If You See Daniel Folmer’s Guitar Around, Tell it he Misses It

Last month was a bad month for singer-songwriter Daniel Folmer. From start to finish, April dealt him a handful of troubles and misfortunes that sound like a sad plot plucked from some old country-western jukebox favorite. The final blow landed when, on the last weekend of the month, someone burglarized…

Robin Thicke, Jennifer Hudson

That Robin Thicke could become a top name in R&B is proof that anything’s possible in the magical world of pop music. A clean-cut white boy with a pop-culture family tree (he’s the son of Growing Pains papa, Alan), Thicke nonetheless has a serious jones for syrupy ’70s soul music…

The Paper Chase Avert Disaster with New Disaster Album.

We’re all going to die, and there’s nothing you can do about it. So relax. As grim as that sentiment may be, it’s morbidly comforting when everyone around you is frantically forwarding e-mails about the latest swine flu casualty. It’s also the theme of The Paper Chase’s upcoming album, Someday…

Elvis Perkins Comes to Grips With His Past–and Himself

It’s been two years since Elvis Perkins burst onto the scene with his melancholic solo debut Ash Wednesday, a poignant and at times grief-stricken homage to his photographer mother, Berry, who died in the September 11 attacks, and the AIDS-related death of his father, Psycho actor Anthony Perkins, nine years…

311 Isn’t Lame. No, Really. They Aren’t. Seriously.

For the better part of two decades, 311 has been cranking out album after album and trotting almost nonstop around the globe. Of the band’s eight albums, four have gone gold, one platinum and one triple platinum. And oh yeah, the band’s had seven singles hit the Top 10 on…

Centro-matic To Tweet Tomorrow Night, Whilst Rocking Your Robin.

As I retweeted just moments ago (check out our Twitter-log in the right-hand column on this page…and follow me, too, if ya want), Centro-matic’s got a gig tomorrow night at the Granada Theater with the fine fellows of The Crash That Took Me and Austin’s The Monahans. And while that’s…

Bonus MP3: Syndey Confirm Remixes Passion Pit’s Sleepyhead

For my money, Passion Pit’s “Sleepyhead” (see above video) is the leading candidate for electro dance track of the young year (apologies to Empire of the Sun’s “Walking on a Dream”)–to say nothing of the fact that the band, which stops through town for a gig at the Granada Theater…

“What Do We Gotta Do Dallas?”

That above headline comes at the request of Mike Biggs, the man behind Life in Deep Ellum, who briskly walked past me two weekends ago at the second annual Mokah Music Summit and Showcase and opined as much, expressing his disappointment in the number of people (or lack thereof) who’d…

Aw, St. Vincent, You’re The Best (New Music)!

Pardon if this news is coming a whole 24 hours late–I’ve been out of the office for the past week and spent my morning sifting through stacks of unopened CDs and an inbox filled with press releases. Oh, the joys of the office!But I digress.Regardless of time concerns, it’s worth…

Fairmount Owners Moving On To New Venue

The change to BYOB wasn’t enough to save Fort Worth’s Fairmount, sadly, and the South Side’s biggest music venue had to shut its doors after Sunday’s pre-Cinco De Mayo celebration with Star De Azlan. But while the venue may be gone, co-owners Sally Birthisel and J.R. Whitfield will still be…

Last Night: Snoop Dogg at House of Blues

Snoop Dogg with Johnny Ringo & the Hustle BoyzHouse of BluesMay 5, 2009Better than: Rollin’ down the street smoking Indo, sippin’ on gin and juice. Four words: This show was packed. Usually, you find scalpers trying to sell tickets outside of venues. Not here. Guys were zipping around trying to…

Night Moves: A Health Scare, A Storm, A Party

Saturday night’s storm — and people’s recent health concerns with hanging around tightly packed, hot, sweaty venues — all combined to keep the crowds down to a miniumum around lots of Dallas parties last weekend. The Lek Brothers send word that a few clubs were more or less vacant during…

Clint Barlow Upbeat About Trees Reopening

Over on Unfair Park, Robert’s got the latest word from Clint Barlow on the prospects for Trees’ reopening on Elm Street.Dallas’ City Plan Commission will take a look at his intentions for the club at its meeting on Thursday, and as he gets papers in order, Barlow says things are…

Picture Show: Dave Matthews Band at the Superpages.com Center

Dave Matthews plied an emotional range from “vaguely amused” to “really jamming out now” at the Superpages.com amphitheater in Fair Park Saturday night, while fans up front swooned, and fans in the back rolled around smearing mud on one another.Hard to find anyone out there on the rainy night who…

Picture Show: Spinal Tap Unwigged and Unplugged

Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer of This is Spinal Tap, A Mighty Wind and plenty of other music-heavy ensemble favorites over the years, played the Nokia Theater during the Saturday night downpour, out at the Nokia Theater in Grand Prairie.Photographer Rachel Parker was there, and brings us this…