Turns out, the Fort Worth Music Festival isn’t the only multiple-day music event taking place this weekend. As the above poster shows, there’s plenty of action taking place on this side of Arlington, too…
Hailing from Stillwater, Oklahoma, one might assume that Colourmusic might dabble in alt-country or Southern rock. Such couldn’t be further from the truth. Instead, this intriguing five-piece plays alternative rock with the emphasis on the alternative. Calling what they do “Oklahoma Sex Rock,” the guys in Colourmusic actually claim the…
Current American Idol judge and People Magazine’s “World Most Beautiful Woman” for 2011 Jennifer Lopez has had quite a year between having twins and announcing a split with her third husband Marc Anthony. For the past couple years, though, J-Lo had tried to draw a line between her personal and professional…
For 17 years now, Richard Buckner has been one of the most unique singer-songwriters going. Eschewing choruses, Buckner writes in a stream of consciousness matter that resembles free verse poetry set to a fascinating musical backing. Although Buckner was erroneously marketed as a hunky country good old boy in the…
Gang Gang Dance, Venus X and Shane Dada September 28, 2011 Better than: not paying attention and missing something clever. Sly is the word that best sums up last night’s show at Dada, which saw two groups from New York City presenting a seamless two-hour-plus performance of avant-garde electronic and…
Just as the coldest, most unbearable part of winter grabbed their native Canada by the throat, Braids’ Native Speaker (thankfully) popped up on the radar. Crystalline guitars cascaded everywhere, tiny tropical drums peeked out from the background and Raphaelle Standell-Preston’s surging vocals held the whole thing together. It sounded like…
After undergoing a few name changes (from This Old House to Odyssey and, finally, to Sundress) as well as a few lineup changes, Denton’s Sundress have finally released what they consider to be their debut EP, although some may remember the band’s 2010 EP, Fever, which Sundress would prefer you…
Dallas’ favorite collective of folk heroes, Fox & The Bird, left very little to chance before releasing their debut full-length album. They took their time. Thus, given that the band, in its various incarnations, has been performing around the region for a few years, the charming Floating Feather doesn’t have…
Plano native Richard Blake Hansen had been flipping beats and scratching turntables since high school, but a relocation to Denver changed something in him. Or maybe it was just his budding friendship with Derek Smith of Pretty Lights. Whatever it was, the general public is now reaping the benefits on…
By re-branding its yearly Jazz by the Boulevard event as the more universally fitting Fort Worth Music Festival, Fort Worth hopes to not only expand on the breadth of performers it brings to town for this event annually, but also to increase attention on the region’s rich musical talent. In…
At this point, nobody really expects Blondie to upset any new paradigms. In the group’s late ’70s and early ’80s heyday, the Debbie Harry-led outfit set a high standard for an omnivorous New Wave chic, lent the NYC underground an irresistible backbeat and helped, um, legitimize rap-rock hybrids back when…
Jonas Erik Altberg, aka Basshunter, began producing music under that moniker in 2002, using the ubiquitous Fruity Loops computer program, working from home and self-releasing The Bassmachine before signing with Warner Music for his sophomore effort. Unlike many producers, Altberg sings on a lot of his own tracks, and six…
Last year was quite a year for the young Austin metal-lords in The Sword. After a two-year recording layoff, the band released its third album, Warp Riders. Then powerful drummer Trivett Wingo left the group due to exhaustion and anxiety just days after the Sword played the Austin City Limits…
Frank Turner is finally shaking the old Billy Bragg comparisons with his fourth album, England Keep My Bones. He spent his early 20s in knotty post-core band Million Dead, then embraced a solo career when they broke up in ’05. These early recordings are where the Bragg influence is strongest,…
When Denton’s Novaak announced their break-up up shortly after the 35 Conferette in March, the band’s lead singer, Jessi James, already had a few tracks in her solo repertoire. Just a month before, James had flown to New York City to work on a handful of songs with the help…
Outside of 2826 Arnetic in Deep Ellum, a small crowd has gathered near the door, casually conversing. Not far off, maybe 20 feet down the sidewalk, a young man paces — not frantically, but with a sense of purpose. A towel hangs over his shoulders as he stares at a…
Although it was October, the weather was unseasonably warm and humid. Inside Trees, the air conditioner that was set on high was having little effect. As the sold-out crowd made its way into the venue to catch Nirvana — one of the hottest bands in the country at the moment…
Payam Doostzadeh is understandably experiencing something of a high at the moment. The bass player has just walked off stage at the 2011 Austin City Limits Music Festival, and with his exit, he just kissed goodbye the biggest crowd that his band Young the Giant has ever played before. “Did…
At first glance, the Austin-based Mother Falcon look like a mini-orchestra. With multiple violins, cellos, guitars, saxophones, trumpets, bassoons, bouzoukis, mandolins, drums, an accordion, bass, glockenspiel, piano and as many as 21 members on stage at once, the band pretty much boasts everything needed to shake the walls of the…
The summer started out fairly rough for area electronic favorites, Ishi. In May, you may recall, half the band split from the project, leaving the Brothers Mudd (John and J.J.) behind to pick up the pieces. Didn’t take too long to do that, fortunately enough for the band. By the…
Phil Spector revivalists Cults aren’t from Dallas — they call New York home, of course — but they do have a significant local tie courtesy of Gorilla vs. Bear, the influential, Dallas-based blog: Chris Cantalini championed the band from the jump, then released the band’s ridiculously endearing “Go Outside” as…
Musicians are undoubtedly influenced by the music they listen to. An artist’s musical selections can sometimes even foretell what a next album might sound like. So if you’ve ever wondered what the artists who grace your stereo are getting funky to, here’s your chance to find out. Every week, I’ll…
