In this week’s paper, Daniel Hopkins breaks down Sunday’s annual post-SXSW spillover showcase, Parade of Flesh’s Bro Fest, at Club Dada, which, as part of its two-stage offering will feature performances from Wild Flag, Dom, Small Black, Castanets, Grooms, Fang Island, JEFF The Brotherhood and The Greenhornes, among others. And,…
On Sunday evening in downtown Denton, as the crowds gathered to catch Atlanta rapper and 35 Conferette headliner Big Boi perform in the Wells Fargo parking lot that had been temporarily converted into a concert space, a different personality entirely sauntered onto the stage. Rather than the final outdoor performer…
Lest the Forever The Sickest Kids’ pre-release interviews for this, their second full-length release, didn’t make it abundantly clear, then the final track on this self-titled affair (saying nothing of the ten songs leading up to it) certainly does, with its all-in shouted refrain: “We’re never gonna stop / Never…
There’s little doubting Atlanta duo Outkast’s place in hip-hop history. The twosome of Andre 3000 and Big Boi practically invented the southern hip-hop sub-genre, developing a crazy style to call their own — and something all their own, too. Even some 17 years after their 1994 full-length debut, Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik, few…
In this week’s upcoming dead-tree issue of DC9, Alan Ayo takes a close look at Descender’s sophomore release, Dark Water, which he sees (SPOILER ALERT!) as a fresh beginning for a band, which, despite featuring members of Deep Ellum mainstays Doosu and Burden Brothers, didn’t necessarily live up to its…
At this point, much-buzzing (at least locally) hip-hop duo A.Dd+ has leaked about a third of their much-anticipated, still-two-weeks-off, debut full-length, When Pigs Fly: “Howdy Do,” “Likeamug,” and “Slow Tempo” were released as early teases by the band in the months and weeks leading up to this point, and, this…
Without question, Sunday’s offering at the 2011 35 Conferette was the Denton festival’s strongest, featuring performances from the likes of Davila 666, Miami Horror, Colour Revolt, !!!, Portugal. The Man, Big Boi, A Place to Bury Strangers, Jessica Lea Mayfield, Gayngs, Kid Koala, Dan Deacon, The Civil Wars, Viva Voce,…
Gayngs1 a.m., Hailey’s ClubThroughout the day, it was unclear: Would Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon be among the 11 or so members of the 23-member Gayngs outfit performing at Hailey’s Club to close out the 2011 35 Conferette? At first, as had been the festival’s booking agreement, rumor was that he…
Big Boi8:10 p.m., Main Stage One After a brief word from festival founder Chris Flemmons, in which he thanked the crowds and organizers for helping the festival finally reach its goal of being a completely walkable deal in downtown Denton, Atlanta rapper and festival headliner Big Boi — half of…
John Grant with Midlake1 a.m., Dan’s SilverleafAt the end of a night that saw a mostly all-local bill draw big numbers to Dan’s Silverleaf to the tune of being essentially a one-in, one-out affair all night long, a real treat: John Grant, whose Queen of Denmark was named Mojo magazine’s…
Big Freedia7 p.m., Main Stage TwoThere’s no doubt an element of empowerment at play within Big Freedia’s thumping, bass-heavy offerings of so-called “sissy bounce” hip-hop. Freedia, the self-proclaimed “Queen Diva” of bounce music, is a rarity in the rap world as an open homosexual. And, for that, she should no…
Perhaps the most amusing thing of 35 Conferette 2011? The ubiquity of the performers — both scheduled to partake in the festivities and not — rolling around the festival’s venues and taking in the events as a whole.Almost every big name in local music, it seemed, was present — Jonathan…
</iframe<br><br>Dr. Dog8:20 p.m. at Main Stage #1It felt perfectly “Denton” — a consummate “indie” performer, giving its adoring “indie” crowd a jubilant display at the region’s preeminent “indie” festival. Yes, after a Thursday night that was plagued by late set starts, Friday night’s main stage headline performer, Dr. Dog, seemed…
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart7:15 p.m. 7:55 p.m. at Main Stage TwoIf all had happened accordingly, last night’s performance from New York’s The Pains of Being Pure at Heart would have gone over exceedingly well, with crowds swaying back and forth and Molly Ringwald-ing to the band’s equally…
There’s more to this weekend’s 35 Conferette than the scheduled shows, as this poster for one unofficial showcase in particular shows — and rather beautifully at that…
A funny thing happened last week when Dallas pop-punk outfit Forever The Sickest Kids released their self-titled, second full-length album — namely, that the response to the album was huge, with sales figures placing the band’s album in the iTunes top 10 sales chart almost immediately. Even more surprising, though,…
Dallas-based hip-hop super-producers Play-N-Skillz have wasted no time making good use of their G4 Muzik label’s freshly created blog. Over the past few weeks, they’ve shared some new music, revealed that they’re shooting a music video with Bun B in town today, and, well, revealed some even bigger news, too.Most…
This weekend is pretty amazing as live music goes. There’s, of course, the 35 Conferette going on up in Denton (and starting in, oh, about two hours or so). And then, right here in Dallas, there’s our very own annual St. Patrick’s Day affair on Saturday, which will feature performances…
Turns out it pays to be nice: This week, Dallas power pop trio American Werewolf Academy has released a new seven-inch record (in blue vinyl, even!) through the UK-based label Damnably Records — the benefit, it seems, of a relationship the band established with the folks behind the label a…
Three years into its existence and, finally, 35 Conferette organizer Chris Flemmons is seeing his dream of a walkable music festival in downtown Denton turn into a reality. We’ve seen shades of the festival shaping up this way for a few years now. The obligatory backstory: After a drunken conversation…
Over the past few years, North Texas has been a model of consistency at the annual South by Southwest Music Conference in Austin. It’s the same, it seems, every year, as the region has seen somewhere between 30 and 40 bands score official showcases at the mid-March affair for much…
In 2001, after surviving for more than a decade as one of North Texas’ most commercially successful rock outfits of all time, the Toadies called it quits. The band’s time had simply come; bassist Lisa Umbarger wanted out, and the rest of the band’s members were ready to focus on…
