Over The Weekend: The Walkmen at Granada Theater

The Walkmen, The Head and The Heart, SerynSaturday, March 5, 2011Granada TheaterBetter than: sitting at home listening to great vintage records. Looking at the members of The Walkmen during their performance at Granada Theater on Saturday night, they hardly looked like a rock ‘n’ roll band. Far from it, actually…

How Dallas Shaped The Walkmen’s Sound

For a 6-4 guy who spends most of his time crammed in a row of a 15-passenger van, Hamilton Leithauser sounds surprisingly jovial on the phone. Perhaps it’s because his band, The Walkmen, is on a short break between tours. More likely, it’s because of how his band’s new album…

Trashcan Sinatras, Salim Nourallah

Prolific Scottish pop band Trashcan Sinatras’ first big single in the States, 1991’s “Obscurity Knocks,” was prophetically also their last. During the 20 years that followed, the group released four studio albums, a few novelty records and more than a handful of EPs. But none made the stateside splash of…

Good Friday: Hayes Carll, Buddy Guy, Eaton Lake Tonics, Wanda Jackson, Hard Night’s Day, American Werewolf Academy, Aska, Spoonfed Tribe, HELLYEAH, Tweed EQ, Wild Party & More!

Tonight, Hayes Carll plays the second-to-last show in his North Texas tour. He’ll be at Lola’s Saloon in Fort Worth, and then, tomorrow night, he’ll be at Poor David’s Pub. After this little stint, he’ll do five shows in the Houston area, then three in Austin and San Antonio. So…

Good Friday: Robyn, Beth Orton, Sebadoh, Miranda Lambert, Broken Social Scene, Tapes N’ Tapes, Ty Segall, Nadia Washington, Flowers Of God, Toby Keith, Mixmaster Mike, Swans, Hares On The Mountain & More!

This weekend will be insane. And it all starts with Swedish pop star Robyn, who will be performing at South Side Music Hall tonight. She’s managed to find a nice happy medium with her highly credible, highly danceable, modern pop music, and tonight will afford her fans a chance to…

The Cavern Officially Changes Its Name to The Crown and Harp

Quietly, around the time of the Super Bowl shenanigans, The Cavern changed its name to The Crown and Harp. The name change mostly flew below the radar, but, with the recent news of the Lower Greenville bar’s renovations, it wasn’t entirely unexpected. A few weeks ago, we stopped in to…

Show Announcements: Rihanna, Cee Lo Green, Dierks Bentley, Loretta Lynn, George Thorogood, Liz Phair, The Twilight Singers, Snoop Dogg, The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Pinback, Wild Party, Stryper, Crosby and Nash, The Moody Blues & More!

A few days ago, we received a press release stating that pop star Rihanna will be performing at the American Airlines Center on Friday, July 8. We thought “Cool!” and went on about our business. But this morning, we received another release stating that Cee Lo Green has been added…

Show Announcements: Fleet Foxes, Decemberists, Beth Orton, Rusko, Ray Price, Adele, Maps & Atlases, Dolorean, Dashboard Confessional, George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic, Dokken, Wilco, Ricky Martin, Deftones, The Dillinger Escape Plan and More!

​Two years ago, Fleet Foxes blindsided indie-rock fans with a self-titled debut record full of four-part harmonies and folk songs that were both melancholy and triumphant. The self-made record, which was done on a shoe-string budget, went on to sell over 300,000 records worldwide. Now, the band plans to release a…