Like most babies from the ’80s who grew up with an ear for music, Vincent Sliva dedicated hours of his youth to recording his favorite songs off the radio onto cassette tapes. But rather than just playing them back on his boombox, he tried to sync the songs up with…
The world was saddened today to learn of the death of legendary professional wrestler “Macho Man” Randy Savage. Many of us remember Savage as one of the bastions of the golden age of professional wrestling. But we bet you don’t remember his short-lived career as a recording artist: Macho Man…
There’s a definite aesthetic at play with Austin-based psych rockers The Black Angels — a droney, swirling sheen present in almost everything the band does. It’s very much intentional: Vocalist Alex Maas doesn’t like to say that his band is in the music industry so much as he likes to…
According to some loosely connected Christian groups the end times may be coming sooner than we all think. A lot sooner, in fact, as the groups in question have paid to put up messages on several local billboards to that effect. According to the signs, Jesus Christ will be coming…
Around 9 p.m. last night, the Mavericks were finishing up the first half, warm peanuts sat in a barrel at Jack Daniels Saloon, and Bravo, Max! began tuning up for Locals Only, part deux. Meanwhile, the mechanical bull was chucking back and forth on the patio.A quick recap: Locals Only…
Just before The Mavericks packed fans into the American Airlines Center and Bravo, Max! opened up Locals Only part deux (we’ll be along later with photos), the AT&T Performing Arts center hosted Patio Sessions–a free music series showcase of local bands sponsored by, well, us.This week? Cary Pierce and Booker…
All week, over on Unfair Park, Robert’s been posting with way too much enthusiasm about Flula Borg, the German musician behind the bizarre, above-posted pro-Dirk Nowitzki jam, “His Name Is Dirk.” He even internationally dialed the musician and got some choice on-record quotes like this one about his inspiration for…
Surely, you already know this: Tonight at the Jack Daniel’s Saloon in the Gilley’s complex on South Lamar, we’re hosting the second installment of our free, monthly Locals Only! showcase of area bands. And tonight’s offering is pretty awesome, featuring two of our favorite up-and-coming area performers, Analog Rebellion and…
It’s finals week. We know you’re burnt out. You’re most likely to respond to anything anyone says to you with unintelligible grunts. Your brain is full. So: How to keep motivated while cramming for that communications exam that you had the whole semester to study for, but didn’t started getting…
Good Lord. Aside from a trio of metal bands, everything on the musical plate tonight is home grown. And guess what? It’s all pretty great…
After a year away from music, Mrs. Shawn Carter is now looking to get back on the spotlight. Tracks from the 2008 release I Am… Sasha Fierce endured for a while. With “Video Phone,” she pushed the gadget industry to include video phone functionality, which the iPhone eventually did. “Single…
Kylie Minogue Verizon Theatre at Grand Prairie May 18, 2011 Better than: Tuesday Karaoke night at the Cedar Rapids Holiday Inn where the cocktail special is that they have cocktails. The drinks were fruity. The guys were hot. And the atmosphere was Saturday night at a fabulous gay dance club,…
Yesterday, we shared with you the first part of our exclusive Q&A with Wayne Coyne, in which the Flaming Lips frontman discussed the future of the music industry, the importance of timely releases and how he came to discover Dallas’ A&R Records. Today, we bring you the second half of…
Halfway through our talk with KDGE-102.1 FM The Edge radio host Josh Venable, he excuses himself from the conversation.”Hold on for one second, I’ve got to do a break real fast,” he says, before pausing to clear his throat as the last notes of Jane’s Addiction’s “Jane Says” play in…
From their name (lifted from “The Black Angel’s Death Song”) to their sound, there’s little doubt that Austin’s The Black Angels adore the Velvet Underground. Indeed, the first song childhood chums frontman Alex Maas and guitarist Christian Bland ever performed together live was “I’m Waiting for the Man.” And, while…
Just as Sinatra was synonymous with nightclubs, you imagine John Vanderslice in a wine bar. His music lingers like smoke, its pretty orchestral overtones gently spiraling upward with cinematic grace and understated sophistication. It’s not so much grand as refined. He’s careful not to overplay his hand; the music’s measured…
Maybe it’s just because this year’s offering didn’t come on as sweltering an afternoon as last year’s inaugural affair did—and, in turn, instead of staring down at my sweat-soaked shirt, I was glancing around at the visual splendor of downtown Dallas—but, man, Saturday’s second annual Homegrown Music and Art Festival…
It’s a Saturday morning—one of those almost painfully beautiful ones—and Stan Getz is stuck inside a warehouse on Riverfront Boulevard. There are worse fates. Getz knows this firsthand. Just a few years back, the machines at A&R Records, the vinyl record press Getz owns and operates with the help of…
Last time Denton’s Sundress released a disc, they were a band in flux. Having recently undergone a name change and a lineup shuffle, the band was just beginning to get acclimated with its members and its sound. So, in many ways, this sentiment from frontman Ryan McAdams is no surprise:…
Amazingly popular for a band that lists Frank Zappa and The Residents as influences, Primus have somehow sold a ton of albums, garnered a relatively large audience and pieced together a rather remarkable 25-year career. How Primus’ smart-ass funk-metal has managed to strike a chord with both punks and fraternity…
Call My Chemical Romance anything you like. Talented. Petulant. Even sell-outs. Just don’t call them emo. “All emo means, to me, is being emotionally disturbed and having really bad hair,” says guitarist Frank Iero, who, like singer Gerard Way, has been consistently outspoken when it comes to folks not calling…
Luke Temple sounds like he’s in the middle of an afternoon party—as he talks over the phone, his sentences are cut off with background laughter and shouts of glee. In reality, he’s just in a van with his four fellow musicians from Here We Go Magic, rolling down the highway…
