Music Scene Live is a relatively new venture that takes a live performance and interview from a local artist and broadcasts it to the airwaves. Recorded at Fort Worth’s Thirsty Armadillo every Saturday afternoon at 1:30p.m., and set to air on KFYN 1420AM every Thursday at 3pm, the show’s already…
H2O Music FestivalSaturday, June 9, at The Cotton BowlThere’s something for everyone at H2O Music Festival. For those of us on this side of 30, Weezer has is somewhat familiar. (Remember when Pinkerton occupied our stereo for an entire summer?) They’ll be joined by Snoop Dogg, Ozomatli, Yelawolf, Juanes and…
Santigold House of Blues Wednesday, June 6 Santi White is a charmer, and she had the audience under her spell from the first notes of “Go,” which opened last night’s show at House of Blues. Her stew of dancehall (queue the reverb), electronica, rap and dub begs the body to…
As I sit in the pilot seat of a heavily tinted silver Suburban, Tum Tum engulfs the seat next to me, recounting his performance that night for a boisterous Denton crowd. Suddenly there is knock on the passenger side door. Tum cautiously cracks the window just wide enough to talk…
YACHT’s 2011 release, Shangri La, pieces together a summer synth album perfect for poolside lounging, even if it’s in contrast with their existential themes. The duo takes its acronym–Young Americans Challenging High Technology — seriously as they go about creating some of the most memorable electro-pop in the last year…
Locals Blackstone Rangers have gone from a duo to a quartet to a trio in the span of a couple years, but despite the fluctuation, they’ve managed to fine-tune their distorto-pop sound and put out a new EP. Into the Sea will be released via local label/promo venture Dallas Distortion…
Ozomatli’s style-hopping, multicultural blend of hip-hop, rock, funk and Latin is the perfect example of cross-pollination for Univision’s inaugural H20 Festival. While the L.A. group’s elements may be a mélange, and their five albums a series of costume changes, it comes together in a singular idiosyncratic character, which anyone who’s…
I can’t say I’ve ever been to DeSoto, save for stopping at a Starbucks, but the lineup for their annual SolJazz Festival is enough to make me bust hump and head south. Featuring jazz singer Rachelle Ferrell, rapper MC Lyte, human beatbox Doug E. Fresh, Cameo (ya know, “Word Up!”),…
Relocating from their Melbourne, Australia home to London before the release of 2009 debut Conditions, The Temper Trap blended like lemon and iced tea. The quintet’s sweeping pop melancholia follows on the heels of moody post-millennial U.K. rockers like the Editors and Keane, but with a stronger strain of U2,…
Now that 2011’s The Harrow & the Harvest has been out for close to a year, questions about a new Gillian Welch album abound. But one also must consider that she and her musical mate David Rawlings placed an eight-year gap between that album and 2003’s Soul Journey. Welch is…
The scar ran from behind his right ear to the center of his cheek, pink and waxy in contrast with his dyed black hair. His skinny arms were covered with crude tattoos, and he was wearing a black T-shirt inside out, black jeans and black boots. He stood about 6-foot-1,…
If you’ve heard of Austin-based singer Nakia, it might have been from his stint on The Voice last summer, when he reinterpreted Cee-Lo’s “Forget You.” His voice is a force of nature, raised on soul and blues, and of course it turned heads. He made it to the quarter finals…
The WeekndFriday, June 15, at House of Blues, $30/$35-$49.50At age 22, critically acclaimed R&B innovator Abel Tesfaye, the man behind The Weeknd, has accomplished more than most artists in a lifetime. All of his music has been released via digital download, and now it looks like he’s ready to capitalize…
by Chris Gray Sci-fi fans across the world were saddened when prolific author Ray Bradbury died Tuesday, Wired magazine reported. The typewriter-loving Bradbury was 91 and lived in Los Angeles. Bradbury was best-known for writing that set the standard for post-WWII science fiction such as Fahrenheit 451, The Martian Chronicles…
See also: The Problem With Gym Class Heroes and Adam Levine’s “Stereo Hearts” The 2012 London Olympics are a month away, but I’m not as interested as I was for Beijing 2008. If London’s opening ceremony has a TARDIS float, I’ll be interested. To tie in to the Olympics, Gym…
Look, Wilson Phillips, I am only human. I obviously surrender to your three-part harmonies, I find your lineage fascinating and there is no greater song to pair with the unbelievable acoustics of my shower than “Hold On.” But over the years you also taught me a thing or two as…
Since playing 35 Denton this year, things have been picking up for Noonday Morningstar. The four-piece has plans to record an album towards the end of this month, so we sat down with the band at their rehearsal space and talked about what got them into music, why some got…
When sitting in a beer garden with Ashley Cromeens and the rest of the Neeks crew for an interview, one should be prepared for anything at any moment. Statements like, “We’re really into puff paint!” or “We want to tour America in a big bus like Midlake!” And they just…
The scar ran from behind his right ear to the center of his cheek, pink and waxy in contrast with his dyed black hair. His skinny arms were covered with crude tattoos, and he was wearing a black t-shirt inside out, black jeans and black boots. He stood about 6-feet-1,…
See also: The fans of A-Kon. I don’t really know why I asked to cover A-Kon, the annual anime convention in Dallas, other than I support like-minded people coming together to share a common passion, the exception being those who burn crosses and wear red arm bands. I had no…
See also: In Session with YouTube sensation Keith Reber See also: In Session with Play-N-Skillz In the realm of the DJ, it’s been proven there’s strength in numbers. Dallas DJs Spin, Ivy Tron and Inzo, collectively known as the Latin House Krew, came together in 1997, when Spin and Ivy…
Just last Friday, our new Unfair Park guy Eric introduced us to James Dondero, Highland Capital’s giraffe-eating, cheating, snooping hedge fund manager. In other words, the dude has a lot of money and likes to party.As such, his 50th birthday is approaching on June 22, and a person who works…
