Music

The Crash That Took Me might be a part of a new “art pop” imprint on Idol Records, but Chlorine Colored Eyes isn’t a drastic step away from what the band has done before. In many ways, this record is a logical follow-up to the band’s debut, Orchestrated Kaleidoscopes. And…

When Eisley stops in to play The Door on Wednesday night, it will be something of a homecoming for the Tyler-based DuPree family band. “I remember playing The Door way back,” lead Eisley vocalist and keyboardist Stacy DuPree offers over the phone from a tour stop in Maryland. Suddenly, she’s…

Frank Turner’s got something to say. It’s apparent in the bite of his words and the gruff roar of his voice. The former U.K. punker led Million Dead for five years before the band dissolved in irreconcilable personal and creative differences. As a result, Turner grabbed an acoustic guitar and…

When Uncle Tupelo called it quits way back in 1994, few could have predicted the career paths of the band’s two major, alt-country gurus, Jay Farrar and Jeff Tweedy. Soon after the band’s breakup, Tweedy started Wilco, and Farrar formed Son Volt. Both bands released stellar debut albums, with more…

Local punks, music fans and 7-inch collectors alike are in for a rare treat this Saturday as The Wax Museums play the band’s first, last and only show of the year at The Lion’s Den. The proof: As of last Wednesday night, Jason Kelly’s hands boasted some pretty gnarly, strawberry-sized…

To anyone who has witnessed trumpeter Dennis González and his sons Aaron (bass) and Stefan (drums) play in Dallas as new-jazz trio Yells at Eels, the name of this album will come off as a bit audacious—and yet completely appropriate. Scant crowds at local house or club performances generally fall…

Well, it’s Friday the 13th again, folks. Hope you’ve planned ahead and set aside 13 bucks for a “13” tattoo at Oliver Peck’s Elm Street Tattoo. As for your show-going plans. Well, we’ve got your collective procrastinating backs. First, the shows we’ve already hyped.Tonight, for instance, has a ton of…

In this week’s North of the Dial about The Wax Museums, we reported that the band would be temporarily shrugging off its 10-month-long hiatus to play group’s only show of 2009 at The Lion’s Den in Denton this Saturday night–and, more importantly, that it should make for quite the exciting…

The Brooklyn-based indie poppers in Bishop Allen stop through Lola’s Sixth in Fort Worth tomorrow night as part of a tour in support of its March-released Grrr…, the band’s third full-length since its Charm School debut in 2003–and, surely, its more ubiquitous. Take, for instance, “The Ancient Commonsense of Things”…

In what might be the best self-deprecating way to describe one’s own music that we’ve heard, Joel Gibbs, frontman and mastermind behind Canada’s The Hidden Cameras, refers to his own band’s output as “gay, church folk music.” Which is pretty awesome, yes, but, sure enough, sorta accurate. The band’s oddball…

This week’s Observer includes a piece by Chris Gray describing Jason Isbell as an old soul, and describing the Stones influence on Isbell’s latest album, apropos of his show with his band The 400 Unit and openers Macon Greyson tonight at the Longhorn Saloon in Fort Worth. Writes Gray, “Exhausted…

Thao & The Get Down Stay Down come to Fort Worth tonight, as you may have read in the print supplement to DC9. Writes Dallas Observer contributor Ray Cummings, “[Thao] Nguyen groks the cardinal rule of transmuting bad, mad and saddened moods into swinging song: Leaven emotional pain with bright…

Son Volt served up a handful of early hits, and lots of the new stuff from The Search, Okemah and the Melody of Riot and this summer’s release American Central Dust, last night at the Granada Theater.Don’t expect Jay Farrar to fire up the charm onstage like, oh, say Jeff…

Yesterday, you’ll recall, we gave out five pairs of tickets to tomorrow night’s CF Benefit Concert at the Granada Theater featuring Rhett Miller, The O’s and Shibboleth. And those tickets? Well, they went pretty darn fast, actually.So lucky for you then that, as promised, we’ve got three more pairs up…

¡OLÉ!Esta cartel es muy magnifico… er, sorry, I mean, this poster is very magnificent! It’s Chelsea Callahan’s birthday, and with it comes another fabuloso poster for “Cha-Cha’s 6th Annual Rock-n-Roll For Charity Gala.” Designed for the second year in a row by John Vineyard (of the band El Gato, who…

The last time alt-country godfather Jim Lauderdale was in town, he came as part of Elvis Costello’s touring band. Tonight’s appearance at AllGood Cafe will be quite a bit more intimate.Getting a chance to hear Lauderdale up close and personal should make for a special evening, as his Americana credentials…

As should be expected from a nine-time Grammy-winner, Miss Jones gave a fine performance of the first single off her upcoming The Fall last night on The Late Show. Hey, I dunno, you think Letterman’s a fan?…