In just a few hours, at 8 p.m., things kick off at Good Records for the shoegaze-y Little Black Dress, which will be taking to the store this evening to celebrate the release of its debut disc, Snow in June. We’ve already offered up our take on the Exploding Plastic-released…
This looks to be a grand weekend for shows in Denton, with an excellent bill at The Hydrant tonight kicking off the weekend one day early. If you haven’t been to a show at The Hydrant yet, then this should be a great bill to catch. The two-story coffee shop/venue…
If all continues to shake out as they have been for the past few days, Billboard believes The Jonas Brothers’ this week-released album, Lines, Vines and Trying Times, will debut at the top of its album chart next week with a total of 275,000 to 300,000 units moved in the…
On Tuesday of next week, Spin will unleash Purplish Rain, a tribute record, quite obviously, for Prince’s Purple Rain, released in conjunction with an oral history of the disc that the magazine is also putting out next week. And it’s not just anybody on the disc: There’s contributions from Sharon…
Perhaps because there’s likely some overlap between the fans of St. Vincent and Jenny Lewis, or perhaps just because of wayward promotional concerns, if you purchase a ticket to Tuesday’s Granada show with Lewis at tonight’s St. Vincent performance, you’ll get a free 7″, special edition vinyl release of Lewis’…
At the risk of further over-hyping tonight’s performance from St. Vincent at the Granada Theater, check out the above clip of Annie Clark performing an unplugged version of “Actor Out Of Work” for this web video series called Lake Fever Sessions. It’s an interesting rendition for a few reasons, not…
Your daily dose of national music news for Thursday, June 18, 2009… Eddie Van Halen is suing Nike for copyright infringement. The legendary guitarist had the color scheme of his “Frankenstrat” copywritten, copyrighted, and a new pair of Nikes has a similar scheme on the sole of it’s new shoes…
“I have never been to a festival that was this disorganized,” remarked the young man sitting across a cluttered table in the canvas tent that served as a press conference room. Power cables spidered out from a haphazard assortment of power strips and surge protectors tapped into whichever electrical outlets…
From his home in Austin, Curt Kirkwood, founding member of legendary indie rock band The Meat Puppets, sounds mellow and contented, a far cry from when he was leading his band through its tumultuous days in the ’80s and ’90s. Even though he’s getting ready to tour with a recent…
Change the graffiti on the bathroom wall, get your tattoo fixed, get your T-shirt airbrushed and change the name on your year-end list: Dance pop artist Santogold is now Santigold. She’s not telling you why—that’s just how it is. Or so the press release announcing as much read this past…
Veterans of two of the best-selling hip-hop groups of all time, Cypress Hill’s B-Real and Bone Thugs-n-Harmony’s Bizzy Bone, are touring together this summer and stopping by for a show on Saturday night at The Max. And while each brings to the table his own brand of talents, eccentricities and…
New Science Projects’ Dale Jones may look like a dirty, bloody, undead mess when he’s performing—he screams at his audiences and belts out songs about demons, death and his “evil heart” like a man possessed. But, in reality, Jones is far from a mess. And it’s not the devil that…
One of the most memorable turns of phrase from the past few years of original rock music has to be “Jesus Saves, I Spend,” from St. Vincent’s 2007 debut full-length Marry Me. Born Annie Clark, the 26-year-old multi-instrumentalist—who has toured as a guitarist with the Polyphonic Spree and Sufjan Stevens—grew…
Like many electronic acts at the moment, Baltimore’s Ear PWR is clearly drawing inspiration from analog synth-pop bands of the ’80s as well as the bizarre disco/ambient/experimental pop hybrid made famous by Giorgio Moroder. There’s also a hint of that surrealistic Teletubbies air (minus the borderline creepiness) to the band’s…
Freed from the major-label machine that took them to a Starbucks counter near you (last year’s Hits Are for Squares), Sonic Youth is kicking harder than it has since coffee was cheap. Right out of the gate, the riffs of The Eternal come out like swords slicing the airwaves. “Sacred…
Texas has given the music world genre mash-ups that, if only for a moment, transcend the historical tensions of its diverse population. Mexicans and Anglos got together in musical utopia for the Texas Tornados’ irresistible blend of Tejano and country; a similar phenomenon is at play with Trio B.C., the…
On his fourth solo release, Rhett Miller starts things off with a clamor: Piano flourishes immediately garnish Miller’s instantly recognizable voice, accompanied by jangly guitar on the album-opening “Nobody Says I Love You Anymore,” a track that sets the tone for the first half of this self-titled release. As is…
(For the Youtube inclined, here’s your link.)Last week, the great Sarah Jaffe stopped by our weekly SPACE Studio residency for a filming of the most recent installment DC9 in SPACE. And it started off on somewhat of an odd kick: Not very long after Jaffe and backing players Robert Gomez…
Although yours truly will not be in attendance, folks with actual fashion sense and a modicum of coolness will certainly be spending this evening’s show at the House of Blues.That’s because Australia’s The Veronicas will be on stage, dispensing their ultra-suave brand of electro-pop while wearing the high-dollar attire that…
The above new video for “Jason Bought A Hatchet”, from the Matt & Kim-ish, DOMA-nominated oddballs in Giggle Party? Best of the year so far. For. Real.Seriously, check it out. It’s animated by Damien Weighill and illustrated by Stephen Wake, who, together, co-directed it…
In the paper that comes out either tonight or tomorrow, depending on where your go-to rack stands in our distribution route, contributor Adam Perry geeks out all over St. Vincent–and particularly the above track “Jesus Saves, I Spend,” calling it “one of the most memorable turns of phrase from the…
They’re doing it again. Live Nation is offering $24.99 (and, in a couple cases, $19.99) lawn tickets for select Starplex (I still refuse to call it Superpages.com Center) shows today only during this week’s installment of No Service Charge Wednesday. Until 11:59:59 tonight, lawn tickets purchased at Live Nation’s Web…
