The New Orleans duo returns to town after their New Year’s Eve show at Zubar, in a much more fitting venue. Hopefully this time Miss Pussycat will do her acid-trip puppet show, as it’s always the perfect psychedelic appetizer to Quintron’s organ-grinding swamp-tech. Dallas’ Darktown Strutters play one of their…
It wasn’t Cory Branan’s idea to wait six years between albums. He’d been writing a lot since the release of 2006’s 12 Songs, but labels weren’t calling, and he claims he knows why. “Labels are kind of chicken-shit,” he says as he drives through New Jersey. “If you can’t describe…
As we look upon the massive Texas country machine that’s been chugging along over the past several years, it’s easy to see 1997 as a pivotal one. In college towns and major metropolises alike, the masses were demanding more music from people that shared their pride, enthusiasm and thirst for…
On the morning of January 18, Alexis Ohanian sat down bleary-eyed in front of his computer and, as he often did, opened Wikipedia. But this time something was wrong. The site refused to load. “Oh, right,” he said to himself. “Today’s the blackout day.” Ohanian was instrumental in organizing that…
When I spoke with Sundress lead singer Ryan McAdams in January, he said that the band had nearly completed a full-length record — the band’s first, after releasing two EPs — and the next step was to get a label to put it out. They were on their way to…
by Chris Kornelis See also: All of the arguments about digital music, summarized In the two decades since Nielsen Soundscan started to keep track of U.S. album sales in 1991, the company has seen the industry fold in half, digital sales catch up to physical, and vinyl mount a resurgence…
Mission of Burma Friday, September 14, at Dan’s Silverleaf, $13/$16Spune productions’ Lance Yocom has been sitting on this show for a while. The Boston punk act, whose reunion has lasted longer than its original run, should make for an interesting show at Dan’s. Expect it to be packed and loud.Sharon…
Mayhem Festival Gexa Energy Pavilion Tuesday, July 10 See also: The fans of Mayhem Festival As I parked next to the Amsterdam and walked through Fair Park’s Esplanade yesterday, I took in the neo-modernist sculptures and murals that adorn the Art Deco buildings. The closer I got to the Gexa…
See also: Ronald Shannon Jackson live at the Kessler Ken Shimamoto gave you the word earlier this week, but here is some visual confirmation of one of the best shows North Texas may have seen this year. It’s one I find myself thinking about days later, which is always the…
Louisville, Kentucky four-piece Trophy Wives are giving DFW a treat this week. Not only are they playing Andy’s Bar in Denton tonight with Bad Design, they’re also playing Double Wide on Thursday with Nervous Curtains and Descender. They’ll be previewing material from their album Old Scratch, so don’t moan about…
As news of Ghostbar’s closing came earlier today, so did word that Wade Randolph Hampton, the “creative force” behind the club, would be jumping into another venture. He’s taking on the role of Creative Director at M3 Films, which will produce The Starck Project, a documentary on the famed ’80s…
Dallas industrial duo Frausun came to my attention a few months ago, after I read they were doing a reinterpretation of Phantom of the Opera. Then I came across some of their videos. I found Kurtz and Paloma Frausun’s music (which invokes Norse mythology, among other things), and their live…
More fest lineups coming down the festival slide today: No Age, Unknown Mortal Orchestra and Fergus & Geronimo were just added to 35 Denton’s September 1 Hot Wet Mess, solidifying the lineup in addition to Reggie Watts, Big Freedia, RTB2, DJ Sober and the Black Lips…
Fun Fun Fun Fest announced this morning that NYC hip-hop pioneers Run-D.M.C. will reunite for the November fest for the first time in a decade, with surviving members Joseph “Run” Simmons and Darryl “D.M.C.” McDaniels. The join a lineup including Rakim, Danny Brown, David Cross, Bob Mould and Against Me!,…
“I couldn’t stand the sincere punks. I never believed them. Still don’t.” – Iggy Pop So said the erstwhile “world’s most forgotten boy” to the New York Times earlier this year. Proving, I suppose, that it’s been a few seasons since he penned classics like “No Fun” and “TV Eye”…
Almost exactly two years ago, give or take a few weeks, Fort Worth’s historic Ridglea Theater stopped booking shows and shut its doors. It was bound to happen. The theater hadn’t booked a decent show for years before it closed. The Ridglea’s fate was in limbo for the following two…
See also: Daniel Folmer strikes a balance with Brown and Blue The new Danny Rush and the Designated Drivers Violitionist Session is up now, featuring three songs from the Denton group, as well as a thoroughly entertaining interview, in which leader Daniel Folmer and his band talk about the new…
Dream Theater guitarist John Petrucci took time out while the band was in Ohio a few weeks ago and talked about his first forays with music. It was expected Rush would be mentioned, but we also talked about the first time the band played Dallas, new drummer Mike Mangini’s first…
Ronald Shannon Jackson The Kessler Theater Saturday, July 7 Wish fulfillment at a concert? I’ve experienced it a few times: Captain Beefheart in 1976, Muddy Waters in 1977, Stooges guitarist Ron Asheton in 2001. It happened again this past Saturday night, when Ronald Shannon Jackson and the Decoding Society played…
The Angelus, Le Leek Electrique, Clint Niosi Dan’s Silvereaf Saturday, July 7 The Angelus, Warren Jackson Hearne and Le Leek Electrique, and Clint Niosi complemented each other handsomely on Saturday night, building a perfect crescendo from the reflective intelli-folk of Niosi, to the jazzed-up Eastern European death ballads of Hearne,…
OK, it’s been a while, but the DC9er mixtape series is officially back in action. We’re resurrecting the weekly DJ profile with a Q&A and mixtape from Dallas’ ’90s hip-hop enthusiast, DJ Sissy Ross. Check out her Q&A and original mix below…
If anybody knows how damning a handshake agreement could turn out, it’s Ed Walewski. After seven years playing in The Killdares, Walewski formed Needfire, a rock band that found a decent amount of success in the surprisingly huge celtic rock circuit. He’s been lucky enough to make a living playing…
