We caught up with Tahiti, the “T” in the recently split Dallas hip-hop group PPT, to get his version of the events that led to the breakup and to talk about his future as a musician. His take on the cause of the breakup isn’t significantly different than Pikahsso’s and…
Blame It On Gravity art by Jayme Nourallah. In a blatant move to one-up Dust Congress, the Old 97’s guys scored an in-studio performance (which you can download by following that link) at the NPR affiliate at St. Paul, Minnesota, where they talked New West Records, admitted to rarely rehearsing…
The 2008 United States Air Guitar Championships Tour has announced which cities will host its competitions this year and, thankfully, Dallas is not on the list. The tour kicked off yesterday in New York and the closest this geek fest will get to Dallas is Austin in July. The finals…
Another Dust Congress drawing…from Nevada Hill, we think. Denton’s Dust Congress appeared on the radio show “Gulf Coast Live” on WGCU-FM, a Florida National Public Radio affiliate, for an hour-long interview and studio performance last week during their brief southeastern tour through Louisiana, Georgia and Florida. And now the entire…
At 7 o’clock tonight, The Cavern will host it’s either 11th or 12th anniversary (Spune productions booking agent Lance Yocum isn’t sure) by hosting a free night of performances in its notoriously not-so-cavernous space. The line-up (Eric Tipton, The Campaign, and Odis play downstairs as the usual Monday-night Cool Out…
We first caught wind that there might be trouble in PPT’s camp last week, when a post over on the DFW Hip-Hop forum hinted at some troubles between the group’s members (Pikahsso, Picnic and Tahiti). Then, this morning, came this note from Quick that all but confirmed it (guess it…
A: Neither can keep a drummer. “Max Cady is now looking for our 6th drummer in 5 years,” writes Justin Moore, vocalist and guitarist for the local rock outfit. “What a fucking nightmare…” The Spinal Tap comparison’s an easy one, sure, but, c’mon, even Moore seems to think something’s amiss…
Fools! All of you! So, remember on Friday when we told you all about how Wilco maybe did, but then definitely didn’t play The Cavern two weeks ago? Well, now comes this in our inbox, courtesy of Lucas Ross, the proprietor of the blog Hypeful.com, which spread the faux story…
It’s a camera! And a phone! On Friday night, experimental electro-acoustic ambient music project History At Our Disposal will perform its very first “Cell Phone Show” at Hailey’s in Denton, where the band will open for Singer. The idea is that collaborators (in the audience or not) will snap cell-phone…
Warcola gets up close and personal (John Moore) Local hardcore punk band Warcola has recorded three new tracks which will appear on a split single with Austin’s Spitting Bullets to be released next month. “Going Turbo,” “Rich Elite” and “Censorship” are the tracks making the record, and all three are…
Yeah, but them’s some fine kicks right there, Darryl… You know that a touring festival is in trouble when one of the best acts on the bill is local. Looking at the just-announced lineup for this year’s Dallas stop of the Vans Warped Tour, it’s hard to get overly excited…
The Toadies (Jason Janik) If you aren’t a die-hard Toadies fan, you can feel free to stop reading this post right now. If you are, though, (or if you’re just curious and/or can’t stop reading something once you’ve started), then this might interest you. Over the weekened, Kirtland Records made…
Shorelines End (probably in an effort to promote its CD release shindig on June 28) has a studio acoustic version of “More Then You Know” (note: yes, the band used “then” instead of “than”*) up for download off its PureVolume.com page. Or you can watch the guys play it in…
“Gotcha, suckers!” So we came across this blog called Hypeful yesterday that we’d never heard of before. And we’re all excited about it because there’s a long, intricate, detailed post on there about how Wilco apparently played a secret show at The Cavern last Saturday night. And Wilonsky starts flipping…
…well, probably not. Yet. But here’s the low-down on Silver Dynasty: It’s a rock band from here in Dallas, featuring four 10-year-olds named Max, Victor, Bradley and Paint (apparently). And we know nothing about them other than a) someone made this professional-looking video on them (nice graphics!), and b) according…
Yes, I’m pumped about The Dark Knight. But that ain’t why I’m posting a picture of the late, great Heath Ledger as The Joker. No sirree. I’m doing it because we just got two pairs of tickets to give away to tonight’s Steve Miller Band and Joe Cocker show at…
In 2003, three 16-year-old kids channeled their love of old-school punk icons like The Ramones into an authentic reverence for classic ’60s pop. And, thus, Spector 45 was born. Now, the band’s members are finally hitting drinking age and they’re celebrating at Club Dada on Saturday night. Lead by Frankie…
I know you guys remember Rich and I went gaga over the Ultraviolet compilation disc. That said, though, it’s pretty damn good. If you didn’t snag a copy and you like Lovie, you’ll want to head over to the band’s MySpace page. The ladies have posted “Violets and Roses,” one…
Dads of the Metroplex tired of receiving yet another pair of slippers that they won’t wear (or just another crappy card) for Father’s Day: This weekend at Delaney Vineyards in Grapevine, there’s an event suited for the adventurous Indiana Jones persona lurking in almost every proud papa. “A Texas Style…
The Austin-based Paul Green School of Rock, which served as the inspiration for the 2003 hit comedy School of Rock, will open the doors to its first Dallas area branch in June. The school, with its mission statement of “saving rock ‘n’ roll one kid at a time,” has already…
This weekend was too long to just have one video recap. Seriously. So, we gave everyone a little extra time, and now are adding more of this weekend’s videos. The new additions include: Dax Riggs and The Kills (May 25 at the House of Blues), Daphne Loves Derby (May 25…
No sleep ’til Brooklyn for The Fieros.The Feds will be doing an all-acoustic set this Friday, May 30, at R Bar. They’ll be playing for at least an hour, and in addition to just playing the normal electric set with acoustic guitars, they’re promising to throw in some songs off…
