Buzz Osborne on Marriage, Golf and 30 Years of The Melvins

Undeniably one of the most influential rock bands of the last thirty years, The Melvins roll through Dallas again this weekend, bringing their skull-crushing double drummer sludgey rock with them. Seeing them at Trees this Saturday night is a must. Before they made it to town, I managed to grab…

Zorch and B L A C K I E at Good Records, 8/1/13: Review

B L A C K I E | Zorch Good Records August 1, 2013 “Giant surprise/we are lizards disguised/and we’re controlling your lives/with trilateral spies.” It would almost come as no surprise if Zorch were indeed our alien overlords, as they catchily reveal at the end of new track “Zut…

Dillinger Escape Plan Are the Best Live Band on the Planet

Dillinger Escape Plan House of Blues July 26, 2013 The Dillinger Escape Plan are the best live band around right now. I’m putting that right out there straight away, because I believe it to be true. There is nothing to match their intensity, their musicianship, the sheer magnetism they create…

Full ACL Schedule Released, Dreams Everywhere Crushed

Austin City Limits shattered dreams this morning, as every festival eventually must, when it released its schedule for the two-weekend bash. Whereas before excited festival-goers could look at the line-up and think “I’d love to see that one! And that one! Wow, and them!,” now they must look at the…

Four Video Games You Might Not Realize Were Made In Dallas

Video games are meant to make you feel like you’re somewhere else, so while playing them you might not consider their development process. However, if you’re even a casual gamer you’ve likely played a game made right here in Dallas, whose thriving game development industry has flown somewhat under the…

Local Music News Bits, Lassoed Together Like Texas Cattle

It’s Monday, so it’s as good a time as any for you to peruse this quick grab-bag of local music news hastily cobbled together with no agenda or real thought. Do you have a few minutes to care about your local music scene? Good, because it just so happens that…

For 17 Days, Dallas is Metal Heaven: Five Must-See Shows

Consider this your advance warning, Dallas. Amplified rock and roll is coming, and it’s not only coming hard, it’s coming at times that are mainly not weeknights, meaning you can combine two pursuits, metal concerts and binge drinking, that go hand in hand like butter on toast or rabbits and…

True Widow’s New Album Is Now Streaming at Pitchfork Advance

The latest sign of local “stonegaze” (their word, not mine) band True Widow breaking through into the big time is the fact that their forthcoming album, Circumambulation, appeared this morning on Pitchfork Advance, the all-encompassing music website’s album preview listening section. It’s slated for release on July 23, but you…

A Taste of Herb Is Already a Denton Staple

Just off one of the finest little town squares in North Texas, a recurring series of free gigs is starting to draw a real following. At 5:30 p.m. on every other Tuesday, an insanely early time for a gig in Denton, some unlikely heroes take to the stage in the…

Snapple Press Release Is Stupid. I Am Sad/Angry.

Plano’s Dr Pepper Snapple Group sent us a press release today because they had nothing to say. No, really. This is their new marketing push. Celebrate nothing, because nothing is better than Snapple. Philosophically, this is a confusing proposition at best. While the press release steers clear of Descartian existentialism,…