Lordy, it’s a busy plate of music happening this fifth day of May. Although Cinco De Mayo is not that big of a holiday in Mexico (where is it celebrated mainly in the state of Puebla), here, we’ve made it into just another reason to drink up and party. In…
Say, remember when Papa Roach hit single “Last Resort” had us contemplating suicide and thinking that nothing was all right or fine? Good times. The band has come a long way four albums and 10 years later, settling into hard rock without the mediocre rhymes.You know what else is cool,…
This morning, the Kessler Theater quietly created an event on facebook for a Pleasant Grove concert on Saturday, August 7. Just another Pleasant Grove show, right? Not quite: Apparently the band will be performing their seminal album Auscultation of the Heart all the way through. This should be an amazing…
We are standing on the brink of the summer season, and with the unbearable heat comes the obligatory summer outdoor live music series. The heat is inevitable, but the Belmont Hotel and the AT&T Performing Arts Center are offering a few ways to make it a little more tolerable.The Belmont…
The Idol competitors were challenged this week with the task of reinterpreting the classics of Frank Sinatra. Ol’ Blue Eyes’ daughters were even in the audience (no pressure, singers) and presented Sinatra fan Simon Cowell with a monogrammed FAS hankie. Awesomely cool. Made me really wish his shirt wasn’t unbuttoned…
Norah Jones, Sarah JaffeFair Park Music HallMay 4, 2010Better than: trying to out at the Women’s Museum across the park. Playing up her hometown appeal–and, well, her sex appeal, too, looking quite adorable, dressed in a short, tight, black and red dress–Dallas native Norah Jones stood on the Fair Park…
The DeftonesTreesMay 4, 2010Better than: ..any abbreviated, afternoon mini-set at a festival concert, for damn sure. The Deftones took to Trees last night for an eleventh-hour-announced, quickly-sold-out concert, and delivered a boastful, deafening, 21-song set to an expanse of shoulder-to-shoulder bodies.They were pressed against every wall, and lined along every…
Your daily dose of national music news for Wednesday, May 5, 2010…The debut song from the new project brought to you by Mr. and Mrs. Trent Reznor debut online.Jack White is ready to record as the White Stripes again… and we are too.Skanks and strippers had better look out… Bret…
A huge, huge, huge thank you to everyone who came out to The Local Hang last night at The Libertine. Biggest crowd we’ve seen yet. Lots of area musicians fans and industry types. Also: Random drinkers who didn’t seem to mind having their turf infringed upon. A special thanks to…
In this week’s paper, I catch up with deservedly revered area Americana singer Doug Burr and talk to him about how both life and circumstance are forcing him to think about his career differently heading into the release of his fourth full-length album. The new disc, O Ye Devastator, which…
Yesterday, Stereogum launched a new bit called Exposure, where musicians interview other musicians–like a hipster, music-focused Interview magazine (redundant?) except that it’s on video and online. For the debut episode, the Dallas-bred Alan Palomo of Neon Indian gets tapped to interview one Peter Gabriel. Does a pretty good job, too,…
Yesterday, Fort Worth’s Green River Ordinance released the above music video for “On Your Own,” the second single off the band’s major label debut, Out Of My Hands. It’s a gorgeous video, I’ll give them that. But, man, if the song doesn’t sound like Third Eye Blind or some other…
Kind of big news this week surrounding Burleson’s own Kelly Clarkson. Seems the inaugural American Idol champ has been working on a new record, and, uh-oh, a song from the record has leaked. Late last week, the sultry–or, well, sultry for Clarkson–song started making its way around the ‘net.Clarkson was…
Just this past Saturday, esteemed rock band the Deftones graced the area for this year’s Edgefest, apparently drowning out the last few seconds of Metric on the second stage in the process. But, guess what, folks? The band’s still in Texas. And, on Saturday, it was announced that the band…
It’s always a great thing when the best band on a lengthy bill is not the headliner. One, you usually can get up front and check out the action. And, two, you might not have to stay out so late. Of course, the shows start pretty early at The Prophet…
It was a busy weekend with Edgefest and Dr. Dog. But that doesn’t mean there was a lack of thunderous, heavy dubstep. Sub Soldiers’ own DJ Rusko vibrated the columns at Trees late Friday night, sampling some tracks from his upcoming Mad Decent release, O.M.G.! Meanwhile, on Saturday, Zubar featured…
The folks over at Vickery Park are celebrating their fifth birthday with three days of shows sponsored by Stoli vodka and Sailor Jerry spiced rum–and the festivities start tonight!The King Bucks kick off the celebration tonight at 10:30 with some classic country. Tomorrow night, the Boys Named Sue will probably…
Your daily dose of national music news for Tuesday, May 5, 2010…It’s official: The world is coming to an end.Celine Dion’s “My Heart Will Go On” was voted the best movie song of all-time. Noticeably absent? John Cafferty and The Beaver Brown Band’s “On The Dark Side.”…
It’s the first Monday of the month, which means, yup, I’ll be at The Libertine tonight from 10 till close, “spinning” all the local jams for your listening and drinking pleasure. Come hang. Check the Facebook events page for details. And feel free toss any song requests herein the comments…
Earlier today, you saw Nick Rallo’s take on Saturday’s Spune 2k10 Finals event at Hailey’s Club in Denton–or the “Anti-Edgefest” as he justifiably calls it. Now, take a peek at Danny Fulgencio’s photos from the event. If nothing else, they’re very pretty…
Looks like it’s about time for Brutal Juice to come out of hibernation and play a couple of sets. Denton’s mildly successful “acid punk” band ran a stray course during its debut in ’90s. Their three full albums were a demo, a live album, and then a studio album.The May…
Last week, we gave you all a heads up about the next big festival in town–now that Edgefest is out of the way, at least. Downtown Dallas’ Homegrown Festival bill for Saturday, May 22 is already pretty stout. It’s fully stocked on buzz-worthy local acts. But the name they dropped…
