Lisa Bush, aka Wild in the Streets, got her start in college, hosting a radio show on KTCU, which led to DJing house parties and at small venues around town. In time, Wild in the Streets had a regular gig alongside soul and funk DJ Eric Hermeyer at the Wreck…
Hampshire, England’s Laura Marling is all of 20 years old. Which, yes, is super young. But, like a certain Dentonite who exists in a similar realm, Marling’s music sounds well beyond its writer’s age. Which, unless you’re Justin Bieber, you kind of have to do when you put out your…
We’ve talked plenty about the Homegrown Music and Art Festival in recent weeks, touching base on the fine-looking lineup (featuring Jonathan Tyler & The Northern Lights, Telegraph Canyon, This Will Destroy You, Ishi and 10 others) and the fact that, if you buy your tickets at their advance price of…
Guess what, folks. Slim Shady is back on the charts…
There is definitely a tongue placed firmly in the collective cheek of Gil Mantera’s Party Dream, who come through town tomorrow night for a gig at The Loft. The ’80s throwback, electronic, synth-pop act from Ohio is currently on the road in support of its 2009 release, Dreamscape, which, indeed,…
The Besnard Lakes, Woven Bones, Binary Sunrise Granada Theater May 20, 2010Better Than: Hanging anywhere near the pavilion at the Bryon Nelson. I hear douchebaggery is contagious. The Besnard Lakes really know how to bring the drama. The Canadian quartet’s show at the Granada Theater on Thursday night was a…
On July 3, the Vans Warped Tour makes its stop in Dallas. I attended last year and, besides having to spend $4 on a bottle of water and nearly passing out a couple of times, I had a great time. Last year, there was several old-school punk and hip-hop bands…
Angels & Airwaves, Say AnythingPalladium BallroomMay 20, 2010Better than: staying in and listening to Angels & Airwaves on small computer speakers. Angels & Airwaves has never been a vanity project for its singer/guitarist, Tom DeLonge. While he’s back with Blink-182, the band that brought pop-punk to the masses at…
You know what really gives us the summertime blues? “Summertime Blues,” not to mention other maddening summer hits like “All I Wanna Do,” “Margaritaville” or the shotgun-in-mouth-inducing “Hot Hot Hot.” It’s bad enough global warming is cooking the planet like a plastic cup in the microwave–why must we be subjected…
Your daily dose of national music news for Friday, May 21, 2010…Now the world can finally know what Bret Michaels was watching when he had a brain hemorrage–Busty Cops 3. Somehow that seems poetic.Ryan Adams has harnessed his Sci-Fi nerdyness for his new album.Rule #1 to hooking up with Kate…
Do not adjust your Internets: The date for this week’s poster is correct. From now on, during weeks like this one, where the pickings are slim for poster submissions, we’ve elected to reach into the archives and find an oldie-but-goody. If you guys don’t want to peer into the past,…
Last night, budding rap superstar (and former handicapped Degrassi High student) Drake took to the Palladium Ballroom in Dallas for the latest stop on his current tour. Must’ve been quite the inspiring show, too, because, this morning, a new freestyle from the Young Money member started circulating around the Internet…
That small-town charm, camera-ready look and actual musical skill–though a little jam-bandy–couldn’t win Casey James the title of American Idol…or get him into the finale. Gotta say I would’ve traded Lee DeWyze for the CeeJer if only because both CJ and Crystal Bowersox incorporated their own original songs into their…
More choice footage this week from the folks at WeDentonDoIt. Yesterday, the Denton-centric blog posted the above interview and performance clip featuring Dosh, who, as you recall, played Hailey’s Club up in Denton at month’s start as part of Spune Productions’ 2k10 Finals Bash. Back when we previewed his Hailey’s…
Way back in November, we welcomed a young Denton band called This Old House into our weekly video sessions. There, the band wowed us with its deliberately-paced, heavy-on-the-atmosphere indie rock. In the following months, the band changed its name–twice, even. First, at NX35, it debuted as ODYSSEY. Then, a few…
We’ve got quite a backlog of CDs we’ve never gotten around to, so we’re going to try to chip away at the pile with this regular feature. The plan: to take a few at a time and play each CD for as long as I can stand it.The Service Industry…
Good Records has been tweeting up a storm about tonight’s Besnard Lakes show at the Granada Theater. With good reason: The Montreal psychedelic shoegaze act is passing through in support of their newest record, Are The Roaring Night, and since Good Records is promoting the concert, the store’s sister record…
Your daily dose of national music news for Thursday, May 20, 2010…In case there is still anyone who cares about Velvet Revolver… Slash has something to say. Karen Elson has been “forced” to cancel her tour because of things “out of her control.” Is lack of talent something that is…
The accolades went to rivals the Dead Kennedys, but hardcore provocateurs M.D.C. weren’t far behind. The band began while singer Dave Dictor attended the University of Texas in Austin. Outraged at the outpouring of grief over John Wayne’s death in ’79, Dictor connected Wayne’s right-wing views and jingoistic films in…
Combining music and comedy is a dicey proposition. For every Flight of The Conchords, there are 100 dudes who decided to punch up their awful stand-up acts with the three chords they know how to play on an acoustic guitar. That’s not the case with Everybody Was In The French…
When a band travels in the uncharted territory between the genres of progressive, indie and pop, they walk a fine line between magnificent and stupid. Lucky for the North Carolina sextet Annuals, their latest EP, Sweet Sister, mostly falls in line with the former. The well thought-out parts scattered throughout…
The Besnard Lakes are more than a band whose name kind of looks like “Barenaked Ladies” if you look at it really fast. They’re also a four-piece from Montreal, centered on husband Jace Lasek (lead vocals and guitar) and wife Olga Goreas (vocals and bass). Yeah, a married Canadian couple—sounds…
