Street Style: The Thursday Fans of 35 Denton

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…

Blues Legend Bugs Henderson is Dead at 69

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…

Wayne Hancock: “The Whole Alt-Country Thing is Bullshit.”

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…

Happy Birthday, Townes Van Zandt

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…

New Fumes Covers Gary Numan’s “Observer”

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…

So, About This Jessica Simpson Elle Cover…

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…

Heartless Bastard Erika Wennerstrom on Finding Her Voice

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…

This Week In Print: 35 Denton, Girls, Heartless Bastards and More

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…

Ana da Silva on The Raincoats’ Legacy

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…

Preview: Heartless Bastards at Lola’s Saloon

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…

Preview: Joe “King” Carrasco at the Kessler Theater

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…

Preview: Neon Indian at the Granada Theater

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…

Preview: Of Montreal at Trees

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 long, strange trip of Girls’ Christopher Owens

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…

Lucero Continue to Evolve

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…

35 Denton Cleans Up its Block and Rebrands Itself

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…