You have to hand it to Andrew Bird. Up until now, the Chicago based singer-songwriter-violinist has controlled every aspect of his music, from writing, recording and production to actually helping build the barn where he records most of his music. Sounding quite exhausted over the phone one recent afternoon, he…
What’s it like to go from a tiny stoner, scuz-pop act, to a veritable brand in the matter of just a few years? Just ask California’s Best Coast, who, just weeks ago, announced that the band’s singer Bethany Cosentino teaming up with Urban Outfitters for a clothing line. All this extracurricular stuff hasn’t…
Slimerave (NOT slimewave, Google that at your own risk) was hot in Denton this past weekend, and seapunk is apparently a real genre. These are the times we live in. SXSW is always one of those weeks where it seems like genres breed, give birth and then die, but that’s…
The Jesus and Mary Chain rescheduled their Denton appearance to this evening , and we thought it’d be fun to dig through the old, dusty filing cabinets in pursuit of old press photos. To our excitement (and maybe yours), we dug up a decade’s worth. The “J-file” didn’t include a…
Back in the drunken glory days of the Replacements, not many people would have described bassist Tommy Stinson as hardworking. But hell, he was still in his teens. Now 45, Stinson has developed a work ethic that is damn near impossible to fathom. Besides being the full-time bassist in Guns…
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So a couple weeks ago we promised a Covering Tracks exclusive from a member of Deep Ellum royalty. Delivering on that promise is Casey Hess, who was an integral part of the ’90s Dallas music scene with Doosu and went on to melt faces with Toadies offshoot Burden Brothers. Hess…
Philadelphia’s folk-pop trio Good Old War just released their third album, Come Back as Rain, and stop in Dallas tonight before heading off to Austin. Guitarist Dan Schwartz took a few minutes to chat with us about sing-alongs, SXSW and other bands from Philly. Given how many shows you’ve played…
Cool show/good cause alert. The Octopus Project, Lower Dens, Peopleodian, Carey Wolff, War Party and Doom Ghost are all on board for a very special Sunday show at Lola’s. “Fight For Maddie” is an ongoing benefit to help out Patrick and Melanie Higgins, whose five-year-old daughter Maddie was diagnosed with…
Murder by Death started in Bloomington, Indiana, but bassist Matt Armstrong is a local who grew up in University Park. He took some time out and shared his first show experiences with us, told us why MBD is not playing SXSW and revealed a little about their forthcoming John Congleton-produced…
While Austin will have a more concentrated amount of bands over the course of the next several days, we’ll see just as many in the Metroplex. One of the bands that rarely trek through Texas but will be hitting ATX for a few shows later this week is Portland sludge…
Name: Sarah Davenport Style influences: The ’60s and ’70s music scenes. At 35 Denton to catch: Mikal Cronin and Thee Oh Sees…
35 Denton just announced the opening act for Wednesday’s rescheduled Jesus and Mary Chain show will be San Francisco shredder Ty Segall, whose 2011 Goodbye Bread LP contained the perfect right brain/left brain of pop and distortion. It’s actually the perfect match. Damn, 35 Denton, y’all playin’ cupid. Again, the…
In case you missed it, Mind Spiders made the New York Times’ must-see list, along with locals A.Dd+ and Jessie Frye. So let’s add the premiere of their new (and first) video, Meltdown track “Wait For Us.” The video, directed by The Texas Theatre’s Jason Reimer, was shot in Dallas,…
It was four days facing the elements: Wind, rain, solar flares and, on Saturday night, a Slime Rave at the Lion’s Den. There was the aforementioned late-night basement dance party, close calls with golf carts, mysterious bruises, random introductions and the chance to catch music at every turn. 35 Denton…
Hey, remember when it rained? Good times. The sock-soaking, ceaseless rain (not exactly complaining). No matter, 35 Denton soldiered on in cold wetness followed by much less cold wetness; Girls played the Granada; and Vanilla Ice sprayed water on people at Zouk. As he does. Anyway, our contributing photographers Taryn…
Heartless Bastards Lola’s Friday, March 9 Before a sold-out Lola’s in Ft. Worth on Friday night, Austin’s Heartless Bastards simply dazzled, playing almost every song from their excellent new release, Arrow, as well as a few standouts from 2009 breakthrough The Mountain. While Wennerstrom was understandably the star, the band’s…
Girls, Unknown Mortal OrchestraGranada TheaterFriday, March 9Back behind the Granada Theater on Friday night, just before Girls went on stage, a stream of fans passed by the fenced-in artist’s section with gifts for Girls singer Christopher Owens. One young fan brought flowers and called them “a token of appreciation.” Another…
Marco Torres”What I want from each and every one of you is a hard-target search of every gas station, residence, warehouse, farmhouse, henhouse, outhouse and doghouse in that area.” — Tommy Lee Jones, The Fugitive You don’t have to spend much time at South By Southwest to know that all…
A Message from Jesus and Mary Chain from 35 Denton on VimeoIt’s about an hour-plus into Built to Spill’s set of the final night of 35 Denton, which is the block the Jesus and Mary Chain were set to have before work visa issues forced them to reschedule. The reason…
Live your life like it’s one in, one out. That’s a motto I’ve started living by this weekend. Last night especially, as the rain upon Denton reached Biblical proportions. I imagined a scenario in which Denton flooded and hundreds of drunk, high fans were washed away in the most epic…
Name (from left to right): See also: Friday reviews. Bonnie Rue, Chris Flemmons Style influences: Bonnie: “I used to have a fashion line called Model Citizen Clothing, but that project’s currently on hold. When it’s cold I wear dark colors.” Chris: “Family Dollar.” At 35 Denton to catch: Bonnie: “The…
