As we announced a few months back, School of Seven Bells is coming to Hailey’s on Friday to promote their new album, Disconnect from Desire, which debuted in the Billboard 200. And the folks over at Hailey’s were nice enough to give us two pairs of tickets to give away…
From being laid off his job to releasing his new album O Ye Devastator, Doug Burr sure has had an interesting year with a lot to talk about. His new-found freedom has allowed him to do that, playing more live shows in more places. That includes launching his 2010 Midwest…
Neon Indian, Profuse 73, Miniature TigersGranada TheaterOctober 5, 2010Better than: the album, which is a miracle for an electronic act. Few Dallas acts have non-Dallas acts opening for them. Even fewer electronic acts can boast about having a live show that enhances instead of degrades the material. But the Dallas-bred, Austin-wannabe Neon…
Los Angeles’ Local Natives have been shooting towards folk-rock stardom ever since an epic 2009 SXSW performance that set the band up for a big year, regardless of the critical acclaim its 2010 release Gorilla Manor has received. At its performance at Sons of Hermann Hall earlier this year the…
Charles Manson 1969 Police PhotoSurprisingly, Charles Manson is still releasing songs while in solitary confinement. And, believe it or not, there’s a local tie-in: Dallas-turned-Austin-based Withdrawal Records just released an EP, Inner Earth Inferno, featuring two songs from Manson and two songs from Ancient VVisdom, a new Austin-based doom-folk band…
Ratatat Palladium Pallroom September 28, 2010 Better than: Avatar–’cause, yeah, Ratatat had more effects. Last time Ratatat came to Dallas, they played at the Granada. This year, they played at the Palladium. And, as the band’s Evan Mast told us this week, that meant fans could expect an even bigger,…
Brooklyn-based Ratatat has been on a steady ascent ever since the 2004 release of their self-titled debut. And the instrumental electro duo’s rise seems primed to continue along, thanks to recent collaborations with the likes of Kid Cudi and MGMT, as well as their work on the soundtracks for a…
Even though we wrote about Frisco in this week’s paper in anticipation of tomorrow’s Oysterfest, it looks like that city’s got some competition on the horizon in its attempt to bring the rock to the suburbs. The City of Carrollton has just announced their lineup to this year’s inaugural Festival…
Torche, House Harkonnen, White Mountain The NightmareSeptember 23, 2010(A Little) Better Than: Torchy’s Tacos. Torche brought their Florida stoner metal prog rock to 60 or so people at The Nightmare in Deep Ellum last night, and took them all along for a head-banging journey…
