Like fellow Best Song nominees Doug Burr and The Crash That Took Me, Record Hop’s also up for a win in this year’s Best Album category, thanks to the success of its self-titled release. “Maths,” the second song on the disc, is a nice example of the loud, frenzied and…
Dove Hunter’s debut release, The Southern Unknown, wasn’t released in time for our nominees to hear it and give it Best Album consideration. But “The Sparrow Spooked The Crow,” one of the album’s songs, is well-known around these parts anyway, thanks to its constant presence on the band’s Myspace page…
Just came across an interesting Myspace bulletin from The Fieros (formerly The Valentines), who recently left town for the bright lights of New York City. First, the band mentions that it’ll be heading out on a California swing later this month to showcase its tunes and shop them around a…
Doug Burr (Brian Harkin) In this week’s paper, Dave Sims uses his North of the Dial column to discuss the recording process for Doug Burr’s upcoming psalms-inspired effort. And on this past Saturday night at AllGood Cafe, Burr (and friends) went ahead and performed the results from those sessions. But…
Denton noisemakers Zanzibar Snails got quite a nice write-up in The Wire, a U.K. magazine specializing in avant garde music. In his review of their Krakkatowiak 3” CD on Mayyrh, Byron Coley called the band “one of the region’s more interesting units” (heh) and compared its sound to The Dead…
With our DOMA ballot online and ripe for your votin’, we figured we’d give you some help: a daily breakdown of each category’s nominees. Best Funk/R&B Act Bobby Patterson Shibboleth Erykah Badu Carmen Rodgers Cas Haley So…Erykah Badu and the Pips? Maybe. But that doesn’t mean Ms. Badu’s competition should…
Soulja Boy: Loves the Yums. Robert’s posted a handful of newsier, music-related items onto Unfair Park already in this short week (hog!). So, in case you missed ’em, here’s a run-down: – In honor of my truly stellar review of the Centro-matic/The Kadane Brothers/The Theater Fire show on Saturday night,…
Sean Kirkpatrick, keyboard player for The Paper Chase, frontman for his own eponymous side project and DOMA XX Best Instrumentalist nominee, has two free downloads up for grabs on his Myspace page. There’s also a gloomy new song from Kirkpatrick up on the page (but just for streaming) called “Losing…
The Boston Phoenix, a weekly I truly enjoy and grew up reading, might’ve overstepped its bounds with this one: In celebration of July 4th, the paper decided to go ahead and name each state’s greatest band of all time, the greatest solo artist of all time, and the best current…
No Age, Abe Vigoda and Infinite Body The Loft June 30, 2008 Better than: Risking life and limb arguing with skinheads back in the ’80s at Studio D or The Theater Gallery. Is this what punk rock has come to? Although all three acts hail from California, home of Black…
With our DOMA ballot online and ripe for your votin’, we figured we’d give you some help: a daily breakdown of each category’s nominees. Best Folk/Acoustic Act: Doug Burr Sarah Jaffe Glen Farris Matthew and the Arrogant Sea Collin Herring This one’s wide-open, really, and features some pretty intriguing match-ups…
Less than four months after the release of Texas, Aledo-based PlayRadioPlay is no longer affiliated with Island Records or the label’s distributor, Universal Music Group. Dan Hunter, the man behind the bubblegum electro-pop, announced the release with a two-page letter outlining how things went sour between him and his label…
Somebody’s Darling is a somewhat recently formed local alt-country/pop quartet led by vocalist Amber Farris and guitarist David Ponder. Farris and Ponder spent two years in a Dallas band called Raleigh, releasing an EP and an LP before lead singer Josh King bolted to Austin. Recruiting bassist Adam Carter and…
This weekend was a buffet of techno delight. A glow sticks salesman’s wet dream. There was enough ecstasy to get Amy Winehouse high. Well, at least, according to what’s on Youtube. Yes, it was “Meltdown: Summer Edition” last Saturday at the Lizard Lounge, and if you like techno beats–and I…
Just for kicks, ’cause No Age is playing the Palladium tonight, an interview John Iskander or Parade of Flesh sorta-conducted with No Age (and the band’s merch guy?) when the band played Hailey’s in Denton with Liars in February… …and, yeah, that’s “Eraser” they play at the end of the…
Centro-matic, The Kadane Brothers and The Theater Fire Granada Theater June 28, 2008 Better than: Um…a lot of things, really. Y’know, when he wants to, Will Johnson can really work a crowd. Sure, this night was, for all intents and purposes, Centro-matic’s night: The band’s riding high on the release…
We’re RTB2 fans, OK? Get it yet? We already told you about a bunch of shows tonight (The Party, Will Johnson, Shearwater in Fort Worth, Shearwater in Dallas, and Boris), Saturday (Doug Burr, Lymbyc Systym/Her Space Holiday/Florene and maybe the show of the year) and Sunday (Stone Temple Pilots/Black Francis)…
What you might’ve missed this week on DC9 as you mourned the loss of a comedic giant… – We checked out Tom Waits at the Palladium, and wondered what the crap was up with the venue that night? – We celebrated the return of our favorite day-time weekend activity. -…
Saturday night’s show at the Granada might be the best bill of the year–we said so in print already–so, yeah, we’re pretty excited. Better yet, we’ve got two pairs of tickets to give away for the show. First two people to email me with “Centro-Kadane Fire” in the subject line…
Denton’s beloved independent music, books, movies and more store, Strawberry Fields, reopens tonight at its new location next to Rubber Gloves Rehearsal Studio. Last month, a rent hike forced the venue out of its former Oak Street location, which had been the home of many a DIY rock show. The…
…Finally. So, time to put up or shut up: The 2008 Dallas Observer Music Awards ballot is now up and running online. You know, vote or die. And all that jazz. –Pete Freedman…
Just got word from Good Records’ C.J. Davis: Shearwater’s running a bit late and won’t go on for its in-store performance until 6 p.m. today. So, while you can still feel free to ditch work early and head on over to Greenville, you can now take your time in doing…
