See also: 35 Denton street style. After catching Danny Rush & the DDs at Dan’s last night, I happened to walk past 35 Denton’s headquarters right next door. The scene inside looked a bit tense, as word had come just a few hours earlier that the fest’s Sunday night headliner,…
It would be slightly unfortunate to have scheduled a concert on the same weekend as 35 Denton, but it’s not like everyone’s going up there, right? [Crickets chirping; the entire office is headed North on I-35.] But, for those of us left behind, there are still plenty of things to…
See also: Reviews from last night. Name (from left to right): Bryan Schleckman, Heather Williams Style influences: Bryan: “Classic ’40s and ’50s but with a modern spin. Vintage with an updated feel.” Heather: “What I’m doing, what I’m into, and what I’m listening to [influences my style].” At 35 Denton…
Word has been circulating all over Facebook and Twitter today that Dallas blues legend Bugs Henderson passed away last night. A call to close friend and former bandmate Jimmy Wallace confirms that Henderson did indeed die at age 69 from complications of liver cancer. “A blood clot showed up in…
See also: The Thursday night fans . “Holy fuck it’s cold” was a common refrain last night, the first night of 35 Denton, as temperatures dipped into the 40s and winds whipped at our faces indiscriminately. There weren’t a whole lot of people on the square, which could be chalked…
Even though country singer Wayne “The Train” Hancock was born in the ’60s, he comes across like a man from an entirely different generation. His look, mannerisms and style of music are much more akin to someone raised in the Roaring Twenties, though Hancock’s first album was released in 1995…
For the last six months or so, the Fort Worth music scene has been under construction, with a long list of new venues set to open in 2012. A lot of the action has taken place in the New Southside district, where the Live Oak Music Hall and Brewed Coffee…
The great Butch Hancock will be at AllGood Cafe tonight, kicking off a March residency and the cafe’s fist annual Townes Van Zandt birthday tribute. Hancock does a similar yearly jam at the Cactus Cafe in Austin, and he’s a master storyteller, especially when talking about Townes. He’s even more…
Today, we mark Gary Numan’s 54th birthday with a Covering Tracks homage by Dallas’ own New Fumes. The godfather of synth-pop is still going strong, touring extensively last year, performing 1979’s The Pleasure Principle in its entirety and providing guest vocals on the Battles track “My Machines.” Which, by the…
There’s much being said about the April issue of Elle magazine, which features Dallas’ own Jessica Simpson as the latest star to pose nude and pregnant on the cover of a magazine. Because there’s apparently no other way to photograph a woman with child than nude on the cover of…
Thanks to a good number of young acts that have stumbled upon Roky Erickson vinyl, psych music is hardly on the fringe anymore. Experimental music has also never quite receded from view, whether it’s the danceable math-rock of Battles or the constantly evolving non-radio friendliness of Radiohead. A band that’s…
Austin’s Heartless Bastards recently released their latest LP, Arrow, solidifying their reputation as a damn fine band. For those who didn’t hop on the bandwagon after 2009’s The Mountain, there aren’t very many seats left. The four-piece makes a stop at Lola’s on Friday night. Wennerstrom talked a bit about…
35 Denton starts this evening, and we’ve got you covered on picks. (Oh, and other stuff, too.) We talked with festival founder Chris Flemmons about finally making that next Baptist Generals album. Related: This DC9 interview exploring 35’s sea change. Plus: Check out interviews from the Raincoats’ Ana da Silva…
When guitarist Ana da Silva met bassist Gina Birch in art school and started going to gigs in London in the late ’70s, their fate was already sealed. The Raincoats’ 1979 self-titled debut and 1981’s Odyshape, both on Rough Trade, were products of that creatively and politically off-center time, and…
If you’re not planning on going to 35 Denton, this all-local show is a nice way to ease into the weekend. And there are four different flavors to taste: The Black Dotz’s punk R&B, the electronic dance missives of Taylor Rea’s Zhora, the “futro” sounds of Blixaboy and the laptop…
With the release of their second album since moving to Austin, the self-assured Arrow, Erika Wennerstrom’s Heartless Bastards should be able to forever laugh off the asinine thought of them being musical carpetbaggers. After the triumph that was the group’s 2009 album The Mountain, Cincinnati transplant Wennerstrom used her voice…
Few fused Mexican rhythms with “Nuevo Wavo” quite like Joe King Carrasco. The native Texan was penning Farfisa-driven party anthems way back in ’83 (“Party Weekend,” anyone?) and enlisted a stellar band with the likes of Texas legends Speedy Sparks and Augie Meyers. His live show is where you really…
Following the release of his 2011 sophomore album, Era Extraña, psychedelic pop aficionado Neon Indian (Alan Palomo) embarked on a North American tour that will find its way to the Granada. Opening for the former Dallas sultan of synth are future pop favorites Purity Ring. Combined, these two progressive acts…
Of Montreal’s Keven Barnes has gone through one of the most fascinating evolutions of any pop songwriter in the past two decades. Starting with 1999’s The Gay Parade and continuing with last month’s Paralytic Stalks, Barnes and whatever set of players he’s surrounded himself with take on everything from psychedelic…
The Grateful Dead sang, “What a long, strange trip it’s been” a mere five years into their psychedelic journey. That was 10 years before Christopher Owens, songwriter-guitarist of the San Francisco-based band Girls, came into the world. That puts his trip at 30-plus years, and it has been strange indeed…
For Lucero’s Ben Nichols, the development of his band’s sound has been a matter of mere evolution, not a purposeful attempt to piss off longtime fans who wish they would play the same songs on every tour stop. The change began with 2009’s 1372 Overton Park, which introduced a horn…
Yes, there’s a certain nostalgia in the air at 35 Denton this year, in the form of headliners the Jesus & Mary Chain, the Raincoats and Built to Spill. And yet, in its fourth year — and first as 35 Denton — it’s finally found an identity and stepped up…
