I’m not sure of the exact moment when My Morning Jacket became the best live band in the world, but I’ll never forget the instant I realized it. It was at 12:10 on a foggy New Year’s morning in San Francisco; 2006 had just flowed into 2007 and, in honor…
When I walk into the modest house in North Garland, the children—McKayla and Matthew Butler Jr.—quickly latch onto my legs, 1-year-old daughter on the left, 2-year-old son on the right. “They miss their daddy,” says Teresa Butler as she leads me past the family dog and a collection of paper…
While parents have predictably freaked out over the social menace imposed by blues, jazz, secular R&B, rock ‘n’ roll, heavy metal, rap and techno, they never seemed to bat an eyelash over Steely Dan. In fact, they seemed to dig the band more than anyone. And it’s a testament to…
…you might want to spell his name right in your ad. Oh, and these guys’ name, too. Just sayin’. But, hey, we all make mistakes. Like, for instance: We screwed up and said the Tom Petty show next Wednesday night is taking place at Superpages.com Center when it’s really going…
“The Jonas Brothers. So hot right now. The Jonas Brothers.” So, I don’t know if we can legitimately consider the Jonas Brothers to be locally-based artists now that the teen superstar trio has gone ahead and purchased a home in Westlake–or, hell, if we even want to. (Although–and, yes, feel…
This guy was never in Max Cady. Ever. Just got an amusing email from Justin Moore, frontman for the Cape Fear-lovin’, perennially DOMA-nominated hard rock act Max Cady. Seems Moore is starting to work on an upcoming solo record–and he didn’t realize until just recently that there’s already a solo…
(Cabe Booth) Remember when we told you that Pleasant Grove frontman Marcus Striplin was doing just a couple local shows at the beginning of the month? Looks like that changed, as his two Bolsa engagements turned into a standing Tuesday and Wednesday gig for all of August, as well as…
Christmas? In August? Sure. Why not? Denton’s Centro-Matic just keeps getting more and more love for Dual Hawks. This time, it comes from Stereogum, which offers up an unreleased track from the double disc. This morning, the site picked the band’s unreleased song “Christmas 83 (Make Fun of My Sweaters)”…
With the Austin City Limits Festival (and its rather mediocre line up) coming just around the corner and talk of SXSW 2009 already heating up, it’s a wonder that the state capitol has room for yet another multi-day concert event. But, lo and behold, here comes the third annual Fun…
After some fairly intensive competition between interested labels (more on that in the coming weeks), Jonathan Tyler & The Northern Lights have, as expected, finally put pen to paper with Atlantic Records. That’s the word, at least, straight from the band manager’s mouth. What’s that mean? Well, after a five-state…
My head hurts. Here’s why: The song’s called “Dreaming of Dreaming” and it’s a b-side from The Secret Machines’ upcoming self-titled release (due out October 14), meaning it’s not on the album. But the I Rock Cleveland music blog is (rightfully) touting it as a return to form to the…
Hopefully Mom won’t have to hold a yard sale to raise enough money for plane tickets. Mom’s debut EP, Little Brite, made quite an impression on us last year, earning a rave review and a Best of the Year recommendation. Thanks to a Japanese release and a forthcoming European tour,…
Since we’re already speaking of songs that are making waves, here’s another one worth checking out. Bonus mp3: Chances are you haven’t seen Dallas hip-hop trio Dem Southernfolkz perform much around town. That’s ’cause, really, Dem Southernfolkz (or DSFZ for short) hasn’t performed much around town. It’s tough to, y’know,…
Where Palomo’s going, they don’t need roads. (Spencer Cogburn) …and the guy’s really changed things up! OK, well, not really. Mostly, it’s just more of the same infectious, heavily ’80s-influenced electro dance pop. The new song’s called “All Too Vivid,” and Palomo’s got a new moniker, too: Vega. Cool? Yeah…
It’s been baby step after baby step for The Fieros since…well, since they became The Fieros and stopped calling themselves The Valentines back in January. That move came when the band aligned itself with Maroon 5 lawyer Jeff Worob. Then came the band’s move from the Big D to the…
Nine Inch Nails, A Place To Bury Strangers American Airlines Center August 18, 2008 Better than: Watching all three Matrix movies on blu-ray. Trent Reznor and…The Pips? (Derrick Miller) More of a multimedia event than a concert, the performance last night of Trent Reznor and his latest incarnation of Nine…
Just got off the horn with area bartender and musician Stephen Benavides a little bit ago, and he had some interesting news to share: Seems Russell Hobbs has brought him into the fold to help book some shows to the Prophet Bar, the alcohol-serving extension of the The Door down…
Vinnie Paul celebrating something completely unrelated to this post during last weekend’s Ozzfest ordeal in Frisco. (Roger Caldwell) Don’t know how we missed this one–OK, being out of town on vacation probably has a lot to do with it–but, on Friday, Billboard reported that Sharon Osbourne thought Ozzfest went “fantastically…
The new Toadies disc comes out tomorrow–the first in seven years for the Fort Worth product. And, ’round these parts (and others, too, it seems), that’s big news. Biggest on a national level, at least, for a local artist since, oh, about mid-May, I think. Right, Rhett, Murry, Ken and…
…or that’s how it went down in my head. First, check Tahiti’s very Nintendo-like take on Lil Wil’s “My Dougie.” Then hop over to Big Tuck’s Myspace page and hear the newest remix to his fabulous “Not A Stain On Me,” which features Paul Wall and Slim Thug among others…
In the retirement community of a town that I grew up in, my teenage friends and I would drive around the back roads for hours, day after day, much to my dad’s dismay. He’d say, “Courtney, gas is a dollar and a quarter a gallon!” Ha, those were the days…
Hey, Skateboard Man, you should check out Skate Or Rock in Grand Prairie tomorrow. So you already know about tonight’s mariachi-meets-country show at Dan’s in Denton and Dallas Dub Assembly at the Green Elephant, tomorrow’s Baboon, Smokin’ Joe and Dave Matthews Band performances, and the Cex show at Rubber Gloves…
