Just as it did last Wednesday and the Wednesday before that, national booking/concert promotions conglomerate Live Nation is back today with another “No Servive Fee Wednesday” promotion, this time removing all service fee charges on its 4-Pack ticket bundles, which allow ticket-buyers to save 17 percent on their ticket total…
Denton’s Fishboy is a super fun act for a number of reasons: For one, there are the songs like “Half Time at the Proper Name Spelling Bee,” which toe the line between the cutesy and the smartly funny (and are so adored by fans that people decide to make tribute…
If you regrettably missed last Wednesday’s homecoming performance of sorts from Fort Worth native Andrew Kenny, formerly of American Analog Set, as he stopped through town at the House of Blues for a show with his new, Barsuk-signed act, The Wooden Birds, you’d probably be pleased to check out this…
So what if the members of the Old 97’s decided to skip over their hometown region for their “An Evening With…” tour? We get this as a cool make-up: On Friday, August 21, the band will make its debut at Fort Worth’s Bass Hall. And opening the show? DC9 favorite…
As we discussed last week, the Denton ex-pats in the Riverboat Gamblers are among the artists who’ve been asked by Spin to participate in the magazine’s celebration of all things Prince this month, appearing on the magazine’s Purple Rain tribute called, quite ingeniously, I think, Purplish Rain in the lead-off…
The dreamy Jenny Lewis stops through town tomorrow night to bring her Elvis Costello-approved tunes (a long way from her child acting days, huh?) to the Granada Theater–and thanks to the fine folks at the Granada Theater, we’ve got two pairs to give away to this fast-selling show. Want a…
We’ve already kinda discussed the mixed feelings we–and others, too–seem to have about the new, self-titled, Salim Nourallah-produced disc from Rhett Miller. Namely, the problem, at least in my eyes, is the stark difference between the disc’s (very strong) start and it’s (somewhat limp to the) finish.But, as I say…
Check out the new Evan Kaufmann-directed video for Dallas power pop quintet They Were Stars. It’s the first single off the band’s debut record, Own Your Atoms (which features a sweet art photography shot from our own Dylan Hollingsworth on the cover).It’s a nice little video to go with a…
Pitchfork.tv has launched a new series on its site today called “Cemetery Gates,” in which it invites an artist to perform a private show in a cemetery… in Brooklyn, of course, because, y’know, how deathly hip. And performing in said premiere episode? Why, it’s Dallas’ own St. Vincent, of course…
A couple local record label deals and signings went through this weekend–although, to be fair, the two acts involved couldn’t be more different.Late on Friday, Idol Records announced that it would be putting out the next disc from from former Sorta frontman Trey Johnson (above, right), called Mount Pelée. The…
Someone over at a music blog called Good bad Music for bad, bad Times, has done old Texas punk fans a real solid, posting the entirety of the 1979 Texas proto-punk compilation Are We Too Late For The Trend? compilation up for download.The compilation features some real gems, including tracks…
Weekend’s here. Rock ‘n’ roll and party time. Let’s dive right in. First, the shows we’ve already hipped you to this week…Tonight at the House of Blues, the Meat Puppets will toss you into a “Lake of Fire.” Also, up in Denton, there’s the Mothfight!, Florene and Red Faced Laughter…
My review of last night’s show at the Granada Thater is already up. So, y’know, go read it and marvel at my prose–I think the review reads quite pretty, if I may say so m’self.Unfortunately, my words don’t hold a candle to the shots taken by Dylan Hollingsworth last night…
Austin’s Guitar Hero-approved Lions are pretty much guaranteed to melt your face, what with the band’s flew-worthy licks and flair for the wicked and evil. Which is why, no doubt, Spune Productions looked to some of the heaviest hitters in the local set to open up the show for the…
St. VincentGranada TheaterJune 18, 2009 Better than: the first time you watch Bambi. Check out photos from the show in our slideshow, too.There she stood on stage, impossibly cherubic and near-porcelain with her noir-ish good looks, appearing oh-so-innocent one moment and possessed by something evil the next. It’s an alluring duality indeed, watching St…
If there’s one thing that’s for certain about Brooklyn’s Telepathe, it’s that the girl-fronted electro-dance act sure has it’s finger on the pulse of what the kids are digging today. The above single, “So Fine,” pretty much cuts its ’80s influences from the same cloth as many of the other…
Got word last night about the move from Third String Productions’ Mike Ziemer, who hopes booking shows like this might help him branch out beyond the suburban mall punk scene. All tickets purchased for The Max will be honored at Purgatory.At the very least, the move definitely ensures there will…
In just a few hours, at 8 p.m., things kick off at Good Records for the shoegaze-y Little Black Dress, which will be taking to the store this evening to celebrate the release of its debut disc, Snow in June. We’ve already offered up our take on the Exploding Plastic-released…
If all continues to shake out as they have been for the past few days, Billboard believes The Jonas Brothers’ this week-released album, Lines, Vines and Trying Times, will debut at the top of its album chart next week with a total of 275,000 to 300,000 units moved in the…
On Tuesday of next week, Spin will unleash Purplish Rain, a tribute record, quite obviously, for Prince’s Purple Rain, released in conjunction with an oral history of the disc that the magazine is also putting out next week. And it’s not just anybody on the disc: There’s contributions from Sharon…
Perhaps because there’s likely some overlap between the fans of St. Vincent and Jenny Lewis, or perhaps just because of wayward promotional concerns, if you purchase a ticket to Tuesday’s Granada show with Lewis at tonight’s St. Vincent performance, you’ll get a free 7″, special edition vinyl release of Lewis’…
At the risk of further over-hyping tonight’s performance from St. Vincent at the Granada Theater, check out the above clip of Annie Clark performing an unplugged version of “Actor Out Of Work” for this web video series called Lake Fever Sessions. It’s an interesting rendition for a few reasons, not…
