Last night’s Sorta show was kinda something special. First off, the band sounded great–like really, really good. Seems the few rehearsals the band in recent weeks had paid off. Best Sorta show I’ve ever seen, in fact. Which, I guess, isn’t really saying that much, as this was the first…
The latest game-changer in Dallas’ obsession with hip-hop dance crazes is area rapper Brandon Hampton, aka B-Hamp, whose ridiculously popular song, “Do the Ricky Bobby,” has been burning up the airwaves in recent weeks on 97.9 The Beat, K104 and even Kiss FM, and is currently listed at No. 78…
If’n you’ve got the urge to check out Stone Temple Pilots (pictured above), The Offspring and the other bands scheduled to play tomorrow’s Edgefest 18 show, well, you’ve come to the right place, I guess. The folks over at AEG Live, who are helping the people behind 102.1 The Edge…
With a supercharged EP just hitting the streets last week, Dallas’ own Mad Mexicans would appear on the precipice of bigger things. The Mexicans’ brand of politicized punk funk has just the right amount of Latino influence to appeal to fans across genre, and “United” is definitely the most powerful…
While the rest of us were taking in the Sorta show at House of Blues (more on that later), Observer Web editor Patrick Michels hit up the Palladium to geek out at Ben Folds’ concert. And, lookie here, he took some pictures (including the one above) and turned them into…
If you were wondering what is on Matt Kadane’s iPod, you’re in luck, as he’s the current Random Ruler for The AV Club. In case you’re unfamiliar with The AV Club, The Onion’s entertainment section, Random Rules is a feature wherein a musician puts his or her iPod on Shuffle…
This week’s Poster of the Week promotes the Matthew and the Arrogant Sea album release show Saturday night at Dan’s Silverleaf in Denton, with Robert Gomez and History At Our Disposal. The flyer is basically a reproduction of the Sarah Wilson-designed cover art for Family Family Family Meets The Magic…
Sorta’s Ward Williams, Trey Johnson and Danny Balis, a few years back. To be perfectly honest with you, I didn’t want to write the piece in this week’s paper about Sorta and the band’s self-titled, upcoming and final release–and for all the same reasons I didn’t want to recap the…
It’s been a couple months now since 32-year-old Dallas native and Jesuit grad Wyatt Cenac launched into The Daily Show’s cast by proclaiming that “George Bush doesn’t care about Wyatt people”–and about the same amount of time has passed since Unfair Park talked to Cenac about his new(ish) gig. But,…
The Butthole Surfers, The Golden Boys, Nervous Curtains Granada Theater October 22, 2008 Better than: Fighting the flu while listening to Psychic….Powerless…Another Man’s Sac. Download: (UPDATE) Check out our slide show from the show with photography by Hal Samples. Gibby Haynes, the son of Mr. Peppermint. (Hal Samples) Halloween is…
It’s a little eerie. And impossible to avoid, actually: When you sit down and listen to Sorta’s self-titled fifth—and, yep, it’s been confirmed, last—record, you can’t help but think that a number of these songs were written specifically for and about band member Carter Albrecht, who, at 34 years old,…
It seems that, in early September, the folks who run KDGE-102.1 FM The Edge finally got around to understanding what everyone else already knew: The station’s annual rock concert, which, in theory, is supposed to comprise of some of the station’s heaviest hitters and rock ‘n’ roll’s biggest draws, kinda…
Let’s hope Saturday is not when Moby reaches for his revolver. (Moby) In case you hadn’t heard by now, Meltdown, Lizard Lounge’s enormous annual block party, has a whale of a headliner this year. Moby, the guy who provided the soundtrack to every commercial, TV show and movie released around…
The University of North Texas might well have the worst football team in the state–and that’s including high schools. Seems Coach Todd Dodge is having a bit of trouble repeating the success he had when he led Southlake Carroll to numerous state championships. Yet here it is, homecoming weekend (vs…
Weezer, Angels & Airwaves Nokia Theatre October 21, 2008 Better than: Trying to pretend I’m not a nerd and attending the Girl Talk show, I guess. Sure, it was a little goofy. But, when Weezer came out on stage last night to launch into its hour-and-a-half-long set at Nokia Theatre…
Uh Huh Her The Loft October 21, 2008 Better Than: Hanging out with the 15 year-olds at the Girl Talk show downstairs. Apparently the Sue Ellen’s crowd heard that the girl from The L Word was in town with her band and that they were playing at The Loft last…
Girl Talk Palladium Ballroom October 21, 2008 Better than: The time you were 15 years old and your best friend’s parents went out of town and left a 12-pack of Molson Canadian in the fridge. It’s the Tuesday night of midterm week, but that didn’t stop revelry-craving college students from…
Robert already hipped Unfair Park readers to the South Dallas Pop documentary airing tomorrow night on KERA, but, hell, we’ll do it, too. ‘Cause, really, as this KERA video interview with festival thrower Roger Boykin shows, 1970’s The South Dallas Pop Festival was kind of a big deal. For the…
So, it seems that Thursday night’s Cold War Kids gig at Lola’s in Fort Worth has been sold out for three weeks now. Why? Well, Darryl Smyers’ interview with Cold War Kids bassist Matt Maust, which you can read in tomorrow/Thursday’s print edition, tries to answer that question. The answer…
The New Frontiers, we hardly knew ye. (Gabriel Hernandez) Sad news was sent out last night when The New Frontiers pulled the ol’ “It’s not you, it’s us!” card and announced that it’d be breaking up after its upcoming string of area shows. When it comes to the local music,…
Didn’t see this coming, not after openly speculating that Janet Jackson could cancel… But, turns out, it’s LL Cool J who won’t make tomorrow night’s concert at the AAC. The press release statement is short and sweet: LL Cool J will no longer be performing on the Janet Jackson headlining…
The Death Set, doing its live thing. (Justin Kelly) Hey, check this out: Tonight’s show at The Lounge, which features Baltimore’s The Death Set as its headliner, is f-r-e-e to attend. If, that is, you’re over 21. If not, this sucker’ll cost you 10 bones. But for the over 21…
