Since he’s got some free time now, Dirk Nowitzki joined the Avett Brothers Saturday night at Verizon Theatre during “I Killed Sally’s Lover,” and laid down some fierce percussive accompaniment. Have you ever seen someone seven feet tall play tambourine? It’s sort of hilarious…
In what I consider one of my top five events of the year thus far (don’t worry, birth of my son, you’re safe), The Walkmen have added additional tour dates to their calendar, including a performance in Dallas. The Granada Theater locked the band down on Wednesday, September 19. Tickets…
KXT’s Summer Cut Gexa Energy Pavilion Friday, June 1 See also: The fans of Summer Cut. “What the [expletive] is that?” – Gexa’s finest usher, on the stylistic motivations of its patrons. When the Flaming Lips come to town, people tend to shed their inhibitions. For the guy in the…
Hugely successful in their homeland of Great Britain, The Kooks have found it difficult to make commercial inroads in the United States. Perhaps it’s the band’s eclectic mix of rock, pop and reggae that has failed to connect with American audiences. Speaking from Boston and in anticipation of tonight’s show…
See also: Wayne Coyne talks about blood, not sleeping See also: Wayne Coyne and Erykah Badu, sittin’ in a tree? See also: New Badu/Lips song samples Siri, sounds fucking trippy Update 6/5: The video is up again. We received this official statement from Badu’s people, via Wayne Coyne, who I…
Well, at least he did this morning, when the rather serious Dallas news personality invoked the ghost of Rick Astley (I know he’s still alive) and participated in the Internet bait-and-switch phenomenon known as “Rickrolling.” Which leads everyone to ask: That’s still a thing?…
To follow up last weekend’s screening of Urgh! A Music War, Texas Theatre is pulling out an even more obscure film, Beyond the Black Rainbow, a Canadian film released in 2010 that’s getting its Texas premiere tonight. Directed by Panos Cosmatos, the film certainly borrows from the spare ’70s sci-fi…
The country music community of Texas and Oklahoma has been a fantastic supporter of children and their families battling various medical issues. Over the past few years, Ft. Worth DJ Justin Frazell has been a driving force behind the all-star Pickin’ for Preemies series of Labor Day concerts, with proceeds…
Every few years there’s a new it girl, and Best Coast’s leader, Bethany Cosentino, is one of them. That’s not to say the talented California native, who has a new line of clothing to her name, is an empty vessel who just happens to play guitar. Cosentino and her multi-instrumental…
Dallas promoters Poor Vida, who we mentioned are finishing up a documentary about Dallas hip-hop, have announced the date and partial lineup for their third annual Elements of Hip-Hop event. The show, in conjunction with Rec Shop, is set for July 7 at the Green Elephant, and features a pretty…
That pop you heard May 24 was the sound of a bubble bursting, one full of potential for expanded night service on the A-Train, Denton County’s commuter train service. The bullies holding the pin were the Denton County Transit Authority (DCTA) board, who voted 6-5 to kill Friday night service…
Summer Cut w/ The Flaming Lips, St. Vincent, Fitz & The Tantrums and moreFriday, June 1, at Gexa Energy PavilionHere we are, fully immersed in this year’s summer festival season, and we’re already peaking. It’s going to be hard to outdo The Flaming Lips, St. Vincent, and everyone else KXT…
There’s been an ambient awareness of the Flaming Lips this year, and frontman Wayne Coyne has been the source. He’s taken on the role of social media’s merry prankster, most recently Tweeting potential nudie photos of Erykah Badu on the set of their recent video shoot. There’s also the matter…
As the seated half of the King Khan & BBQ Show, guitarist Mark Sultan (“BBQ”) provided the rhythmic gut for the duo’s food- and sex-propelled rock and roll. Solo, not much has changed aesthetically. His latest studio albums, Whatever I Want and Whenever I Want, as well as a limited…
Local station KKXT-FM 91.7 is dipping its collective toes in the fest pool, and gathers The Flaming Lips, St. Vincent, Fitz & the Tantrums, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Smile Smile, Air Review, Telegraph Canyon, Quiet Corral, Walk Off The Earth and more for one big cannonball into said pool…
Something happens when Emmylou Harris sings. Sure, we can get into her history — best-selling singer, one-time girlfriend of Gram Parsons, genre-expanding country artist — or we could talk about her voice, which reaches your soul like a healing salve. Hyperbole? Not to me. Emmylou is playing Fort Worth, as…
I’ve long held the belief that Fred and Toody Cole are music’s most inspiring couple. In previous band Dead Moon, their music never really veered from its pure punk base, and existed across more than a dozen albums. Pierced Arrows aren’t much different, save for a new drummer, and continue…
QuikTrip Park was the site of Dayglow, the “paint rave” I attended a couple months ago, and I’m still finding evidence on my purse. The same young crowd will no doubt attend this electronic/DJ mass, featuring local favorites Pretty Lights, as well as Passion Pit, Steve Agnello, Sander Van Doorn,…
This has been a pretty great spring for touring acts in Dallas, but there hasn’t been much that makes you want to dance. That will change when NYC’s Santi White, aka Santigold, takes the stage at House of Blues. Four years after her debut Santogold spawned “Creator” and “L.E.S. Artistes,”…
Few things are more depressing than hopping from one suburban bar to the next, alone on a weeknight. These places are usually empty, dark and quiet. Like clockwork, walking through the front door elicits an imaginary record scratch while heads turn in unison: “What the hell?” It’s all part of…
Despite spending the previous evening performing on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon and hosting a celebratory afterparty at downtown Manhattan hot spot Le Baron, Santi White, aka Santigold, is surprisingly fresh-faced and cheerful the morning after the release of her second album, Master of My Make-Believe (Atlantic/Downtown). Her demeanor might…
