Primus is a band we discovered pretty early on in life and whose sharp and innovative playing we’ve only grown to respect more and more as we’ve aged. Unfortunately, though, our first exposure to the group was to their biggest single of the ’90s: “Wynona’s Big Brown Beaver.” Even more…
In case it isn’t already, go ahead and circle Thursday, July 7, in bright red ink on your nearest calendar. That, of course, is the night when Centro-matic will return to North Texas as part of their summer tour in promotion of their new album release, Candidate Waltz, for a…
As the leader of the geeky power trio Primus, Les Claypool somehow managed to turn his love of Frank Zappa and Captain Beefheart into a tangible career in rock music. Indeed: For the better part of three decades now, Les Claypool has stood tall as one of the strangest ducks…
From the looks of things, the AT&T Performing Arts Center is trying its hand at rock and roll. On Friday, September 16, Explosions In The Sky will perform the venue’s first ever ticketed rock show at the adjacent Annette Strauss Square, an outdoor grassy plaza with about 2,200 seat capacity…
Both local and national talent are on display this hump-day evening. Choose wisely…
Here We Go Magic, Caveman, Carlo CanlasDadaMay 24, 2011Better Than: Sitting in a bathtub at home with a dog and a baby both trying to eat each other. First, there was a crash, followed by a series of booms, and then some smashing sounds.None of that happened at the Here…
Seems like these days, hirsute hipsters are everywhere. At 35 Conferette, even, street vendors sold T-shirts sporting the phrase “Keep Denton Beard” beneath a photo that pretty much exactly resembles Good Records manager Chris Penn.We posted a gallery of beards after that event, but why stop there? The DFW music…
Like The New York Times and Paste magazine before them, it looks like the folks at Southern Living magazine have gone and discovered Denton — or, as they and everyone else says when first writing about the college town, “maybe the next Austin!”Ugh.At least the folks at Southern Living had…
Speaking of fond memories of the Homegrown Festival,we’d now like to point your direction in a very nice clip our friends over at You+Dallas produced during the Homegrown Festival in Main Street Garden Park a few weekends ago. In the clip, which you can watch after the jump, you’ll see…
This weekend, when Ishi performs its as-scheduled set at the Double Wide on Sunday night, fans will no doubt notice something missing: Earlier this week vocalist Taylor Rea and guitarist Rob Bastien announced that they’re no longer in the massively popular area band, instead choosing to forge forward with their…
Last we checked in with the booking goings-on for the fourth annual Dia de Los Toadies festival, there were only three bands attached to the thing: The Sword, Ume and, of course, the Toadies themselves.Now, almost three months later, the fourth annual late August festival in New Braunfels (get your…
Although not as busy as last night, there are still a few musical options in our area this Tuesday night that are well worth investigating…
Gray swaths are covering North Texas today, which is pitch perfect weather to discuss Bon Iver developments. His new, self-titled sophomore album is dropping on June 21 (a single, “Calgary,” is already making the rounds), and the first leg of a US tour has been announced. No stops in Texas…
There’s quite a bit of an international flavor to the musical offerings in our area this evening, which is one of the more interesting Monday nights we’ve seen in a while…
Down in Blanco this weekend, a rare treat: The New Bohemians — and, yes, with Edie Brickell — performed a gig, this one coming as part of a benefit concert held to help raise funds for the Blanco High School Band. And, lucky us, Friend of DC9 Mike Brooks was…
In this edition of This Week In Dallas Music History, we look back at an infographic we here at the Observer published to chart the career arc of The Toadies, following the release of their seminal record Rubberneck and through the production of their at-the-time unnamed follow-up.If you have a…
An HorseThe LoftMay 22, 2011Better than: Tying me kangaroo down, sport. Australian duo An Horse rode into town on the leading edge of last night’s storm system for a show at The Loft. The storm was a likely contributor to the smallish turn-out — 80 people, maybe. Blame the band…
The Black Angels, Sleepy Sun and True WidowThe Loft May 21, 2011 Sure, Saturday night’s particularly droney triple-bill of The Black Angels, Sleepy Sun and True Widow may have taken place inside The Loft. But it hardly felt that way, instead feeling more like a spur-of-the-moment field party.Credit (or blame)…
My Chemical Romance, Circa Survive and The ArchitectsThe House of BluesMay 21, 2011(Just Barely) Better Than: Staying home and watching the Mavericks beat the Thunder. New Jersey’s alt-rock outfit My Chemical Romance put on a fierce and fun performance in front of a packed and sweaty, multi-generational horde at the…
Portugal. The Man, Telekinesis, Unknown Mortal OrchestraGranada TheaterMay 20, 2011Better than: trying to put on your own laser show. Die-hard fans lined the front of the stage for Friday night’s Portugal. The Man show, a group ranging from the young fans attempting to conceal their conspicuously X-ed hands to Gen…
Not the strongest weekend we’ve ever had, but there are still some pretty solid shows happening around town. The show scheduled for Saturday at the Taste Of Addison Main Stage isn’t really one of them, but it’s definitely the weirdest bill we’ve seen in a long time: Third Eye Blind…
You know the look: Checkered sneakers, skinny pants, that forlorn gaze through a cascade of floppy bangs. Emo kids are easy to spot. Or are they? Can you tell that a band is emo by the way they look? In this week’s paper, we talked to My Chemical Romance guitarist…
