chelsea Ide…

SXSW Overheard

A young girl in a tutu trying to convince me to go to some day party: “It’s fun! It’s free!” Two skinny hipster guys, one holding his left eye, walking down Fourth Street in the afternoon: “Look, I said I was sorry.” “Yeah, well, you should. You hit me in…

Last Night: P.P.T. at SXSW

P.P.T. throwing it down at SXSW Friday night. (Mark C. Austin) P.P.T. got cheated last night. The three Dallas rappers Picnic, Pikahsso and Tahiti busted out new songs –- never performed live before –- and old favorites, offered hilarious stage banter and were bouncing all over the place getting the…

Listen and Learn: The Dodos

I ended up popping into Emo’s Jr. while waiting for Does It Offend You, Yeah? to take the main stage last night, and caught The Dodos as they took stage. Wow. The three-piece have such energy. The band offers up indie rock with country tinged guitar (fervent plucking) that’s heavy…