Grizzly Bear member Chris Taylor is on a streak. In just the past few years, he’s been responsible for producing critical darling Department of Eagles’ 2008 release In Ear Park, as well as efforts from Dirty Projectors and Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson. And, in addition to producing new songs, Taylor…
Considering that you first see the new Cowboys Stadium looming on the horizon while still a good 20- to 30-minute drive from actually reaching the site of the futuristic coliseum, it shouldn’t be a surprise at all that the stadium is, as advertised, pretty goddamn huge. And yet, even once…
Like many before him, Jeff Morrison lives out his rock star fantasies in the privacy of his own home, playing with an imaginary guitar while pretending to be Jimmy Page, Eric Clapton or just about any other guitar hero. Unlike most, however, Morrison doesn’t worry about what his friends think—and…
With its rolling hills, lush green grass and meandering drives—all far removed from the Spring Creek Parkway drag where it’s located—the Plano Centre complex hardly appears a natural home for a rock show. The sterility of it is jarring. From the outside looking in, it appears to be simply a…
Geographically clueless: This week, we give a Buzz salute to Cornell University associate music professor David Yearsley. (A Buzz salute looks like what is commonly called the double bird, only it’s done with a smile and heartfelt respect.) Why do we respect Yearsley? Because last week he posted an essay…
If you prefer the flavor of YouTube, you can check out the video here.To borrow an old cliche, Dale Jones is riddle wrapped in a mystery wrapped in an enigma. Mostly because, when you first meet the man, who, while performing, goes by the moniker New Science Projects, he seems…
We admittedly know very little about them here in the office (sorry, fellas), but, in black metal circles, it seems Plano-based black metal band ABSU are nothing to shake a stick at. Hell, some might even call them “pioneers” of the genre. Some, including Pitchfork to be precise, which, early…
Mike Slagle has led some form of The Uncle Bill Roach Band since 1976., which, according to my math, equals 33 years quality Texas music. Name after Slagle’s great Uncle, the band incorporates tropical influences into its version of Americana. Now based out of Granbury, Slagle and crew remain a…
Like VEGA before her, St. Vincent is now the feature of some ABC News adoration, as the network continues to make a strong push to up its indie cred and web presence. Earlier this week, ABC’s music-centric web feature, “Amplified”, debuted this five-minute clip, in which host Dan Harris met…
Yet again, Clint Barlow went down to City Hall all dressed up, only to find out that, well, it wasn’t really necessary. That’s because it took “all of three minutes” for the Dallas City Council to approve the specific use permit for Trees, which the Dallas Plan Commission unanimously OK’d…
In a press release sent out earlier this week, the Toadies and Kirtland Records, now with one successful Dia de Los Toadies event (which featured Dove Hunter, Lions, THe BAcksliders, The Tejas Brothers and, of course, the band for which the fest was named) under their belts, have announced the…
If you need some reassurance that the massive amount of hype the Denton music scene has earned in recent years has merit, well, just listen to any of the four Denton Deluxe compilation albums. The discs deliver track after track of stellar songs by a bevy of diverse acts. And…
Last week, Live Nation, the national concert booking and promoting conglomerate that books to Superpages.com Center and other large venues throughout the region, offered up the concert-going public what it thought would be a nice little respite to the recession: One day (Wednesday) in which service fees were scrapped on…
Your daily dose of national music news for Wednesday, April 29, 2009… In the day of instant access to anything-and-everything via the interweb musicians can’t seem to keep anything under lock and key anymore. The video for Eminem’s “Crack A Bottle” has hit the web waaay early. Good thing it’s…
Yet another quirky, off-kilter pop band from Canada, Montreal’s Clues recorded its eponymous debut at Arcade Fire’s Petite Eglise studio late last year. Which makes sense, since Clues’ multi-instrumentalist Brendan Reed was an early member of Arcade Fire, playing drums and singing on that band’s debut EP.Clues’ self-titled debut, meanwhile,…
If you ignore a brief dalliance from back in 1989, then, yes, today sees the official release of Rhett Miller’s third solo record, a self-titled affair that’s been getting the Old 97’s frontman a whole lot of early attention from outlets like Pitchfork and Billboard, among others–including Magnet magazine, which,…
Keith P celebrated his birthday at the Cavern last Friday night, and the Lek Brothers were there to catch photos of the scene as the birthday boy spun goth, punk and ’80s new wave with DJ’s Tommy Boy and Pretty Vacant.Saturday night, the Leks caught up with Dub Assembly and…
Well, we asked for it (OK, passively), and now we’ve got it (Yay!): Come this fall, the 91.7 frequency on your FM dial will be all music, all the time. The folks at KERA just sent out a press release announcing that their organization has purchased the frequency and has…
Recently spoke with Eric Landrum, program director of The Indie-verse, the HD radio station that came to town just about a year ago, looking to cater to the more learned area music fans of the region, after flicking on an HD tuner to 105.3-2 FM (the HD frequency the station…
Tomorrow night, The Lounge on Elm Street will play host to a show that, well, is pretty much as trendy and hip as a show can get. And, no, that’s not a damning description.Headlining the bill is Toronto’s mind-blowing live act Holy Fuck, which features four members tweaking various sound-makers–both…
In this week’s print edition, Observer contributor Elliott Johnston faced the not-so-big task of making tonight’s Little Joy show at Club Dada seem like it’s worth your time. Again, not exactly the toughest feat in the world. Writes Johnston:”Rock critics are seduced by the tendency to call out an album…
In last week’s paper, Noah wrote about The Flatlanders’ enduring relevance and knack for writing about the times we’re living in–and, on Friday night at the House of Blues, Butch Hancock, Joe Ely and Jimmie Dale Gilmore put on a show to prove it.Check out more photos in our slideshow…
