Cans are starting to catch on in the craft-brew world, with more and more microbreweries offering their products in the once-maligned format — even in Texas. Shiner has long offered its bock in cans, and upstart Southern Star is doing the same. In fact, Dale’s Pale Ale from Colorado’s Oskar…
News of Alex Chilton’s death came as a horrible shock to Andy Hummel, Chilton’s friend and former Big Star bassist profiled in the Dallas Observer after the release of the Rhino box set Keep An Eye On The Sky.Hummel and Big Star’s Jody Stephens were scheduled to speak and perform…
The effectiveness of hypnotism depends on how susceptible the subject is to the power of suggestion. Unfortunately, I seem to be impervious. Back in high school, our sociology teacher had a hypnotherapist treat our class. He had us all visualize something we wanted to change about ourselves, and then attempted…
Don’t confuse comedian Dale Jones with the Dentonite Dale Jones who covers himself with fake blood and performs confrontational solo blues sets as New Science Projects. You’re far more likely to laugh at startled audience members during a NSP show than during the Indiana comic’s set, as his jokes about,…
Seventeen touring bands will play an all-day, two-stage festival Sunday at the Double Wide on a ticket that comes out to less than a buck per band. For a second year in a row, Dallas one-man booking outfit Parade of Flesh has assembled one of the highlights of the annual…
Kings Of Leon couldn’t quite sell out the American Airlines Center last time they came through town, so the band is aiming a tad lower this year, scheduling its 2010 Dallas tour stop for the intimate-by-comparison Superpages.com Center.The band performs Thursday, September 23, with doors opening at 6 p.m. and…
Each week City of Ate will give you the lowdown on a local happy hour in Quittin’ Time, with the details and why you should or shouldn’t take up the featured bar or restaurant on its drink specials. Where: Chan Thai Club, 312 W. Seventh St.When: Daily, 4:30 p.m to…
Band: ColourmusicVenue: Andy’s BarTime: 1 a.m.”Today’s show is brought to you by the color pink,” said the Sesame Street sample that introduced Colourmusic to the Andy’s Bar crowd, which was certainly true visually. What parts of the band’s gear wasn’t covered with chrome paint or aluminum foil had been colored…
It’s a busy time of year for Guinness brewmaster Fergal Murray, as you might imagine. Not only is he tasked with ensuring the quality of every batch of beer at Dublin’s St. James Gate Brewery (which produces approximately 4 million pints each day), but he serves as the globetrotting brand…
You wouldn’t know it from this week’s print supplement to DC9, but the beginning of NX35 tonight does not mean that the rest of the North Texas music community grinds to a halt until Monday. Case in point: Xiu Xiu will bring its melodramatic experimental art-rock to The Cavern tonight,…
Summer, that season when old farts get back in the tour bus to milk a few more million bucks out of nostalgic fans, is just around the corner, as evidenced by three big Superpages.com Center concert announcements this week. First, Iron Maiden will open its The Final Frontier World Tour…
Each week City of Ate will give you the lowdown on a local happy hour in Quittin’ Time, with the details and why you should or shouldn’t take up the featured bar or restaurant on its drink specials. Where: The Old Monk, 2847 N. Henderson Ave. When: Mondays through Thursdays,…
Feargal McKinney and his partners at Old Monk, BlackFriar and Idle Rich quietly opened a new restaurant and pub in Uptown over the weekend, and with the help of booking agent Chelsea Callahan will bring a welcome breath of fresh air to the area in the form of music that…
Yet another local booking company gives a reason not to shell out $750 for a music festival badge. Local booking maestro Parade of Flesh and Hot Springs, Arkansas’s Ballistic Missile have teamed up to create a free day party in Austin Saturday, March 20, in the midst of SXSW festivities…
There are probably as many ways to rank beers as there are beer drinkers, though most stick to similar criteria. Beer Advocate users frequently grade by appearance, smell, taste, mouth feel and drinkability, while RateBeer users grade by aroma, appearance, flavor, palate and overall. Of course, standardizing how beers are…
The difference in perception between Irish and Italian food is made quite distinct by two classes Wednesday at Central Market (5750 E. Lovers Lane). The hour-long noon “Learn at Lunch: St. Paddy’s Day” class costs just $20 and teaches three stereotypically Irish dishes: corned beef and cabbage sliders, shepherd’s pie…
At a party recently, a friend used his iPhone to show everyone sonogram images of his fetal child even though it was still so early in the baby’s development that it just looked like a grainy, black-and-white peanut. The pictures meant the world to him, of course, but everyone else…
The guys from Jackass may put their bodies through hilariously painful self-inflicted stunts, Bam Margera may be an asshole expert when it comes to tormenting family members with cruel, mindless pranks, and Ashton Kutcher’s elaborate hidden-video scenarios have tricked many a celebrity. But it was Tom Green who first baffled…
My idea of eco-conscious clothing is wearing the same jeans for weeks on end without washing them. It’s totally to save water or whatever–not at all because I’m a lazy slob. “Organic” clothing, you bet–I’m a walking compost heap. But that’s not the idea behind the Organic in the City…
Nervous Curtains wasn’t supposed to be a band at all. Sean Kirkpatrick had all the band he could handle as keyboardist for The Paper Chase. No, he just wanted accompaniment for a few live shows in support of his 2007 debut solo album Turn On the Interference, on which his…
Just months after releasing the career-spanning four-disc concert set The Live Anthology, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers have announced details for a forthcoming new studio album and tour. And, in a bit of shrewd marketing, every concert ticket purchase includes an MP3 download of Mojo, slated for release sometime this…
As if getting through yet another Tuesday wasn’t reason enough to have a drink, today is the Democratic and Republican party primary election–which means you’ll have something to celebrate or lament this evening as the returns come in.After polls close at 7 p.m. (find out where to vote here), you…
