Last Night: Ratatat, Panther And E*Rock At The Granada Theater

Ratatat, Panther, E*Rock Granada Theater September 16, 2008 Better than: Momentarily passing out during the third song. Because, yeah, I did. The only place where things were a little calm was on stage. (Nikki Loehr) Ratatat did the expected and sold out the Granada Theater. And the crowd packed in…

Money Waters Posts New Video

Speaking of Dallas hip-hop, Money Waters has just posted a couple of new videos for songs off his 2006 Swalhaggin (by the way, isn’t it about time for a follow-up?). Both directed by Mike Tinglin, “Can’t Live Without ‘Em” and “Submissive” each takes a look at sexual politics. Maybe that’s…

Steal Of The Week: Raphael Saadiq At Glo Lounge Tonight?

Sorry for the very, very late notice on this one, but I just found out about what seems like a pretty sweet deal going on tonight. According to this blog, Motown-like crooner Raphael Saadiq is apparently going to be in town tonight and stopping by Glo Lounge to host a…

Download: Led Zeppelin In Dallas, 1973 (Soundboard Recording)

Speaking of concerts in Dallas in the ’70s, I just stumbled upon this live soundboard recording of a Led Zeppelin’s May 18, 1973 performance at the Memorial Auditorium–but you’ll need to be a bit torrent downloader to get it. I know nothing about this show, other than that John Paul…

On This Day In Dallas Music History Hilarity In 1974…

…Gary Thrain, bass player for Uriah Heep, got electrocuted during a gig at SMU’s Moody Coliseum. According to this Web site, here’s how it went down… …bassist Gary Thain, ordinarily very calm and even subdued, suddenly started seemingly dancing and jiggling around wildly on the right side of the stage…

Seems CBS 11 Loves It Some Matthew JC And The AllStars…

…so much so that it hired the area band to write a song for its new promo spot (or so says Uncle Barky). I’ve never seen/heard these guys before, so I have no idea if this information is accurate. But, at the very least, it’s pretty amusing. And it could…

Good Friday (The Hurricane Ike Edition): Faux Fox, Eleven Hundred Springs, Wonderfool, Umphrey’s McGee, Chomsky, The Golden Mic, Jana Hunter, The Tah-Dahs and Laura Palmer’s Going Away Party, The New Year

Wow. Busy day today, huh? Anyway, there’s lots going on this weekend. And, actually, we’ve told you about a lot of it already. Tonight, there’s Grandmaster Flash spinning at Ghostbar, the Street Dogs show at House of Blues and the Dr. Dog show at Lola’s in Forth Worth. On Saturday,…

Matt Bauer Moves Islands In Storms. Also, A Giveaway!

Matt Bauer’s a freakin’ hero. (Mikael Kennedy) Our own Daniel Rodrigue wrote about Oklahoma’s Evangelicals in June, and if you caught their show at Club Dada then you know they’re certainly worth checking out tomorrow night at The Cavern. The real draw, however, may be the spare, lovely Appalachian folk…

Q&A With Street Dog And Pilot Point Resident Marcus Hollar

Street Dogs, who perform tonight at the House of Blues, are as Boston as the Red Sox, clam chowdah and irritating accents. The band was started by former Dropkick Murphys singer Mike McColgan, who left his former Celt-punk band to be a Boston firefighter but eventually decided to return to…

The Rap Up: Nothing To Lose (But Ignorance) At Hip Hop for HIV

On Sunday, September 14, Bun B, Mike Jones, David Banner, Pleasure P and a host of other artists take over the Palladium Ballroom for 97.9 the Beat’s Hip Hop for HIV concert. It’s easy to assume that the money collected from ticket proceeds would be donated to HIV and AIDS-related…