The Six Best Concerts In Dallas This Week, February 25-28

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…

Caspian Wants to Body-Slam Your Ears

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”…

Former Squirrel Nut Zipper Jimbo Mathus Shuffles His iPod For Us

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…

The Five Best Concerts In Dallas This Weekend, February 21-24

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…

Deep Thoughts on Geography from Swedish Band Graveyard

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…

The Rock Royalty Behind Denton’s Bars

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…

DJ Quick Chris was a Guiding Light for Dallas Hip-Hop: R.I.P.

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…

“Bohemian Rhapsody” Through The Ears of a Child

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…

The 35 Denton 2013 Schedule is Here!

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…