Music

Dallas native St. Vincent’s been the focus of about a bajillion web features since the early May release of Actor, her phenomenal sophomore effort–and we’ve got to the archives to prove it, natch. So, maybe this was a bit of an inevitability: For the past couple of weeks, St. Vincent’s…

Kind of a slow weekend ’round these parts. Which, y’know, is OK, actually. Feels like we’ve been moving at 100 mph of lat. A slower pace is kind of welcome for once. Still, that doesn’t mean nothing’s happening. There certainly are a few things worth checking out this weekend–mostly smaller…

Speaking of CMJ ’09 (kinda), Neon Indian’s up at the music marathon this weekend, set for a performance tomorrow night. And a hotly anticipated one at that–or so say the folks over at Spin, who’ve named Palomo and Pals among its 25 must-hear artists at the weekend-long festivities.And, sure, that’s…

[Editor’s Note: So, here’s the deal. In addition to being a staff member here at the Observer, Noah W. Bailey is a member of our music writing staff. He also happens to front The Naptime Shake, an act whose debut album is getting raves from a bunch of local music…

As promised, Dead Prez stopped in to perform at the Prophet Bar and participate in the Deep Ellum venue’s phenomenal weekly Wednesday night hip-hop jam session this week. No, really, we’ve can prove it–in the form of a slideshow from Gloria Levario, who dutifully stopped in on the event to…

Round Rock artist Todd Slater designed this week’s featured poster, which promotes tonight’s bill of Built To Spill, Dinosaur Jr. and Lou Barlow and the Missingmen at The Granada. Look closely and you’ll see that the ants crawling all over the woman’s face; the design was inspired by the lyric…

We’re all pretty excited around here–and rightfully so, I’d say–about the Built to Spill/Dinosaur Jr. show at the Granada Theater this evening. No doubt you are, too.I just hope you have your tickets already–over the weekend, we’d heard sales to the show had already reached 900 tickets. So you can…

Former Squeeze frontman Glen Tilbrook makes a rather rare local appearance this evening at the Prophet Bar. And even though the choice of venue is kind of odd, getting to hear Tilbrook sing those new wave/pop confections from his Squeeze days will still be intriguing. Of course, such Squeeze standards…

Last time the Butthole Surfers played the Granada Theater, the freaks came out. Last time Peaches played the same place, it was the voyeurs’ turn. So it stands to reason, then, that when the two acts share a bill at the Granada on the night before Halloween, all bets are…

Bosque Brown’s not in town this weekend–along with a host of other DFW-based acts, the enchanting, Mara Lee Miller-fronted folk act’s been up in New York City for SXSW Light (aka CMJ 2009). Which, sure, might be as good enough an excuse as any to post the above video of…

It wouldn’t be far off to call Portland, Oregon’s Blind Pilot a pop band in folkie disguise—but it would be a little unfair. There’s something to be said for the skill with which principal members Israel Nebeker and Ryan Dobrowski dress their hooks in dusty old clothes. By relying mainly…

Jack London’s novel Sea Wolf is a tale of the destructive potential of a single, domineering vision. For all his gifts, Alex Brown Church, who named his band after the parable, isn’t one to go it alone. Were it not for his big canvas collaborations, he’d drown in Bright Eyes comparisons (and…

Since The Bravery and The Killers are the two American groups most likely to be misidentified as British, their 2005 pissing match was wholly predictable but more entertaining than anticipated. Recall that The Killers’ Brandon Flowers chided The Bravery’s Sam Endicott for having once played in an outfit named Skabba…