Last week, it was announced and then un-announced that Denton’s Oso Closo had won a Chipotle-sponsored contest that involved them filming themselves singing about their favorite burrito. On Monday, though, the official word from the popular restaurant chain came: Oso Closo was indeed the winner of $10,000 in prize money,…
In last week’s paper, I spoke at length with Macon Greyson about the band’s new record because, well, it’s good, and free, and worth your grabbing. But I also did so, in part at least, to preview the band’s show at the Green Elephant tonight with Springfield, Missouri’s Ha Ha…
Tomorrow night, the Granada Theater showcases what’s likely to be one of the best all-rock, all-local affairs of the year, as it hosts Dove Hunter, True Widow, The Boom Boom Box and Tre Orsi, all on the same bill. And here’s some more good news: I know for a fact…
In this week’s paper, I talked briefly about tonight’s Mars Volta show at the Palladium Ballroom…It’s been eight years since the break-up of At the Drive-In, the influential post-hardcore El Paso outfit that, post-dissolution, saw its members split off into the separate factions of Sparta and The Mars Volta.The former…
Very few, if any, alternative rock icons have been as prolific and indisputably talented as Mark Lanegan. The former Screaming Trees frontman and sometime member of Queens of the Stone Age has a restless spirit that has led him to all avenues of artistic expression. And each time, it seems,…
It might be on a smaller scale, but amidst all this to-do about The Burning Hotels’ appearance in the Vanessa Hudgens-fueled talkie Bandslam, let’s not forget: Another Fort Worth act got to the silver screen first. Last year’s AFI Dallas event saw two screenings of the film The Other Side…
It’s been almost a year-and-a-half, if you believe it, since Mount Righteous first (quite adorably) burst onto the local scene, immediately charming area music fans with its clever, punk-ish, acoustic, marching band-ish and ever-cheerful sound. Of course, that was just the live show, though. ‘Cause, you’ll surely recall, we dug…
Regular Unfair Park readers will already be hip to this news: In a press release sent out early this morning, KERA announced both the name (KKXT) and start-date (Monday, November 9) for the new all-music public radio station it’ll be broadcasting on 91.7 FM. But, more than that, the press release announced…
Your daily dose of national music news for Wednesday, September 16, 2009… The blog darlings in Vampire Weekend are set to release their new album, Contra, in the new year. No need to use up-up-down-down-left-right-left-right-B-A-select-start to acquire it. Wow… could Kanye actually be sorry about the Taylor Swift shit-storm he stirred up? He…
For that, I apologize. Bottom of my heart. Got caught in a whirlwind of flight issues yesterday while trying to come back from my trip to Colorado for a) a friend’s wedding, and b) Neon Indian’s performance at the Monolith Festival. You can read about the latter in this week’s…
Good news for those who miss shows at Bend Studio: “Barefoot At The Belmont,” a series of weekly concerts at The Belmont Hotel in Oak Cliff, returns Thursday with an 8:30 p.m. performance by Nashville singer-songwriter Kevin Welch. The shows feature many of the same singer-songwriters that have performed at…
Your daily dose of national music news for Tuesday, September 15, 2009… Author and punk rock legend Jim Carroll has died of a heart attack. Janet Jackson released a surprise song “for her fans” after the VMA’s on Sunday night. Those crazy Jacksons know how to exploit a moment don’t…
Although it’s been out a month or so, I’m just now getting around to the killer new EP from local punks Warcola. Parlaying punk of the old school hardcore variety (Minor Threat, Bad Brains), Matt, Oscar (no last names = real punks) and the rest of Warcola have been spitting…
Your daily dose of national music news for Wednesday, April 29, 2009…Have you ever sat around thinking “Man, it would be great to be Daft Punk!”? Well, if you play DJ Hero you’ll have your chance! Artists are pulling out of the Michael Jackson tribute left-and-right. Mary J. Blige, Natalie…
Not the busiest weekend of shows around town this time around–which I’m OK with as I’m off to Colorado to visit friends and check out Neon Indian’s debut at Monolith on Sunday (and you thought we were done with them for the time being… ha!). But there are some cool…
Just how dedicated are local Beatles fans? Well, at least one has already agreed to pay $500 for a rare copy of The Beatles In Mono–about $200 more than the set’s $299.99 list price. The mono set is part of the big 9-9-09 marketing blitzkrieg, which also included the release…
The recently reopened Trees continues its rather unusual booking practices with the unlikely pairing of Vanilla Ice and Arlington’s Mad Mexicans to occur on Saturday, September 19th. Not that I have anything against either act. Yes, I know that Robert Matthew Van Winkle (aka Vanilla Ice) causes most music critics…
In this week’s Observer, contributor John Hood just goes off, really, on how much enjoys the above song by Chairlift, which, you’ll surely recall upon hearing, was used liberally earlier this year as part of an iPod Nano campaign. But a sellout this song isn’t, Hood explains: “I can’t recall…
The Cavern’s concert calendar has been a little bit dry of late, but that changes somewhat this weekend with Saturday night’s lineup of Throw Me The Statue, The Brunettes and Nurses rolling through town as part of an impressive touring triple-bill. In this week’s paper, contributor Chris Parker champions the…
Tonight, the rabscallions known ’round town as the Boys Named Sue will stop on by Sons of Hermann Hall–with The King Bucks in tow–to host a CD release party in celebration of the Sues’ latest release, The Hits, Vol. Sue! The new disc, released on Idol Records, is classic Sues–which…
In a press release sent out Thursday night, Bowling for Soup revealed the details of its upcoming album, Sorry For Partyin’. Oh, and it unveiled more details about its crotch-shot of a music video, “My Wena”… Far as the album’s concerned, the pop-punk band’s tenth release will see the light…
We knew a new album was coming in November, but, this week, UNT and Booker T. Washington alum Norah Jones released a few more details pertaining to her upcoming fourth studio record.The album will be released on November 17, and will be called The Fall. And, furthermore, common sense would indicate that…
