The building occupied by Elm Street Bar must have been built on some kind of old Indian burial ground or something, right? Maybe: This week, only two months after opening, Elm Street Bar seems to be shut down yet again. Big surprise.We’ve spent a lot of time talking and joking…
Tobacco, Beans May 2, 2011 Club Dada Better than: any joke I can make about getting cancer. To say that Tobacco, who also performs as the frontman for electronic group Black Moth Super Rainbow, came onto the stage at Club Dada with little fanfare would be a gross exaggeration. Beginning…
The first time the Kings of Leon came to town, they played an intimate show at the Gypsy Tea Room. And what a different time that was: Critics referred to them as The Strokes of the South, and before long, Kings Of Leon found themselves as the opening act for…
Last year, you may recall, the Electric Daisy Carnival — after 14 years in Los Angeles, a handful of years in Denver and just one in Puerto Rico — made its Dallas debut with a pretty phenomenal showing at Fair Park.No — literally — it showed well. The park was…
Welcome to My First Show, where we give bands a chance to talk about the first shows they ever attended — no matter how uncool and embarrassing those tales may be. These days, you see Glen Reynolds in the crowd at shows more than you see him on the stage…
For almost two years now, the Smashing Pumpkins (in which the still-hairless Billy Corgan remains the lone original member) has been releasing tracks off of their online album, Teargarden by Kaleidyscope, one song at a time, on various music blogs, beginning with 2009’s release of “A Song for a Son.”Now,…
Not a bad Tuesday night coming at you this evening. After the the jump, we highlight the three best…
Donald Glover/Childish GambinoSouth Side Music HallMay 2, 2011Better than: open mic night at the Dallas Comedy House. There’s no doubting the popularity of actor/comedian Donald Glover and his maybe-not-moonlighting-gig as rapper Childish Gambino. The ticket sales for his Dallas show last night sure stand as a testament to that: After…
The Moody Blues Verizon Theatre in Grand Prairie May 2, 2011 Better than: attending an AARP convention. Seeing that most of the original members of The Moody Blues are well into their 60s and 70s at this point, it was no surprise that the audience that gathered together last night…
Been sitting here trying to think of the last time Edie Brickell & The New Bohemians played a full-on show together, and I’m just coming up empty. Surely, there haven’t been too many in recent years — not since Carter Albrecht’s death in 2007, at least. Since then, both Edie…
In light of next weekend’s elections, This Week In Dallas Music History turns back to this week in 1996 when then-25-year-old Ex-Killbilly bass player, radio’s own Richard “Big Dick” Hunter ran for Fort Worth mayor. Unfair Park guy Robert Wilonsky covered the story leading up to the election, where –…
Once news began circulating that Osama bin Laden had been killed in a gunfight at his safe-house outside Islamabad, it wasn’t long before America’s cultural taste-makers got to work. News anchors got their makeup on. Pundits nuanced. Poets cried. But, like they did almost 10 years ago, in the deepest…
Given the news we shared with you back on 4/20 (nyuck, nyuck), perhaps this shouldn’t come as much of a surprise. Nonetheless, thanks to a post on Neon Indian’s Facebook page, we can now confirm it: The band will be debuting new material from their upcoming, sophomore full-length release as…
For four decades, The Moody Blues have served as the forefathers of the classical music and rock ‘n’ roll fusion. Beginning in 1967 with the release of the album Days of Future Passed and the single “Nights in White Satin,” The Moody Blues essentially ushered in a completely new musical…
Not a bad musical selection to start out the work week. A legendary band out in Grand Prairie and a rapper/comedian highlight a night in which some locally affiliated acts also provide some worthwhile options…
Arcade Fire, Okkervil RiverGexa Energy PavilionApril 30, 2011Better than: any other show you’ve seen in 2011. More than five years have passed since Arcade Fire last played Dallas — something of which the crowd that came to see the band play the freshly minted Gexa Energy Pavillion (nee a bajillion…
Edgefest 21 with Jane’s Addiction, Weezer, Social Distortion, Flogging Molly and othersPizza Hut Park in FriscoApril 30, 2011 Better than: staying at home, engaged in a rousing game of Tetris. Every year, in the cruel summer heat, KDGE-102.1-FM The Edge’s annual Edgefest concert draws large crowds for equally large acts,…
The Decemberists, Other LivesHouse of BluesApril 29, 2011 Better than: sitting in your bedroom, reading Melville, and wondering what it might be like to love someone as much as you love the sea. Friday night’s “sold out” show at the House of Blues didn’t really seem sold out. By the…
Joan As Policewoman, The New Mary Jane, Jessie FryeClub DadaApril 29, 2011Better than: superstars seen from great distance, and police from up close. Sometimes, expectations get exceeded. And, on Friday night at Club Dada, Joan Wasser, who performs under the monikers of Joan as Policewoman, easily exceeded those of her…
We’ve got a full weekend, with loads of shows ahead. Most notably, of course, is the Arcade Fire show at Gexa Energy Pavilion, which is up against Edgefest at Pizza Hut Park in Frisco. Check out Pete’s breakdown of the two events here.But, hey, if going to see huge shows…
Seems Play-N-Skillz is on a new tip these days. A couple weeks back, the Grammy-winning, Dallas-based production duo behind such hits as Chamillionaire’s “Ridin'” and Lil Wayne and T-Pain’s “Got Money” released an electronic remix of Kanye West’s “All of the Lights” (see the video for their remix above), and,…
For over a dozen years at this point, Austin’s Okkervil River has been making intelligent, defiantly lyrical indie rock. And next week, after a few years out of the spotlight, the band will return to bask in it, thanks to the release of their sixth full-length studio effort since 2002,…
