Another week bites the dust, which leads us to this weekly inevitability of us offering up our top choices for musical entertainment each weekend. And, well, there’s a lot this weekend, actually, so hold on tight. First up, as always, a reminder of the shows we’ve already hyped up plenty…Tonight…
A couple of area DJs released some impressive mixtapes this week–good listening, I’d say, especially as you count down the minutes until, your weekend officially gets started. First up, check out the latest from Wanz Dover, aka Blixaboy, called, quite simply enough, “Summer Bass Mix.” Like most Blixaboy tapes, it’s…
Honestly? I don’t know too much about San Antonio-based rock outfit Buttercup . Well, other than the fact that the band spent last fall here in Dallas while Salim Nourallah produced its new full-length release The Weather Here, and that the group managed to nab a pretty sweet Web (and…
Unless you’ve been on vacation over the last week, you’ve probably already heard some of the buzz surrounding a certain upcoming live debut by a certain ex-Ghosthustler member’s newest project. But, some worthwhile buzz that you may not yet have heard is that tonight’s Back to Cooool show at Hailey’s…
The Fort’s own Green River Ordinance popped up in a rather unlikely spot this morning, getting interviewed and performing a toned-down, two-man, acoustic take on its new single, “Come On,” in, uh, the CNN newsroom?OK, sure, why not? Say what you will of the band’s saccharin pop-rock, but its busy…
It’s been a pretty fun time, actually, running this contest once a day this week and watching you all scramble to get your free passes to tomorrow’s Dia de Los Toadies festival out in Glen Rose featuring The Secret Machines, Ben Kweller, Bowling For Soup, Eleven Hundred Springs, The Boom…
Just got sent this cool link from Gerard Dirkx, former (and future) leader of The Telefones. Seems the band’s upcoming reunion gig that I blogged about a couple of times a while back has since turned into a pretty major event. Now, a total of nine bands will play The…
Your daily dose of national music news for Friday, August 28, 2009… Rivers Cuomo says he basically ripped off “Undone (The Sweater Song)” from Metallica. Nathan Followill says Kings of Leon’s new record is going to sound like Radiohead and Thin Lizzy. I guess that’s a break from U2, right? TV…
This week’s featured poster pimps Saturday night’s lineup of Red Animal War, True Widow and The Me-Thinks at Lola’s Sixth. It was designed by Ray Liberio (of the Me-Thinks) and Calvin Abucejo, collectively known as Pussyhouse Propaganda. Sure, the grenade-toting Easter Bunny might not be very timely. But the balance…
OK, so Ola Podrida isn’t really local at all–band leader David Wingo calls Austin home, not Dallas–but the band is named after Olla Podrida, that old arts and crafts mall off LBJ Freeway here in the D. And, if we’re searching for more local angles, we know that Wingo collaborated…
OK, you know what the deal is by now: Twice already this week, we’ve passed out a free pair of tickets to Saturday’s Dia de Los Toadies festival out in Glen Rose–a deal we’re pretty impressed by, mind you–and we’re gonna be doing it twice more, too. And one of…
Andres from the Key City Crew passes along a great compilation, The Hungry Kid, featuring Albuquerque/Dallas rapper C.S. Rucker. Rucker shares the mic with fellow Dallasite Dustin Cavazos and Chicago’s Kid Static over beats by Drixxe, Kid Rolex, Freon, Licks and more. Rucker reveals a real Wu influence with his…
Last we heard, Corn Mo and .357 Lover’s upcoming full-length, Diorama of the Golden Lion, was set for a late August release. Well, this week, an official update: The album from the operatic glam-rocker will see a September 29 release. A little bit of a push-back? Sure. But, in exchange,…
Not to be confused with the Eric Johnson of The Fruit Bats [Editor’s Note: Or the NFL tight end from my hometown], the Eric Johnson appearing at House of Blues tonight is the legendary guitar slinger from Austin. Drawing praise from the likes of Carlos Santana, Eric Clapton, Johnny Winter…
Your daily dose of national music news for Thursday, August 27, 2009… Fall Out Boy lead singer Patrick Stump (the one with all the hats) was arrested for traffic warrants in California. He was then released on $15,000 bail for driving with a Illinois license instead of a California one. I…
Last August, some 5,000 fans made up their minds and decided to rock with The Toadies around Possum Kingdom Lake at the inaugural Dia de Los Toadies festival, a daylong event that also featured performances from local favorites Dove Hunter, THe BAcksliders, Lions and The Tejas Brothers. Quite the show…
Everything you want to know about Sleepy Sun is revealed in the band’s name. The music is slow and lazy, with a tired—but not bored—quality. It’s also bright and buoyant with warm vocals: Singers Bret Constantino and Rachel Williams complement each other on “Sleepy Son,” a particularly melodic song that…
He was obsessed with traditional country music before he was known as Elvis Costello. In the mid-’70s, young Declan MacManus discovered the genre indirectly, through his interest in seminal country/bluegrass-influenced groups like The Byrds, The Band and, yes, even The Grateful Dead. The English pub rock he later co-opted and…
north of the dial The summertime heat may not have lifted yet in Denton, but for many in the two-university town, summer has officially breathed her last. It’s fall now. Well, the fall semester at least, as classes started this week at UNT and begin next week at TWU. Over…
Looking back at the musical career of Aryn Dalton, you’d assume his latest project would either ring bombastic and sordid (a la his many years drumming for indie darlings The Paper Chase) or full-on country (based on his work in Evan Birdsong’s Blackbird Harmony). But Buscar Bronca’s inaugural release, Kings…
Though Third Eye Blind hails from San Francisco, it has found success by merging the Northern and Southern California aesthetics; the band managed to extract the fun, relaxed elements of Los Angeles culture (minus the douchebaggery) and combine it with the more substantive, craft-focused elements of San Francisco culture (minus…
It’s been three years since the release of “Young Folks,” and, sure, on some level, it’d be easy to pigeonhole Peter, Bjorn & John as one-hit wonders. After all, none of the songs on either 2008’s Seaside Rock or this year’s Living Things have come close to the success, in…
