DOMAXXI: The Showcase Lineup REVEALED!

Yup: On Saturday, July 18, we’ll be taking over Lowest Greenville yet again–for the third year in a row, I believe–to offer up a lineup of 39 Dallas Observer Music Award-nominated acts performing six different venues, all for the low, low cost of five dollars. Check the entire DOMA Showcase…

Paul McCartney To Play Cowboys Stadium On Wednesday, August 19

Another coup for that spaceship out in Arlington: It’s the Beatle’s first Dallas show since 2005, and his sole Texas stop on his current North American tour. Perhaps most impresively, though, the press release announcing the show indicates that the concert should last a solid 2.5 hours. Tickets go on…

Singer To Receive John Lennon Prize At Tomorrow’s Brian McKnight Show

Granted, this is hardly a local story–but it’s kinda interesting, and it’s happening tomorrow night at the Meyeson Symphony Center so cha-ching!Anyway: At tomorrow night’s Brian McKnight show at the Meyerson, McKnight will present his tour support, Matt Cusson, with the Maxell Song of the Year prize from the 12th…

Dorrough Sets July 28 Release For Debut Disc

At least in the confines of my office, where the above song gets played, on average, twice a day (a low estimate), this comes as pretty exciting news: Dorrough’s debut abum, Dorrough Music, will see its official release on July 28.More reasons why you should consider this something of a…

Good Friday: The Independence Day Edition

So, first and foremost: Happy (almost) Fourth of July, everyone! Now, let’s talk about the weekend in music, per protocol. As always, the stuff we already discussed up first.Tonight’s pretty busy, actually: Asylum Street Spankers, Porterdavis and The O’s play the Granada; The Edge gets the 20th Anniversary treatment at…

Watch: Smile Smile’s Mini Tour Documentary

It might not have the editing chops of say, their labelmates’ tour doc, but there’s a certain charm to the above clip that sums up Smile Smile’s tour with Metric and Sebastien Grainger–just as there is with all things the band does, I guess. Anyway, check it out–especially the part…

Video: The Cut*Off’s “When You’re Dead”

Fort Worth’s Pixies acolytes, The Cut*Off have a new video promoting the first single from their upcoming disc–and, it’s a whole lot more on the alt-country side than the Pixies side of things. And that’s perfectly OK, ’cause the song, especially when set to the above Schoolhouse Rock-appropriated clip, makes…

The Backsliders

The biggest gripe—if there’s one worth having—with THe BAcksliders’ 2008 release, You’re Welcome, was that it didn’t showcase the band’s best side; for whatever reason, the disc found the long-running, hard-partying area rock act’s classic, gritty blues-rock sound pushed aside in favor of a more New Wave-y, poppy sound. It…

Neon Indian Details, Album Info Revealed

Maybe you’ve seen some of the to-do surrounding Neon Indian? Perhaps on another Dallas-based blog? They’ve got a pretty cool sun-drenched sound–kinda like the audio equivalent of the visuals in Soundgarden’s “Black Hole Sun” video, only not as nightmarish and much poppier than that description would imply.Anyway, the “secretive” group’s…

Download: Symbolyc One’s Still Underrated, Vol. 1 Mixtape

Waco rapper/producer Symbolyc One of Strange Fruit Project is one of Texas’s most under-appreciated hip-hop talents, flying largely under the radar despite working with Erykah Badu, Little Brother and others. Seems he’s kinda embracing his place in life right now, though: Yesterday, S1 released a new mixtape, fittingly called Still…

After Sunday’s Warped Tour, How ‘Bout A Moons Over My Hammy?

After the Warped Tour stops through town on Sunday, a handful of the bands on the tour–Dance Gavin Dance, A Skylit Drive and Hit The Lights–will be stopping by Denny’s, because, hey, why not?According to the press release announcing the after-party, “These select bands will hang out with fans while…

Dada Co-Owner Ben Tapia: “We Haven’t Gotten Any Money All Month”

According to Club Dada co-owner Ben Tapia, last night’s visit from the TABC was “just standard protocol,” and came as the result of someone “tipping off the TABC,” claiming that the long-running club was going to be pouring drinks from unlabeled bottles as the result of financial difficulties, which Tapia…

Hey Tech Geeks: Check Out U2’s New Stage Design

Over on Wired.com, there’s a pretty cool story up, detailing the specs of the new stage set-up for U2’s impending world tour, which kicks off tonight in Barcelona. Probably right about now, in fact.Anyway, it’s a massive undertaking with huge screens and elaborate mechanisms. The idea, basically? To somehow turn…