Just north of Dallas, in Frisco, something is brewing at Lochrann’s Irish Pub & Eatery. The bar’s enlisted the help of Spune Productions to help diversify the music scene, who, so far, has done a bang-up job. More proof: On Thursday, October 14, garage rock act The Soft Pack (formerly…
Since taking most of the summer off in order to record new material, Denton’s Western Giants is back and ready to perform some new material tonight at Dan’s Silverleaf. With two EPs under its belt, Western Giants expects a full-length to hit the streets this fall. And, besides showcasing new…
Nova Posta Vinyl, the record label that’s owned and operated by Midlake’s Eric Pulido and Robert Gomez, has been busy lately. Just last week, we found out that the Denton label will be re-releasing Midlake’s The Trials of Van Occupanther on vinyl. And now? They’re offering up a free download…
Your daily dose of national music news for Wednesday, August 18, 2010…OK, it’s one thing for Juggalos to go after Tila Tequila. But Method Man? Really? Juggalos need to respect the Wu.Two things you find out from Joaquin Phoenix’s documentary trailer: He seems to be really strange, and he’s got…
Not sure if the following news will create as big of a ripple in the music world as the time that Fat Joe left Atlantic Records, but it looks like Fort Worth-based pop-rock band Green River Ordinance has parted ways with Capitol Records. According to the band’s producer, Jordan Critz,…
We’re admittedly a little late on this, but, a week ago today, DFW.com Ink, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram’s answer to the Morning News’ Quick in Tarrant Country, broke the news that Foe Destroyer, the band that formed in the wake of Oso Closo’s breakup and featured four of that original…
Big news out of Eisley camp this month: Stacy DuPree, lead vocalist, keyboardist and youngest of the three Tyler-dwelling sisters who make up the backbone of the band, got married earlier this month to Darren King, drummer for the band Mutemath. You may remember King from his guitar work in…
The Associated Press reports this morning that Erykah Badu paid the $500 fine imposed upon her by the Dallas Police Department’s disorderly conduct charge on Friday–a fine that came in the wake her “Window Seat” video’s film shoot, which saw the native R&B star stripping until nude at Dealey Plaza,…
While Patrick Michels was out photographing the bronzed men of the Europa Bodybuilding Expo at the Dallas Convention Center, which included arm-wrestling and martial arts, it appears he caught Lady Gaga ’bout to do some pull-ups. We’ll attempt to confirm with Lady Gaga’s publicist that she is indeed a closet…
Your daily dose of national music news for Tuesday, August 17, 2010…You do not mess with The Bieber, he will get his revenge on you via Twitter.Robert Wilson of The Gap Band passed away.Gareth, from Los Campesinos! shows how to fail at stage diving…
Back in 1999, Observer music writer Christina Rees saw the future of Dallas music. But she didn’t find it in the traditional, booming rock venues of Trees and the Curtain Club. Rather, she found it down the road, at Adair’s Saloon, in the form of four former area rock musicians…
It was yet another busy weekend for the Lek Brothers. On Friday, they began with DJ Noah D at the Green Elephant, who spun dubstep alongside Dallas’ Dub Assembly crew. Then they ventured to Brooklyn Jazz Cafe for Alexander Robotnik, which Rodrigo Diaz reviewed with words earlier, and gave us…
It wasn’t exactly a slow weekend for local tween pop tarts. For starters, Joe Jonas celebrated his 21st birthday onstage in Pennsylvania. His birthday wish? Not a nice wine glass full of Jagermeister. Rather, he asked for something sure to make his loyal fanbase of tween girls swoon: a puppy…
The red-hot promo train just keeps rolling for the North Texas-bred Neon Indian, whose next stop back here at home will take place on Tuesday, October 5, at the Granada Theater.On Friday, the band (Alan Palomo, Ronnie Gierhart, Jason Faries and Leanne Macomber) stopped by WNYC-93.9 FM in New York…
Seems the Dougie is still big on the streets–literally, in fact, as the clip above shows. A word of advice, though? When dancing in the streets, be sure to look both ways. The above guy clearly didn’t. And, as such, he pays for it, getting run over by an ice…
Trees celebrated its one-year anniversary this weekend with some help from Otep and Fair to Midland, the latter of which was one of the first to play the storied Deep Ellum venue when it re-opened last August. And, no surprise here, the place was packed, even on a busy night…
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You can’t help but like a band that puts its members’ blood types on their web site. So it’s sad news to hear that D’espairsRay canceled tonight’s tour stop in Dallas. The Japanese band’s fourth full-length album, MONSTERS, was released on July 28 and featured more of the industrial metal/glam…
Ace photographer Kevin Todora trekked on out to the Rockstar Energy Mayhem Festival, which rolled through town for a stop at Superpages.com Center on Friday, so the rest of us wouldn’t have to–and he came away with some killer shots of the bands and fans (even the young ‘uns) at…
Alexander RobotnickBrooklyn Jazz CaféAugust 13, 2010Better than: seeing the bad guy from the Sonic the Hedgehog games in a live concert. Well, maybe.Fresco has been putting on parties in Dallas for years, bringing to town legends of electronic music such as Larry Heard, Ron Trent, Theo Parrish (the list goes…
Your daily dose of national music news for Monday, August 16, 2010…Sure, Tila Tequilla gets on my nerves as much as the next “reality” star, but, does she really need to be hit with Juggalo feces? But, why did she think a Juggalo festival was the best place to perform?Kenny…
The Granada Theater’s not the only venue around town celebrating an anniversary this week: On Saturday night in Deep Ellum, Trees will celebrate its own one-year anniversary. Tough to believe that it was just a year ago that the venue re-opened, but, hey, time flies. And the venue will be…
