Music

All of seven days have passed since the announcement came that Christina Aguilera would be the one singing “The Star-Spangled Banner” at Super Bowl XLV, which, in case you forgot, will be taking place at Cowboys Stadium this Sunday evening in humble Arlington, Texas.And, a week after that news, comes…

There’s been a whole heckuva a lot of buzz lately for Denton’s Seryn of late — and especially from the folks at Paste, who in particular seem to have a raging hard-on for the chamber folk five-piece.Us? We’ve been following the band for some time now, impressed with their pleasing…

Or if YouTube is more your flavor, click here… A few weeks back, we took Tokyo Police Club’s “Breakneck Speed” to the AT&T Performing Arts Center, which was serving at the time as a location for a shoot for NBC’s Chase. And, between shoots, got people’s opinions of the song…

For this week’s installment of This Week in Dallas Music History, we travel back to the year 1996, when the airwaves were ruled by “Breakfast at Tiffany’s,” the national hit scored by Dallas-area band Deep Blue Something. And, let’s not forget, it was a huge hit — so big, in…

To most, Street Fighter is a nostalgia-inducing arcade game from the early ’90s. But, to Arlington-based band Man Factory, it’s musical inspiration. Clearly.Last March, the band released the second installment of their three-part Street Fighter-inspired power pop opera, Street Fight!! Round Two, which is still available on their website as…

Before his death in the early hours of New Year’s Day, Frankie Campagna and his bandmates in Spector 45 had only gotten around to booking one single show for 2011 — a gig to take place this Saturday night at La Grange. Obviously, tomorrow night’s show won’t feature the late,…

Blake Ward got his start spinning in Oklahoma while attending Oklahoma University. But he made the trip down to Dallas to play gigs so frequently, that, before long, he started being recognized as both an Oklahoma and a Dallas DJ. Really: Ward even played this past year’s State Fair of…

As supergroups go, you really can’t do much better than Arson Anthem: The hardcore group, which has been around for, oh, four years or so now, features Pantera’s Phil Anselmo, Eyehategod’s Mike Williams and Hank Williams III — or, in other words, way more star power than most of the…

In this week’s print edition of ye olde DC9, North of the Dial scribe Rodrigo Diaz checks in with Denton’s Dale Jones, who’s known best around town as “That guy that wears dirty clothes and fake blood all over his face when he performs — and pretty much never on…

Not a bad bill tonight at Hailey’s — something that we haven’t really been able to say of late, to be honest — thanks to a couple of touring, up-and-coming acts out of Minnesota stopping through Denton for the night.Aside from the whole both being from the Land of a…

In her 18 years, Tiger Darrow’s already accomplished far more than most other high school seniors can dream. The Booker T. Washington High School senior’s already got a pretty substantial IMDB page thanks to her burgeoning acting career, and, last summer, Darrow, who also boasts some pretty fine indie-pop chops,…

We’ve already mentioned — more than a few times — the show happening tomorrow night in the House of Blues’ Cambridge Room. Did so earlier today, even.For decent reason, we think: Hey, it’s not every day that a side project featuring the most recognizable faces of two well-liked area bands…

A funny thing happened to local metal outfit Onward We March on their way to releasing their debut CD. They fired their lead singer. Just a few weeks after pressing their The Golden Vine EP, the band decided to change singers.”I know it’s incredibly bad timing all around,” says guitarist…

A few weeks back, I ran down a list of the albums I’m most anticipating from the local set in ’11, and, included on that list, among many other expected releases, was Air Review’s forthcoming, as-yet-untitled EP — a release that’s still a ways off, even if the first single…

Now, listen: There is, in fact, a chance that the above image will not approved by the artists in time to serve as the official show poster for the very eclectic bill taking place at The Loft on Wednesday, February 2, with Deerhoof and Yann Tiersen. We’re not saying it…

Pretty busy musical Thursday evening we have here, highlighted by three shows at venues that all begin with the letter “L.” What are the odds?…

So. Puppet culture in Dallas? Way bigger than I ever realized — or bigger, at least, than I realized before posting yesterday’s item about Will Schutze’s Mr. Bonetangles marionette. Let’s just suffice to say that there are a lot of puppeteers in Dallas. And, no, I’m not going to post…

According to fragrance industry insiders, Lady Gaga has requested that Monster, the perfume she is developing, smell of “blood and semen.” Frankly, that’s a head-scratcher for us — it sounds more like a Bloodhound Gang scent, or perhaps a Load-era Metallica.In our opinion, if Lady Gaga’s gonna have a perfume,…