It was back in January that we passed along word of the return of the third annual Dia de Los Toadies festival, which this year will take place on August 27 and 28 at Whitewater on the Horseshoe in New Braunfels. Then, back in March, we passed along word of…
Yesterday, the folks over at Live Nation announced that, for the second year in a row, there will be no service fees for tickets purchased in the month of June. This is really good news–especially if you’re interested in the pile of summer shows that House Of Blues just announced.Like,…
Smiling at the Ceiling just might be the best kept secret to emerge from the plenteous Denton jazz scene. And while they can’t quite be called a supergroup, per se, it’s still safe to say the group’s members are still probably best known for their other projects. Formed in 2007…
It’s hard not to remember Santana’s 1999 album Supernatural. Besides just the Rob Thomas collab “Smooth,” which we’ve spent the past decade trying to erase from our memories, the album received a lot of attention at the time for being one of those records that featured a different collaboration with…
The Lek Brothers were very, very busy this Memorial Day Weekend. Along with their Friday efforts, they charged through sleep and Red Bulls for “Spring Affair” at Samuel Grand Park in East Dallas with DJs Scott Phrenetic and Brett Johnson. That was way too hot.Next, and indoors, they caught the…
Just got an email from a promotions representative from EMI telling me that my interview with Fort Worth’s Green River Ordinance has canceled–or at least postponed. Seems the same is going to be true for the band’s scheduled appearance in Dallas on June 19 with American Idol winner Kris Allen.The…
Your daily dose of national music news for Wednesday, June 2, 2010…Nothing says “I love you” like joining your boo and making music together.Joe Walsh’s neighbor hates him. No, he hates him… I honestly thought Ray Stevens was dead… but, he’s not. And he seems to not like illegal immigrants…
When we pulled this outta the archives on Friday afternoon, we’d just heard word about Gary Coleman–something about him being critically ill and on life support or in a coma. His name was just starting to trend on Twitter. Then we heard word of his passing.So, with a certain TV…
Quite an interesting bill of metal-ish bands tonight up in Denton at Rubber Gloves. Headlining this evening’s festivities is Oakland’s Saviours, a band that plies its craft under the “stoner metal” banner, although such a descriptor might give the wrong impression. Although the tempos may be slow, the bone-crushing guitars…
Interesting note in ye olde New York Times yesterday about Dallas’ very own influential taste-making music blog, Gorilla Vs. Bear: In an article detailing the latest moves of growing Internet conglomerate BuzzMedia, which owns some three dozen entertainment-based web sites (among them Stereogum), the Times reports that the company has…
Stampede, HELLYEAH!’s follow-up to its self-titled 2007 debut is still on pace for a July 13 release, but, this weekend, some new revelations came out on the disc’s details. Turns out the disc will be available for purchase in three formats: standard, “deluxe” and “super deluxe.”The standard, naturally, contains just…
Aside from rickety roller coasters and sunburns, if there’s one thing you can expect to see at a Six Flags, it’s rowdy kids. So maybe it’s not all that surprising that, at Saturday’s Bamboozle Roadshow deal at Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington (check out our slide show here), some…
The National Basketball Association’s free agency period doesn’t start for another month, which means that, yessir, we’ve got a whole ‘nother 30 days to appreciate the greatness that is “C’mon LeBron,” the come-on from Dallas radio hosts Ben & Skin of KESN-103.3 FM ESPN Dallas to would-be NBA free agent…
Headliners Boys Like Girls, All Time Low, Forever the Sickest Kids and Good Charlotte played Six Flags in Arlington as part of a five-city tour in the Summer heat on Saturday.Was that it? Nope. Girls swarmed, threw signed bras on stage, and Hanson played. After all, what would summer be…
For Friday, the Lizard Lounge featured the Memorial Day-inspired “May Day” (hence the cannon props?) with DJ AK1200, Excision & Exceed–highlighting a night of Drum & Bass and Dubstep music.Next, Zubar featured JT Donaldson, Nekstone & Brett Johnson in the front room and DJ Jonene from Austin spinning house music…
Elvis Costello with the DSOMorton H. Meyerson Symphony CenterMay 28, 2009Better than: tuning in the shine on the light night dial doing anything your radio advised. There wasn’t a lot of room for the 55-year-old Elvis Costello to gallivant about on stage at the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center on…
Your daily dose of national music news for Tuesday, June 1, 2010…Sometimes it’s not enough to be indie-rock royalty, you need a hobby too.Paramore’s Haley Williams learned a valuable lesson for the internet age: there is no such thing as a private topless photo. I didn’t realize web developers hated…
Every year around this time, Brutal Juice dusts off the old instruments and reunites for a weekend of area shows. This weekend, They, along with a re-charged Baboon, will be playing at Dan’s Silverleaf on Friday, and on Saturday they’ll be at Trees.But even without a Brutal Juice reunion, there’s…
DJ Bad Holly admits that she got her start at DJing through a complete and utter accident. Holly Evans, a.k.a. Bad Holly, volunteered to DJ a party at Doublewide last year at the last minute–and to her surprise received and abundance of positive feedback. “Several people I’d never met came…
We’ve been championing Dustin Cavazos’ thoughtful rhymes and creative beats since first stumbling on his work back when his hip-hop-meets-hardcore Scuba Team Go outfit was making the rounds around the local club circuit. And while that band’s backed off from regular gigs around town (but is hardly defunct; Cavazos promises…
Featuring members of long-running North Texas country outfits Cowboys & Indians and Texas Gypsies, Shoot Low Sheriff recently released its debut album, an album called The Mockingbird Sessions, which, as Kelly Dearmore described a few weeks back, finds the scene vets trumpeting the same old influences–and to great effect.This collection…
A few weeks back, Kelly Dearmore gave Fate Lions’ recently released Good Enough For You a few spins and offered up his thoughts on the offering from the Dallas-based quintet. In short: He liked what he’d heard. Wrote Dearmore:Over the course of its thirteen songs, Good Enough For You negotiates…
