I guess there’s life after BRMC for Club Dada, after all. ‘Cause, tonight, the club’s hosting another act that could draw a pretty decent number of people down to Deep Ellum: Garage pop/punk/rock/whatever he’s feeling at the moment wonder Jay Reatard (who we wrote about in this week’s paper). And,…
Like sands through the hourglass, these are the Dallas music-related videos posted to Youtube this weekend. Snoop Dogg opened for 311 this past weekend at Superpages.com Center. Which proved that…well, that 311 is way bigger of a draw than I will ever pretend to understand it to be. Also, it…
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club Acoustic Show Club Dada August 1, 2008 Better Than: One show for the price of two. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club goes acoustic. (Daniel Rodrigue) We warned you that the Black Rebel Motorcycle Club show at Club Dada would be a big deal. When BRMC played House…
Wilonsky says this one got his Poster of the Week vote. (Mark Roberts) I can’t even begin to tell you how excited I am that the week is finally over–been real busy ’round here and whatnot. But things are only gonna get more and more busy now that the weekend’s…
The Granada Theater marquis tells it like it is. (Hal Samples) OK, folks, let’s put a bow on this sucker. if you wanna see even more photos of our DOMA showcase and awards show, go here, where Hal Samples has gone ahead and uploaded like a million bajillion photos from…
Trust me: This photo will make sense if you keep reading. Just a few months back–before the ownership changes at Club Dada and before news of the opening of the Lounge on Elm Street (next week, natch)–we were ready to hang things up and Deep Ellum. Least, far as music…
Will Johnson takes a load off at Good Records. Stage Dumps–a Denton-based blog that features candid live photos of musicians who, while trying to rock out, end up looking like they’re dropping a deuce–has been having its hot, smelly day in the sun lately, thanks to some national linkage. On…
A few months back, when I first stumbled across the myspace page of local alt-country singer Nicholas Altobelli, I was taken aback by the maturity that this youngster displayed. Like a pleasant version of Ryan Adams, Altobelli’s mix of classic, Dylanesque folk and more modern singer/songwriter fare resonated through his…
Although Live From the River Road Icehouse, Darryl Lee Rush’s sophomore effort, has been out for almost a year, a new video for the song “Lot” premiered last week at Trinity Hall in Mockingbird Station. (You can watch it here.) “Lot” is one of two studio recordings that appeared on…
Sarah Jaffe stays focused, glasses or no glasses. (Allison V. Smith) A little treat to end the day: Robert Jenkins of Summer Break Records just stopped by the office to drop off the latest–and this time, we’re told, final–version of folk wunderkind Sarah Jaffe’s EP, Even Born Again, which is…
This week’s poster was designed by Emil Rapstine, lead singer of The Angelus and one of the musicians on this bill, which also includes Will Johnson and Micah P. Hinson. As you can see, it’s a symmetrical, fairly simple design. Music editor Pete Freedman remarked that it looks like it…
Denton’s Fight Bite keeps getting all sorts of Internet love–last week alone, the band found itself, again, with mentions on Stereogum and Gorilla vs Bear, among other blogs and local publications–despite the fact that the band’s disc won’t see an official national release until October (well, as is currently planned;…
We’re still waiting on this new-ish album, but two other Tomorrowpeople albums are now on iTunes. Yesterday, just a day after we mentioned the fact that Tomorrowpeople were still waiting for iTunes to make their music available, Erich Scholz emailed to let us know that Marijuana Beach and Golden Energy…
At hardcore shows, there are two kinds of T-shirts: one that says “Straightedge Till Death,” and one that says “Straightedge Till Prom.” At least, that’s what Hold Steady frontman Craig Finn said he noticed in a recent interview, and his point illuminates the central issue behind the Brooklyn band’s fourth…
Boredom has boosted Jay Reatard’s career. The 28-year-old Memphis-based garage phenom, who has been banging out rough-hewn pop gems in his home studio for a decade in a dozen or so incarnations and ensembles, owes his ascent to his acute allergy to it. Why did he pick up the guitar…
“Your mouth is stuck to a thousand fags,” cheerfully raps the one known as Lovefoxxx at the end of the song called “Jager Yoga.” And this is Cansei de Ser Sexy’s serious album. No, really—next song’s about spousal abuse. But fuck the heck, you guys: No one knows what to…
“Something that we’ve been trying to hone in on in Dr. Dog for a really long time is how to record musicians, not just parts,” co-frontman Scott McMicken said earlier this year, describing the evolution of his workaholic band’s psychedelic jams. Bad news, maybe, for fans drawn to the lo-fi…
A’ight, here’s the dizzle: The d-o-double gizzle, Snoop Dogg, is in Dallas this Thursdizzle. Snoopizzle is guarantizzled to pull out sweet summer jams such as “Drop It Like It’s Hot” and “Who Am I (What’s My Name?)” at this show, fo’ shizzle. Though he’s known for smoking lots of marijuizzle,…
Calling this booking a “coup” is like calling King Kong just another monkey. How about “complete and utter shocker”? That’s closer: Club Dada’d be hard-pressed to hold more than 450 people in its space, and last time Black Rebel Motorcycle Club played Dallas—as part of a Jack Daniel’s promotion—they nearly…
Rarely will one find a bill of metal-related shenanigans better than what will take place at the House of Blues this particular night. Local progressive art metal heroes Fair to Midland are the evening’s headliners, but each of the other acts offers an interesting perspective on heavy music. The Feds…
Like so many who ply their craft under the seemingly all-inclusive banner of emo, the members of local rock quintet Kessler appear to have it all: tasteful clothes, high cheekbones, an excellent hair stylist and the ability to write punchy and catchy three- to four-minute odes to love, both lost…
Some musicians who leave Dallas have negative things to say about the city and the music scene. Not Brandon Curtis, though. As the leader of psychedelic space rockers The Secret Machines and the former member of such local luminaries as UFOFU, Tripping Daisy, Comet and Captain Audio, Curtis has only…
