If you prefer the flavor of YouTube, you can check out the video here.To borrow an old cliche, Dale Jones is riddle wrapped in a mystery wrapped in an enigma. Mostly because, when you first meet the man, who, while performing, goes by the moniker New Science Projects, he seems…
We admittedly know very little about them here in the office (sorry, fellas), but, in black metal circles, it seems Plano-based black metal band ABSU are nothing to shake a stick at. Hell, some might even call them “pioneers” of the genre. Some, including Pitchfork to be precise, which, early…
Like VEGA before her, St. Vincent is now the feature of some ABC News adoration, as the network continues to make a strong push to up its indie cred and web presence. Earlier this week, ABC’s music-centric web feature, “Amplified”, debuted this five-minute clip, in which host Dan Harris met…
In a press release sent out earlier this week, the Toadies and Kirtland Records, now with one successful Dia de Los Toadies event (which featured Dove Hunter, Lions, THe BAcksliders, The Tejas Brothers and, of course, the band for which the fest was named) under their belts, have announced the…
Last week, Live Nation, the national concert booking and promoting conglomerate that books to Superpages.com Center and other large venues throughout the region, offered up the concert-going public what it thought would be a nice little respite to the recession: One day (Wednesday) in which service fees were scrapped on…
If you ignore a brief dalliance from back in 1989, then, yes, today sees the official release of Rhett Miller’s third solo record, a self-titled affair that’s been getting the Old 97’s frontman a whole lot of early attention from outlets like Pitchfork and Billboard, among others–including Magnet magazine, which,…
Well, we asked for it (OK, passively), and now we’ve got it (Yay!): Come this fall, the 91.7 frequency on your FM dial will be all music, all the time. The folks at KERA just sent out a press release announcing that their organization has purchased the frequency and has…
Recently spoke with Eric Landrum, program director of The Indie-verse, the HD radio station that came to town just about a year ago, looking to cater to the more learned area music fans of the region, after flicking on an HD tuner to 105.3-2 FM (the HD frequency the station…
Tomorrow night, The Lounge on Elm Street will play host to a show that, well, is pretty much as trendy and hip as a show can get. And, no, that’s not a damning description.Headlining the bill is Toronto’s mind-blowing live act Holy Fuck, which features four members tweaking various sound-makers–both…
In this week’s print edition, Observer contributor Elliott Johnston faced the not-so-big task of making tonight’s Little Joy show at Club Dada seem like it’s worth your time. Again, not exactly the toughest feat in the world. Writes Johnston:”Rock critics are seduced by the tendency to call out an album…
Another weekend’s come and gone, which means, yup, it’s time again to reminisce on your fuzzy memories with some help from Youtube.Animal Collective on Thursday, June 4, at the House of BluesDaniel Rodrigue already reviewed this show for us, which, sure, didn’t happen over the weekend, but came close enough…
Tonight, at the Hydrant Cafe, Spune Productions has booked a performance from the Maryland-based Cotton Jones–check ’em out performing in the above in-studio clip for the Seattle based radio station KEXP. Theirs is an interesting sound, combining elements of lo-fi, ambience, pop, psychedelia and folk into a strange, but certainly…
Over on Unfair Park, you can read Megan Feldman’s take on opening day at the new spacecraft Cowboys Stadium in Arlington. But if you’re looking for mine? Well, you’ll have to wait until Wednesday (when my column comes out with the print edition), to see my thoughts on the drunks…
Why, yes, that is R. Kelly playing from my computer speakers in the office right now. Which means it must be the weekend. And means I must be running late on posting Good Friday. My sincerest apologies. Here are your weekend plans, friends. First up, the shows we’ve already hyped.Tonight’s…
One more giveaway to take care of this afternoon before we get into what should be a pretty crazy weekend of live music shows (it’s kinda ridiculous, actually, how much is going on). This one comes courtesy of Mike Snider and Sons of Hermann Hall, which, tonight, will play host…
If you roll your mouse over the above embedded flash player, you’ll see that, right there, in the middle of page 46 of this month’s URB magazine, there’s a little wrap-up on Dallas’ own Damaged Good$ who made the cut in the magazine’s 15th annual “Next 100” feature on up-and-coming…
In case, maybe, you’re the kind of person who says, “Hey, self: You know what I’d love to see?” And your immediate answer is an emphatic “St. Vincent as a puppet, introducing some music videos!” well, you, kind friend, are probably gonna flip your shit right about now. Because, lookie…
Since Disney teen star Selena Gomez is apparently all about promoting local produce (seen her Borden milk commercials yet?), I guess we can return the favor and mention this: The Grand Prairie native has joined forces with her fellow Dallas suburbanites in Forever the Sickest Kids to record a remix…
Oh, Westlake. You so crazy!…
In this week’s paper, you’ll see a profile of Bonnie “Prince” Billy (nee Will Oldham) penned by my LA Weekly counterpart Randall Roberts, who had the pleasure of joining the reclusive Mr. Oldham for drinks a few weeks back at an LA hotel. The result? Some incredible quotes, that’s for…
The Helio Sequence, the Sub Pop-signed, Beaverton, Oregon-based duo behind one of my favorite discs of 2008 (Keep Your Eyes Ahead; that’s the title track in the video above) stop through town tonight for a gig at The Loft. And the band knows how to put on a show, so…
Alejandro Escovedo, The Strange BoysSons of Hermann HallJune 4, 2009Better than: Putting up with the crowds at the House of Blues for the Animal Collective show. (A review of that show should be up shortly) It wasn’t exactly an energetic start to the evening at Sons of Hermann Hall: There…
