Even though local alt-country singer/songwriter Andrew Delaney released his last album, Scoundrels, this past June–which Alan Ayo gave a positive review in print a few weeks back–the guy is already prepping a new album.The new record is to be called Would I Lie To You? and it could be released…
Laura Gregory, one quarter of the Americana outfit known as The Bloodroots Barter, is originally from Denton, but now calls Hyden, Kentucky her home. So, it’s kind of a reunion tonight as Laura and the boys joining her in the band play The Boiler Room.”This show is really exiting for…
Hailing out of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, the duo of Michael Kuhn and Chris Diehm have been making their interesting brand of mathy post-hardcore under the name of 1994! for the better part of two years. Their second full-length release, FCKYRHED, just came out and Kuhn was kind enough to provide the…
Back in 2008, after years of hitting nearly every coffee house in DFW, Dylan Sneed decided to leave the area and venture out on a journey across America. That journey finally led him to South Carolina, where he recorded his new full-length, Texodus, with a hoard of friends and co-…
After Mike Hamilton and Alan Uhler moved to Dallas from Michigan in 2009, it took the pair little time to hook up with James Alvarez and form Gray, the New Black. The band has been busy playing around the area and recording songs for its debut full-length that will be…
Local hard rock/metal band The 12th of Never has just finished recording its debut album and will certainly feature a bevy of tracks from said album when the band plays tonight at The Cavern.Although The 12th of Never has been around in one form or another since 2003, the quartet…
There’s just something about Arizona that brings out the weirdness. Whether it’s John McCain’s bizarre choice for a VP candidate or legendary sun-drenched oddballs like the Meat Puppets, the desert air just seems to produce some strange results.Add What Laura Says to the long list of loveable weirdoes that call…
Fort Worth’s punk/reggae/alt-rock trio Automorrow is busy finishing up the band’s debut full-length due out later this year. In the meantime, the band is offering the untitled album’s second single, “Martians,” for free to anyone who wants it. Go here to check out what the innovative threesome is up to…
Denton’s Werewolf Therewolf has been punishing audiences (in a good way) since 2008, but this happy little quintet didn’t get around to releasing their debut EP until February of this year. The EP is called Therecastle, and it’s a beast of a record, a seething statement of purpose that gloriously…
Some folks may know transplanted Bostonite Luna Matto for her work as a member of The Polyphonic Spree’s chorus. But you may or may not know that Ms. Matto was writing songs long before she entered the Spree conglomerate some four years ago. And, these days, Matto’s own band includes…
Sad news for those (including me) who were looking forward to catching The Go-Go’s at their Granada Theater show on July 26: Seems guitarist Jane Wiedlin took an awful fall that will require surgery. Here’s the word straight from the band’s website:It is with great regret that the Go-Go’s announce…
Wreckless Eric (aka Eric Golden Goulden) is best known as one of the initial new wave acts that came out of England back in 1977. Along with Elvis Costello and Nick Lowe, Eric helped expose the world to the greatness that was Stiff Records. Eric’s first single, “Whole Wide World,”…
Chances are, you’ve already heard a song by Dallas’ RIVETHEAD. You just may not have realized it. The local industrial/metal band’s music has been played by the Dallas Stars at the American Airlines Center for several years now–and, beyond that, RIVETHEAD’s songs have been featured on National Geographic’s Tools of…
The odd confluence of national touring schedules has provided three guys named Josh playing on the same night, albeit on opposite sides of town. The kicker is that all three make music worth recommending. Josh Ritter is the biggest name of the three as the singer/songwriter originally from Idaho has…
Last we heard, QueFest was a festival happening in Rowlett on July 4 weekend, featuring performances from Joan Jett and the Blackhearts and the reunited-for-this-one-show Black Tie Dynasty. That much hasn’t changed, but turns out the festival, which will take place at Elgin B. Robertson Park on Lake Ray Hubbard…
You may (or may not) recall a story I did in the print edition a few months back where I chronicled the mass amount of cover/tribute acts that call Dallas-Fort Worth home. Well, several of the acts mentioned in my story will gather this Saturday at Lee Harvey’s for something…
Iron Maiden, Dream TheaterSuperpages.com CenterJune 9, 2010(Just Slightly) Better than: Staying home and watching Spinal Tap for the 200th time. On a night when the weather took a breather from unbearable, the sky was overcast and the temperature hovered in the 70s as 12,000 or so metalheads descended upon Fair…
Yes, I know that most of the cool, indie hipsters will be at House of Blues to catch MGMT tonight. But folks who enjoy music of a more rootsy vein might want to trek to Denton and check out Split Lip Rayfield.Since 1995, this “thrash grass” combo has released a…
What to impress your old man? Well, you can put a smile on the geezers face by picking him up a hip, music-related gift for Father’s Day. Trust us, it’ll make him feel younger. (Maybe.)Circle your calendars now: Father’s Day is coming up fast (on June 20…or September 5, if…
Just got an email from a promotions representative from EMI telling me that my interview with Fort Worth’s Green River Ordinance has canceled–or at least postponed. Seems the same is going to be true for the band’s scheduled appearance in Dallas on June 19 with American Idol winner Kris Allen.The…
Quite an interesting bill of metal-ish bands tonight up in Denton at Rubber Gloves. Headlining this evening’s festivities is Oakland’s Saviours, a band that plies its craft under the “stoner metal” banner, although such a descriptor might give the wrong impression. Although the tempos may be slow, the bone-crushing guitars…
Front man Shaant Hacikyan may be the lone original member of power pop band Cute is What We Aim For, but that hasn’t prevented him from keeping the band’s music fresh and intriguing over the past few years.Hailing out of Buffalo, Cute is What We Aim For started up in…
