Tame Impala Wednesday, February 27, at Granada Theater, $22/$24 There is no edge to the earth, but if there were, Perth, Australia, would probably be in spitting distance of it. So it’s unexpected for a band to overcome such geographic remoteness to find a place on the world stage. Tame…
Red Bull and Trees hosted the Mountain South Regional Finals of the Thre3Style DJ competition on Saturday, February 23, 2013. Five of the region’s most talented DJ stars assembled in a battle for the right to represent the Mountain South Region at the National Finals in Los Angeles this April…
I don’t know how much else Madonna and Silvio Berlusconi have in common–her extremely visible fight against aging is going much better than his–but here’s one connection: This weekend Italy voted in an election that’s serving as a referendum on a decade of economic stagnation caused by, among other things,…
You know how some bands are just fun? They’re not especially musically great or anything, but they’re born entertainers. Well, Electric Six are one of those bands. Featuring some of the best stage banter I’ve heard since, well, since Devin Townsend, these guys pretty much conquered Dada in a way…
Junius used to be a band from Boston. That’s where they formed almost a decade ago. But then leader Joseph Martinez wanted to start a family, so he decided to go back to where he grew up. So for the past three years, Junius has been a Dallas band. Well,…
Phil Jamieson, who mans the keys, synth and guitars for instrumental rock act Caspian takes the “post-rock or just rock” questions with a great deal more understanding than many of his more celebrated, non-singing peers. In fact, some guitar-intensive acts get downright pissed when confronted with the seemingly innocuous “post-rock”…
“Harlem Shake” is the No. 1 song in the United States of America this week, which means that now is your chance to listen to more than fifteen seconds of it. Baauer’s meme soundtrack is the beneficiary of a Billboard rule change–YouTube views have been added to the Hot 100…
Mississippi native and former lead-singer for the successful Squirrel Nut Zippers, Jimbo Mathus, shows his true southern self on his latest, excellent album, White Buffalo. While his old band brought attention back to Swing music for a while in the late 1990’s, it’s now tough to imagine Mathus ever being…
Dave Lombardo, founding member of living legends Slayer, just left the band after being in them essentially forever. According to his Facebook page, there has been some accounting drama, which is pretty much the opposite of the incredibly metal spider bite disease that has kept Jeff Hanneman out recently. Apparently…
Electric Six Saturday, February 23, at Dada, $15 Electric Six, the warhorses of heavy and frantic disco-rock, roll into Dada to spray high-energy chaos over Dallas’ most extensive corner stage. After the release of their latest album in October, a live greatest-hits number, “The Six,” as I have arbitrarily nicknamed…
New Dallas resident Lizza Connor is a mom on a musical mission. This former Nashville songwriter is branching out from her usual country and folk genre to write children’s music. Connor’s new album Commander Salamander contains 13 whimsical songs that encourage healthy lifestyle for children through good nutrition, physical activity,…
Besides learning that “begravningsplats” is Swedish for graveyard, talking to Axel Sjöberg, drummer for the Swedish rock band of the same name, was both fascinating and a bit unnerving. Not only does the guy sound exactly like Dirk Nowitzki, but just when I thought the language issue was going to…
Of Monsters and Men Tuesday, June 4, at House of Blues, $37.50 Cinematic and instrumental folk rock band Of Monsters and Men are heading out for a much anticipated tour this summer after their debut album My Head is an Animal dropped and the world discovered the track “Little Talks,”…
As I walk into Dan’s Silverleaf fresh off a particularly difficult serving shift at a pan-Asian joint just across town in Denton, the roughly 150 people in attendance are scattered throughout the bar. It’s cold this Thursday evening, but many still huddle outside, smoking, drinking and sharing fellowship, their steamy…
I support 2013 getting a little more analog. I’m not one to get sentimental about the past, I like a new thing but a new monthly event at Design District gallery Circuit 12 has me very literally waxing nostalgic. Those of you who made it out to Circuit 12’s winning…
Last Sunday, Dallas lost a true beacon in the scene. Christopher Evans Kelly, a.k.a. DJ Quick Chris, died of pneumonia and congestive heart failure after a year-long fight with lymphoma. “Even through his ongoing stays in the hospital, Chris continued to create new and original sounds,” says his sister, Melanie…
Update, 2/20, 9:50 a.m. The pre sales have started for East Coast dates. The link goes live to the right of the date, where it currently says On Sale Soon. Once you click, you get put in a queue for tickets, so I’d try and click as close to 10…
Puscifer, fronted by Tool and A Perfect Circle’s Maynard James Keenan, have just released the adorably named EP Donkey Punch The Night. On it, there is, for some reason, a cover of “Bohemian Rhapsody.” You might be expecting Maynard to do something a bit industrial with it, but no, it’s…
This is not your everyday Billboard chart. Each week, we’ll tell you which bands are selling in the fine record shops in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex, where we consumers of music have impeccable taste. CD Source owner Lance Price says the Grammys still seem to be effecting who is rising…
35 Denton has just announced this year’s schedule. It was a daunting lineup when viewed as a straight list — in scrollable, chronological breakdown form its magnitude hits home. The two main stages alone comprise 15 commendable bands, and they aren’t even operating on the festival’s first night…
Talented artists are spreading their works of art all across the great city of Dallas through magnificent music flyers. Each week we’ll spotlight our favorite poster picks for upcoming shows in the Metroplex. This week’s top picks spotlight a flirty Sunglasses and Sugar pinup poster advertising their new single release,…
Matt Pond spent years leading Matt Pond PA. Now a proper solo artist, he’s coming to town in support of his lush new record, The Lives Inside The Line In Your Hand. We caught up with Matt about how he got into music and whether or not people still remember…
