Five Other Names For Toby Keith’s New Bar & Grill

What was predicted last year in Unfair Park has come true. Country star Toby Keith is bringing his chain-wreck to Dallas. Toby Keith’s I Love This Bar & Grill opens May 15, and they’re hiring. Yes, Toby Keith’s I Love This Bar & Grill. Google maps says it will be…

Giveaway: Tennis at Dada Tonight

Denver trio Tennis is coming through Dallas tonight, on the stylish heels of their latest album, Young & Old. It continues debut Cape Dory’s trend of charming pop songs that inspire you to make out with the person next to you, lifted by singer/keyboardist Alaina Moore, who was most likely…

Amanda Palmer and Neil Gaiman Cover Leon Payne’s “Psycho”

Amanda Palmer and Neil Gaiman’s Violitionist Session is finally up, and it includes a cover of San Antonio country singer Leon’s Payne’s oft-covered “Psycho,” which recounts a series of violent acts by the narrator, who, at the end of the song, claims his “mind just walked away.” Gaiman does a…

The Beastie Boys’ Adam Yauch Has Passed Away

Beastie Boy Adam Yauch, aka MCA, has passed away at the age of 47. More news as it comes, but Yauch had been battling cancer since 2009, after it was discovered he had a tumor in his salivary gland. Sadly, he wasn’t able to join his fellow Beasties last month,…

Five Covers of Star Wars‘ “The Imperial March”

In the great tradition of made-up holidays (oh, today is also No Pants Day), May The Fourth Be With You may be the most insular, but have you ever seen the look on a Star Wars fan’s face when someone tells them they’ve never seen any of the movies? Or…

Look At This Poster For Texas Frightmare Weekend

Texas Frightmare is this weekend, and Mixmaster has all the info you need about the three-day event, which includes a prom where Anthony Michael Hall will be in attendance, and a reunion of the cast of They Live. If that’s not enough to get you excited, I’m not sure what’s…

For Your Thursday Thrashing Pleasure: Darstar’s “Trapdoor Spider”

This is DFW quintet Darstar’s first video, for “Trapdoor Spider,” off last year’s Tiny Darkness. The song’s got a great, heavy riff, and though the video uses a pretty basic band-in-a-warehouse-concept, that riff matches the random couch destruction nicely. I’d like to see more videos of bands destroying things. No…

Preview: Greg Ginn & the Royal We at Pastime Tavern

Since Greg Ginn settled himself and his SST catalog into Taylor, Texas, a few years ago, we’ve been seeing him a lot more around here. The former Black Flag guitarist even played Coachella this year, on the same day of Tupac’s hologram, which fits at least two decades of L.A…

Preview: Tragedy, Wild//Tribe, Garuda at Rubber Gloves

Last year at Chaos in Tejas, Austin’s annual hardcore and punk fest, Portland’s Tragedy laid waste to DIY venue The Broken Neck in the way any good after-hours hardcore show should: I left with beer, sweat and spit on me, and Tragedy almost blew the PA. Adding to the tinnitus…

Florence and the Machine – Palladium Ballroom – 5/1/12

Florence and the Machine Palladium Ballroom Tuesday, May 1 As I scrolled backwards through my notes from last night’s show, I found something I had jotted down a few days earlier, I think from an episode of Parks and Recreation: “Don’t half ass two things. Whole ass one thing.” I…

Today In Amazing Old Press Photos: Liquid Pyramid

The Internet yielded very little info on the whereabouts of Liquid Pyramid, which only adds to the mythical element of this press photo, pulled from the depths of the Observer’s filing cabinets. I miss the days when you could wear your p-jam bottoms to your band’s photo shoot. And this…