He plays a raggedy hollow-body guitar and kick-drum simultaneously, wears an Evel Knievel-style jumpsuit and sings through a telephone grafted to the front of a motorcycle helmet. But even if Bob Log III weren’t overflowing with shtick, his brand of gutbucket blues and wild-child lyrics would still be worth a…
Legend has it that the School of Seven Bells was a legendary South American pickpocket academy. Whether that’s a myth or not, it’s also the name of a young, mystical-sounding Brooklyn-based band. Formed by graduates of The Secret Machines (guitarist and Dallas native Ben Curtis) and On! Air! Library! (twin-sister…
The five years since the release of American Idiot, an album so strong that most critics didn’t believe the Green Day crew had it in them, have only added to the burden of expectations for 21st Century Breakdown—something Billie Joe Armstrong and pals understand all too well. Each note of…
Maybe it’s time to forgive Toby Pipes for Deep Blue Something and “Breakfast at Tiffany’s.” It’s been more than 13 years since that insipidly catchy song gave a completely unrepresentative impression of Denton music—and even the band that wrote it—to audiences all over America. Little Black Dress, Pipes’ new project…
Michael Angelakos’ speaking voice is nothing like you’d expect. “If I sound really weird,” he says by phone from his Cambridge home, “it’s because I have really bad allergies right now.” But that’s not it. No, it’s more the fact that he doesn’t sound like a woman, which is the…
Thousands of students graduated from Denton’s two universities two weekends back. Others went home for the break or took a vacation. Some bands headed out on tour, meanwhile, as others have been forced into “a break” while a certain member gallivants around in European coffee shops. When school lets out…
Anvil just may be the most stubborn heavy metal band in history. After 30 years of recording and touring, its name is still unknown to most rock fans. But, nonetheless, the once-briefly famous group still grabs club owners by their shirt collars in order to get paid, still misses trains…
Paramore lead singer Hayley Williams needn’t wonder if she’s having an impact on her audience. Odds are good that every time she looks into the crowd at a concert, she’ll see a veritable ocean of tween and teen girls wearing her hair color of the moment and their best approximation…
Bear with the local music scene this weekend as it prepares for what should be a pretty emotional span of shows. But it’s all very well-deserved, mind you, so don’t get too distracted amongst all these feelings. Things will be especially trying on Thursday night at the Granada Theater as…
Yep, we’ll be doing this again, right here. Won’t tell you who’s playing, though. You’ll have to stop by yourself if you wanna see. It’s gonna be awesome, though, as always. That’s a promise. Tonight’s taping is set to kick off at, oh, about 9:30 or so. See you there?(Many,…
Although it has already been posted elsewhere, after the jump, you’ll see a press release from the folks at Etc. Etc., detailing their stance and thoughts on why their Saturday night party at the 1800 Lear St. warehouse was busted up by the Dallas Police Department and the Texas Alcoholic…
It’s not often that a Swedish folk singer makes her way to our area. And, sadly, tonight is not going to be the exception. Violinist/singer-songwriter Theresa Andersson has canceled tonight’s gig at AllGood Café–as well as her entire tour–due to a throat infection.And actually, although born on the Swedish island…
No less an authority on hot guys than People has declared Jack Ingram–who started his country career here in Dallas while studying at SMU, and who has recorded live albums at Adair’s and Billy Bob’s–one of Country’s Hottest Guys in a cover expose on the subject. In its interview with…
Paste Magazine’s been a big supporter of the DFW music scene in the past year or so, specifically dolling out the praise to a number of Denton bands. So on that note–and, yes, maybe we should have mentioned this earlier–may we direct your attention to the campaign to save the…
Over on Unfair Park at the moment, Wilonsky’s got the low-down on the latest project from Tim DeLaughter and Julie Doyle, a children’s musical and visual affair called Wee See–a development which certainly must come as a shock to anyone familiar with the Polyphonic Spree’s dark, NC-17 musical stylings. Says…
…why, just do what any responsible truth seeker would do, and turn to Wikipedia. That’s what one Friend of DC9 did at 12:40 a.m. on Monday morning/Sunday night. And here’s what he found: “Wilco had Jay Bennett killed because he was suing them.” Seriously–he took a screen grab of the…
Our nightlife photo team marked the long weekend’s midway point with stops at two smaller, intimate clubs packed with amped-up crowds.We begin at Aura Lounge, where Schwa, Brett Johnson and Redeye supplied the night’s soundtrack, and finish at the Cavern with Mike Cina, Jason Douglas & The Cosmic Cocks.You can…
Your daily dose of national music news for Wednesday, May 26, 2009… Let’s hope that Zooey Dechanel and M. Ward haven’t started a bad Hollywood trend. Unfortunately, it’s looking like they did: Scarlett Johansson and Pete Yorn have teamed up for a duets album titled Break Up. After Snuggie-mania swept…
Starting, oh, in about an hour and a half now at 6 p.m. at Bryan Street Tavern (which promises to host regular live music shows any day now), friends of Carter Albrecht’s will gather to host a listening party for Albrecht’s posthumously released album Jesus is alive…and living in London…
Another weekend, another flurry of Youtube videos showing you what you could have seen this weekend around the ol’ Metroplex…Day 26 on Thursday, May 21, at House of BluesP. Diddy’s modern-day boy band Day 26, stars MTV’s Making the Band, stopped through town late last week for a show at…
These three Texas acts made for a fine night of diverse sounds at the Granada Saturday night, and you can read more about the show in Doug Davis’ show review from earlier today.But don’t miss out on of Caity Colvard’s fine work photographing the show for us, in this slideshow…
While we’re on the subject of music videos, let’s go ahead and make it a trifecta with something even cuter than the Deheza twins and more kid-friendly than the JoBros.The Paper Chase’s new album Someday This Could All Be Yours, Vol. 1–which is awesome, my favorite from the band by…
