What better place to start this week’s Weekend Roundup than with last week’s Aural Ambush victims, er, subjects, Grand Ole Party, who played The Cavern on Saturday night?…
Abilene-based country-tinged crooner Micah P. Hinson, whose played more than his fair share of DFWd gigs over the years, got himself a write-up on Stereogum’s The ‘Gum Drop today. Check it. –Pete Freedman…
The Strange Boys play Dada tomorrow. We’ve already spotlighted a few of tonight’s shows (Evangelicals/Frog Eyes), Saturday’s shows (The Cats & Dogs Benefit, Eric Hutchinson, Corey Smith, Justin Townes Earle, Grand Ole Party/Man Factory, Fight Bite) and Sunday’s shows (Rilo Kiley). So here’s the best o’ the rest… Menkena 9…
What you missed this week on DC9 as our nation collectively poked its noses way too far into the Hogan family’s business… – We rocked out with Robert Smith and The Cure. Or was it The Joker and his henchmen? – We got schooled at Booker T. Washington’s homecoming event…
The Spree take a stand…against injustice! (Hal Samples) A new twist on an old joke… Q: How many members of the Polyphonic Spree does it take to file a lawsuit? A: One to file it…and 27 to sing about how beautifully litigious it is. New developments on the TVT Records…
These days, when so many of us get much of our music digitally, it’s easy to overlook interesting album artwork and innovative packaging. To commend musicians, artists and record labels that create a good reason to buy a hard copy, we’re spotlighting their work in this randomly recurring feature…
Forever the promotional push. (Evan Hunt) Dallas’ own Forever the Sickest Kids, who are about to head out on the road as part of this summer’s Warped Tour, performed on Late Night with Conan O’Brien last night… … I know. Believe me, I know. We’ll have the video as soon…
Yep. We got your tix right here. First person to email me with…hmmm…”You’ve Got Your Moneymaker” in the subject line gets the tickets. Update: The contest–which took all of five minutes–is over. Congrats to our winner. –Pete Freedman…
After shaking up the Kerrville Folk Festival, Fort Worth’s outlaw country diva Glitter Rose played Poor David’s Pub last week and is now packing her bags for Nashville. Rose has been invited to perform at the NAMM Summer Conference, June 20-22. (That’s the National Association of Music Merchants for the…
This week, we grabbed our $20 discman, popped in a CD from Grand Ole Party and drove over to the Half Price Books on Northwest Highway. After the ambushees consented to donning our headphones, we pressed play, nudged up the volume up and subjected them to “Look Out Young Son,”…
Daniel Rodrigue knocked his piece on Evangelicals out of the park in this week’s paper (seriously, go read it). But that’s not all we’ve got for you on the Evangelicals front… Bonus mp3: It’s a fairly poppy track, darkened up by graveyard-like winds and howls in the background. Interesting stuff,…
Ryu won’t like Blanka when he gets angry… For many bands, video games are an amusing distraction at best. Practicing at the home of a member who owns a console can be a risky endeavor, as a spontaneous game of Halo or Madden might stretch into an hours-long tournament. That’s…
We always appreciate it when visual artists and musicians collaborate, whether it’s by putting on a big event, holding a concert in a gallery or museum, or complementing live music with interesting visuals. But we don’t want to overlook the smaller ways in which visual artists and musicians work together,…
Grassfight. Not fighting grass, oddly enough. (Justin Tennison) Dave Sims, scribe of our weekly Denton-focused column “North of the Dial,” checks in with promising Denton-bred four-piece Grassfight in this week’s installment, discussing both Radiohead and the insularity of the Denton scene with vocalist Nathan Forester. Unfortunately, the band’s not on…
Mates of State, Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears, Headlights Granada Theater June 11, 20008 Mates of State, with a full band for once. (Merritt Martin) Better than: Stressing out over the Top Chef season finale. Download: Merritt Martin snapped some shops for your viewing pleasure. Walking into the Granada,…
Ryan Bingham would probably fare better if he didn’t call Austin home; Lord knows there’s a crap-ton of Americana, alt-country and folk artists traveling around Texas—probably too many. And in that glut, it’s easy to see how a talented singer-songwriter like Bingham might get lost in the shuffle. Especially if…
You know who went to my high school? Karl Ravech, host of ESPN’s Baseball Tonight. Or so rumor has it. To be perfectly honest, I’m not even sure it’s true. But the sports junkies at my high school used to think it was pretty awesome. Hey, someone to look up…
For those curious to hear what Steve Earle’s son, Justin Townes Earle, actually sounds like on record, well, we got your answer. Bonus mp3: Old-school? Absolutely. Any good? Sure, I can dig it. And, again, you can catch him at The Loft on Saturday, if you so choose. –Pete Freedman…
We ran this story last week, previewing tonight’s Mates of State gig at The Granada. Now, an added bonus: We’ve got a pair of tickets to give away to tonight’s show–and, even better, we’re hooking you up with the chance to meet the band before it heads on stage. So,…
Eating burgers, drinking beers and spending a day with your four-legged best friend sounds like an ideal way to spend a Saturday. How could you possibly improve on that? Well, by adding the chance to see Ella Minnow, RTB2, Tre Orsi and Record Hop all on the same bill, along…
My old pal Keven McAlester just finished his latest Old 97’s video, this one for “Dance With Me” off the band’s new Blame it on Gravity. And, really, need we say more: “Starring Tricia Helfer from Battlestar Galactica!” –Robert Wilonsky…
With Jakob Dylan releasing the mostly acoustic Seeing Things and finally accepting the fact that he’s Bob’s son, it would seem that progeny living up to their names is coming into vogue. Justin Townes Earle, son of alt-country godfather Steve Earle, can now be considered part of this surprising trend…
