If you head over to THe BAcksliders’ web page, you can go ahead and download the band’s latest disc, Thank You, for the inarguable price of zero dollars. Just drag your mouse over the picture of the new album cover, click and download. It’s literally that simple.But beyond that, the…
Not that you needed the reminders, I’m sure, but, seriously, check out tonight’s schedule:Tallest Man on Earth and John Vanderslice at the House of Blues’ Cambridge Room. (Which, hilariously enough, is no longer called the Pontiac Garage. Shocking, I know.)Paul van Dyk at the Lizard Lounge.Starlight Mints, Evangelicals and Matthew…
Just in case anyone who attended last week’s performance by St. Vincent at the Granada Theater didn’t think her song “Marrow” could get any better, Annie and her band stopped by The Late Show last night to prove you wrong, adding a whole extra cast of players to the mix–extra…
The Big D Opry is a bimonthly country music showcase that takes place at Fellowship Dallas (9330 N. Central Expressway) and regularly stars some pretty big names from the world of regional commercial country. Tonight’s version, starting at 8 p.m., also includes Nashville’s multi-platinum, Grammy-winning Bryan White and Star De…
Your daily dose of national music news for Thursday, June 25, 2009… The music world is getting some new music from an unlikely source: Astronaut Buzz Aldrin. Joining the second man on the moon? Snoop Dogg, Talib Kweli and Soulja Boy. Michael Jackson is in talks to release a video game…
Speaking of SPACE Studios: Tomorrow night at 2814 Main St., the gallery will be turned into something of a dance party, as Austin DJ Prince Klassen, no stranger himself to the Dallas club circuit, will be stopping by to spin at a party called SOUNDCHECK, which will be sponsored by…
…and, for the Youtube inclined, here’s your link.Last Wednesday night, Taylor Young and John Pedigo, known ’round these parts as the thunderdoggin’ folk duo The O’s, stopped by and bro’d down at SPACE Studios for yet another installment of DC9 in SPACE, our eight episode into the ongoing series. Bad…
Speaking of media blitzes, St. Vincent’s recent tear of publicity continues tonight on The Late Show with David Letterman, where she’ll make–get this–her national television debut, and where shell perform after Dave spends some QT with on Shia The Beef, no doubt talking Transformers 2, a movie whose draw still…
Our own Melissa Crowe already offered her take on last night’s Jenny Lewis show and, by that account, with Lewis cruising the stage in a pair of Daisy Dukes, you needed a heart of stone not to find religion out in the Granada crowd.Thankfully these are 90 minutes that’ll live…
Shocker, I know. It’s the Westlake-residing JoBros’ second RS cover in less than a year, which is crazy. And absurd to say the least. Anyway, the accompanying feature apparently focuses primarily–or at least partially?–on the brothers’ lives in their new “Dallas” home, so there’s that to look forward to maybe?…
I didn’t find out about this show in time to get it in the listings last week, but, hey, that’s what Gig Alerts are for, right? Sarah Jaffe will perform at 8 p.m. tonight at boutique shop House of Dang (which was a Best of Dallas winner in 2007 for…
Perhaps unsurprisingly, this Pitchfork review of The Paper Chase’s Someday This Could All be Yours, Vol. 1–a record we mightily enjoy and endorse, mind you–is something of a head-spinner. Does reviewer Ian Cohen really dig the disc (“When you get the itch to listen to Someday, nothing else is going…
Technically I shouldn’t even be posting here–too old, so I’m told. So I’ll keep this quick and just tell Jeff Liles thanks for posting Spyche’s rendition of Slobberbone’s “Get Gone Again,” a standout from the band’s ’97 sophomore effort Barrel Chested. The clip was recorded, natch, at the Kessler Theatre…
Just as it did last Wednesday and the Wednesday before that, national booking/concert promotions conglomerate Live Nation is back today with another “No Servive Fee Wednesday” promotion, this time removing all service fee charges on its 4-Pack ticket bundles, which allow ticket-buyers to save 17 percent on their ticket total…
Jenny Lewis, Heartless BastardsGranada Theater June 23, 2009 Better than: The Gospel According to Patti LaBelle. For photos from the show, be sure and check out our slideshow too.If not for the crashing rumble of IPA bottles getting tossed into the trash punctuating each song throughout Jenny Lewis’ set at…
Your daily dose of national music news for Wednesday, June 24, 2009…This really shouldn’t come as a shock to anyone: Jay Bennett died of a drug overdose.The seminal emo-rockers in Sunny Day Real Estate are getting back together for a tour. Of course, you’d know this if you’ve been scanning…
Denton’s Fishboy is a super fun act for a number of reasons: For one, there are the songs like “Half Time at the Proper Name Spelling Bee,” which toe the line between the cutesy and the smartly funny (and are so adored by fans that people decide to make tribute…
If you regrettably missed last Wednesday’s homecoming performance of sorts from Fort Worth native Andrew Kenny, formerly of American Analog Set, as he stopped through town at the House of Blues for a show with his new, Barsuk-signed act, The Wooden Birds, you’d probably be pleased to check out this…
So what if the members of the Old 97’s decided to skip over their hometown region for their “An Evening With…” tour? We get this as a cool make-up: On Friday, August 21, the band will make its debut at Fort Worth’s Bass Hall. And opening the show? DC9 favorite…
As we discussed last week, the Denton ex-pats in the Riverboat Gamblers are among the artists who’ve been asked by Spin to participate in the magazine’s celebration of all things Prince this month, appearing on the magazine’s Purple Rain tribute called, quite ingeniously, I think, Purplish Rain in the lead-off…
Your daily dose of national music news for Tuesday, June 23, 2009… Perez Hilton allegedly got punched by the Black Eyed Peas’ manager for calling Will.I.Am a “faggot.” It’s funny how it’s OK for him to call a straight man that. A little bit of a double standard, ya think? Kid…
The dreamy Jenny Lewis stops through town tomorrow night to bring her Elvis Costello-approved tunes (a long way from her child acting days, huh?) to the Granada Theater–and thanks to the fine folks at the Granada Theater, we’ve got two pairs to give away to this fast-selling show. Want a…
