Known for high kicks and good times. Caught up with American Werewolf Academy frontman Aaron Thedford after hearing word that his power pop act was heading to The Echo Lab this weekend to record some tracks for its next record. “We’re finishing it up” he says, before cautiously continuing, “…hopefully…
Maybe a month and a half or two months ago–I’m blanking at the moment–back when Shibboleth was still doing its month-long artist-in-residence thing at Club Dada, I found myself at the Deep Ellum club on a Thursday night, asking club co-owner Amanda Newman some questions for an article I was…
Jeffrey Ross is kind of a jerk. But, then again, that’s kind of the snide comedian’s shtick. More than likely, you know him from his role in the New York Friars Club and Comedy Central roasts, where he’s been known to put down everyone and everything in the room in…
With the release of his 1991 novel, the darkly comical and ground-breaking American Psycho, Bret Easton Ellis confirmed his place as a star in the world of contemporary literature, telling the tale of Patrick Bateman, a 1980s Wall Street investment banker, stuck somewhere between local celebrity and being lost in…
Rhett Miller sounds surprisingly at ease. Not eager. Not too excited. Pleased. He blissfully discusses the new Old 97’s record, Blame It on Gravity. And yet, he also does so ever so carefully. He thinks about each question, mulls over each word choice and all the while reflects on how…
Sloppyworld’s announcement came first. We’d written about the Exposition Park DIY venue twice in print: first in January, profiling it as a promising new local venue, and then again in February, this time because of its involvement with the Melodica Festival. About a month later, Sloppyworld owner and operator John…
Jemina Pearl’s seen the other acts the music industry passes off as “punk rock” these days—and the fiery front woman for the pretty effin’ legit punk rock throwback Be Your Own Pet just ain’t buying it. “I don’t think anyone really knows what punk means anymore,” she says over her…
“Spice-alicious?” Um, no. The Old 97’s are no longer–how you say?–“spice-alicious.” After more of the Hammond vs. Old 97’s Great Album Discussion of 2008, we decided that, when it comes to the band many of us around here grew up loving, we do, in fact, agree with the sentiment of…
Old 97’s guitarist Ken Bethea. Just in case you haven’t yet had your fill of the Old 97’s and the guys’ non-stop whirlwind promotion for Blame It On Gravity yet, you can catch the 97’s performing for free at Victory Plaza tonight at 6. And, in case you’re salivating for…
If you have eyes, you’ll notice something about the page in which we interview Rhett Miller about the new Old 97’s record, Blame It On Gravity in this week’s paper. Like, specifically, how we included a sidebar review of Murry Hammond’s I Don’t Know Where I’m Going But I’m On…
Spoke with Dallas’s own hip-hop sensation Lil Wil last week about his upcoming album for a story that’ll come out in our print edition in a few weeks (right before his Asylum Records-released debut Dolla$, TX drops on June 3). So, yeah, look forward to that. Wil’s an interesting guy;…
Sarah Jaffe performed at last year’s Art Conspiracy (Chris Phelps). If past Art Conspiracies are any indication, we can rest assured that the 2008 version of the arts and music charity event will be one of the best of the year in Dallas. The biggest unknown right now (aside from…
It’s free. Starts at 8. Doors at 7. Then read my interview with Rhett Miller about the new disc in the Observer tomorrow. –Pete Freedman…
Guy Forsyth (Deana Mason) Quirky Austin singer-songwriter Guy Forsyth is taking the idea behind CD release parties to new heights…or lows, depending on your perspective. Sure, it’s understandable for a band from our metroplex to play release shows in Dallas, Ft. Worth and Denton because they might want to help…
The Toadies (Jason Janik) We’d been speculating on this a lot lately, but now it’s confirmed: The Toadies’ new album, No Deliverance, will be released on August 19. You can read Spin’s exclusive interview with Vaden Todd Lewis on the first Toadies album in seven years here…but I’ll warn you,…
The new Green Day album. Sorta. It’s not up on The Loft’s Web site or its Myspace yet, but Billboard reports that, just eight days from today, Green Day’s alter ego act, Foxboro Hot Tubs, who made some radio waves before it was confirmed that the two acts were one…
Your Ozzfest 2008 poster. …is that your fans get really uppity and ungrateful. The backlash has already begun on Ozzfest–or so it would appear in the comments section of the Ozzfest blog where the one-day Dallas show was announced. It ain’t pretty, folks. There’s a lot of “Fuck Dallas,” “Fuck…
Metallica makes its Ozzfest debut this year, too. The rumors started a while back, but now it’s been confirmed, with all the details worked out: Ozzfest 2008 will be a one-day music festival held in Dallas (not a two-day, two-city fest as was originally believed). It’ll take place in Frisco…
Whiskey Folk Ramblers killed on Saturday. Saturday at the Double-Wide was a pretty epic night–especially considering how I’d entered the evening not really feeling up to going out in the first place. But a little peer pressure later, and, shit man, there I was, taking in another show–albeit one I’d…
Gorilla Vs. Bear reports that The Polyphonic Spree’s Tim DeLaughter is working the score for Visioneers, a dark comedy about exploding people, apparently. Check it. –Pete Freedman…
Though he claims not to be as materialistic as most mainstream rappers, South Dallas rapper Big Tuck manages to rap about Escalades and rims on a few tracks. So he should feel right at home checking out the lowriders, custom cars and models when he isn’t performing and signing autographs…
Just got word that The CW network, The O.C.-wannabe Gossip Girl and Dallas’ own Lisa Loeb–or a trifecta clubs editor Jesse Hughey calls “The Holy Trinity of ‘Who Cares?'”–are set to join forces tonight on your television sets during the 7 o’clock hour. Loeb’s guest-starring role on the show takes…
