Besides fronting the soft-rock ensemble Blue Petal and the poppier Morning Elephant, Russian-born Dallasite Manya Repnikova (see right) also leads a band named after, well, herself. Hard to see (or hear) much difference between Blue Petal and Manya, though, especially since guitarist Pete Anderson (not the famous country producer) is…
Not sure why, but, according to Nico Vega’s MySpace page, the band’s gig at the Cavern tonight is off–along with all of the band’s other Texas dates and a fifth date in Arizona. We’ll let you know if any word comes along…..
Over on Pitchfork today, the debut EP from Alan Palomo’s VEGA project get’s the all-important Pitchfork review, scoring a 6.0 on the site’s 10-point scale, although, to be fair, it’s probably a little more positive than that, ending on a note that pretty much anyone who has heard Palomo’s work…
It’s no secret that I’m unabashedly a big fan of Dorrough’s “Ice Cream Paint Job.” Been playing that sucker for weeks now (seriously, ask Jesse Hughey, who has to put up with it), and there’s no signs of my fandom letting up–especially now that this new has popped up on…
Over on Unfair Park this morning, Robert just posted the quite-interesting story of Arlington’s KTS Productions. Who? Just the folks who made the marketing ploy for Cheap Trick’s new album, The Latest, come true, no big deal.How so? Ah, there’s the rub: KTS just may be the last eight-track-tape-makers. And,…
Up at Hailey’s Club in Denton tonight, North Carolina-based Dawes stops by for a gig alongside NBC anchor Brian Williams’ favorite band, Deer Tick. It should be an interesting one, too, as Observer contributor Chris Parker explains in this weeks paper, detailing Deer Tick frontman John Joseph McCauley III’s musical…
It’s been a month–to the day, actually–since Kirtland Records and the Toadies announced the date and location for their second annual Dia de Los Toadies event. Well, today, the full lineup–which is to say: the support for the Toadies on this daylong party in the band’s name–has been announced. And,…
Tonight’s Strange Boys/Coathangers/Bad Sports show at The Lounge On Elm Street has a poster that’s just as awesome as the lineup, as mentioned yesterday in Poster of the Week. And hopefully, fans of the bands on the bill picked up on the very obvious hint dropped in that post about…
Your daily dose of national music news for Friday, July 11, 2009… Kanye West is allegedly interning at the Gap. Really? I would’ve thought he could get something a little more prestigious… Justin Timberlake want to write a book… about golf. …
This weekend is chock-full of great shows, which has lead to a glut of great posters. Ever since back in May, when I first saw this Sam Heimer flyer for the July 10 Parade of Flesh Lounge on Elm Street show featuring The Strange Boys, The Coathangers and Bad Sports,…
At last year’s 20th Anniversary Dallas Observer Music Awards, we brought back an old tradition from previous DOMAs: a compilation disc featuring tracks from some of the year’s nominees. This year, the compilation’s back once again–and it’s a pretty sweet little compilation, too, if I may so so myself. Check…
People sure do like them some Eleven Hundred Springs; it’s worth noting as we head into this year’s DOMA season that this band pretty much cleaned house last year, on the heels of its fine 2008 release, Country Jam.So we’re quite pleased, then, that the folks at the Granada Theater…
Besides his involvement in the alt-country combo Bluetortillas, local singer/songwriter Douglas Woodlane has found time to record a couple of solo efforts, the most recent being Douglas Woodlane and the Thieves. The very Neil Youngish opening cut is “Broken Blue” and Woodlane was kind enough to send this over as…
Minnesota’s Low stops by The Loft tonight–and it should be a nice little show, as Richard Gintowt writes in this week’s Observer: “Low…is the anti-crescendo, with most of its compositions putting along at glacial tempos and with cymbal- and floor-tom-heavy percussion. The genius of the Low machine is the emphasis…
On September 1, Danny Balis–he of The King Bucks, Sorta, The Ticket’s The Hardline and whiskey dives across the Metroplex–will release his debut solo record, Too Much Living. And it’s a long time coming: Balis has long been revered as one of the area’s better vocalists, offering up a deep,…
Perhaps yesterday, in our announcement about the DOMA Showcase lineup, you saw a venue name with which you were unfamiliar–one called Bandera?Well, Pegasus News has all the details on the venue’s plans to exclusively open this month as a country/”red dirt” venue amongst the other meat market hotspots along Lower…
Not to keep harping on mall punk all day long, but this is worth pointing out, if only because it’s hilarious: Earlier this week, noted area mall punk rivals PlayRadioPlay and The Secret Handshake announced that they’d be hitting the road together under the banner of “The Frienemies Tour.”Why frienemies?…
On Sunday afternoon, Third String Productions’ run of hosting mall punk shows at the 5,000 capacity Plano Centre will come to an end as the largely suburban-based production company tosses its annual Summerfest show, this one featuring the likes of Forever The Sickest Kids (whose Underdog Alma Mater received the…
The always-entertaining Salinas brothers have a new video making its rounds today, showing off all the places, awards and work that have been keeping the rapper/producer duo busy for the past couple of months. And, yes, in case you were curious, that is a sped-up sample of the theme song…
Your daily dose of national music news for Thursday, July 9, 2009… Mastodon is getting its very own premium lager! Too bad it’s only a limited run of 200 bottles. Mariah Carey is worried that she let people down with her horrible rendition of “I’ll Be There” at Michael Jackson’s long and over-the-top…
In its 28-year career, indie-rock godfathers Sonic Youth has experienced unprecedented success—and had unparalleled staying power. Credit this longevity to the band’s stability: Guitarist/vocalist Lee Ranaldo, drummer Steve Shelley, bassist/vocalist Kim Gordon and guitarist/vocalist/her husband Thurston Moore have launched numerous side projects, completed countless world tours and released 16 studio…
John Joseph McCauley III has always had his heart set on musical world domination. It’s just taken him a few years to get there—and he apologizes for leaving you waiting. The 23-year-old leader of rustic, ambling folk rock act Deer Tick had to escape from high school, record a critically…
