Orange Coax Is Always In Transition

Many of the bands around nowadays, willingly or not, attach themselves to a scene or movement in one way or another in order to define what kind of sound they’re going for. Even ones that attempt to defy genre classification can usually fit pretty snugly into a scene or community…

Cas Haley

Cas Haley’s career has been blessed and cursed by his run on the second season of NBC’s America’s Got Talent. On top of repeatedly making David Hasselhoff all but crap himself with excitement, the show gave the former Woodbelly singer quite a bit of buzz around here. And Haley’s done…

LAZER

After a nearly five-year break between albums and a two-year hiatus, LAZËR, Fort Worth’s self-professed “favorite sons of Rhineland,” have finally gotten around to recording a sophomore album. And with a title like Twatobahn, the duo of Hammel Heinrich and Briso leave little to the imagination this time around. Rarely…

Brave Combo

In today’s pop music landscape, bands that release more than four or five albums are applauded for their persistence and ability to stretch their particular genre. But Brave Combo puts all of those other acts to shame. Kikiriki, the band’s 25th studio album, is a refreshing and fun offering from…

Drive-By Truckers, Henry Clay People

Generally speaking, whiskey-swilling, dark-alley-dealing Southern rock doesn’t fit the typical musical storyteller definition. Unless one is discussing the Drive-By Truckers, that is. Sprouting from the scorched, sweat-soaked soil that spawned their long-departed heroes, Lynyrd Skynyrd, the Truckers’ Patterson Hood, Mike Cooley and the rest of the crew have never fallen…

Jamie Lidell, Twin Shadow

Jamie Lidell was in a period of laid-back bliss during the summer of 2009 when his friend Beck Hansen called. Seems Beck also had some down time, and was wondering if Jamie would be interested in spending some time in the studio to work on any songs he might have…

The Drums, Young Friends

Don’t underestimate The Drums’ star power. The four-piece has some dance-worthy beach themes under its post-punk belt, including “Let’s Go Surfing,” “Down by the Water,” and “Submarine,” plus a bunch of mood-swaying, nostalgia-infused tracks that transcend any one particular decade. A Drums song can sometimes read like a ’50s bubblegum…

Frisco’s Building Its City on Rock & Roll

The sidewalk outside is white and new—way too clean for the outside of a bar. The entryway is adorned with stained glass, and in the back of the room, a guy with a guitar strums loudly. The further you get from the snotty chatter at the bar, the better you…

Slayer, Megadeth, Anthrax

Way back in 1991, before Nirvana came along and made “metal” a bad word, three of thrash metal’s biggest bands—Slayer, Megadeth and Anthrax—joined forces for a tour of the States dubbed “Clash of the Titans.” Much has changed in the years since that legendary tour, but in one of the…

Torche, The House Harkonnen, White Mountain

Torche return triumphantly to Dallas, supporting their new EP, Songs for Singles, and coming back to the venue where they shook the walls the last time around. Rest assured, the band will do it again. Seeing them play is a rarity in metal and hard rock: They crush your cranium…

Kings of Leon, The Black Keys, The Whigs

Must Kings of Leon do everything backward? First the Followill boys went and got mega-popular in the U.K. before the brooding but hook-loaded 2008 LP, Only By the Night, finally kicked them up to similar arena/amphitheater status in the States. Now the Kings are about to release Night’s follow-up, Come…

Guided by Voices Is Back, But For How Long?

Robert Pollard doesn’t do phone interviews. The frontman of the reunited Guided By Voices feels, according to his publicist, that he can give more accurate, thoughtful responses via e-mail instead of the immediacy of a direct conversation. It’s an interesting position to take, for a man who reportedly only uses…

Grace Potter’s Bringing Sexy Back

Groove-heavy American rock and mature, up-front sexuality are two things that have practically disappeared from the pop-culture landscape in recent years. But it’s making a comeback thanks to Vermont native Grace Potter and her band, The Nocturnals, who have clearly decided that it’s high time to dust off some lusty…

Giveaway: Five Pairs of Tickets to See Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings with Grace Potter and the Nocturnals Tomorrow Night at the Palladium Showroom

Between Amy Winehouse, Mark Ronson and others, it’s tough to necessarily simply credit Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings as the sole proponents behind the whole Motown/soul revival thing that remains prevalent even eight years after the band released its debut full-length Dap Dippin’ with Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings. But…

Show Announcements: Eisley, Ishi, Jonathan Tyler and the Northern Lights, Merle Haggard, Uncle Kracker, Brave Combo, Bosque Brown, Frontier Ruckus, Aaron Lewis, Reverend Horton Heat & more

Eisley–not so green anymore.​After spending the better part of a decade on the rollercoaster ride that comes with being on a major label, the Tyler-based band Eisley is back on the road. And much has happened for them in the last two years: “We had four weddings in 14 months,”…

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club Show at Lizard Lounge Postponed

​After getting really excited about the Black Rebel Motorcycle Club show that was set to happen on Tuesday, September 28, we then shook our heads in confusion that it was scheduled at The Lizard Lounge. Well, today, we’re shaking our heads even more: The performance has been postponed.BRMC was scheduled…