Tonight, we start out the week a wee bit on the slow side. Don’t worry, though: Thinks get sufficiently hectic once again tomorrow night. And, hey, there are still a couple of cool local shows tonight…
It’s a fairly packed Thursday evening of music tonight — one that features local, national and even international talent…
Lanky and perhaps too good-looking for his own good, singer-songwriter Pete Yorn was both blessed and cursed by having a successful debut album. Back in 2001, when he released Musicforthemorningafter, Yorn became an instant success story. Here was this charismatic and handsome guy, who wrote music that sounded as if…
Musicforthemorningafter, the recently reissued debut effort from singer-songwriter Pete Yorn, still sounds as fresh today as it did a decade ago. Even Yorn himself thinks so: “That record was a blessing, straight-up,” he says. “It was a great way to launch my career.” Problem is, once a career is started…
Robert Jason Vandygriff has led some form of The Von Ehrics for more than a decade now. In that time, the band has released four full-length efforts, the most recent being Two Foot Stomp. Despite various line-up changes over the years, Vandygriff’s solid songwriting has helped the band’s albums remain…
What a great hump-day musical lineup we have this evening. Definitely something for everyone in this list of goodies…..
After a pretty hectic Monday night, things slow down considerably this evening. Unless you’re a big fan of jazz and/or acoustic pop…
Hey, now! It’s a hopping Monday evening of shows gracing our area this evening. Definitely hard to choose amongst these contenders…..
Americana singer-songwriter Lori McKenna has come a long way since she began singing at open mics all around Boston back in the ’90s. A really long way: For her 2005 effort, Fireflies, Faith Hill even covered four of McKenna’s songs, including the title track. Since then, McKenna has toured with…
A busy Thursday evening is highlighted by one of the best bands of the decade and a legendary master of psychedelic funk…
The BooksThe Modern Art Museum of Ft. WorthApril 6, 20011Better than: taking a musicology class at the University of North Texas Augmented by a third, and sometimes a fourth member, the duo known as The Books thrilled a packed and energetic audience for 90 minutes last night at the Modern…
W.A. Fite is the pseudonym for Dustin Blocker, best known about town as the frontman for the local rock outfit Exit 380. But that, more than anything, is just a point of reference. Because, on this, his debut solo effort, Blocker plays all the instruments and takes the music in…
Way back in 2007, Denton’s The Demigs released Yardling, a howling and thunderous debut that channeled Chris Demiglio’s Pixies fascination into 13 well-executed alt-rock gems. Critics faulted Demiglio for sounding too much like Frank Black, and, to be sure, songs such as “Solvents” and “Summer Spiders” would certainly feel at…
It’s a weird and wonderful variety of shows happening in our area this evening. Fans of classic reggae and neo-classical avant-garde will be especially pleased…..
When The Books released their first album, Thought for Food, in 2002, critics raved about the duo’s unique sound, which stemmed from the fact that Nick Zammuto and Paul de Jong took found sounds (mostly from various cassettes the pair had purchased from The Salvation Army) and surrounded these fragments…
A bit of a slow-down this Tuesday evening. But there are still a couple of quality shows worth checking in on…..
Not a bad bunch of shows we have this Monday evening, especially if you like legendary guitarists and cool indie pop…
Akron/Family, Delicate Steve The Loft March 31, 2011 Better than: staying home and watching the Mavericks lose to the Lakers. True believers in Akron/Family’s brand of psychedelic folk showed up in relative force to worship at the altar of all things bizarre and wonderful last night at The Loft, and…
Thursday is diversity night this week, as freak-folk and hardcore country reign supreme…
Not a bad selection of shows for a Wednesday night, especially if you’re into poppy punk or prime Americana…
Not a lot going on this Tuesday evening. Just five really cute bands rolled into one long show…..
Just a couple of interesting musical options this Monday evening as the music conferences have been all packed up and put away until next year…
