OK, so there’s a clause at the bottom of the press release we just received–y’know “The list is subject to change” blah, blah blah–but lo and behold, here it is: The first round of announced performers for the 23rd SXSW festival, schedule to take place this year March 18-22. After…
First: Yes, the above trailer for The Minis is, indeed, quite real.Second: Yes, that is The Polyphonic Spree’s “Soldier Girl” setting the inspirational mood at the end of the trailer. Insert your own joke, I guess. –Pete Freedman…
A good five hours before his band was set to perform for the first time in four months, Fair to Midland frontman Darroh Sudderth awkwardly ambled about the empty pre-show confines of the Curtain Club early Saturday evening, doing his best to prepare for the night ahead. Mostly, though, his…
Sure, 2008 may be done, but the list-making still continues… This year, five contributors to the Dallas Observer’s music section were asked to participate in the Village Voice’s annual Pazz & Jop critics’ poll, which compiles the lists of hundreds of music critics across the country into one massive, hopefully…
Sure, 2008 may be done, but the list-making still continues… This year, five contributors to the Dallas Observer’s music section were asked to participate in the Village Voice’s annual Pazz & Jop critics’ poll, which compiles the lists of hundreds of music critics across the country into one massive, hopefully…
Sure, 2008 may be done, but the list-making still continues… This year, five contributors to the Dallas Observer’s music section were asked to participate in the Village Voice’s annual Pazz & Jop critics’ poll, which compiles the lists of hundreds of music critics across the country into one massive, hopefully…
The good news just keeps rolling in for Airline: After recently earning a spot to play in the upcoming RedGorilla Fest, the band has just now announced that has also inked a licensing deal with MTV, The Oxygen Network and E! to have their music used on several shows for…
…which is to say that The New Year is still receiving plenty of love for its great self-titled 2008 release (and from people other than us!). Today, Stereogum returns to The New Year well to offer up a free mp3 of the song “MMV” from the band’s recent disc. Furthermore,…
Hailing from Minneapolis, Off With Their Heads continues the impressive lineage of Twin Cities punk rock that began with Husker Du, Soul Asylum and The Replacements back in the ’80s. From the Bottom, the band’s most recent effort, is packed full of spite and bile, just as good punk record…
Just about a month ago, we first passed along word of the creation of Exploding Plastic Records, the new Idol Records sub-label that plans to focus primarily on putting out records from a more artsy crop of artists than Idol normally backs. And, today, the label has confirmed what sub-label…
…that we mentioned just one post ago. There’s something very interesting about this list: It’s based on a pretty loose definition of “faith-inspired”. Like very loose. Like, enough so that bands like Delta Spirit, Bodies of Water, The Mae Shi, Cloud Cult and Cold War Kids make the Top 50…
Please, please, please do yourself a favor and watch the beautiful, incredible, Josh Pearson-starring, Jon Todd Collins-directed video for Doug Burr’s “Should’ve Known”, off 2007’s On Promenade. Amazing stuff–if, OK, a little curious in terms of its release.Why release a song off Burr’s 2007 disc when another disc, his new,…
At the Cavern last night, Gorilla Vs. Bear and Radio UTD co-hosted a little listening party for Animal Collective’s Merriweather Post Pavillion and, heading into the event, there were a whole slew of things that seemed stacked against the idea…The weather–it was freakin’ freezing out.The power outages from the freakin’…
Undone: A MusicFest Tribute to Robert Earl Keen hits the streets in a couple of weeks, and the double disk set features a handful of talented local artists, including Max Stalling, one of the area’s best country singer/songwriters (who takes on “No Kinda Dancer,” quite possibly Keen’s most renowned number,…
Your daily dose of national music news for Tuesday, January 6, 2009… Someone hacked into Britney Spears’ Twitter account to let the world know that her cooter is four feet wide and has teeth. Yikes! TMI, Brit! 50 Cent has been signed by a liquor company to help market their cognac. I guess…
Sorry for the slow blog day, folks. As one commenter already put it, things have been quite slow around town of late. Oh well. Things get better soon, though. Like, say, tonight, at the Cavern, for instance, where Chris Cantalini of the Dallas-based tastemaking blog Gorilla Vs. Bear, will be…
Some great stuff from the “way back when” files popped up on the Internet this morning, courtesy Dragon Street Records owner David Dennard, who, once upon a time, helped produce Deep Ellum greats like Shallow Reign in the studio and put out the earliest Tripping Daisy releases on his label…
Well, the weekend’s officially caput. Here’s what you’ve forgotten already (maybe). First, a couple videos from show that actually happened pretty early last week: Todd Snider……and Mando Saenz, who together split a bill on Tuesday night at the Granada…
The New Frontiers, This Will Destroy You, GazellesClub DadaSaturday, January 3, 2009 Better Than: Sitting at home on your ass, not supporting local music. You’d think that going to Club Dada to see the last show by a local band wasn’t on most people’s agenda for warm winter Saturday night…
Your daily dose of national music news for Monday, January 5, 2009… A coroner found that Dr. Dre’s son died of an overdose of heroin and morphine. Brian Warner Marilyn Manson wants Trent Reznor and ex-wife Dita Von Teese to testify on his behalf. Manson is being sued by his former drummer…
Wait–it’s just now the weekend? Coulda fooled us, as it’s been hard not to feel like we’re the only ones in the world working today…Oh, well. Anyway, here’s your weekend. In music, of course.First, the shows we’ve already dropped knowledge on…Saturday night’s a big ‘un in Ellum, what with it…
Talk about a coup: Tomorrow night at the Curtain Club, a venue that seemed half-asleep throughout much of 2008, one of the best stages in Dallas will play host to what’s sure to be a crowded, eventful night. The lineup features three of the regions best hard rock acts: The…
