Edgefest 2010Pizza Hut Park in FriscoMay 1, 2010Better than: watching the Kentucky Derby, although probably not if you were doing so from Churchill Downs’ infield–because that’s a party, folks. Believe it or not, there was music at Pizza Hut Park on Saturday. Actually, there was a whole bunch of it,…
Mono, BalmorheaThe LoftMay 1 2010Better than: Whatever else you had planned after the busy Saturday afternoon in Dallas. A large and eager audience crowded around the small stage of the Loft at 10:30 p.m. on Saturday to see Japanese experimental music quartet Mono play as if they were an an…
Spune 2k10 Fest Hailey’s Club, Denton May 1, 2010 Better than: Watching any band that is or will be fronted by Fred Durst. In many ways, the anti-Edgefest happened in Denton on Saturday. I don’t know if it was Hailey’s smoky darkness, or the general lack of bands that rhyme…
Keith Emerson and Greg Lake Granada TheaterApril 30, 2010(Barely) better than: Listening to ELP’s three-album live set Welcome Back My Friends to the Show That Never Ends over and over. Let’s get one thing straight: As a kid, I liked Emerson, Lake and Palmer. While all my “friends” were rocking…
Rusko, Dub AssemblyTreesApril 30, 2010 Better than: anything that has been at Trees since its re-opening. This was the Trees of old. By 9:30 p.m., the room was already buzzing and already a quarter full; the line outside already wrapped to the parking lot between the venue and Franzini’s Pizza…
Dr. Dog and Deer TickThe LoftApril 30, 2010Better than: Dr. Dog’s last two shows in the Metroplex, which featured cramped conditions (Lola’s) and bad sound (the Lone Star Room at Gilley’s) nearly as memorable as the band’s actual sets. By the time Dr. Dog took the stage Friday evening at…
Your daily dose of national music news for Monday, May 3, 2010…The Oz-man cometh back with Ozzfest… but only for six shows.Kid Rock is going country and hosting the CMT Awards.Sorry Lala users… Apple has decided to shut the streamer down…
As you’re probably already aware, we’re embarking on the mother of all weekends. That’s right; Edgefest is upon us. By now, you might have tried your luck at winning one of our ticket giveaways–after all, what self respecting Limp Bizkit fan wouldn’t? But if trying to listen to Phoenix while…
Hoyotoho hosted a party last night at 1111 Studio to promote the release of its self-titled debut album. And, in doing so, it put on a “Videopera in 8 Parts.” Flanked by two large video projections of singing portraits, the band played to a packed crowd of very well-dressed fans…
Recently in print, Cory Graves tossed some very kind words Spune Productions’ way, praising the booking agency’s seasonal events up in Denton. Specifically, here’s what he had to say:Between its folky Thanksgiving soiree and now-legendary winter dance party, Spune Productions is developing quite the reputation for throwing the area’s most…
I get the feeling that Canada doesn’t like us a whole lot. I know they have a bunch of good music there. But the only Canadian music that shows op on U.S. music charts ranges from mediocre to awful.The latest example is a guy named Drake. As part of Young…
Japanese ethereal post-rock act Mono has been to Dallas a few times this past decade. Andrew Claymen gave his take on the run up to the band’s set at Hailey’s in 2007:Like their crescendo-loving peers in Explosions in the Sky, Japanese post-rockers Mono lay down soundtracks for the Oscar-worthy epics…
Greg Lake’s resume reads like a who’s who of classic rock. If only Lake were known as the first singer/bassist for King Crimson, his iconic status would still be secure. But Lake chose to leave King Crimson and form a trio with Keith Emerson and Carl Palmer. ELP went on…
Coheed and CambriaPalladium BallroomApril 29, 2010Better than: “Slappin da bass” or any other potential live offering ever attempted by Rush. All work and no play definitely makes Coheed and Cambria anything but dull. From the opening chords of their set Thursday night to the very last note played at the…
Sure it’s a tad cliché to say about a band, but Dallas-based Hats & Statues really has come a long way in the past two and a half years. The band first started making waves while playing mostly the basement of J & J’s Pizza and house shows in Denton,…
Tonight in the House of Blues’ Cambridge Room, local indie-pop duo Smile Smile will headline an all-local bill that also features Dovetail and Pale Horse. Expect the headliners to be in a celebratory mood at this show–and for good reason: Today is band member Ryan Hamilton’s birthday. But what’s really…
Earlier this week, the Fort Worth location of Russell Hobbs’ The Door franchise announced a name change to The Bandwagon. Well, sort of. As Preston Jones of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram learned earlier this week when he broke the news, it’s more of a half name-change. Just as is the…
Your daily dose of national music news for Friday, April 30, 2010…Brandon Flowers finally frees himself from the shackles of The Killers and sets a release for a solo record.What better to deter Arizona lawmakers from abusing a possibly discriminatory law than a caterwalling Columbian singer?Interpol are back and you…
Hey gang. It’s been a busy last couple weeks in the art department–thanks to editor Freedman for jumping in last week in my stead. Now I’m happy to return this week with quite the specimen for our weekly selection.Brought to us by the multi-talented Andrew Shepherd (for whom you know…
Earlier this week, SMU alum Astronautalis and longtime DC9 fave DJ Fishr Pryce joined forces to release a new, pay-what-you-want mixtape called DANCEHALLFLOORSOUND!!! I’d try to explain it, but over on the mix’s download site, Astronautalis describes for us what the tape is:A mixed tape (in the contemporary sense of…
Fine. It’s Christian rap. Whatever. But here’s the thing about the 10-piece hip-hop supergroup known as DeepSpace5: They’re pretty damn legit, having moved over 100,000 discs since its first release in 1998, and having shared the stage with the likes of KRS-One, Atmosphere and MF Doom. Check the above video,…
When outsider troubadour Mark Growden rolled through the region back in January, Jesse Hughey previewed the show–quite excitedly, I might add. Wrote Hughey:Mark Growden creates the kind of rich, evocative, cabaret-noir-Americana that thousands of Tom Waits imitators would give their porkpie hats to be able to write. Continue reading…Or, in…
