See also: Kelly Clarkson endorses Ron Paul, shit hits fan Texas singer Kelly Clarkson has penned the new Dallas Cowboys anthem, “Get Up (A Cowboys Anthem),” in conjunction with Pepsi. It’s, uh, caffeinated. And as far as “anthems” go, I suppose it’s serviceable enough, but interchangeable with half the songs…
Much has already been shared on the death of SXSW creative director Brent Grulke, who passed away yesterday after a heart attack, at age 52. It’s our modern way to try to console each other via links, texts, emails. Amassing and distributing information to make sense of death. I was…
Identity Festival happened this weekend, and we were there snapping away into the neon abyss. Here are some especially illuminating photos of fans’ reactions, in what we’d like to call The Sickest Drop: A Journey In Six Jpegs…
Clint Niosi’s 2008 LP, The Sound of Dead Horses Beaten Against Cold Shoulders, was a fine album built around his voice and acoustic guitar, but its spareness made it feel like a bookend on something bigger. Even the artist himself admits that: “I felt in hindsight that perhaps it could…
See also: Four Fort Worth bands to watch Fort Worth’s Lo-Life Recordings have punctuated the seasons of 2012 with splits by Doom Ghost and War Party, two bands that mirror each other’s three-chord mindset. Then they put out two really great videos: One in which Doom Ghost is profiled takedown-ad-style…
Marry a Stranger, Dallas duo Smile Smile’s third and latest album, finds keyboardist Jencey Hirunrusme and guitarist Ryan Hamilton in a different place than 2010’s Truth On Tape. That album traced and psychoanalyzed their broken relationship, but the Salim Nourallah-produced Marry a Stranger comes out of the bag feeling a…
For the past couple years, Fort Worth singer-guitarist Clint Niosi has been quietly recording the follow-up to his striking 2008 debut, The Sound of Dead Horses Beaten Against Cold Shoulders. That album mined the darker corners of folk music, and his new one, For Pleasure and Spite, tunes up those…
With one last gasp of summer remaining, this two-day, two-stage fest, organized by Sundress’ Ryan McAdams, is one of the best we’ve seen so far. Focusing on up-and-coming Texas psych and punk acts, McAdams’ band joins True Widow, Holy Wave, Cozy Hawks, Ringo Deathstarr, Darktown Strutters, Soviet, Skeleton Coast, Blood…
See also: Polyphonic Spree’s Jessica Jordan debuts My Name Is Moses The latest installment of Violitionist Sessions features Dallas musician/producer Ross Edman, aka Datahowler, performing three compositions on the floor of Violitionist HQ. It’s an interesting look at the process Edman uses to make his music, as well as beats…
As we mentioned last week, Lights All Night has announced its December dates and expansion to three nights in Fair Park. Tickets go on sale today, even though the lineup has not yet been announced, but we’ve heard there will be something called “DJs” there…
See also: T. Tex Edwards on John Fahey, the Hangmen We’ve started poking around in locals’ iTunes, iPods, Spotify playlists, CD players, cassette decks, turntables and brains with one question in mind: What are you listening to? We don’t even care if it’s good, we just want to know what…
With one last gasp of summer remaining, Stella Fest, a two-day, two-stage fest, organized by Sundress’ Ryan McAdams, is one of the best lineups we’ve seen so far. Focusing on up-and-coming Texas psych and punk acts, McAdams’ band joins True Widow, Holy Wave, Cozy Hawks, Ringo Deathstarr, Darktown Strutters, Soviet,…
North Richland Hills’ most yankin’ export, Lisa Gail Allred, is back with the follow-up to her “3-Second Rule” video. Once again, she’s laying down the real talk, asking the question all women have: “Coffee, tea, or me?” So many other questions: How many patios must we walk through before we…
See also: Snow Tha Product, human alarm clock I got a chance to see Snow Tha Product perform at Girls Rock Dallas last week, and the highlight was one young camper asking if being an “underground” rapper means she literally lives underground. After assuring them she lives in a normal…
After their successful third annual Elements of Hip-Hop, Poor Vida’s mission of getting the word out about Texas hip-hop continues this Sunday, August 5, at the Green Elephant, with their Sunday Sessions. Houston’s Cise Digga, Dallas’ So Sique and Marxx Marvo, Denton’s King GI, plus Original Soul and Hoppa are…
After much hand-wringing and chin-scratching over the Dallas City Performance Hall, we’re excited to announce that, in conjunction with KXT and the Kessler, we’re restarting our Triple Play series on the venue’s opening night. Fans of Autechre, keep your chins up. It could still happen. Friday, September 14, will feature…
We’ve started poking around in locals’ iTunes, iPods, Spotify playlists, CD players, cassette decks, turntables and brains with one question in mind: What are you listening to? We don’t even care if it’s good, we just want to know what the music community has been obsessing over, playing on repeat,…
“Between the Hank Williams pain songs And Jerry Jeff’s train songs And blue eyes cryin’ in the rain Out in Luckenbach, Texas Ain’t nobody feeling no pain” —Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson, “Luckenbach, Texas” With that introduction, welcome to our 100 best Texas songs of all time list, in which…
The album art for Bludded Head’s new record pretty much tells you what you’re getting into: It’s a drawing by singer-guitarist Nevada Hill’s daughter, and she’s gracefully inked up a thundercloud that is both smiling and crying while shooting lightning. Once you get inside the wax, the trio digs its…
Sandaga 813 has been slowly building up its weekly lineups, including stellar Tuesday jazz nights. This electronic music event tests the waters on Saturday night, collecting an eclectic array of house, downtempo, disco and techno DJs, including Israel Marcano, Maxx Bass, Kendo, Michael Duncan, Hulon Pate, Cliff Kwaslar Osler, Craig…
