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…
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…
Just a few weeks ago, shoegaze duo with local ties, School of Seven Bells, announced that their third full- length record, Ghostory, would be released at the beginning of 2012. Today, Pitchfork reports that the album’s official release date will be February 28, 2012.With the news, the band went ahead…
North Texas music festival 35 Denton, which takes place March 8-11, may be young in age, but its lineup is far from novice. The fest announced today it will bring British post-punk rockers The Raincoats to Texas for the first since the band’s inception in 1977. The female four-piece from…
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…
John Waite, Malea McGuinness The Glass Cactus Nightclub December 2, 2011 Better than: Paying for a table at some douche-filled nightclub. Oh wait, that’s what I was asked to do. First off, I have to say that John Waite, former frontman for The Babys and Bad English, still puts on…
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…
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’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 One piece of memorabilia: an outdated SP-1200 sampler.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…
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…
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…
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…
Maynard James Keenan is one of those guys who is at home in a world all his own. Currently, he fronts three bands: Tool, A Perfect Circle and his most recent project, Puscifer. Puscifer’s latest album, Conditions of My Parole, was quite an improvement over the band’s 2007 debut, V…
You can’t dig too deep into the North Texas music scene without hearing the name Centro-Matic. The band’s prolific lead singer, Will Johnson, has saturated the last decade with releases from Centro-Matic and South San Gabriel, as well as a few solo releases of his own. Tomorrow night’s show comes…
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…
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…
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…
Hailing from Israel, Asaf Borger (aka Borgore) is one of the true wildcards in the dubstep genre. Incorporating death metal into the typical electronica thump, Borgore creates dense and loud compositions that push the boundaries of sound and, sometimes, good taste. Songs such as “Nympho,” “Glory Hole” and “Act Like…
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…
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…
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 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…
