Picture Show: Yo Majesty at Hailey’s Friday Night

Sometime around 1:30 on Saturday morning, lesbian Christian electro-crunk duo Yo Majesty took the stage at Hailey’s Club in Denton, and our photographer Matt Nager waited it out to get shots from the show. See the photos in our slideshow here…

Wanna Have Dinner With Ben Kweller?

It’s cool if you do–the Greenville native is quite willing to join you, actually. Pre-order his new Changing Horses disc, and, in addition to getting some autographed merch just for doing so, you’ll also be entered into a competition where you could either earn more free merch or, potentially, a…

Parade Of Flesh Announces South By South Flesh Lineup

John Iskander, the man behind Parade of Flesh booking (The Lounge on Elm Street, Club Dada, Pastime Tavern), has announced the lineup for his inaugural South by South Flesh show, which will take place at The Lounge on Sunday, March 22–or, y’know, the day after SXSW ends in Austin. And…

Poster Of The Week: Tomorrowpeople, Shibboleth, The Swim

Erich Scholz of Tomorrowpeople designed this week’s featured poster to plug tonight’s Club Dada show with his band, Shibboleth and The Swim. Obviously, it’s a very minimal design, but nonetheless striking. Sometimes simplicity is simply boring, but that’s not the case here. By the way, Scholz’s Mexico-themed poster for Saturday…

Strange Boys Get Stoned

The Strange Boys got a little bit of love from Rolling Stone this week, though the small blurb mentions only Austin, neglecting to point out the band’s Dallas origins. Writes Austin Scaggs in Smoking Section: “They are four kids from Texas who will blow you away with their Sixties garage-rock-revival…

Rescue Signals Signs Record Deal, Releases New Video

Local rock band Rescue Signals has just signed an album deal with Rock Ridge Music and plans on releasing an album in late April. The record will be the band’s debut full-length and will be called Indecisions. And Rescue Signals has already completed a video for the album’s first single,…

How Dallas Singer-Songwriters Can Make It Big, According To CNN.com

The answer: Move to San Diego, work in retail.Or so is the only real moral I glean from this Q&A on CNN.com today with singer-songwriter Erin McCarley (pictured right; credit: Reid Rolls), who gets the star treatment here because McCarley, a Dallas native, recently had her song “Pitter-Pat” featured on…

Doug Burr

Poised comfortably between gospel, country and folk, Doug Burr’s newest full-length release, The Shawl, is a concept album of sorts, with all the lyrics directly taken from the Psalms. And though some might shy away from that overtly religious subject matter, it should be noted: Most of the Psalms Burr…

Info-Red

Electrifying battle rapper Info-Red opens his sophomore effort with “Who am I,” a flute-driven melody that sounds like the opening of a hip-hop kung fu flick. Almost as if answering his own question, a refrain echoes “incredible,” immediately setting the tone for the rest of the album. And Kaleidoscope covers…

Animal Collective

On 2007’s Strawberry Jam, experimental noise-making weirdos Animal Collective glided on the outskirts of dreamy indie-pop. The band’s ninth album, Merriweather Post Pavilion, is still frolicking in the clouds, skimming the surface of Beach Boys-style harmonies and contemporary psychedelia. But it’s also a total mindfuck, a record so enamored of…