Torche is gonna burn this mother to the ground. (Ryan Russel) It’s a pretty heavy night at the Lounge tomorrow Friday night as Torche, Clouds and Black Cobra take to the stage for some serious face-melting. And it’s a nice pull for the Lounge, too. As Observer contributor Michael Alan…
Fort Worth’s Green River Ordinance, not to be confused with Mark Arm and Stone Gossard’s recently reunited Sub Pop band, will release its major label debut early next year on EMI/Virgin, according to a press release from EMI music. Out Of My Hands, the follow-up to the band’s independent 2006…
So. Danielson is playing the Granada tomorrow night. Cryptacize and Mount Righteous open. It’ll either be the most adorable show ever or most annoying show ever, depending on where you stand on these bands. If you fall into the likely “adorable” pile, then, boy, do I have a deal for…
I don’t really know what else there is to say about Q-Tip that hasn’t been said yet at this point. Dude’s a legend in the hip-hop world thanks to his work in A Tribe Called Quest and, now, based on the early raves, his new release, The Renaissance. And The…
In this week’s paper, Observer contributor Eric W. Saeger tackles the subject of L.A. rapper MURS: Now boasting a Warner Bros. contract, he nevertheless continues to lampoon the pigeonholes into which MCs are known to fall; he describes his music as “Sitcom Rap,” taking elements from everyday life and making…
The Sword is rapier-like. (Jack Thompson) Back when we previewed Ozzfest for August 6 issue, I wrote the following about Austin’s The Sword: J.D. Cronise’s lead vocals give the band’s brutal, impressive songwriting (which incorporates a hint of classic rock) a medieval, fantastic quality. Oh, and the band’s 2008 release,…
For reals. –Pete Freedman…
Take this with a grain of salt, Denton, as the magazine also lists She & Him’s Volume One as the album of the year (sure, Zooey Deschanel’s a looker, but is the album really that good?), but congratulations are in order: Paste magazine’s December issue hit the stands this week…
Rick Nielsen and his quintuple-neck guitar, which is perhaps one of the reasons writer Darryl Smyers refers to him as “uber-nerd.” Last week, Sony Legacy released a 30th anniversary edition box set of At Budokan, Cheap Trick’s remarkable entrance into popular culture. Sure, the Illinois quartet had released three previous…
The new Dimebag Darrell Abbott book/DVD He Came To Rock earns its release today with the claim that it’s the first book about the legendary Pantera guitarist’s life (a fact that certainly can’t sit too well with a certain other Dimebag biographer…), and, unlike the other upcoming book about the…
The recently reunited, Grammy Award-winning Digable Planets, who broke up nearly as quickly as they rose to fame in the early ’90s, are stopping through town tonight to bring their hip-hop and jazz fusion to the Granada Theater’s stage. And, yessir, we’ve got your tickets right here on DC9–three pairs,…
Here’s great news for anyone who wants to trip their balls off Thursday night, or who can appreciate what the Angelika web site calls “a mind-blowing, almost indescribable mix of fantasy, religious symbolism, horror and humor” without chemicals: The Dallas Angelika Theater will screen a remastered 35-mm print of Alejandro…
The Denton-bred, Austin-refined Riverboat Gamblers, just a few weeks removed from a return to DdFW for a couple of shows, have officially announced the details surrounding the band’s upcoming 2009 disc, Underneath The Owl–which is basically to say that the band has officially set the release date for March 10…
Method Man and Redman House of Blues November 16, 2008 Better than: Smoking out at home and watching How High–not that I’ve done that or anything… The return of Method Man and Redman to Dallas came at a bittersweet cost for some concertgoers. In particular, my entourage, who sent me…
of Montreal House of Blues November 14, 2008 Better Than: Damn near every other concert that comes to my mind that didn’t involve eating a handful of mushrooms while watching Tripping Daisy at Starplex. With sequins, glitter, confetti, feathers and body paint, the glam was heavy in the air last…
Kinda an interesting weekend upon us, now that it’s the end of the day on Friday and all. While there’s a lot happening early next week, the weekend’s kinda dry as big, big shows go. Anyway, onto the show’s we already told you about… Tonight, there’s a big one (Of…
Oh my, they are already beginning to trickle in… Those pesky, quickly made Christmas-themed–sorry, I mean holiday-themed [Jewish Editor’s Note: Damn right you did!]–musical products are already hitting shelves everywhere. Hell, I got a Christmas CD by Christian/pop singer Amy Grant in May! But, sadly and predictably, most of the…
Dear rare Dallas music fan who wouldn’t mind being seen in Uptown this weekend, According to this blog post I just stumbled across, there’s gonna be some sort of Wii Music demonstration thing with street performers and stuff tomorrow and Sunday at West Village. Might be cool. Dunno. But it…
Chris Plavidal, lead singer for Stumptone, designed this week’s Poster of the Week. “The image is some kind of World War I propaganda poster,” he explains. “I found it on Google. I forget what I was searching for, but I found all these old, cool Soviet stamps that have strange,…
Tonight at the Double Wide, in honor of the great Chelsea Callahan’s birthday, the venue is throwing Cha-Cha’s 5th Annual Rock-And-Roll for Charity. And it’s a pretty busy event, starting tonight at 8 and running until the bar closes at 2 in the morn’. There’s free bbq from Sonny Bryan’s…
OMFG: Maybe you saw Gossip Girl this week and you were, like, totally captivated by the storylines: Where will Jenny live now? Why does Dan always have to have such a conscience? What’s up with Serena’s new boy-toy? Also: Blair got totally out-smarted, WTF?!?! Not that I’ve ever seen the…
No one’s gonna mistake Lower Greenville’s The Libertine for a live music venue–DJ nights and Scaraoke aside–but anyone who’s ever spent a few minutes in this phenomenal establishment knows two things: a) As Lower Greenville bars go, The Libertine’s over-PA playlist is tops, and b) the people who put the…
