When we first heard that LMFAO were going to be performing at American Airlines Center on Friday, June 15, we were like, WTF! Then we started thinking about how funny they looked at the Super Bowl half time show with Madonna, at which point we started LOLing so hard we…
At the end of last year, I took back misgivings I had about Drake since his studio debut, Thank Me Later, dropped a couple years back. One of reasons I changed my mind “aboat” the Canadian rapper was the title track from his sophomore album, Take Care, released last year…
Look, we know you don’t want to think about summer after the non-winter we had. Yes, there will probably be fireballs raining down on us for 128 days straight and some sort of locust invasion, but KXT’s bringing a pretty great lineup to Gexa Energy Pavilion on June 1 to…
On “Circumambient,” a track from 23-year-old Claire Boucher’s latest album, Visions, she sings, “Oh baby I can’t say/That everything is OK/Cause I have problems/And I don’t know how to solve them.” The Montreal musician’s third full length and first for 4AD navigates body and mind in order to solve those…
Country four-piece Somebody’s Darling has a new record ready to go called Black Eyes and Alibis, but we have to wait until the summer to hear it. As a preview of what’s to come, the band headlines Dada on Friday night. Frontwoman Amber Farris and guitarist David Ponder took the…
After scrolling through Erykah Badu’s Twitter feed last night, it seems the concert scheduled for today has been canceled after all. She held a press conference in Kuala Lampur earlier to address the issues that lead up to the cancellation, and beyond the bigger issue of art, religion and where…
John Anderson, Tim DeLaughterKessler TheaterTuesday, February 28Tim DeLaughter took to the Kessler Theater stage on Tuesday night like a guy about to meet his girlfriend’s parents for the first time. He was struggling to keep himself together in front of a sold-out crowd of mostly grey-haired dads — odd for…
Yung Nation, the Dallas duo of 19-year-old emcees Lil Faime and B. Reed, is seemingly primed for some national hype. The pair tirelessly records and plays shows, their YouTube channel has well over a million views, and backing from Dorrough Music has allowed Yung Nation and Nation Gang, the dance-centric…
It’s a big day for School of Seven Bells. The band’s third and most industrial-influenced album, Ghostory, is released today. The band, located in New York, was formed when longtime Dallas musician Benjamin Curtis (UFOFU, Tripping Daisy, Captain Audio) was on tour with his band Secret Machines, opening for Interpol…
A special Leap Day concert Erykah Badu was scheduled to perform in Kuala Lampur tomorrow was temporarily canceled, after a local paper ran this promo photo of her, which shows one of her (temporary) tattoos spelling out the Arabic word for “Allah.” It apparently violated the Central Agency for the…
Dropkick Murphys House of Blues Monday, February 27 A Dropkick Murphys show isn’t one to hold surprises, nor is it one to attend when you’re just looking for a decent night of music. Don’t get me wrong, the beloved Celtic punk band’s performance last night at House of Blues was…
Possessing one of rock’s most recognizable voices, former Yes lead singer Jon Anderson sounds as good today as he did when he helped form the legendary progressive rock band over four decades ago. From his home studio in California and in anticipation of tonight’s gig at the Kessler Theater with…
Deep Ellum’s Black Swan Saloon (2708 Elm Street) has attracted cult-like fandom in the past year, in addition to being our 2011 pick for Best Drink in a Plastic Cup. Owner Gabe Sanchez, quite possibly the nicest guy in the history of time, has upped his coolness factor by planning…
Purveyors of heavy metal always seem to be obsessed with epic literature.Take Russell Allen of Symphony X. He’s fronted New Jersey’s progressive metal act for nearly 20 years, and in that time, Symphony X has released albums based on both The Odyssey and Paradise Lost. Last year, they released Iconoclast,…
There’s a good chance you haven’t heard much about Dallas dream-pop act Crushed Stars. Singer Todd Gautreau generally flies below the radar, and the Frisco native plays an average of one live show per album, which, by our calculation, makes six.His bandmates stay pretty busy with their own projects: Drummer…
Big K.R.I.T. Trees Saturday, February 25 Big K.R.I.T.’s tour supporting his upcoming 4evaNaDay had longtime loyalists packing out Trees once again for Scoremore. I only caught the last few songs from Dallas-based opener Lu Sloan, but the assembled crowd was enthusiastic and responsive to clear crowd favorite, “In Luv Wit…
Dave Bazan Saturday, February 25 In case you forgot how cool the town of Denton is, Saturday night, Denton city councilman Kevin Roden hosted an intimate evening with Dave Bazan at his home on Texas Street, right across from TWU. “[Bazan’s] management team put out the call that they were…
Reptar, Quiet Hooves, Zhora The Prophet Bar Friday, February 24 “We are about to get nasty,” said Graham Ulicny moments before “Sebastian,” a standout from Reptar’s self-titled album. The Athens, Georgia group didn’t disappoint. Combining the nerdy dance vibe of early Talking Heads with the more modern sensibilities of The…
The Final Annex House Show w/ Spookeasy, Darstar, Rocketarm, Sealion Annex House Friday, February 24 There have been other “last” shows at Annex House before, but the Keller Williams “For Lease” sign out front made it definite on Friday night. If this was the final show, it was pretty fantastic,…
It’s a big weekend for music, y’all. We mentioned shows from Mind Spiders and Blackstone Rangers in print this week, as well as Texas Theatre’s Soul Train Dance Party. But the biggest show comes to us from Mississippi rapper Big K.R.I.T., who will perform at Trees on Saturday night. Local…
VNV Nation Trees Thursday, February 23 A lanky blonde, clad in black pumps, fishnet stockings, satin booty shorts, elbow-length gloves and a red corset that didn’t leave much to the imagination, stepped up to the bouncer guarding the front door of Trees last night. The young girl frowned when the…
Ben Piché of Darstar designed this poster for tomorrow night’s show at Rubber Gloves, using tarot cards as his influence. He didn’t have them read, he just literally wanted the poster to look like a tarot card. I’m not sure what this particular pipe-smoking centaur releasing a falcon represents in…
