Admittedly, this flew under my radar until this afternoon, but it looks like Lil Wil isn’t the only local rapper making national waves. Dallas-based rapper Fat Pimp has been getting his share of national love, too–and he has been for at least seven weeks or so according to this Billboard…
Versatile’s got something to say. Ft. Worth-based rapper Versatile is releasing a new album this month called Verse The World. And while beats on the disc leave a little to be desired, Versatile at least stands out on it as an impressive lyricist–which I guess is all you can really…
Ft. Worth garage rock wonders The Cut*Off are finally coming home after a couple of months spent touring places far beyond their normal haunts. Out supporting the impressive new effort Packaged Up For Beginners, the Cut*Off headed to Chicago after SXSW and even ventured across the border for the first…
It’s nothing unusual for The Door to host a battle of the bands event. The club seems to have at least one a month whether here (May 16) or in Fort Worth (this Saturday). But come April 26, The Door’s battle takes a different angle. Bands wanting to become almost…
Austin blues musician Black Joe Lewis came to town over the weekend. Those who didn’t make the show — myself included — should check out the video the Granada posted to YouTube of Black Joe Lewis keeping things lively at the April 5 show. — Chelsea Ide…
As AFI Dallas wrapped up, the Polyphonic Spree took to the House of Blues stage Saturday night as AFI Dallas finished up. Over on Unfair Park, Wilonsky said the PSpree “bewitched the audience of mostly outta-towners and/or Preston Hollowinners (Holloweeners?) where the Polyphonic Spree bewildered, then absolutely bewitched the audience…
We just signed up for an account at last.fm, which is a pretty cool site if you’re, like, into music and stuff. Basically, last.fm reads your computer’s music player in live time and uploads it to the Internet so others can see what you’re listening to. Here’s what we’ve been…
We’re sure that, by now, you’ve heard about PPT’s upcoming sophomore release, Denglish, which is due out on Idol Records on April 15. Well, we got our copy of the disc a few weeks back and, while we’ll hold off on a complete review of Denglish until the week of…
The Angelus ain’t dead just yet. Emil Rapstine just let us know that his band The Angelus has returned a changed band after a six-month hiatus and the loss of its bassist and keyboardist. Matt Chaney takes over on bass, but the band hasn’t yet replaced the keyboardist–and Rapstine isn’t…
It might never be too early to start making plans for Austin City Limits, but its Web site is offering some early enticement. ACL has released a pretty sweet mash-up by Car Stereo (Wars) with songs by some of the bands expected to play the fest. Now you just have…
I just got some new word on the big UltraViolet compilation CD being put together by bands Lovie and El Gato. We mentioned the disc before, listing the slew of local bands slated to be on it, but Lovie front woman Rebecca Dixon revealed all the bands debuting previously unreleased…
For those of you in need of a Dallas music edumication, every couple of weeks the old fart stinkin’ up the Unfair Park offices will scour his dusty collection of 78s and eight-tracks and upload a hopefully not too random collection of songs made by or in Our Fair City…
Friday night we went the art route and hit up AFI Live Wire and Hal Samples’ gallery opening, but come Saturday we were all about live music. Also, the Mars Volta ticket winner is named after the jump. Collin Herring at The Cavern We caught Fort Worth’s Collin Herring and…
Collin Herring, Austin Collins April 5, 2008 The Cavern Better than: pretending to be alt-country by drinking Lone Star while listening to The Drams or Old 97’s. Fort Worth’s Collin Herring and Austin’s Austin Collins put on an Americana song writing clinic Saturday night at The Cavern in front of…
Bitch, we love you. We’ll more than likely be rocking out at the Deep Ellum Arts Festival all weekend long. But if you can’t make it down there (where there’ll be plenty of music to take in, by the way–75 acts in total, according to the fest’s site), there’s some…
We spoon-fed you plenty of new music this week. Miss any of it? Let’s remind you: Calhoun — “Apocalypse (A Love Story)” Zane Lewis — “Southland” Smile Smile — “Sad Song” Pet Hospital — “Bird Song” Plus: We showed you where to download the lead Centro-matic/South San Gabriel single, and…
The pretty awesome-looking cover of Josh Alan Friedman’s book. We haven’t picked up a copy yet, but Dallas writer/musician/renaissance man Josh Alan Friedman’s latest book sounds like a must-read for anyone interested in the forgotten heroes of rock ‘n’ roll, R&B and blues. Tell the Truth Until They Bleed: Coming…
Not coming to town just yet. On the off-chance that my write-up in this week’s paper on Cross Canadian Ragweed got you all riled up for the band’s Fort Worth performance tonight, well, I’ve got some bad news for ya. The show’s been postponed two months or so until May…
Erykah Badu…still gettin’ love. “On a Monday evening in August of 1996, I went to see The Roots perform at the Knitting Factory, in downtown Manhattan. The band had come from Philadelphia for a three-night stand in support of their “illadelph halflife” album. At one point during the set, I…
As we mentioned earlier in the week, Calhoun’s awaiting responses from a handful of record labels on its new disc (which is only available for purchase at gigs for the moment). Meanwhile, the guys in the band were nice enough to pass along a copy of the album, Falter.Waver.Cultivate., to…
We’ve told you about Holy Diver before, but with its mini instruments and party band attitude, we thought the group might be more of a whimsical fun band instead of actual rock ‘n’ roll rebels. According to a posting the band members put out, they were “fired from a gig…
Why doesn’t I Love Math love us? Good news first: The new album from I Love Math–you know, the side-project from John Dufilho of The Deathray Davies and, recently, The Apples in Stereo–is going to be called Getting To The Point Is Beside It. It’s been slated for a May…
