The mainstream media has a long history of placing the blame on music when it comes to finding motives behind maniacal acts of violence. So why should this past weekend’s massacre in Tuscon, Arizona, be any different?It isn’t, turns out: On Monday, the Washington Post ran a piece raising questions…
Welcome to My First Show, where we give bands a chance to talk about the first shows they ever attended — no matter how uncool and embarrassing those tales may be. T.J. Prendergast of Maleveller has played drums for a variety of acts over the years — Sons of Sound,…
Secret shows are the stuff of legend. There was a certain Prince secret show at the Red Jacket in 2002, and the Old 97’s occasionally perform under the name Rhomin’ Hitchhikers. Now, it looks like Leg Sweeper, with the help of Parade of Flesh and Gorilla Groove, is jumping on…
A heavy metal feud is brewing between California and Dallas. Seems Southern California’s Def Leppard tribute band is pretty pissed off at Dallas’ Def Leppard tribute band, according to Spinner and NME. Perusing the Huntington Beach-based Leppard tribute band’s website confirms that, alas, it is true: Seems there is a…
Seems the touring acts have abandoned our area this evening, but there are locals both old and new ready for your eyes and ears…
Just a little more than a year after its head-scratching launch, KKXT-91.7 FM KXT, the music-centric offshoot of local National Public Radio affiliate KERA-90.1 FM, remains something of a beguiling beast.In theory, it’s great. In practice, it sometimes is, too. Just having a station that will play local music, and…
In a weird turn of events, 2011 has started off as a pretty Creed-heavy year around here. Last week, we scratched music history’s not-yet-healed wound with two posts mentioning Scott Stapp and the gang. (To be fair, we actually spent most of that time talking about the gang minus Stapp,…
Speaking of festivals that aim to squeeze a little North Texas shine out of SXSW’s excess, Parade of Flesh has announced today another round of acts booked to play his annual post-SXSW bash, Bro Fest, which will take place this year on Sunday March, 20, on both the indoor and…
Welcome to a Unexpected Influences, where we talk to musicians about the music no one expects them to like. In a city as chock full of DJ talent as Dallas is, there still has yet to emerge any real rock star. And yet, if there were such a figure whose…
A few more more acts of note have been added today to the bill of the 35 Conferette, which will overtake and, quite possibly, overwhelm Denton from March 10 through the 13. And at least one of them has some local ties: John Grant, formerly of the Denver-based punk outfit…
No Age, Total Abuse and Rene HellJanuary 10, 2011Sons of Hermann HallBetter than: making the trek to The Smell for such an eclectic, entertaining bill. Whether the folks that showed up to last night’s show were new to No Age or “long-time” fans of the act’s 2007 Fat Cat debut,…
A couple of great touring shows highlight tonight’s musical offerings, the second of which offers up some fantastic local support…..
The folks who showed up at the Kessler Theater on Friday night to see The Gourds and The Naptime Shake perform got a nice little gift when, out of the blue, Johnny Rodriguez stopped by the venue, seemingly on a whim, and ended up performing his hit “That’s The Way…
The above fairly harrowing footage comes to us straight from the surveillance cameras mounted outside of Allan Hayslip’s day job in West Dallas and focused on the warehouse’s parking lot, where his Bonedome band van was parked as tornadoes ripped through the area in the early evening of September 8,…
Lost in all the shuffle surrounding last week’s memorial event hosted at Club Dada was the fact that the Thursday night show at the venue also served as the venue’s grand opening.Dada, you might recall, was originally supposed to open on New Year’s Eve, with a celebration featuring Smile Smile,…
In this week’s paper, I used up a good chunk of ye olde music section talking up our takes on the most anticipated releases due out in ’11 — and for good reason, since, even after a strong 2010, this year stands a pretty decent chance of topping that one.One…
How the hell does a DIY, eff-it-all-if-it’s-not-art duo birthed out of Los Angeles’ famed DIY-venue The Smell come to grips with the pressure of following up a critically successful debut album on Sup Pop? Well, according to lead vocalist and drummer Dean Spunt, if the band’s No Age, then it…
In this special bonus video edition of This Week In Dallas Music History, we turn back to 1996, when Robert Wilonsky caught up with Billy Goat’s lead singer, Mike Dillon. By that point in Dillon’s career, Billy Goat, a highly talented rhythmic jazz-funk band, had formed, been stereotyped as a…
According to IMDB, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World cost about $60 million to make. Critics adore it, it has a certain cult following and word is it’s on the short list to get an Oscar nod for best visual effects. To date, however, the film’s grossed only about half its…
As you saw yesterday in Pete’s thoughts of Frank Campagna Jr.’s memorial at Club Dada, it was an incredibly moving night. For those that couldn’t make it, there are no better words on the Frankie’s memorial than what Pete wrote–so do read on. Pete mentions that family and friends had…
With the holidays behind us, we can welcome back our regularly scheduled touring bands. Not the best way to kick off the first weekend of the year, though, is tonight’s performance by former Creed members, Alter Bridge, at Trees. Yes, turds will be shooting from their guitars all night long…
In the late ’90s and early 2000s, there were few bands higher on the proverbial food chain than Creed, with their first three multi-platinum albums amassing a total sales of over 30 million copies during their heyday. But dozens of controversies by wheels off frontman Scott Stapp (see: making a…
