Last week, Ms. Merritt Martin reviewed the debut disc from the greatest (and only) band currently holding down Adair’s on Monday nights. And, in it, Merritt had this much to say:It’s not quite as gritty as the Bucks’ live show, but, in the end, the band’s debut is at once…
Disturbed closed out a long list of bands playing at the Nokia Tuesday night, including Killswitch Engage, Lacuna Coil and Chimaira. Roger Caldwell’s shots from the show are up in our slideshow here…
Over on Pitchfork this morning, Bosque Brown finds itself getting reviewed and such. The good news? Unlike the band’s friends in the Theater Fire, Mara Lee Miller and Co. didn’t have to wait seven months to get the treatment.The bad? Well… it’s a 4.6. And, uh, it’s not one of…
I’m a big fan of Record Store Day. No, seriously. I’ve said so in print. And, last year, for the annual, national, uh, “holiday” (which the store also uses as its birthday bash), Good Records offered up a phenomenal, all-ages, all-day lineup for area music fans. Even better? It was…
Your daily dose of national music news for Wednesday, April 1, 2009…Director Spike Jonze and Kanye West are reportedly filming a 10- to 15-minute mini-movie featuring Ye’s song “See You In My Nightmares.”Outkast’s Andre 3000 was detained for speeding in suburban Atlanta. He was only going 109 mph in a…
Erv Karwelis sure must like what he’s seen from The O’s, John Pedigo and Taylor Young’s bluegrass duo, which signed with Karwelis’ Idol Records label back in October. Why’s that? Well, ’cause today comes word that Karwelis has signed another Pedigo project to Idol: Boys Named Sue. The band, which…
What? Good soul music on a Tuesday night in Dallas? It’s true: Those in need of a mellow shot of rhythm and blues should check out Amy Lacour tonight at Opening Bell’s Mosaic location. LaCour, an L.A.-based singer-songwriter born and raised in Seattle, is working on her full-length debut, but…
In the March 19 print supplement to DC9, I reviewed Starhead’s debut disc Escadrille, calling it “a riveting combination of Ira Wile’s passionately delivered poetry over contemplative, hushed accompaniment” but also opining that the lyrics occasionally get too wordy. Well, Wile was kind enough to share a track with DC9…
Oh my, what a summer it’s going to be. Last year, Pete and I got ferociously booed at US Air Guitar Regional Tournament at the House of Blues because we didn’t buy into some of the acts’ hype. Oh well. Even so, I must admit (and I think Pete will,…
Not a big list of announcements this week, but think of it as quality over quantity. In venue news, watch out for the Hydrant in Denton. The coffee shop snuck its way into this post two weeks in a row–and it looks as if it’s working with Spune Productions to…
Stopped by the Lakewood Landing relatively late the other night, and ran into a friend who’d read my article on Salim Nourallah’s latest (and perhaps his last) disc, Constellation. It was a friendly conversation, of course, but my friend told me he openly doubted the story’s entire premise. “There’s no…
Fighting off post-SXSW maladies, the Lek Brothers hit the party circuit here in Dallas last weekend, catching DJ’s Big J, DJ Select, Nature and Sober at Zubar on Friday night, and DJ Hex’s set at Hotel Capri.Check out their shots from the night, with plenty of high fashion headwear and…
It’s been five years now–almost to the day–since Slow Roosevelt officially called it quits. But, as it now seems, there was always an opening for a reunion: “Who knows?” frontman Pete Thomas told the Observer in a March 18, 2004, article detailing the band’s desicision to end its run. “Some…
Your daily dose of national music news for Tuesday, March 31, 2009… Play drums? Like being bossed around by a bald ego-maniac? Then run right down and audition to be the new drummer for the Smashing Pumpkins on April 10! If you had any doubts that Green Day had moved…
Clint Barlow, the soon-to-be-former talent buyer for Firewater, checks in today to confirm the news about the club closing tomorrow night. Turns out, despite the timing, it’s not an April Fool’s joke. “No,” Barlow says. “It’s not. I wish it was.”Oddly enough, the club’s closing has been impending for some…
Denton’s own Eli Young Band took the stage Friday Night at the House of Blues for a sold-out show with openers Trailer Choir — who, says photographer Caity Colvard, kept the crowd going with songs about women’s beer guts and bad breath.If that’s not teaser material, I don’t know what…
Two weeks from tomorrow, Robert Gomez will release Pine Sticks and Phosphorus on his own Nova Posta Vinyl label. You can stream a few of the songs from the upcoming disc on Robert’s label. But perhaps you’d like one for the road, maybe to put onto your iPod? Sure thing…Bonus…
When Dallas record store owner Bill Wisener relocated Bill’s Records to the South Side Lamar complex a couple of years ago, one of the first people to drop in the store and welcome him to the neighborhood was Dallas Mavericks GM Donnie Nelson. And, last week, Nelson treated Bill to…
Chris Cornell @ The House of Blues, Saturday, Mar. 28Dude has been making music for 25 years! A pioneer of grunge, Cornell was the vocalist (and drummer up until 1986) for Seattle-based band Soundgarden. After the group disbanded in 1997, Cornell went on to work with former Rage Against the…
Well, it sure looks that way, as the above poster, hosted on Firewater’s Myspace page and sent out as a Myspace bulletin a few minutes ago, is pretty clear with its big lettering: “Firewater Will Close.” So, too, is the headline of the bulletin that went out: “FIREWATER IS CLOSING…
Black Tie Dynasty threw in the towel Saturday night at the Granada Theater, and fans threw flowers and panties right back. With hugs, cake and drinks onstage, the band’s exit was full of memorable moments, two months after they announced they’d be breaking up.Photographer Gloria Levario was right there in…
Your daily dose of national music news for Monday, March 30, 2009… In case you didn’t hear, T.I. was sentenced to a year and a day in prison. Ceri Levy will release a documentary called Bananaz that will go behind the scenes of animated band the Gorillaz. You can watch…
