(Brian Harkin) Doug Burr recently took home a Dallas Observer Music Award for his song “Slow Southern Home.” Next week, another of his songs will be in the spotlight. “Should’ve Known,” which you can listen to on Burr’s MySpace page, will be featured on The Secret Life of the American…
LeeAnn Rimes reaches into her pocket for her new BlackJack II. LeAnn Rimes is giving a free concert tomorrow night at Gilley’s, but there’s a small catch: the only way to get in is to win tickets in a radio contest or register online to add your name to the…
It wasn’t that long ago that I was singing the praises of Gerard Dirkx, the former frontman of Dallas’ legendary new wave combo The Telefones, as he began performing solo for the first time. Gerard put his current band, Fat Palace, on hold and put on some low-key gigs that…
“A loud, shambling cross between Pavement’s deconstructed indie-rock (without the cynicism) and The Grateful Dead’s communal jam (without the extended solos)” is how Dave Sims described Dallas Observer Music Award-nominated Matthew and the Arrogant Sea’s live show way, way back in June — man, how times flies. And while the…
Roger Caldwell sent dozens of excellent photos from Saturday’s Ozzfest. It was tough to narrow it down to a manageable number, but we’ve finally picked out a few of our favorites for this slideshow. Music editor Pete Freedman has been out of town, so the duty of covering the show…
I hope you have your glow sticks ready. Here is a taste of Armin van Buuren, electronic, er…trance DJ at the Lizard Lounge on Saturday. Watch at your own risk; strobe lights can cause seizures…
The Honorary Title, The New Frontiers, Paper Rival, Mansions The Granada Theater August 10, 2008 Jarrod Gorbel (Janet Reid Boltz) Better than: sitting around the house listening to Wilco, wishing they’d really play The Cavern. Things got started early last night at the Granada. Apparently too early for me as…
Here in Arm’s Brett Engel stands proud. Hey, look at that, it’s the weekend, already. And, again, a lot going on music-wise. We already told you about tonight’s Valient Thorr/Early Man show at Dada, tonight’s Ariel Pink show at Hailey’s, tomorrow night’s New Frontiers show at the Granada, tomorrow night’s…
Charlie Sexton croons for Bend’s crowds. A little more on Bend Studio: After the fire marshal paid a visit to Bend Studio (and she’s been busy lately, huh?) and tomorrow’s night’s Brooks Williams and Kat Eggleston show was moved to Uncle Calvin’s Coffee House, Uncle Calvin’s Web site erroneously reported…
Bend Studio is losing its second show in a month, but this time it’s a doctor rather than a fire marshal putting the kibosh on a performance. Alejandro Escovedo has canceled all shows until his August 28 appearance at Antone’s in Austin, according to his MySpace tour schedule. The canceled…
Bring it? No, no, no. Valient Torr says it’s already been broughten. …and not because the Club Dada show tonight is likely to sell out. Actually, it’s so you can get the most bang for your buck. John Iskander of Parade of Flesh, who booked tonight’s show (and, let’s face…
There’s a whole lotta love going on for Eazy E’s Ruthless Records over on Billboard.com today: a retrospective, an update on what’s happening with the label these days and, most pertinent to Dallas music fans’ interests, a list of the label’s must-have records. And, sitting pretty at No. 5 on…
By the early looks of things, it appears as if Dallas is getting its fair share of great shows to pick from come this fall. Now you can add Kings of Leon to that list. The Followill brothers will stop through town, supporting their upcoming album Only By The Night,…
Local new wave revivalist band Mahteo has changed its name to Kill the Dance Floor. Even though The NuWave Republic EP, the band’s debut, was released just this past February, founding member Rene “Micky” Espinoza said the name had to change: “People used to think that Mahteo was either a…
For those of you living under a rock and not already aware of this: 22-year-old area folk powerhouse Sarah Jaffe will be performing at Club Dada tonight in celebration of her just-released Even Born Again EP, which, I’m sure, will be available for purchase at the show. Jaffe goes on…
Fort Worth’s Holy Moly is promoting its “Cowpunkin Thru Texas Tour 2008” with this intricately detailed silkscreened flyer created by an artist credited as “Troll.” The skull and crossed blackpowder pistols are part pirate flag, part Day of the Dead and all bad-ass, nicely capturing the spirit of the Cowtown…
So, since it seems we’re off on a blazing slow blog day, I figured I’d put this out there (even though its already been alluded to in our comments section): Weezer, as we expected, will be coming to the area in the near future. If, well, “near future,” in your…
Or so E! Online is reporting, citing The San Antonio Express News’ report. Says E!: “Both Robisons were present at the Bexar County Courthouse yesterday when their single status was restored.” So, I dunno, have at it and whatnot. –Pete Freedman…
I’m not great with numbers, but I know that there was a pretty substantial line outside Club Dada on Friday night to see Black Rebel Motorcycle Club—four wide, actually—and it took up practically a whole city block. And I know that a line like that adds up to a pretty…
A few days before going out on tour, Alex Bhore, drummer for alt-country rockers The New Frontiers, wants people to know that his group is definitely from Dallas. “We play a lot more outside of Texas,” says Bhore from his Waxahachie home. “The fact that we’ve been touring so much…
Joel Peterson, bass player for Omaha dance-rockers the Faint, is a tad mum when it comes to describing the Faint’s latest release, Fasciinatiion . He says the band is trying some “new things” on the just-released record, the band’s first studio effort since 2004’s Wet From Birth. But he doesn’t…
Ariel Pink and his Haunted Graffiti crew have been racking up hipster cred and media acclaim for a few years now with seriously wacked lo-fi pop. And though his last effort, 2007’s Scared Famous, isn’t the Los Angeles auteur’s best effort (that would be House Arrest), it has its share…
