John Mayer is getting old. His music is getting old. His fans are getting old. His public image is getting old. In an apparent attempt to get some younger fans, someone over at John Mayer headquarters had the bright idea to book teen sensation Owl City as the opening act…
MGMT, Tame Impala House of BluesJune 8, 2010 Better than: Hearing these songs yet again in a movie trailer, commercial or clothing store. For anyone keeping track of MGMT these days, this most likely won’t come as a shock: The band’s sold-out show last night at the House of Blues…
Your daily dose of national music news for Wednesday, June 9, 2010…Soccer moms and tender hearted dudes have something to look forward to next year… Snow Patrol will release their album!The best way to piss off a real DJ? Nominate Jersey Shore’s Pauly D as one of “America’s Best DJ’s”.Either…
Cory Graves wrote in his review that the Granada audience was promised “a real treat visually and aurally.” For those of us who weren’t there, we can assume from Andrew Shepherd’s slideshow that Miike Snow’s promise came true. Storms of smoke and shafts of blue light were among the dazzling…
Neil YoungMorton H. Meyerson Symphony CenterJune 7, 2010Better than: Almost anything. When I’m old and grey I’m pretty sure my shortlist of best life experiences will go something like this: my wedding day, the birth of my children and the night I saw Neil Young at the Meyerson. First of…
Next Tuesday, The Orbans release When We Were Wild, their debut full-length and, if I may, quite the ridiculously infectious collection of country-tinged pop-rock anthems and hooks that hit you square in the gut. A perfect example? The band’s lead “single” off the album, “Like A Liar,” a song with…
South by Southwest was quite good to Dallas ex-pats Neon Indian this year–and, turns out, it was even better than the on-the-street buzz the band was getting that week in Austin may have originally implied. Today, Billboard reports that Neon Indian has signed a new record deal–the result of “speculation…
Many thanks to all who came out to the ninth rendition of the little monthly event I throw in conjunction with The Libertine every first Monday, The Local Hang. It’s been a good time since the jump–and last night was no exception. I mean, c’mon, a legit crowded room of…
Miike Snow, Canon BlueGranada TheaterJune 7, 2010Better than: Seeing Neil Young at the Meyerson. Just sayin’. Before they left the stage last night at the Granada Theater, openers Canon Blue ensured the capacity crowd that they would be “in for a real treat visually and aurally.” This ended up being…
Yesterday, on its MySpace page blog, soon-to-be-returning-to-the-spotlight buzz band Interpol (which is slated to release its fourth studio album, a self-titled release, in September) announced that it was adding two members to its live set-up–former Slint guitarist Dave Pajo and Secret Machines bassist/keyboardist/vocalist and Dallas native Brandon Curtis.Prior to forming…
Yes, I know that most of the cool, indie hipsters will be at House of Blues to catch MGMT tonight. But folks who enjoy music of a more rootsy vein might want to trek to Denton and check out Split Lip Rayfield.Since 1995, this “thrash grass” combo has released a…
Your daily dose of national music news for Tuesday, June 8, 2010…Marvin Isley is dead… Isaac Brock has a painting of himself hanging in the office of Portland mayor.Stuart Cable, ex-drummer for Stereophonics, has been found dead…
There’s no such thing as too much publicity–and these days, Sarah Jaffe, who later this week kicks off her gig as the tour opener for Lou Barlow, is getting plenty. And the hits just keep coming: Today, in the wake of mentions in Magnet, Paste and elsewhere (including a four-star…
It’s that time of the month again. y’all. (No, the other one.)Yep: I’m at the Libertine tonight as I am every first Monday of the month, and I’ll be spinning nothing but local jams (the latest and the greatest) for your listening pleasure from 10 p.m. till closing time. Y’know,…
If there was a contest to find the most tricked-up music festival in Dallas this summer, the winner, even on the season’s cluttered calender, might be the Rock This Town Music Festival, June 23 through June 27, at La Grange and The Belmont Hotel. Really: The whole thing sounds more…
Chris Martins gets into Miike Snow in this past week’s dead tree version of DC9, acknowledging the many confusing elements of the band, but, more than anything, praising the act for its “infectiousness.” Check this excerpt:Strains of falsetto funk, airy pop and upbeat electronica mix freely in singles like “Animal”…
Midlake, John GrantHaileys Club, DentonJune 5, 2010Better than: some other folk bands, probably. When John Grant, former frontman for The Czars, took the stage to open for Midlake’s homecoming show at Hailey’s Club in Denton, he really did set the tone for the entire night. He sat down, somber-faced and…
If you grew up watching Mr. Peppermint wave his candy-striped magic cane in syndication on the telly or watching Pep’s son Gibby Haynes wave his megaphone (and, on occasion, his willy) onstage as the frontman of Butthole Surfers, then this article from the June 6, 1996 edition of the Observer–for…
Afterlife on Northwest Highway featured a bunch of young, over-heated space fans dancing at 3 a.m (turning a Saturday into Sunday) for the Abducted Party with headliner Spacemen. The only missing entity was a little green man with bulbous eyes. The Cavern on Lower Greenville also featured Leftroom/Cocoon’s (UK) Matt…
What to impress your old man? Well, you can put a smile on the geezers face by picking him up a hip, music-related gift for Father’s Day. Trust us, it’ll make him feel younger. (Maybe.)Circle your calendars now: Father’s Day is coming up fast (on June 20…or September 5, if…
Your daily dose of national music news for Monday, June 8, 2010…RZA wants to take Enter The Wu-Tang: 36 Chambers to broadway. Lil’ Jon has come back to get y’all crunked up!Apparently fans of Lady Gaga don’t really dig on cannibalism…
The weekend’s here and it should be a big one for Whiskey Folk Ramblers. Tonight marks the release of their sophomore album, …And There Are Devils. Jesse Hughey spoke with the band about working with producer, Salim Nourallah, who will also be the support act for what will almost certainly…
