This is not nearly as packed a weekend as last weekend was–and good thing, too. We’re still catching up on sleep from running around all last weekend, both in Austin for ACL and here in Dallas for all the spillover. But, though less busy than last weekend, there are still…
DJ Love isn’t a Dallas native, but the seasoned DJ has made quite the name for himself around these parts thanks to several weekly gigs, a monthly gig, his own record label and an album that’s about to drop. A few other things distinguish him from the rest of the…
Few people have been able to make careers out of as narrow a path as Andrew WK has. The New York-based performer started out as a rocker with an affection for tasty licks and, as you can see above with his first (and kinda last) hit of note, 2001’s “Party…
Montreal-based Land of Talk is an alternative indie rock band with dreamy vocals provided by jazz trained vocalist/guitarist Elizabeth Powell. The trio formed in 2006 and provide an amazingly dense sound that is both clear in its soundscape and technically proficient in its execution. The group supported Broken Social Scene…
Dream-pop act Azure Ray broke up in 2004 after three successful years that saw the band, among other accomplishments, collaborating with Moby. Recently, the duo of Maria Taylor and Orenda Fink got back together and released Holding Down The Moon, a dreamy collection that seems perfect for couples listening–or maybe…
Asylum Street SpankersAustin’s Asylum Street Spankers have been around since 1994, playing a crafty blend of folk and roots rock. Lead by Christina Marrs, the Spankers have become legends within the Austin music scene. Sadly, the band has decided to call it a day and tonight’s stop at The Sons…
Fergus & GeronimoBack in June, we passed along word of Denton-based Fergus & Geronimo’s signing to Sub Pop imprint Hardly Art. Plenty’s changed since June, though; Fergus & Geronimo’s Jason Kelly and Andrew Savage moved to Brooklyn to finish up work on their new album late this summer. Now, they…
Shiner Rising Star Semi-Final Round, Week 4 T-Bones Bar & Grill, Denison TX Perhaps the most intriguing element to the annual Shiner Rising Star competition is the length of the contest: In years past, the winners have been the acts that lit the stage on fire not once, but…
Blitzen Trapper with Fruit Bats, Pearly Gate Music House of Blues October 14, 2010 Better Than: The Houston show, it appears. All photos by Kiernan MaletskyBlitzen Trapper’s Eric EarleyBlitzen Trapper opened with “Wild Mountain Nation,” which is about as good a show opener as it is possible to have in…
MarfalitesJust because the Austin City Limits Music Festival is over doesn’t mean your chance to catch some live dad rock is gone. The Chevrolet Texas Battle of the Dad Bands competition at 4 p.m. on Saturday at the Chevrolet Truck Row Stage at the State Fair of Texas pits four…
Your daily dose of national music news for Friday, October 15, 2010…Joining the long tradition of rock bands using it’s blood to make everything from comic books, to well, other stuff… Wayne Coyne documented himself making a poster with his own blood. The Beibs let us know that he can…
The workweek is almost over. To celebrate, the gods have provided some local and national musical talent tonight to get you ready for the weekend…
Women In this week’s paper, Daniel Hopkins caught up with Women’s Patrick Flegel to talk about the band’s fast ascent and its continued progression–something, Hopkins learns, that’s been spurred along by the band’s attempts to write songs as it plays upwards of 200 shows a year. Which is fine by…
Nothing says British punk rock like a tattered Union Jack, right?…
In this week’s print edition, Darryl Smyers talks up tomorrow night’s show at The Loft from The Vaselines, who, after bearing an influence over Nirvana’s Kurt Cobain in the early ’90s, took a 17-year break after their 1992 compilation release, All the Stuff and More…, before Sub Pop released another…
Guillermo HerrenSchool Of Seven BellsSchool of Seven Bells is no longer a family affair.The trio comprised of former Dallasite Benjamin Curtis and twin sisters Alejandra and Claudia Deheza were mid-tour when the latter Deheza’s absence at Austin City Limits Music Festival raised a lot of questions as to her whereabouts…
Late last month–just a few weeks before entering and eventually winning the Overall Music Award at Grand Prairie’s Fall Indie Fest–Dallas’ Summer Ames posted the above music video for her song “Capture” to YouTube. It’s a nice watch, with the song from Ames’ debut EP, Complicated Daydream, scoring an assortment…
It’s about damn time an indie pop track reached the top of the charts. I was getting kind of tired of throwing a few of my favorite pop artists under the bus for their bad efforts… Leave it to an contradictory genre like indie pop to grind my gears again…
Now there’s more people for Lil Wil to be pissed off with: The University of Wisconsin. By spoofing Cali Swag District’s “Teach Me How to Dougie” and turning it into a song about its mascot, Bucky the Badger, called “Teach Me How to Bucky” (see above), Wisonsin student rap troupe…
Your daily dose of national music news for Thursday, October 14, 2010…So Gavin Rossdale admitted he used to bang dudes, huh? So, if you’re needing to find a way to promote your band, consider blocking a highway off and performing on top of a truck.Shyne should really just be happy…
One could argue that North Texas’ fingerprints were all over last weekend’s ninth annual Austin City Limits Music Festival. Pretty much no one from outside of the region would agree with you, but, hey, you could argue it. It wouldn’t be completely unfounded, either. Five acts with North Texas ties…
With 11 full-length studio albums under his belt, and too many guest appearances to count over the last 20 years, it is somewhat ironic that a passing phrase of veneration made by Lil Wayne in a jailhouse interview back in July is what finally has the mainstream hip-hop community taking…
