The O’s are helping a friend shoot a pilot for a potential travel show in which bands show host Vydra around town, and will be filming and hanging out at The Libertine Bar (2101 Greenville Ave.) today at 4 p.m. And, because bars typically aren’t exactly at capacity at that…
Rx Bandits, Dredg, Good Old WarGranada TheaterJuly 14, 2009 Better Than: Staying in to watch that overrated jackass on Hell’s Kitchen. They look unwashed, unshaven, lazy and listless. They’re wearing what looks like the same clothes they pulled on days ago. They resemble Austin street-hippy people. …
Your daily dose of national music news for Wednesday, April 29, 2009… Kip Malone of TV on The Radio has described his solo record as Beyonce pop fused with biblical analysis. Or something like that. Katy Perry had to refer to deviled eggs as “angelic eggs” as a kid? And I…
Later this week, we’ll have a slideshow of photos taken from inside the building as renovations are being completed, but in the meantime, we can pass along the below info in reference to the goings-on at Trees, as it plans for its Friday, August 14, re-opening..First and foremost: There will…
…and it’s another nationally recognized band from the DFW region: Bowling for Soup. The band joins the already stacked, nine-hour event bill featuring the Toadies, The Secret Machines, Ben Kweller, Eleven Hundred Springs and The Boom Boom Box. Tickets to the event, which will be held Saturday, August 29, at…
If, like me, you’ve been an admirer of the album artwork Teenage Cool Kids’ Andrew Savage provided for his band’s excellent new album, Foreign Lands, or for the band’s 7-inch singles “Poison Sermons” and “Speaking in Tongues,” then you’re in for a treat today. Savage has announced that he’s selling…
Ever since Faith No More went platinum with “Epic” way back in 1989, there has always seemed to be a spot in the marketplace for industrial strength metal/funk. Korn certainly took the sound to new heights of popularity and the genre proved financially viable enough for lesser-known bands to carve…
In Nate Jackson’s write-up for tonight’s Rx Bandits/Dredg/Good Old War show at The Granada, Rx Bandit Steve Choi opines that the band’s latest material is a reflection on the late-20s struggle of finding one’s place in this world. That kind of lyrical content may sound like coffee-shop acoustic-guitar material, but…
Your daily dose of national music news for Tuesday, July 14, 2009… Ozzy Osbourne has decided to drop Zakk Wylde from his band. But, he may want to tell Zakk… According to a new study, the percentage of teens who illegally download music has dropped by almost half in the…
Trill Bass headlined Dub Assembly’s three-year anniversary celebration at the Green Elephant on Friday night, with Mundo, Royal Highnuss and Thomas Allen opening.You’ll find plenty more shots from the party in this week’s Night Moves set from Ray and Peter Lek…
Matt & Kim played to a sold-out House of Blues Cambridge Room Saturday night, with the locals in Giggle Party ahead of them. Balloons were thrown, crowds were surfed, and fans of all ages had a good time, from the looks of it.Check out more shots of the show in…
Florida folk-punk act Fake Problems has canceled its Thursday, July 30, performance at Rubber Gloves. The fiery, upbeat quintet had already been playing short-handed for a few days; guitarist Casey Lee’s taken leave of the band to be with his family after his father died suddenly last week when he…
Seems Pitchfork is picking up on something locals already knew: Fergus & Geronimo is on to something pretty cool. Over on that tastemaking site today, the band is offering up a free download of the title track from its new 7″, Harder Than It’s Even Been.Catch the Best New Act…
St. Vincent, whose music gets compared to Andrew Bird’s far too often in reviews (perhaps because both incorporate elements of twee?), will tour with the Bird man this fall, starting on Tuesday, September 29, in Indianapolis.Unfortunately, the tour won’t bring Annie Clark back home through Dallas. But it will take…
Matt & Kim at the House of Blues’ Cambridge Room on Friday, July 10 This New York duo, known for its high-energy performances, kept up to its standard at the Cambridge Room. Glad to see they’ve gained some notoriety in North Texas and moved on from 1919…..
Your daily dose of national music news for Monday, July 13, 2009… Leonard Cohen has asked that musicians stop covering his song “Hallelujah” for a while. Thank you, sir. Michael Jackson’s death could turn into a homicide case. The music world may really be coming to an end: Perez Hilton’s label might…
This weekend is jam-freakin’-packed, huh? Kinda overwhelming, actually. So, let’s just jump right in. Cool? First, the shows we’ve already talked up a bit…Tonight, there’s Eleven Hundred Springs., Rodney Parker & 50 Peso Reward and Homespun Remedies at the Granada; Deer Tick and Dawes at Hailey’s; The Strange Boys, Coathangers…
Not gonna mince words here, as the above poster pretty much says it all: A whole bunch of Texas’ finest hip-hop acts, including some of Dallas’ most prominent, are currently over at QuickTrip Park in Grand Prairie (home to the AirHogs, woot!) for the Texas Southern Fried Summer Jam ’09…
Aspiring hip-hop producers looking for their big break might find it tomorrow at Las Colinas Studios in Irving (6301 Riverside Drive) in the form of a reality TV hosted by Houston rapper Lil’ Flip that promises, Lord knows why, to be the perfect mixture of The Apprentice and The Real…
J-Live fans must lurk quietly in the corners of obscurity–kinda like Jurassic 5 fans. You otherwise wouldn’t know they existed until there’s a show. Then it’s packed. This week Facebook was suddenly buzzing about the J-Live show tomorrow night at The Lounge on Elm Street. New York and Atlanta have…
Over on the NX35 Web site, there’s good news for anyone who enjoyed Denton’s first, succesful foray into a pre-SXSW festival: The four-day music showcase will return in 2010, running from March 11 through March 14, and again falling right before the annual SXSW festivites in Austin.Well, maybe, it turns…
Yesterday, Billboard ran an item claiming Erykah Badu was int he studio recording follow-up tracks to last year’s highly successful and critically lauded New Amerykah, Pt. 1: 4th World War album. Struck us a little odd, though: We thought she’d recorded the album some time ago. Plus, isn’t she in…
