They were loud, rude, bratty and obnoxious. They smoked pot, drank lots of beer, did drugs and slept in their clothes. If you were a guy who hung out at Theatre Gallery during the late ’80s, chances are pretty good that one (or more) of them fucked your girlfriend. And…
Since those Hank III tickets went so fast, let’s re-up real quick with our other giveaway for the day…AA Bondy, former frontman for the band Verbana (an act Chris Parker expresses much love for in his preview of tonight’s show, which ran in this week’s paper), has made quite a…
In this week’s print edition, Lance Lester talks some serious talk about the bloodlines of Hank III, who, along with Those Poor Bastards and his band Assjack, will be performing at the newly re-opened Longhorn Saloon in Fort Worth tonight for–get this–a sold out show.Impressive? You bet, considering that the…
In his Last Night review, Darryl wrote all about the boozy, amped-up show Lucinda Williams and her newish backing band put on last night.With her hair dyed jet black, dark makeup under her eyes and a black-jeans-and-leather getup, Williams was an apt centerpiece for the kind of adult-contemporary debauchery going…
Better than: The Richard Cheese ironic-lounge covers of “Welcome to the Jungle,” “People Equal Shit,” “Closer,” “The Wall” and “Rape Me” played on the P.A. before Trail of Dead went on. Two or three would have been funny. Eight was outright hostility.The last time I saw …And You Will Know…
Lucinda WilliamsHouse of BluesFebruary 19, 2009 Better than: sitting on my couch trying to (badly) play Lucinda Williams’ “Drunken Angel” because it has easy chords (as opposed to “Crescent City” which has harder ones). Word was that folks at the House of Blues were fairly blue–ticket sales for Lucinda Williams’…
Your daily dose of national music news for Friday, February 20, 2009… Remember that guy J.D. Fortune who won Rockstar: INXS? Me neither. But, he’s now homeless, living in his pick-up and a recovering cocaine addict. Good on Kid Rock for combining his two favorite things: beer and American badassery. He…
Michael Gooden of Shapes Stars Make designed this week’s featured poster, which promotes the February 25 show at The Granada Theater featuring This Will Destroy You, MOM and his band. I get a kick out of promotional artwork that takes a band name literally. In this case, I am imagining…
A lot of you may be asking yourself–just as I just asked myself–what in hell’s name an Old Settler’s Music Festival is. But before getting dismissive about anything not called SXSW, you might want to check out the line up for this shindig.Over a four-day period (April 16-19), this festival…
Those looking for a way to start the weekend early–especially those with a proclivity for Americana–can do so at a variety of local establishments tonight.Aside from the much-heralded Lucinda Williams kicking up her heels at the House of Blues this evening, you can also catch Austinite Jason Allen at Poor…
Since we already mentioned the Dallas Symphony Orchestra this morning (albeit tangentially), I’d say that this is as appropriate a time as any to spread word of the DSO’s 2009-2010 pops lineup, which was announced earlier this week.Launching in August, the schedule kicks off with Motown’s The Contours and is…
As Pete wrote in his Last Night review, Lykke Li left fans at the Granada Theater completely transfixed Wednesday — and Hal Samples has shots from the show to prove it.See the Swedish siren thrashing around onstage, and and the fans staring dreamily up at her, in our slideshow here…
Must be nice to be a Booker T. Washington High School student. Especially today, as the kids over at the arts magnet on Routh Street, are getting quite the treat: a live performance and a lesson from Branford Marsalis. The 48-year-old Marsalis, who along with his brothers, is about as…
4AD has announced the release date of St. Vincent’s sophomore release, Actor, and, as the header to this post implies, we can expect the disc about two and a half months from now. The disc, produced here in Dallas by The Paper Chase’s John Congleton, also features North Texas musicians…
Lykke LiGranada TheaterFebruary 17, 2009 Better than: staying home and pretending that Lykke Li’s Last Call with Carson Daly performance–which also aired last night–was actually filmed today. It was a pretty chilling sight: the frail Lykke Li, dressed in black and set against a black backdrop in an otherwise dark theater;…
Your daily dose of national music news for Thursday, February 19, 2009… If you’re going to SXSW, you may want to check out the worlds most ironic supergroup–Tinted Windows. The band includes ex-Smashing Pumpkin James Iha, the middle Hanson (Taylor), Bun E. Carlos from Cheap Trick and Fountains of Wayne…
At first, it’s the slow and lazy Louisiana drawl that sets the mood. Then, it’s the way country legend Lucinda Williams earnestly asks you about your family—y’know, the one she’s never met. Talking with Lucinda Williams is like talking with your older sister, except Time magazine never named your older…
Meeting with Matthew and The Arrogant Sea’s Matthew Gray to chat about the new artists’ collective he’s put together in Denton, the last thing I thought was that he’d be asking the first question of the interview. “So…I’m curious,” Gray offers, before I can pose my first query, “how did…
Let’s face it. The 2005 and 2006 releases from …And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead, Worlds Apart and So Divided (respectively), sucked. Perhaps future music scholars will treat them more kindly. It’s possible that fan expectations based on the epic brilliance of the band’s 2002 Source…
Since 2003, The No Idea Festival has drawn avant-garde musicians from around the world to Austin and Houston. This Tuesday will mark the event’s first local date, when nearly a dozen musicians play three sets together in five lineups. Locals include jazz musicians Dennis, Stefan and Aaron Gonzalez of Yells…
Back in the ’90s, AA Bondy fronted Verbena, releasing one of the decade’s finest debuts, 1997’s Souls for Sale, a ragged, rowdy blast of Stones-y rock raunch that could’ve challenged the Drive-By Truckers and earned the band a major-label shot for 1999’s Dave Grohl-produced Into the Pink. Unfortunately, the record…
I have two memories that will always stand out from my time spent at Slipknot shows. The first time I saw them, I was struck by the utter fury surrounding me on all sides. Sure, metal is angry and all, but there’s usually some exuberance that counteracts all the blunt…
