Wednesday, May 16, starting at 11 a.m., Yells At Eels are going rogue. The Dallas free jazz clan will be doing four or five quick, flash-mob style performances around Downtown, culminating in a noon concert at City Hall, where they’ll perform pieces from their new 7-inch, Wind Streaks in Syrtis…
Have you been to Patio Sessions at AT&T Performing Arts Center yet? Best get thee there before the weather goes from pleasant to “blow dryer on full blast immediately in your face when you walk out the door.” The event is free and you can bring booze. It’s the simple…
The most grueling part of American Idiot, the Broadway musical based on Green Day’s album of the same name, is the opening number, “American Idiot.” It’s an overplayed song, and the dance sequence makes you think you’re in for something that resembles High School Musical. From there, things drastically improve…
Devin the Dude is dropping some of his own supply at the Granada Theater on Friday. No stranger to Dallas hip-hop fans, the Houston-based wordsmith makes frequent trips to our fair city and hopefully you have been able to count yourself in the crowd. It’s always a fun night, and…
Hard to believe it’s been nearly three decades since Perry Farrell first unleashed his tortured wail on the innocent masses. Along with the androgynously hunky Dave Navarro, Farrell has disbanded and reunited Jane’s Addiction a handful of times over that lengthy span. And each time the guys get back together,…
If you currently have a pulse, there’s something in Grupo Fantasma’s Latin funk oeuvre that will move you. The Austin big band has backed Prince, won a Grammy for 2010’s El Existential, and singer/multi-instrumentalist Adrian Quesada still manages to find time for side projects such as Brownout, Ocote Soul Sounds…
Though 2009’s Balf Quarry was the last proper album Connecticut duo Magik Markers put out, you can’t necessarily quantify the group by their recorded output. They’ve released many albums, 7-inches and CD-Rs in the last decade, but live is where you want to hear their harsh free-wave jams. Witnessing singer/guitarist…
Fort Worth guitarist Darrin Kobetich released his latest opus, The Longest Winter, earlier this year. It’s a wild 27-song mix of Middle Eastern, blues and ambient reveries, as Kobetich seamlessly transitions between guitar, banjo, mandolin, djembe, dobro and more. They’re not so much traditional “songs” as experiments in style and…
Her feud with Ashton Kutcher aside, Longview’s own Miranda Lambert has had no problem getting her share of the spotlight — that happens when your first two albums are called Kerosene and Crazy Ex-Girlfriend. Last year saw the country singer release her fourth album, Four the Record, as well as…
“It’s ironic that in some ways, when I needed music the most, making this record really fucked it up for me.” So explains Jason Pierce, the mastermind behind English band Spiritualized and the newly released Sweet Heart Sweet Light, their sixth studio album. He’s juggling phone interviews and rehearsals on…
(Full disclosure: Since 2006, the author of this piece has performed recreationally with Pinkish Black drummer Jon Teague in a “proto-punk repertory band.” In his defense, the author says, “I was a fan of Jon’s creative output long before either of us ever contemplated such foolishness.”) To the multitudes that…
What was predicted last year in Unfair Park has come true. Country star Toby Keith is bringing his chain-wreck to Dallas. Toby Keith’s I Love This Bar & Grill opens May 15, and they’re hiring. Yes, Toby Keith’s I Love This Bar & Grill. Google maps says it will be…
Godspeed You! Black Emperor Thursday, October 11, at Granada Theater, $25Legendary Canadian post rock act Godspeed You! Black Emperor have reunited for the first tour in nearly a decade. The band, famous for their intense live show, expansive arrangements and vivid projections, will be an incredible act to see on…
Denver trio Tennis is coming through Dallas tonight, on the stylish heels of their latest album, Young & Old. It continues debut Cape Dory’s trend of charming pop songs that inspire you to make out with the person next to you, lifted by singer/keyboardist Alaina Moore, who was most likely…
In the late 1880s, two settlers, Ida and David, arrived in the sleepy town of Denison, Texas by way of the Missouri-Kansas-Texas railway. While Ida looked after the children, David took work with the railroad as an engine wiper. During their time in Denison they had a son, born in…
In 2010, Drake recorded a freestyle track titled “9 A.M. in Dallas.” The track was written, as the title spells out, one morning in Dallas, and was shortlisted for his debut album Thank Me Later. One thing, though: It doesn’t really mention Dallas. Well, Dallas is a little hurt that…
Local quintet Air Review has a pretty busy summer ahead, including a stop on KXT’s Summer Cut June 1. Frontman Douglas Hale recently shared some of his musical firsts, including his first cassette, video, and when he heard his band on the radio. What was the first music-related item you…
With the passing of storyteller Maurice Sendak today, many of a certain age found ourselves thrown back into specific childhood memories of his books. After re-watching In the Night Kitchen, the animated short based on his controversial book of the same name, I started piecing together a very specific memory…
Hailing from the frigid confines of Saskatoon, Canada, one might think a band like The Deep Dark Woods would be happy touring the warmer climes of the Southern United States. Not so claims singer Ryan Boldt. Seems the cooler temperatures have an explicit and implicit influence on his band’s music…
The Melvins, Unsane Trees Monday, May 7 The turnout at Trees was surprisingly strong for The Melvins’ 90-minute set last night. Taking the stage to orchestral gladiator music, guitarist Buzz Osborne, drummer Dale Crover, drummer Coady Willis and bassist Jared Warren kicked in hard with “Dog Island.” Jumping way back…
Tonight, The Melvins will perform at Trees. While perusing the Internet in search of photos, I realized the band has two drummers. I thought about how pointless and excessive it is to actually employ two drummers to support a band, but then I considered how powerful the result can be…
Nick Lowe is a peculiar variety of celebrity. His collaboration with Dave Edmunds in the band Rockpile brought UK chart success and a half-nod from the States in the mid-’70s, and his work recording and producing talent for Stiff Records lifted acts like The Damned into the spotlight. He’s frequently…
