What: The Ever-Shifting Live Music Landscape in DFW Venue: Sweetwater Grill and TavernTime: 1 p.m. The creaking doors and loud traffic around Sweetwater Grill saw a panel discussion on a clash of music promotion and booking business models in the DFW area. To be more precise, housing development, the recent…
It’s hard to believe that there are still two more days and nights of solid programming for this year’s North by 35 Music Conferette. Because, with yesterday’s very well-received daytime programming events and last night’s solid back-to-back lineups at nearly every turn, this year’s NX35 has already obliterated the bar…
Band: HEALTH Venue: The Boiler Room Time: 11:55 p.m.Some 15 minutes before HEALTH lunched into what would be the most visceral–and, without a doubt, the most visually stimulating performance at NX35 2010 so far–the packed house inside the Boiler Room showed its hand. Whereas the crowd loudly offered up its…
Band: Indian Jewelry Venue: Rubber GlovesTime: 12:40 a.m. After witnessing the mind-blowingly brilliant and colorful display that was the HEALTH show at the Boiler Room, it was off to Rubber Gloves to check out Houston’s Indian Jewelry. Upon arrival, there was a decent-sized crowd, the bar was busy, there was…
Band: Sarah Jaffe Venue: Dan’s Silverleaf Time: 11:00pm After a fairly subdued set by Odyssey and a very quiet set Trespassers William, it was a little odd to see that Sarah Jaffe and her acoustic guitar perform the loudest set of the night at Dan’s Silverleaf. Despite the volume of…
Band: Whiskey Folk RamblersVenue: Sweetwater Bar & GrillTime: 12:15 a.m.It seemed like, no matter where I went in Denton on Friday night, everyone appeared to be much cooler than I was. At Hailey’s, people’s jeans were a little tighter than mine. At Dan’s Silverleaf, the flannel shirts probably had higher…
Band: Fergus & Geronimo Venue: Hailey’s Club Time: 10:50 p.m.Fergus & Geronimo had plenty working against its set last night at Night Two of NX35–not the least of which was a timeslot filled with numerous great acts playing at the same time. As such, its show at Hailey’s was nowhere…
Band: Sleep WhaleVenue: Andy’s Bar & GrillTime: 12:30 a.m. Where Ola Podrida, who had just played on the same stage, had never performed in front of a Denton crowd before, Sleep Whale has called the college town, along with its clubs and bars, home for many a year. That favored-son…
Band: Ola PodridaVenue: Andy’s Bar & GrillTime: 11:30 pm The Flaming Lips weren’t the only band making its Denton debut at this year’s NX35. Austin’s Ola Podrida, led by Dallas native David Wingo, took this opportunity to show the somewhat distracted and talkative audience what they have been missing out on…
What: From the Physical to the Digital PanelWhere: Dan’s SilverleafTime: 3 p.m.In his keynote, Steve Albini mulled the ephemeral nature of digital media files over physical. It is on this point that the 3 p.m. panel at Dan’s Silverleaf elaborated. The panel featured May Megan Carpenter (associate professor of Law…
Who: Steve AlbiniVenue: Hailey’s Club Time: 1 p.m.Musical and recording expertise aside, Steve Albini thinks he might have a knack for instilling guidelines for effective business meetings: “Just tell the motherfucker you’re going to cut his throat if he charges you anymore.” It has been Albini’s experience that this kind…
There’s many things I enjoy about the NX35 Conferette, not the least of which is the fact that it sure makes writing this here post easier. (Yes, I’m that self-centered.)As you already know: The Flaming Lips, Midlake and Stardeath and White Dwarfs are playing the North Texas Fairgounds for free…
From Dallas to Austin to England and back again, Cory Kilduff, half of trans-Atlantic DJ duo Ocelot, has not only been making a name for himself here in the Lonstar State, but with shows all over the country and overseas. Oh, and the duo’s got a forthcoming album about to…
When folks get asked what music they like, the most annoying and trite answer is “anything but rap and country.” I get the feeling that they say this because the pop music outlets provide bad examples of both.This week, I’m taking a look at the latest bad example of country…
Patrick Michels, Spike Johnson and Danny Fulgencio shot some enormo-great bands including Seryn, Jacob Metcalf, RTB2 and the Evangelicals (which the DC9 crew expertly reviewed below). Check out the slide show in its redwood-forest hugeness entirety right here…
WTF, America? Lilly Scott had the right sentiment when she was kicked off last night, as she wondered what America wanted to hear, and lamented the loss of strong talent from the competition (including herself).And I can’t help but feel bad for talking up ol’ Todrick Hall and Alex Lambert…
The first day and night of North by 35 got underway yesterday despite many a hitch. But, in spite of the snags and snafus that volunteers were having to scramble to fix–ranging from band cancellations and double-bookings to venues with pad-locked and chained doors, to one venue getting a ticket…
Band: EvangelicalsVenue: Rubber Gloves Rehearsal Studio Time: 12:20 a.m. The streets of Denton were humming last night and venues filled–Jupiter House Coffee on the Square even received a ticket from the fire marshal because its crowds were too big. But, despite a good lineup including eccentric Norman, Oklahoma-based indie rock…
Band: Carrie Rodriguez Venue: Dan’s SilverleafTime: 11 p.m. Any concerns of a drowsy lull following RTB2’s set at Dan’s were quickly stomped away by the boot of Carrie Rodriguez. Opening with the twangy and beefed-up “Wide River to Cross,” a track from her upcoming album, Rodriguez bore little resemblance to…
Band: RTB2Venue: Dan’s SilverleafTime: 10 p.m. When RTB2 bashed out the first few thunderous thumps of the appropriately titled “When Hammer Hits Stone,” the Dentonites almost seemed to be shooting the starting pistol for NX35. Ryan Thomas Becker writhed and jerked so frantically that, at one point, his glasses flew…
Band: This Will Destroy YouVenue: Hailey’sTime: 11:30 p.m.On Thursday night at NX35, This Will Destroy You tried its best to live up to its name. As the crowd at Hailey’s slowly grew with semi-drunk, bearded fans, so did the anticipation for the San Marcos quartet’s set. And it continued to…
Panel: DFW, The Arts, and The Future: A Roundtable DiscussionVenue: BanterTime: 1 p.m. Perhaps the most appropriate way to kick off a music festival in a town of burgeoning music and artistic talent is to discuss the bigger picture. How do festivals, art galleries, house shows and the like all…
