It’s an old story in music. A band works hard and earns a loyal, if somewhat diminutive, following. The band works harder and gains an even bigger and still super-loyal fan base. The band gets signed to a major label or imprint, mostly on the strength of their fans’ support,…
Alison Mosshart confesses to being in a very good place at the moment. It’s late March, and, after countless delays, her band The Kills will finally be releasing their fourth full-length, Blood Pressures, on April 1. She couldn’t be more excited. That’s mainly because with every new album there’s an…
Musicforthemorningafter, the recently reissued debut effort from singer-songwriter Pete Yorn, still sounds as fresh today as it did a decade ago. Even Yorn himself thinks so: “That record was a blessing, straight-up,” he says. “It was a great way to launch my career.” Problem is, once a career is started…
In the early oughts, few indie bands garnered as much attention and adoration as Grandaddy. Their albums The Sophtware Slump and Sumday were hits with fans and critics alike, and they seemed to position the band to break on through to the mainstream. But, as it turned out, the slacker…
From earning the title of DMC’s world champion DJ in 1997 at the age of 15 to serving as Kanye West’s personal DJ when the Chicago rapper broke into the mainstream to his titles of producer and record label co-owner, it seems that the only natural next step for A-Trak…
Record stores haven’t exactly been thriving of late. That’s no surprise: Seems we can’t go a week these days without stumbling across a story about the death of brick-and-mortar shops or a well-researched study that places record stores near or at the top of some dying industries list. Dallas stores…
What a great hump-day musical lineup we have this evening. Definitely something for everyone in this list of goodies…..
Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price is an interesting character made only more interesting by the fact that he drives around town in an SUV wrapped with images of the downtown skyline and himself. And that’s saying nothing of his cornrows and bowties. Dude’s ballin’. Which is why it’s kind…
Three years have passed since British Sea Power toured the states in support of their 2008 release, Do You Like Rock Music? That’s longer than the life of a lot of bands. The time away wasn’t for naught, though: The band regrouped and worked on the follow-up to the best…
Back in 2009, when Denton piano-pop songstress Jessie Frye released her debut The Delve EP, our own Darryl Smyers wrote that “if Frye ever chooses to venture further from the safety net of her undeniable talent, she might prove to be dangerous in alarming ways.” Now, with the release of…
After the jump, the Avett Brothers’ Scott Avett explains that, due to the impending birth of his second child, he and the rest of the band will be canceling their swing through Texas this weekend — meaning that Dallas, along with Austin and Houston, will get no Avett show this…
Austin’s David Ramirez, who Paste magazine once called “the best damn songwriter you don’t know yet,” if his website is to be believed, is no stranger to Dallas. Seems like the dude, who once upon a time attended Dallas Baptist University, is here every other month (at least) playing various…
Denton’s Seryn have been riding high since the release of their debut full-lenth, This Is Where We Are. And, in the midst of all the hype the band has been receiving, they’ve found a way to give back. On Saturday, April 16, at 7 p.m., the band will perform a…
Ryan Cabrera is a dude who was born in the Dallas area who used to date Ashlee Simpson and got signed to her father Joe Simpson’s management company and made something of a blip on the national pop culture radar in 2004, when his song “On The Way Down” started…
After a pretty hectic Monday night, things slow down considerably this evening. Unless you’re a big fan of jazz and/or acoustic pop…
Daniel Smith, the frontman and creative force behind indie rock project Danielson, likes to play dress up. This is no secret — he and the band have sported everything from nurse costumes to police ensembles on stage over the course of their 15-plus years on the road. But the most…
Not sure when it started being specifically “KXT 91.7’s annual summer concert series,” as the National Public Radio-backed music-centric station KKXT-91.7 is so proudly calling it today on its website, but, hey, here we are, heading into another summer, and, as has been the case for a few years now,…
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. Mwanza “Wanz” Dover has been a fixture around the Dallas area for what feels like forever at this point…
Back in early March, you may recall, we pointed your attention toward this oh-so-incredible acoustic performance by the Toadies of their song “Tyler,” filmed and recorded on location at last year’s Dia de Los Toadies festival. Greatness. Meanwhile, in another world, LCD Soundsystem performed its last show ever about a…
The Raveonettes, TamarynGranada TheaterApril 11, 2011Better than: quoting the raven nevermore. After a hazy, ethereal opening set from the San Francisco-by-way-of-New York-based, Mexican Summer-signed Tamaryn, who provided a fine example of how to best use the Granada’s projection screens, what with their performance fully engulfed in encapsulating visuals, the stage…
Warpaint The Loft April 11th, 2011 Better than: finally getting to punch the jerk that yells “Freebird!” at every concert. Even an hour before Warpaint were slated to perform at The Loft last night, it was already clear: The show was either sold out, or very close to it. Inside…
Hey, now! It’s a hopping Monday evening of shows gracing our area this evening. Definitely hard to choose amongst these contenders…..
