There seem to have been an upswing in good-times bands lately. Andrew WK’s been leading the charge for some time now, but just behind him is Brooklyn’s Fang Island. If the first-graders in the above video aren’t convincing enough, then their concert tonight at Rubber Gloves Rehearsal Studios will have…
As Lady Gaga proceeds to hog the female pop-star spotlight, our Britneys and our Jessicas are slowly fading into the background–but not without a fight. Christina Aguilera recently teamed up with electroclashers Le Tigre for the track “I Hate Boys” on her new record Bionic, and announced a tour to…
After their performance last night at the Wexner Center for the Arts in Columbus, Ohio, Midlake pulled their two vans into a Fairfield Inn parking lot. There, a hotel security guard assured the band that he would keep an eye on the vans overnight. But when the band woke up…
This past weekend Ishi proved that its ability to throw a party is well above the local norm–at least as far as indie dance bands go. At their album release show at the Sons Of Hermann Hall, they offered plenty of catered food and booze for the whole party. In…
OK, yes, we’ve been blowing up Sarah Jaffe this past week, but with good reason. It’s all in anticipation of her album, Suburban Nature, which earns it’s release on Friday, May 14 at the Son’s Of Hermann Hall. She’s not the only one we’ve been blowing up this week,though. Check…
If you pre-ordered Oak Cliff-based indie/hip-hop artist Dustin Cavazos’ debut album, I Think In The Shower, I Dream On My Bike, then chances are, you heard a knock on your door yesterday. Instead of using the traditional means of album distribution–y’know, putting a stamp on a package and letting the…
If you were one of the 10,000 or so who saw The Flaming Lips headline Denton’s NX35 festival in March, you probably caught a performance by the Dallas Family Band. No, they weren’t one of the three acts that played on the monstrosity of a stage at the North Texas…
There is nothing subtle about local mall-punk outfit Artist Vs Poet’s latest offering, Favorite Fix. Every guitar on the record is over-processed, every vocal is pitch-corrected to perfection and every melody is a scream-at-the-top-of-your-lungs sing-a-long. But even though the music is mostly paralyzed with over-production, there are still some signs…
Brooklyn-based Phosphorescent went from being an unknown indie poet scouring the globe and playing empty rooms to a critical darling almost overnight–many thanks to Willie Nelson. Matthew Houck, the man behind the moniker, made the risky decision to do an album of Nelson covers last year, called To Willie, which…
There’s a relatively short list of record labels in town, and Gutterth Records might be the shrewdest: Yesterday, the home to Daniel Folmer, The Timeline Post, Ryan Thomas Becker and others, made every release it’s ever put out up as a free stream over at the newly created Gutterthrecords.com–21 releases…
We’ve been doing a lot of talking about Denton’s, Sarah Jaffe these past few weeks–and with good reason. Her new album, Suburban Nature is already on our short list of best local albums for the year. And, after touring with Midlake and getting scooped up by Norah Jones for a…
If you’re even vaguely familiar with music in Dallas, the word “Centro-matic” has almost certainly worked its way into your vocabulary. You are probably familiar, too, with the fun affairs their concerts tend to be.But if the number of times you’ve seen them is somewhere in the double digits and…
James Porter might be the most prolific musician in Dallas. Since 2004, he’s released 12 albums under the moniker of Drawn By Jaymz, and he has another record that should be out sometime this month. He plays all of the instruments (save for female vocals) and engineers all of his…
There aren’t too many bands that can do what Centro-matic has done in the last 12 years. Where most successful bands ramp up and then burn out, Centro-matic has steadily flown under the radar of the mainstream for the duration of its career. Will Johnson is the obvious driving force…
This morning, the Kessler Theater quietly created an event on facebook for a Pleasant Grove concert on Saturday, August 7. Just another Pleasant Grove show, right? Not quite: Apparently the band will be performing their seminal album Auscultation of the Heart all the way through. This should be an amazing…
We are standing on the brink of the summer season, and with the unbearable heat comes the obligatory summer outdoor live music series. The heat is inevitable, but the Belmont Hotel and the AT&T Performing Arts Center are offering a few ways to make it a little more tolerable.The Belmont…
The folks over at Vickery Park are celebrating their fifth birthday with three days of shows sponsored by Stoli vodka and Sailor Jerry spiced rum–and the festivities start tonight!The King Bucks kick off the celebration tonight at 10:30 with some classic country. Tomorrow night, the Boys Named Sue will probably…
Last week, we gave you all a heads up about the next big festival in town–now that Edgefest is out of the way, at least. Downtown Dallas’ Homegrown Festival bill for Saturday, May 22 is already pretty stout. It’s fully stocked on buzz-worthy local acts. But the name they dropped…
As you’re probably already aware, we’re embarking on the mother of all weekends. That’s right; Edgefest is upon us. By now, you might have tried your luck at winning one of our ticket giveaways–after all, what self respecting Limp Bizkit fan wouldn’t? But if trying to listen to Phoenix while…
When Dawes came through town last month, they left the packed house at The Cavern in awe of their freewheelin’ classic rock revival. We gave the show a great review, and got all giddy when Lance Yocum over at Spune Productions just announced that they’ll be coming back on July…
Local dance/pop act Ishi is no stranger to a contest. The band recently won a spot on the main stage at this year’s Edgefest, and now the band has its sights set on the massive Bonnaroo festival coming up this summer in Tennessee.How? Well, with a party, duh.On Thursday night,…
Spindrift has been generating a lot of buzz lately with its droned-out, slightly creepy spaghetti western rock. Surely, it hasn’t hurt that the band’s comprised of members from the Warlocks and Brian Jonestown Massacre. Tonight, the tiny stage at the City Tavern will be a tight squeeze as seven-piece psychedelic…
