Music

Straight from the dead tree edition, courtesy Observer contributor Nate Patrin…Ten years after Mos Def’s solo debut, Black on Both Sides, fans might’ve looked at his subsequent uneven catalog and started to wonder if their fondest memories of him in the ’00s would consist mostly of his Chappelle’s Show cameos…

Halloween’s a good two months away–almost two-and-a-half months off, actually–but, since area booking agents never seem to sleep, we’re already seeing some pretty impressive lineups get tossed together for the holiday.Among them? A hipster’s delight at the Granada, for one, featuring two Austin-based GorillaVsBear favorites, White Denim and, if we’re…

This past weekend was a big one for Fort Worth’s The Burning Hotels. On Friday, Vanessa Hudgens-driven battle of the bands flick, Bandslam, in which The Burning Hotels’ members make an appearance as, well, themselves, debuted in theaters. And though the film did quite poorly at the box office–pulling in…

Formed in Tucson, Arizona, but now residing in Austin, the band Harlem makes its way to our area quite often, delivering a unique brand of noise that takes inspiration from the fuzziest bands of the late ’60s. Often erroneously compared to Nirvana and the Pixies, Harlem’s clatter is much less…

The folks at Rockstar not only make the third- or maybe fourth-best energy drink on the market. They also bring you touring rock festivals like the annual Mayhem Fest, which stopped by Superpages.com Center on Saturday night, featuring the likes of Marilyn Manson, Slayer and others.Unsurprisingly, our resident metalhead photographer,…

If Trees was the place to be on Friday night, Saturday was owned by the Granada Theater as it played host to Los Campesinos! and a hyped-up undercard of Girls and The Smith Westerns.From the looks of our photo pal Gloria Levario’s slideshow of the night, it appears as if…

Know what sucks about planning vacations in advance? You’re screwed as far as events that get planned for the week you’re gone after your flight and all that’s been booked. Hence my regrettably missing out on a weekend full of sold-out shows at the newly re-opened Trees in Deep Ellum.Alas,…

Jenni and the Hi Lifers at Sons of Hermann Hall’s SonsStock on Saturday, August 15. This video is 40 seconds of stage and two minutes of a tour of Sons. Kinda makes you feel like you were there in all that tie-dye majesty. And, uh, Jenni: Singing folk music does…

OK everybody. Show me some grace here, because this Good Friday you’re reading marks the first time Mr. Pete Freedman has trusted your mostly-friendly neighborhood Denton correspondent to offer up the show-going options for the weekend. There’s loads of release shows this weekend, but before that: First, I kinda regret…

As the story in this week’s Observer will tell you, Los Campesinos! never went out looking for buzz-band status. But based on a sampling of folks on the street here back in January, we could’ve told you there’s something special about the catchy, upbeat sounds from this British septet –…

For a while there last month, it seemed like Fort Worth-based Telegraph Canyon might start looking for property in Dallas — or at least a Wal-Mart to park the band’s trailer. After playing a late set in the DOMA showcase at Bandera, then appearing onstage at the Granada for our…