…and look who got some decent face time! Yes, that’s right: Apples drummer and Dallas native John Dufilho (who you may as the frontman for local favorites The Deathray Davies and I Love Math). Check it out: Guy can run a count-off, huh? –Pete Freedman…
Let’s get Reatarded in here. Bad news, folks: Jay Reatard’s been removed from tonight’s bill at Club Dada. The Strange Boys and Cheap Time, the opening acts for tonight’s show, will still play–but that’s a big headliner Dada just lost. So…um…why’s he out? Well, I just got off the horn…
I know I didn’t buy the Pantera drummer’s old kitchen appliance. And I also know it’s no longer listed for auction. So the real question is: Who did buy it? And did they even care that it was Vinnie Paul’s? –Pete Freedman…
Norah’s got a live DVD jones. A couple news items from the inbox today, both about locally bred musicians who’ve long since left Dallas for greater fame and fortune… On September 2, New West Records (home to the Old 97’s, among others) will be releasing a new live DVD from…
I guess there’s life after BRMC for Club Dada, after all. ‘Cause, tonight, the club’s hosting another act that could draw a pretty decent number of people down to Deep Ellum: Garage pop/punk/rock/whatever he’s feeling at the moment wonder Jay Reatard (who we wrote about in this week’s paper). And,…
Like sands through the hourglass, these are the Dallas music-related videos posted to Youtube this weekend. Snoop Dogg opened for 311 this past weekend at Superpages.com Center. Which proved that…well, that 311 is way bigger of a draw than I will ever pretend to understand it to be. Also, it…
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club Acoustic Show Club Dada August 1, 2008 Better Than: One show for the price of two. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club goes acoustic. (Daniel Rodrigue) We warned you that the Black Rebel Motorcycle Club show at Club Dada would be a big deal. When BRMC played House…
Wilonsky says this one got his Poster of the Week vote. (Mark Roberts) I can’t even begin to tell you how excited I am that the week is finally over–been real busy ’round here and whatnot. But things are only gonna get more and more busy now that the weekend’s…
The Granada Theater marquis tells it like it is. (Hal Samples) OK, folks, let’s put a bow on this sucker. if you wanna see even more photos of our DOMA showcase and awards show, go here, where Hal Samples has gone ahead and uploaded like a million bajillion photos from…
Trust me: This photo will make sense if you keep reading. Just a few months back–before the ownership changes at Club Dada and before news of the opening of the Lounge on Elm Street (next week, natch)–we were ready to hang things up and Deep Ellum. Least, far as music…
Will Johnson takes a load off at Good Records. Stage Dumps–a Denton-based blog that features candid live photos of musicians who, while trying to rock out, end up looking like they’re dropping a deuce–has been having its hot, smelly day in the sun lately, thanks to some national linkage. On…
A few months back, when I first stumbled across the myspace page of local alt-country singer Nicholas Altobelli, I was taken aback by the maturity that this youngster displayed. Like a pleasant version of Ryan Adams, Altobelli’s mix of classic, Dylanesque folk and more modern singer/songwriter fare resonated through his…
Although Live From the River Road Icehouse, Darryl Lee Rush’s sophomore effort, has been out for almost a year, a new video for the song “Lot” premiered last week at Trinity Hall in Mockingbird Station. (You can watch it here.) “Lot” is one of two studio recordings that appeared on…
Sarah Jaffe stays focused, glasses or no glasses. (Allison V. Smith) A little treat to end the day: Robert Jenkins of Summer Break Records just stopped by the office to drop off the latest–and this time, we’re told, final–version of folk wunderkind Sarah Jaffe’s EP, Even Born Again, which is…
This week’s poster was designed by Emil Rapstine, lead singer of The Angelus and one of the musicians on this bill, which also includes Will Johnson and Micah P. Hinson. As you can see, it’s a symmetrical, fairly simple design. Music editor Pete Freedman remarked that it looks like it…
Denton’s Fight Bite keeps getting all sorts of Internet love–last week alone, the band found itself, again, with mentions on Stereogum and Gorilla vs Bear, among other blogs and local publications–despite the fact that the band’s disc won’t see an official national release until October (well, as is currently planned;…
We’re still waiting on this new-ish album, but two other Tomorrowpeople albums are now on iTunes. Yesterday, just a day after we mentioned the fact that Tomorrowpeople were still waiting for iTunes to make their music available, Erich Scholz emailed to let us know that Marijuana Beach and Golden Energy…
It happened so quickly. First, the sudden drop in my stomach. Then getting worried about the time. Then the frantic fumbling through my pocket, trying to find my cell phone. Then seeing the time—right around 11 o’clock. Aw, crap! I grabbed two singles out of my wallet, rushed up to…
Calling this booking a “coup” is like calling King Kong just another monkey. How about “complete and utter shocker”? That’s closer: Club Dada’d be hard-pressed to hold more than 450 people in its space, and last time Black Rebel Motorcycle Club played Dallas—as part of a Jack Daniel’s promotion—they nearly…
To end the day today, I give you the above image, a hand-drawn flowchart given to the music editor at our sister paper in St. Louis (ye good ole RFT) after she openly asked (and I’m paraphrasing) “So why, again, do so many people still give a shit about the…
Life will imitate art imitating life on Nov 12 at Nokia Theatre. Me? I’d prefer it better if, say, this game toured: Quick, grab the umbrella! –Pete Freedman…
Wasn’t able to make it to Sons on Saturday night to see Apples in Stereo play the homey Deep Ellum venue. (Total sidenote: It’s a nice venue, but I don’t get why everyone’s always so up in arms over-the-top crazy about the place. Are people just really big Marty McFly…
