Live Nation Drops Lawn Prices For Select Shows

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…

Download: Black Tie Dynasty: The Picnictyme Remixes

It’s been almost five months now since Black Tie Dynasty first announced its breakup, leaving its fans confused and its haters feeling validated (an unfortunate, but everpresent part of the band’s history). But one person in particular was especially miffed: Picnictyme, the local producer/MC (formerly of PPT), who, in the…

Pitchfork Seems So-So On Rhett Miller, Which Is Fair, I Think?

Pitchfork’s take on the new Rhett Miller disc is in–went up yesterday, in fact–and, despite the low score of 5.9 given to the self-titled album, the review reads mostly positively. Which speaks to a larger trend within the reactions this disc is garnering.Like most takes on Miller’s solo works (including…

Last Night: Camera Obscura at The Loft

Camera Obscura, Anni RossiThe LoftJune 16, 2009 Better Than: Staying at home and building your own camera obscura. Radio has long lost its hold on the music-seeking masses, having essentially been replaced by music blogs, the seeming medium of choice for fans looking for bands that are new and different than what they are…

Picture Show: Grizzly Bear at the Granada

Doug Davis had the last word on last night’s Grizzly Bear show at the Granada… until now. Because Hal Samples was there to document the show from the front row–maybe even closer, from the looks of it–and we’ll close out the day on DC9 with his look at the show.You…

Last Night: Grizzly Bear at the Granada Theater

Grizzly Bear, Here We Go MagicGranada TheaterJune 15, 2009 Better than: pretending I wanted room to dance anyway… There’s nothing like a false start to a song to gauge an audience’s mood at a concert. Take what happened seven songs into Grizzly Bear’s set at the Granada Theater last night, for instance. …

Blogaroo 3: Preaching To The Converted at Bonnaroo

Music aside, one big part of the fun at Bonnaroo is just experiencing the interaction of strangers who would never have anything to do with each other outside of such a frenzied environment. This is true everywhere, from the open-air drug markets along “Shakedown Street” to the campgrounds to the…

Last Night: David Byrne at the Majestic Theatre

David ByrneJune 14, 2009Majestic TheaterBetter than: just about anything else happening on a Sunday night. Dressed in all white, like some kind of angelic delivery boy, legendary indie rock icon David Byrne thrilled a packed house at the Majestic Theatre with two hours of angular pop/funk that was downright inflammable…

Blogaroo No. 2: St. Vincent at That Tent

Friday, 3 p.m.”Yeah! Brooklyn!” someone yelled during a lull after “The Party” during St. Vincent’s Friday afternoon set. Now, I’m not the kind of guy who needs to shout his affirmations of civic pride, but I was tempted to clarify where St. Vincent got her start by offering a counter-shout…

Good Friday: Peaches, Viva Voce, Malford Milligan, David Byrne, International Waters, Oliver’s Army, Airline, Jonathan Byrd, The Phuss, Gaelic Storm, Todd Sarvies

This particular weekend offers an interesting mix of local and national talents, many of which are playing unheralded venues scattered about the Metroplex. The mix of genres represented in our area in the coming days is quite remarkable.First off the shows that were already covered in print or online. Tonight’s…