Quaker City Night Hawks

Rock ‘n’ roll is not what it used to be. But don’t tell that to Fort Worth’s Quaker City Night Hawks, whose debut album, ¡Torquila Torquila!, is clearly from another time—a time when there was nothing better than a drive down a dusty road with a cigarette in your mouth,…

Lyle Lovett,John Hiatt

Lyle Lovett emerged in the mid-’80s when, for a passing moment, Nashville invested as much in talent as looks. Lovett’s first eight singles broke country’s Top 25, and he scored six straight gold records from the late ’80s to late ’90s. He’s more than a quarter-century removed from the College…

The Old 97’s Move Forward, While Looking Back

The first word on the new Old 97’s disc? “And.” Fitting. The disc, as expected, is a continuation of the band’s The Grand Theatre series, the second and last planned volume from the batch of songs the band began working on in April 2010 at Sons of Hermann Hall, back…

Former Dentonites Help Pull R. Stevie Moore Out of the Bedroom

There’s a good chance you’ve never heard of R. Stevie Moore. Despite his legendary status in the indie underground, you more than likely don’t own a single one of the 400 albums he’s recorded over the past 35 years, mostly from his own home. But his lack of mainstream notoriety…

MP3 Premiere: Fox & The Bird — “Floating Feather”

Two years after charmingly bursting onto the scene with their fellow Dallas Family Band cohorts, it seems Fox & The Bird is finally ready to release their debut album. “I guess we’re the last of the main Dallas Family Band groups to release an album,” says Dan Bowman, one-fifth of…

Jimmy’s Guitar Repair in Exposition Park Caught Fire on Friday.

When we heard that a fire in Exposition Park had damaged the building that houses Jimmy’s Guitar Repair and Rob’s Chop Shop, we expected the worst. DFW has seen several historic buildings damaged or destroyed by fire in the past few years, including last year’s fire that destroyed an entire…

Wild Flag at The Loft, and a Heaping Pile of Other Show Announcements

Wild Flag is something of a web phenomenon, gaining loads of notoriety before ever releasing any music. It helps, of course, that front-lady Carrie Brownstein and Wild Flag bandmate Janet Weiss were members of the legendary rock trio Sleater-Kinney. But now, with their new act, they’re taking a different approach,…

The Strangest Stage Names In Music History

When Lakers forward Ron Artest announced last week that he is legally changing his name to Metta World Peace, the Internet exploded with bafflement and criticism. Obviously, this is coming from sports fans. We in the music world are accustomed to odd stage names. Dallas’ own Erykah Badu was born…

Closing Time For Jack’s Back Yard in Oak Cliff

One of the better bars in Dallas to feature live music came to a sudden close last night.  Well-located in Oak Cliff, just between the Oak Lawn and Kessler Park neighborhoods, Jack’s Back Yard, a re-purposed complex of buildings that formerly housed an auto repair center on West Commerce, Jack’s…