Night Moves: World Banana Day Uptown Pub Crawl

​The second annual World Banana Day pub crawl took over a series of bars from Lemon Bar to the Uptown Bar and Grill Saturday night, in a benefit for the North Texas Food Bank. You can check out more photos of the banana-suited philanthropists in action here in our slideshow…

Over The Weekend: The Rocket Summer, Analog Rebellion at the Granada Theater

The Rocket Summer, Analog RebellionGranada TheaterFebruary 26, 2010Better than: blowing some kickass bubblegum bubbles. Holy crap. guys. People really love The Rocket Summer. Like really really.It’s not difficult to see why: At the Granada Theater-hosted CD release show for his new album Of Men and Angels on Friday night, Grapevine’s…

Over The Weekend: P.O.S., Dessa and Astronautalis at Hailey’s

P.O.S., Dessa, AstronautalisHailey’s ClubFebruary 27, 2010 Better than: waiting in line for two hours. Here’s one thing can be said with almost unerring conviction: You’ve probably never been to a hip-hop show like the one held at Hailey’s on Saturday night. There was very little of what you’d normally see…

DC9er Mixtape, Vol. 1: Tony Schwa

With endless amounts of downloadable mp3s stacking up on trendy well-clicked blogs and DJ equipment only a tab away on Amazon, it seems everyone and their cousins’ cousins can be, and , well, is a “DJ” these days. But there’s just a certain something, a je ne sais quoi–call it…

The Problem With… “We Are The World 25”

Along with inauguration of the Great North American Winter Gloat Fest 2010–32 medals last count–came the video for charity single “We are the World  25” for Haiti. Aw, charity. WHo doesn’t love it?Except, why does it seems so cheesy and self-aggrandizing? First of all, because its a remake: This is…

Giveaway: Two Pairs of Tickets Sunday’s Clientele/Vetiver Show at The Granada

Sunday night’s double-headlining pairing of Vetiver and The Clientele at the Granada Theater sure is an interesting one, pairing together two relatively somber acts that excel with retrospective takes on similar–but definitely not the same–genres. And, if you’re super-competitive, it’s like a do-over of the Revolutionary War–or maybe more appropriately…

Last Night: Tegan & Sara at the Palladium Ballroom

Tegan & SaraPalladium Ballroom February 25, 2010 Better Than: Watching the U.S. women’s hockey team lose to Canada. At the Tegan & Sara concert Thursday night, everything went according to my prediction. The Palladium Ballroom was nearly filled to capacity with mallpunks, lesbians and hipsters. But I wasn’t prepared for…

Erykah Badu Gets A Paul McCartney Sample Cleared–Via Twitter. (Kinda.)

Last night saw some serious action on Erykah Badu’s always-active Twitter account–only, this time, Badu seemed to be making Twitter work for her.And how: Through a head-spinning array of tweets that started shortly before 9 p.m. last night and ended shortly after 1 p.m. this afternoon, Badu desperately tweeted at…

Bonus MP3: Roy Robertson — “Drifter”

The music of Roy Robertson may border on indie-folk, but the native Texan is getting ready to show the Metroplex that his music really plunges much deeper than this well-explored territory. Perhaps this is but one explanation as to why there has been so much buzz surrounding the UNT junior…