No Rest for the Wicked, 76, Here Holy Spain Double Wide Saturday, January 7 Better than: Listening to “live” records that were never recorded in front of live audiences. Saturday night at the Double Wide was a mixed bag that ran pretty late, even for a weekend show. A few…
Terry Glaze and Taz BentleySingle WideThursday, January 5Better than: Listening to a guy slaughter songs on an acoustic while trying to eat your lunch at Potbelly.The Single Wide doesn’t normally host shows, even if it’s just a guy and a guitar. Last night’s double bill was a very special one,…
Fort Worth’s The Vatican Press has been kicking around for the past few years, sprung from a lineage of classic post-hardcore and emo. Frontman Eddie Hennessy even grew up with the guys in Jimmy Eat World, and recently reunited with his old band Haskel to open for them. The band…
Mark Pirro has been around the Dallas music scene for more than two decades as a member of Tripping Daisy, The Polyphonic Spree and currently Menkena. As a preview of The Spree’s New Year’s Eve show this Saturday at the House of Blues, we wanted to ask him about his…
Whenever Red Animal War plays, it feels more like an event than a show, which is great because the four-piece doesn’t shortchange an audience with their Texas-tinged version of post-hardcore. In the last few years, the band only plays around the holidays, but for plenty of good reasons. This year,…
Shows that stuck out for me in 2011 Trashcan Sinatras/Salim Nourallah at the Loft, March 4 This was a very special tour for the Sinatras. Paired down to a four-piece, the mostly-acoustic show was more of a fans-only event. Before the tour began, they solicited song requests on their website…
Seems like Red Animal War always reunites for one show around the holidays. While there is much, much less than the pageantry The Polyphonic Spree puts on around this time, there’s no shortage of powerful post-hardcore from this four-piece. With some new songs kicking around (their first since 2004) expect…
Since this Sunday is Christmas, we decided to do something a little different with this week’s edition of My First Show. Checking back in with a number of the people we interviewed this year, we wanted their takes on the best shows they saw, and to also get a preview…
Until this year, Bob Seger was one of the last holdouts in the digital music arena. That finally changed, but don’t think his live show will be out of touch, especially since he’s still going strong at age 66. He’s touring with his Silver Bullet Band, promoting a new greatest-hits…
Don’t say Santa Claus doesn’t deliver presents earlier than December 25: Nineties sci-fi surf punks Man or Astro-man? are coming back to town. With main members Brian “Birdstuff” Teasley, Brian “Star Crunch” Causey and Robert “Coco the Electronic Monkey Wizard” Del Bueno back together, this won’t necessarily be a night…
With plans for a follow-up to this year’s acclaimed Division, 2012 looks good for pop-punk trio Here Holy Spain. To tide you over, they have a song on this year’s Idol Christmas compilation called “God-Damn This Christmas.” As the band wraps up the year, all three recently shared with us…
Some local bands play so much that you take them for granted. In the case of Elkhart, they’ve barely played this year, but with good reason. Luckily, their Americana-influenced rock returns to City Tavern tonight. Frontman Travis Hopper, who told us earlier this year about the band’s future plans, gave…
Last Night: Scratch Acid, Baboon Trees December 8, 2011 Better than: Watching a Whitney marathon. See more photos in our gallery. Scratch Acid might not make the kind of music that elicits universal joy. Difficult and straining can only begin to describe this Birthday Party-inspired act. Yet for the mostly…
Last Night: My Morning Jacket, Delta Spirit Verizon Theatre December 7, 2011 Better than: Watching My Morning Jacket on Palladia’s Storytellers while your neighbor’s dog barks nonstop. My Morning Jacket has been praised as one of the best live bands currently working. Ask anybody who was at the Verizon Theatre…
Canadian four-piece Yukon Blonde hits the Double Wide tonight, and nestle up to the cavernous harmonies of Fleet Foxes and early My Morning Jacket. You’ll hear plenty from the band’s 2011 EP, Fire/Water, as well as their self-titled debut. In advance, we talked with drummer Graham Jones about his first…
Over the Weekend: Puscifer, Carina Round Majestic Theater Saturday, December 3rd, 2011 Better than: A Perfect Circle’s set at the Verizon Theatre earlier this year. If you wondered what Puscifer is about, well, their 75-minute performance on Saturday night provided plenty of answers. Part concert, part multimedia experience, and part…
Last Night: Wilco, Nick Lowe The Music Hall at Fair Park November 29th, 2011 Better than: seeing Wilco at the UNT auditorium There was an emphasis on the noisier side of Wilco last night, and that was completely fine with the mostly-full Music Hall at Fair Park. The band, still…
Until the recent “reunification” of [DARYL], if you’ve seen Dave Wilson at a show, he’s either running sound for it or he’s shooting it with his camera. Wilson, someone who’s toured with national acts as a soundman and has been a freelance photographer (even for this here establishment), has been…
The Red 100’s have a lot to be thankful for this year. Winning the DOMA for Best Blues Act, the band released an EP, Live Off the Floor, in April. Adding to pile of recordings, bassist/singer Robbie D Love (not D., just D) released a solo album, Love Vibrations, a…
My Jerusalem – Shake The Devil (official video) from My Jerusalem on Vimeo.Over the Weekend: My Jerusalem, Aaron Barker, Bad Design Bryan Street Tavern November 18 Better than: driving to Iowa, covered head-to-toe in OSU gear, expecting a blowout victory. In the middle of My Jerusalem’s 12-song set on Friday…
It’s been a few years since [Daryl] has played live, but the band is back, for at least a show tonight at Sons of Hermann Hall. You might have seen their members in other bands, like Dylan Silvers and Beau Wagener with The Crash That Took Me or Jeff Parker…
Austin-based My Jerusalem hits Dallas tonight, a night crowded with great shows. Seems like everyone is stuffing the good pre-Thanksgiving concerts into one night. My Jerusalem plays a special folky orchestral pop that isn’t precious or twee, and it’s not something to miss. With a new album in the works,…
