The Chicago-based techno jocks in Jump Smokers rolled on through to the Lizard Lounge on Friday night to celebrate the release of their modestly titled new album, Kings of the Dancefloor. I guess that’s what a collaboration with Pitbull gets you.Nonetheless, the so-called Kings’ court danced the night away in…
Brooklyn soft-pop quintet Here We Go Magic is on a sizable world tour in support of their newest record, Pigeons, and they will be passing through town tonight at The Loft. The band’s members started as more of a folk outfit, but have outgrown the genre since signing with Secretly…
Had another good time at The Libertine last night for the first-Monday-of-the-month “DJ” night/party/bad decision called The Local Hang, where your ears get stuffed with nothing but local music, because those are the rules. At least, I hope it was a good time. This throbbing sensation between my ears deserves…
(Back in April, we caught up with the 97’s as they were pre-recording material at Sons of Hermann Hall in Deep Ellum.) About a week after Rhett Miller tweeted that the upcoming, planned double-disc release of the Old 97’s new album, The Grand Theater, would indeed be a split release…
Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffite, Magic Kids, Puro InstinctHailey’s ClubAugust 2, 2010Better than: Stage diving off of my couch into my television set. On Monday Night, several hundred of the area’s coolest people converged on Hailey’s Club in Denton to see a bill consisting of three blog-tested, hipster-approved acts. Ariel Pink’s…
Your daily dose of national music news for Tuesday, August 3, 2010…Just what the world needs right now, a Justin Bieber memoir.If Steven Tyler joins American Idol as a judge does that mean that Diane Warren will write his best lines for him?Derf Scratch from Fear has died…
Just yesterday, over on Unfair Park, Robert reported that James “Big Bucks” Burnett is in the the final negotiation stages for a permanent Dallas home for his Eight-Track Museum, for which Bucks recently add one of Bob Dylan’s harmonicas. The news comes after a Deep Ellum home for the museum…
Well, folks, it’s that self-serving time of the month again–y’know, the time when I remind you that, tonight, at The Libertine, as I do every first Monday of the month, I’ll be taking over the Lower Greenville establishment’s PA system and filling your ears with the best that local music…
Brookland-based indie rock act Miniature Tigers has been around since 2006–and from the beginning the band has received critical kudos. With its dreamy, synth-heavy indie pop, the band’s success hasn’t come unexpectedly; frontman/guitarist Charlie Brand has a true gift with melody and a nice lyrical touch as well. Miniature Tigers’…
The guys over at Spune Productions have teamed up with Gorilla vs. Bear to promote what they’re calling “The bill of the summer of 2010.” And that’s fair enough: Tonight, the much talked about Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti will be at Hailey’s Club in Denton, and with him, Pink will…
In the wake of their brilliant new record, High Violet, The National are doing what they do best–touring the world. The tour will eventually bring them right here in town at the House Of Blues on Saturday October 9. Until then, spinning the new album repeatedly will have to suffice…
Lots of great shows coming up in the coming months–but you already knew that. Most likely, you already knew about the third annual Dia de Los Toadies fest on August 27 and 28 in New Braunfels, too.Did you know the complete lineup, though? It’s got the Toadies (duh). But the…
Ludacris, Ciara, Bay Bay, Dorrough, 8Ball MJG, Fat Pimp, and Tum Tum performed at the Verizon Theatre for K104’s Summer Jam, presented by AEG, in Grand Prairie Saturday night, July 31st. See the full lineup–plus some choice audience shots–of the Summer Jam in Roger Caldwell’s slideshow. Also, if you’re clicker-finger…
It was a great weekend to stay indoors. With the heat being so murderous, we sent photographers Ray and Peter Lek to the dance the indoor floors of Campus Pub in Denton for Ed Crunk and DJ Titan (Friday, June 30) and Trees for DJ Breakage from London–a drum &…
Your daily dose of national music news for Monday, August 2, 2010…The RIAA’s fight against illegal downloads is slightly reminiscent of the war on drugs.If Moz thinks you shouldn’t marry Russell Brand, you should listen to him.Maybe Deadmau5 wouldn’t collapse on stage if he didn’t wear a HUGE mouse head…
Shakespeare would’ve been awful damn proud of last night’s party at the Aura Lounge, which was decked out with sparkly balls and a lot of plants. DJ Rev and DJ Avi were spinning for the night, while costumes ranged from the last-thing-you-see-before-you-die-scary, to…oddly poignant. See more of the Uptown Lounge’s…
The folks over at Double Wide had so much fun with their July Fourth pool party that they’re blowing up the above-ground pool again Sunday, and this time Boys Named Sue will provide the soundtrack. It’s the perfect weekend for it, too–with temperatures well over 100 degrees every day. But…
This week we turn our behind the booth sites to half of experimental electronic outfit FUR, Bryce Isbell. Isbell has only been DJing for a couple of years, but is hardly an amateur. Over the past two years, alongside creative partner Gray St. Germain Gideon, Isbell has had a couple…
Count me among the thousands who’ve been charmed by Nicki Minaj’s eyelash-batting. I swear, it’s like she’s that eyelash-implants girl from The Simpsons. Nicki has been making rounds this past year releasing mixtapes and guesting on a bunch of tracks, including Luda’s “My Chick Bad” — where she’s got some…
A few luminaries from the DIY punk, metal, hardcore and experimental music community including Akkolyte, Enemies of Inertia and Life Erased will get together with touring acts Austin hip-hop duo OT23 and Oakland’s Paranoid Freakout at Sunday’s Get The Fuck Outside Festival at the Veterans Park Bandshell (3600 Arkansas Lane)…
Just got word from Ben Gastright, bassist for local alt-country act Bravo, Max!, that the band has expanded to seven members. The complete line up is now Johnny Beauford, Gastright, Steve Vanderheide, Eli Staford, Ellie Stevens, Bob Loshelder and Chris Schmidt. “We’re your standard rock instrumentation plus accordion and clarinet…
If you’ve spent a few minutes talking about music with Jeff Liles, chances are at some point he brought up one of his favorite performers, James Hall, formerly of Pleasure Club and Mary My Hope, with descriptions of an intense live show that borders on religious revival. So it’s little…
