Watch: Trai’D — “ReTaHrD Freestyle”

We’ve been high on Dallas rapper Trai’D and his fast-paced but unique flow for a little while now — about two years, to be specific. And, after posting the awesome Tyga-featuring music video for his conscious track “Popular” a few weeks back, we weren’t really sure we could be all…

Bonus MP3: Novaak — “The Red Door”

Yesterday, in our 35 Conferette locals-to-watch preview, fresh-faced Denton duo Novaak was among our picks of local performers that attendees should be sure not to forget about while attending this weekend’s festivities. (Today’s your last day to score on the last-minute discount tickets, by the way.) Convenient, then, that just…

Watch: New Fumes — “Millenium Crux”

In a few week’s time, we’ll have a piece in the print edition in which we discuss with Tim DeLaughter all that he has in store — not only with the Polyphonic Spree or with his solo and new band recordings, but also with his new business model at Good…

Watch: Missile — “Fighter”

Dallas punk outfit Missile only kind of takes itself seriously — something Jesse Hughey discovered upon reviewing the band’s debut EP back in October, and something only re-affirmed by this mockumentary the band has posted that looks into its “storied” past.But that tongue-in-cheek attitude is clearly part of the appeal…

Bonus MP3: RTB2 — “Goon”

Exciting news out of RTB2 camp this week, as Ryan Thomas Becker and Grady Don Sandlin, the Best Group in town according to the voters in our 2010 Dallas Observer Music Awards, pass along word that, come late this summer or early this fall, they’ll have a new album to…

Watch: Que P — “Ain’t No Mo Love (feat. Slim Gravy of A.Dd+)”

Less than two weeks after the premiere of their debut music video (for their lead When Pigs Fly single “Likeamug”), Dallas-based hip-hop duo A.Dd+ once again has the Internet on fire today, with various hip-hop-focused sites posting download links for the just-leaked second single from the group’s debut album, a…

Bonus MP3: The Famine — “The New Hell”

In this week’s paper, I take a close look at the new release from Arlington death metal quartet The Famine, called The Architects of Guilt, an album that, as early looks and listens revealed, is as technically proficient as it is brutal. In other words? It’s kind of what you’d…

Watch: Shiny Around The Edges — “Socially Awkward”

This past summer, when Denton art-rock outfit Shiny Around The Edges released their most recent effort Denton’s Dreaming, we shared with you all a free download of their song “Socially Awkward,” from which the album culls its title. And we bring all this up again now because, this week, the…

The Famine

Arlington death metal quartet The Famine can certainly talk the talk: Early last year, as the band set up to start recording its new, sophomore album, its members released a statement announcing a move toward a heavier sound, one that would “set a standard for metal that will stand the…

Watch: Toadies — “Tyler (Live & Acoustic)”

Yesterday, we passed along some information about this summer’s upcoming, fourth annual Dia de Los Toadies Festival — one that looks to be as big, if not bigger, than past offerings from the band, thanks to the first bands announced to perform at this year’s ordeal. But let’s not discount…

Last Night: Eisley at Good Records

EisleyMarch 1, 2011Good RecordsBetter than: paying full-price to see the same set in a more traditional venue. After four years of struggles both personal and professional for the Tyler-based DuPree family and their musical entity Eisley, yesterday indeed proved a cathartic one for the group. And why not? It was…

Bonus MP3: The Orbans — “85 Years”

Speaking of free music, Fort Worth favorites The Orbans reached out to our inboxes this week with a little treat: Seems there was some leftover material from the band’s super-awesome 2010 release, When We Were Wild, and the band couldn’t figure out what to do with it. So they passed…