Bro Fest 2012 Lineup and Tickets

If the words Bro Fest and 2012 don’t strike fear in your heart, then you’re probably really stoked for Bro Fest 2012, Parade of Flesh’s fifth annual post-SXSW fest. Sunday, March 18 at Club Dada, thrill to the sounds of Brooklyn thrashers Cerebral Ballzy, psych wards the Entrance Band and…

In Defense Of… Beyoncé’s “Dance For You”

I’ve noticed that I pick on Beyoncé a lot in my columns. Here’s how I know – I’ve memorized the alt-key number sequence to type the accented e in Windows, and I don’t even type in Spanish or French. (That code, by the way, is Alt and 0233) I rail…

The Lights All Night DJ Spin Off at Artopia In Moving Pictures

A few hours before the Lights All Night DJ finalists spun at Zouk (for the Artopia after party), DJs Skrause, DJ-O, and The Latin House Krew, took turns firing off sparky sounds at the Dallas Contemporary. Our own Audra Schroeder, Clint Keller, and Asim Sheikh, and of course the Lights…

Over the Weekend: Puscifer, Carina Round at the Majestic Theater

Over the Weekend: Puscifer, Carina Round Majestic Theater Saturday, December 3rd, 2011 Better than: A Perfect Circle’s set at the Verizon Theatre earlier this year. If you wondered what Puscifer is about, well, their 75-minute performance on Saturday night provided plenty of answers. Part concert, part multimedia experience, and part…

DJ Contest at Artopia and the Best Shows in Town This Weekend

As we mentioned on Tuesday, this year’s edition of the Dallas Observer-sponsored Artopia event on Saturday at Dallas Contemporary will have a music angle. Three DJs — Skrause, DJ-O and The Latin House Krew — all compete for a chance to perform at Lights All Night, December 30 and 31…

Eliot Lipp and the Gravitational Pull of Dubstep

Eliot Lipp’s spent most of his professional career traveling from city to city, picking up different sounds along the way. One piece of memorabilia: an outdated SP-1200 sampler. Lipp’s also released six albums, the latest of which, How We Do: Moves Made, came out in October. After dealing with record…

Marc Ribot at the Kessler

Last Night: Marc Ribot The KesslerDecember 1, 2011Better than: Not crying Listening to guitarist Marc Ribot have his way with a song is an adventure. The kind of adventure Griffin Dunne found himself on in the film After Hours. You think you’re going on a simple date, but before you…

Rebel, Girl: Dallas Is Getting a Girls Rock Camp

One of the most enlightening experiences I’ve had in the past few years is working with the Girls Rock Camp Austin, and seeing first-hand the transformations. Girls who have no experience with an instrument suddenly turn into axe-wielding badasses, kicking over mic stands on stage and singing songs about how…

Jacques Renault at Rio Room

The folks behind Rio Room and PM Lounge have been Dallas’ most avid DJ talent scouts, scouring charts, mixes and remixes to find acts who can be described as “hip” or “now” or “up-and-coming.” Quite admirably, they’ve braved the likelihood of having to forgo a packed venue and bottle service…

SXSW’s Comin’: Springsteen to Keynote All Over It

I can’t write this news without thinking of Ben Stiller’s pitch-perfect impression of Bruce Springsteen. The (real) Boss will give the South by Southwest keynote speech March 15 at the Austin Convention Center, following in the big ol’ legend-sized footsteps of Smokey Robinson and Neil Young. Maybe Bruce will even…

Poster Of The Week: Roxmas 6

Well, John Jurik’s poster for Roxmas 6 certainly puts holiday cheer in perspective. After pushing through lines of screaming children (and adults) at Wal-Mart and enduring Mariah Carey’s version of “All I Want For Christmas” 50 times a day, who wouldn’t want to thump Santa with a shovel and put…

Gig Alert: John Waite at Glass Cactus

During the late ’70’s, FM radio was at a definite low point. Hell, that’s why punk came along in the first place. Every once in a while, a song would come across the airwaves that reminded folks of the pure joy of power pop. “Isn’t it Time” and “Everytime I…

Dance Evolution in Denton

Until now, Mable Peabody’s has been the only venue in Denton that caters to the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and intersexed (LGBTQI) community. The second addition to that list is Rubber Gloves Rehearsal Studios and its inauguration of Denton Is Burning, an inclusive weekly Monday dance night that reaches…

St. Marie Records Sends Up a Prayer for Labels

Not much has come out of Malakoff, a one-light East Texas town not far from Tyler whose exports include Wes Berggren, best known as Tripping Daisy’s late guitar player. Wyatt Parkins, a Tripping Daisy fan who attended Malakoff High School a few years behind Berggren, spent much of his high…

Watch The Throne Tour with Jay-Z and Kanye West

In 1992, metal fans’ heads exploded all over North America as the epic double bill of Metallica and Guns N’ Roses caused riots and sold millions of dollars worth of tickets. This winter, there has been a similar, can’t-believe-this-is-finally-happening vibe surrounding Jay-Z and Kanye West’s Watch The Throne Tour. When…

My Morning Jacket, Delta Spirit

My Morning Jacket is a long-winded band. The band’s shows are famed not only for their duration, but also for their energy and potency. Their career — going on 14 years — has lasted almost three times the life cycle of a normal rock band. Thanks to the six albums…