It’s been five years now–almost to the day–since Slow Roosevelt officially called it quits. But, as it now seems, there was always an opening for a reunion: “Who knows?” frontman Pete Thomas told the Observer in a March 18, 2004, article detailing the band’s desicision to end its run. “Some…
Clint Barlow, the soon-to-be-former talent buyer for Firewater, checks in today to confirm the news about the club closing tomorrow night. Turns out, despite the timing, it’s not an April Fool’s joke. “No,” Barlow says. “It’s not. I wish it was.”Oddly enough, the club’s closing has been impending for some…
Two weeks from tomorrow, Robert Gomez will release Pine Sticks and Phosphorus on his own Nova Posta Vinyl label. You can stream a few of the songs from the upcoming disc on Robert’s label. But perhaps you’d like one for the road, maybe to put onto your iPod? Sure thing…Bonus…
Well, it sure looks that way, as the above poster, hosted on Firewater’s Myspace page and sent out as a Myspace bulletin a few minutes ago, is pretty clear with its big lettering: “Firewater Will Close.” So, too, is the headline of the bulletin that went out: “FIREWATER IS CLOSING…
Let’s jump right in, shall we? First, the show’s we’ve already hyped…Tonight, there’s the PVC Street Gang, Cocky Americans and Hormones Unlimited show at The Cavern and, also, the Eli Young Band’s return to DFW at the House of Blues.Saturday’s particularly busy with Salim Nourallah’s CD release show at Sons…
We all know the story. So no need to dwell on that.Instead, let’s go ahead and get down to the goods–which, in this case, is three pairs of tickets to the Granada for tomorrow night’s final Black Tie Dynasty show, which will feature opening sets from two other highly regarded…
Seven months after the album’s release (and not a moment too soon), The Theater Fire’s pretty excellent Matter and Light has been reviewed by the tastemakers over Pitchfork this morning, and the album’s earned itself a very respectable 7.4 rating from critic Stephen M. Deusner.And unlike so many Pitchfork reviews,…
If you spot blogger and former Club Dada owner Amanda Warr (the local music supporter formerly known as Amanda Newman) around town sporting a fresh, new look in the coming weeks, well, you can thank/blame local Americana outfit Eastwood for the switch. Warr was ambushed last night by the people…
Big news out of Calhoun camp this week as the great Tim-Locke-led Fort Worth band has learned that the final song off of its excellent Falter.Waver.Cultivate disc, “The Earth Has Lost Its Hold,” will air at some point during the April 13 episode of NBC’s quite entertaining geek-turned-CIA agent action-comedy…
It’s no secret that we’re big Annie Clark (aka St. Vincent) fans around these parts. So we’re pretty much giddy about the two new mp3s from the former Dallasite that are making the rounds on the blogosphere today–ones you should definitely check out and download ASAP.The first finds Clark pairing…
[Last week, we asked a few bands to check in with us from time to time over the course of the week to tell us about their SXSW experiences. Now, with the fest over, those diatribes are starting to show. Johnny Lloyd Rollins’ take on the fest is a little…
On some level, yes, perhaps this was inevitable. But after many locals realizing it for some time now, it seems that the Chicago-based hip-hop duo The Cool Kids–or more likely, the people who represent them–have finally been hipped to the fact that, here in DFW, there exists a lo-fi punk…
With ABC News and Pitchfork Media pairing up for CD reviews and all, maybe it’s not so surprising to see former Dallas-based artist Alan Palomo and his VEGA project getting some love from ABC News in this segment the national news organization ran today (sorry–can’t figure out how to embed)…
It’s hard to believe him at first. Or maybe it’s that you just don’t want to believe him. So, reflexively, when Salim Nourallah offhandedly mentions that his newest record, Constellation, is also likely his last, your first inclination is to smile it off. It just has to be a joke…
It wasn’t supposed to be like this. Not at all. By most accounts, this wasn’t supposed to be a strong year for the annual South by Southwest Music Conference and Festival in Austin. Nope. If anything, 2009 was supposed to be the year that the economy took the festival down…
[Last week, we asked a few bands to check in with us from time to time over the course of the week to tell us about their SXSW experiences. Now, with the fest over, those diatribes are starting to show. Here’s Telegraph Canyon frontman Chris Johnson’s SXSW diary, for your…
If all goes to plan (which never happens, but we’ll see), we should have a few more belated dispatches from bands who played SXSW popping up in the next couple of hours and/or days. (Speaking of which: Do yourself a favor and read The O’s’ dispatch. Trust me).In the meantime,…
Congratulations are in order for University of North Texas professor Cindy McTee this afternoon, as McTee has won this year’s Detroit Symphony Orchestra Elaine Lebenbom Memorial Award for Female Composers, which each year is dolled out to one living female composer for, well, her work in musical composition, of course…
[Last week, we asked a few bands to check in with us from time to time over the course of the week to tell us about their SXSW experiences. Now, with the fest over, those diatribes are starting to show. Here’s The O’s’ take on SXSW…] Thursday, March 19, 2009Dear…
Not sure exactly what the holdup is, but over on Blabbermouth today–your source, apparently, for all things wrong with the fact that former Observer music editor Zac Crain is writing a book about the late, great Dimebag Darrell–comes the news that Crain’s 288-page Black Tooth Grin: The High Life, Good…
Dallas’ own Erykah Badu had herself quite the weekend, turns out. More eventful than yours, I’m guessing. Unless, that is, you somehow managed to……evade a stalker (as Unfair Park unearths this morning) and get delayed on your travels to SXSW….have your manager announce to the audience at your free SXSW…
[jump] Act: Gil Mantera’s Party Dream, an over-the-top electro-synth pop/sex rock act from Youngstown, Ohio.Where: Emo’s Main RoomWhat It Was Like: Watching a Spinal Tap-like parody of ironic hipster dance acts. Frontman and band namesake Gil Mantera is a hell of a charatcer, commenting on how thankful he was that…
