We’ve got quite a backlog of CDs we’ve never gotten around to, so we’re going to try to chip away at the pile with this regular feature. The plan: to take four or five at a time and play each CD for as long as I can stand it. Late…
Of all the genres and subgenres of music, I never expected that psychobilly–the frighteningly fitful combination of punk and rockabilly–would have such a protracted shelf life. But, somehow, a seemingly endless supply of disaffected youth continue to worship at the dual alters of horror movies and hardcore punk.Ontario’s The Creepshow…
Been missing your jamgrass fix waiting on another Leftover Salmon reunion show? No worries, as former Salmon frontman Vince Herman comes to town this April with Great American Taxi. If you’re looking for a more traditional bluegrass show, Ralph Stanley (of “Man of Constant Sorrow” fame) brings it to the…
Maybe you’ve seen the above clip before? It’s the video for “Sleep Whale” from one of my favorite Denton bands, Mom. Nice, right? I think so. But nice enough to become the basis for the band’s entire future? Hmmm. Well, it looks that way, actually. According to the band’s blog…
Just heard from Play-N-Skillz’s publicist, Gina Torres, who checks in to let us know when we can catch “Dallas Week” formally–and not on the Internet, but on actual television, woot woot.Seems the clip, which features Play-N-Skillz “chaperoning” MTV throughout town, will air three times this week on MTV2 and like…
Looks like the fruits of MTV’s labor from a few weeks back, when the network followed D-Town production wunderkinds Play-N-Skillz around town for a party at plush and a dance instruction deal at Big T Bazaar are gonna be unraveling over on MTV.com all week–if the above promo, which features…
A few weeks back, we told you about a soon-to-be-released digital compilation album of (mostly) Denton-based acts that Shiny Around The Edges’ Michael and Jennifer Seman had assembled for the indie label Sounds Are Active. Well, 20 Bands/74.4 Minutes! is now up for download right here. In the accompanying liner…
Your daily dose of national music news for Tuesday, February 24, 2009… Big fan of Bret Michaels? Well, now you can own his old bed frame. Luckily for you, the quite possibly DNA-soiled linens and mattress are not included. Bruce Springsteen’s added another festival headlining show in his attempt to become…
While Zac Crain is geeking out over on Frontburner today about a Sex Pistols cover band playing the Longhorn Ballroom next month (my how the mighty have fallen…), he was able to touch on some interesting news that I’d missed earlier today…(Thanks, spam filter!)…namely, that the original lineup of Dallas…
Next month, metalheads and gamers will find themselves on the same playing field, thanks to the upcoming March 29 release of Guitar Hero: Metallica. But it’s not all Hetfield, Ulrigh, Hammett and Trujilo in the mix. Gamers will also be able to play as the great Lemmy (he is God,…
Y’know what’s a pretty fun game to play? Head on over to NX35’s site and check out its “Who’s Playing?” list. Then scroll through the names and see if you can tell which are locals and which aren’t. I bet you’ll get a couple wrong. I know I have.But one…
This weekend was the weekend of extremes… So, you’re a metalhead? We’ve got videos for you! So, you dig on some of folk/accousitc? We’ve got videos for you! Everyone else, you’re out of luck. Cradle of Filth at House of Blues, Thursday, Feb. 19Originally hailing from England, Cradle of Filth’s…
Slipknot did some serious damage out in Grand Prairie last night, as Kelly wrote here earlier, along with openers Coheed & Cambria and Trivium.For more scenes from the show, check our photographer Roger Caldwell’s work covering the scene in our slideshow here…
Slipknot, Coheed and CambriaNokia Theatre, Grand PrairieFebruary 22, 2009 Better Than: Accidentally stumbling onto the set of a Rob Zombie movie without realizing you’ve been written into the plot. Last night at the Nokia Theatre, the earth shifted, the foundation cracked, and hell poured out through the fissures. Clown make-up,…
Your daily dose of national music news for Monday, February 23, 2009… Duffy has been named the new face of Diet Coke. If only Amy Winehouse could’ve kept her shit together… It must suck to have an eagerly awaited album coming out: Both U2’s new album, No Line On The Horizon, and Kelly…
As national tours go, there’s really only so much going on this weekend–as evidenced by the fact that, unless I’m forgetting some, we only previously spread word on three weekend shows already: the Lola’s Stockyard show tonight with AA Bondy, Doug Burr and Telegraph Canyon, the Longhorn Saloon show tonight…
Idol just announced the release date for Dallas punky power trio Here Holy Spain’s debut CD, Manic, as April 7, though you don’t have to wait until then to hear it. The album is streaming on the band’s Last.FM site, and you can cop an advance copy through iTunes as…
Alright, so this one’s a trick question, admittedly. See, the JoBros are locals at this point, as this USA Today article from this morning so dutifully depicts.But the above clip, which ran on Saturday Night Live last weekend is a pretty funny look at the Jonas Brothers as time travelers…
In this week’s installment of the DC9 at Night Podcast, Merritt Martin, Noah W. Bailey and I huddled up to talk about some of the bands from the region that made the cut and were asked to perform at SXSW 2009’s sanctioned showcases. And we tackled some tough, tough topics,…
…And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead took over the Granada last night, preceded by Funeral Party and Midnight Masses.Be sure and check out Jesse’s Last Night review, but if you’re looking for more on the show, we’ve got photos, courtesy photographer Dylan Hollingsworth, in our slideshow…
Leonard Cohen, whose music, among other things, remains the sole reason why 1990’s Pump up the Volume is worth watching, will be stopping through town on Friday, April 3, for a performance at Nokia Theatre in Grand Prairie.Tickets go on sale a week from today, at 10 a.m., through Ticketmaster…
They were loud, rude, bratty and obnoxious. They smoked pot, drank lots of beer, did drugs and slept in their clothes. If you were a guy who hung out at Theatre Gallery during the late ’80s, chances are pretty good that one (or more) of them fucked your girlfriend. And…
