You may or may not remember all the way back to last March, when NX35 music festival single-handedly overtook DC9 for about a week. One of the top headliners, The Walkmen, who played a stunning set at Hailey’s Club, were one of the many reasons that the festival was such…
When the British indie/new wave/minimalists, The xx released their debut album xx last year, the ripple that formed in the blogosphere was somewhat polarizing. But, love ’em or hate ’em, they’re bringing their turntables and Dieter’s Dance Party haircuts to the Granada Theater on Friday, October 8. Tickets are one…
In hometown-boy-done-good news, we just received a press release announcing School Of Seven Bells Fall headlining tour in support of their forthcoming album, Disconnect From Desire, which drops on July 13. Ben Curtis (formerly of local bands Captain Audio and Secret Machines) and identical twins Ally and Claudia Deheza will…
About two months ago, we told you about Responsible Johnny frontman Rob Michaud’s plans to release a Deep Ellum compilation called Wish You Were Here…Love, Deep Ellum. When the local punk singer informed us of his whole-hearted effort to revitalize the music scene in Deep Ellum, we said “kudos”–and basically…
Just two weeks ago, Elvis Costello stood on the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center stage, surrounded by members of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra. In front of a full house, he basked in a spotlight that has shined kindly upon him for over three decades. He’d come a long way from…
Quietly, over the course of the past few weeks, The Lounge On Elm Street has undergone an ownership change. And, in the next few weeks, it’ll undergo a name change, too.According to new owner Victor Villalobos, the venue will soon be called The Nightmare. (Get it?)Over the past few years,…
John Mayer is getting old. His music is getting old. His fans are getting old. His public image is getting old. In an apparent attempt to get some younger fans, someone over at John Mayer headquarters had the bright idea to book teen sensation Owl City as the opening act…
Once every four years, a large portion of the world’s population turns its eyes to what is arguably its largest sporting event–The World Cup Soccer Tournament. Huge as it’s become all over the globe, soccer is still struggling to catch on in the U.S. But there are more than a…
If there was a contest to find the most tricked-up music festival in Dallas this summer, the winner, even on the season’s cluttered calender, might be the Rock This Town Music Festival, June 23 through June 27, at La Grange and The Belmont Hotel. Really: The whole thing sounds more…
The weekend’s here and it should be a big one for Whiskey Folk Ramblers. Tonight marks the release of their sophomore album, …And There Are Devils. Jesse Hughey spoke with the band about working with producer, Salim Nourallah, who will also be the support act for what will almost certainly…
Yesterday, the folks over at Live Nation announced that, for the second year in a row, there will be no service fees for tickets purchased in the month of June. This is really good news–especially if you’re interested in the pile of summer shows that House Of Blues just announced.Like,…
Aside from rickety roller coasters and sunburns, if there’s one thing you can expect to see at a Six Flags, it’s rowdy kids. So maybe it’s not all that surprising that, at Saturday’s Bamboozle Roadshow deal at Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington (check out our slide show here), some…
Every year around this time, Brutal Juice dusts off the old instruments and reunites for a weekend of area shows. This weekend, They, along with a re-charged Baboon, will be playing at Dan’s Silverleaf on Friday, and on Saturday they’ll be at Trees.But even without a Brutal Juice reunion, there’s…
When the Dallas all-girl quartet Lovie set out to make their latest seven-song EP, Because Of My Mattress, they had the great idea to recruit top indie producer Dave Fridmann (MGMT). When Fridmann was busy, they enlisted his former right-hand man, Bill Racine (Mates Of State, Rogue Wave) to man…
The Monco Poncho’s new record, Miserable Man, is an album by four men who know exactly who they are—an act that is passionately filling the surf-rock void in the Dallas music community. For filling such a weird niche, their popularity is somewhat baffling. With this new disc, though, it’s almost…
There’ve been grumbles coming from Denton ever since Midlake announced that their upcoming June 5 performance would be happening in Dallas at the Palladium Ballroom rather than somewhere in the band’s hometown.The grumbles got even louder when the ticket price was revealed–$25, after fees. And that’s before you count the…
In last week’s show announcements post, we made a big to-do about Christina Aguilera’s forthcoming album, Bionic, and the tour she has planned to support it. Well, in a press release we received yesterday, Aguilera’s people informed us that the tour has been pushed back to 2011–although no dates have…
Boston-based indie band, Clem Snide has been on the verge of breakthrough for almost two decades. If you’ve ever watched an episode of NBC’s, Ed, or spent anytime in a Starbucks, chances are you’ve heard a variety of their “art-country” tunes.It’s been an up-and-down ride: Their career has been riddled…
This weekend’s concert calender is pretty heavy on local acts–thanks, especially, to the inaugural Homegrown Music and Arts Festival on Saturday at the Main Street Gardens Park in Downtown Dallas. Homegrown’s stacked bill is almost certainly the highlight of the weekend, thanks to scheduled performances from Jonathan Tyler & The…
Good Records has been tweeting up a storm about tonight’s Besnard Lakes show at the Granada Theater. With good reason: The Montreal psychedelic shoegaze act is passing through in support of their newest record, Are The Roaring Night, and since Good Records is promoting the concert, the store’s sister record…
When a band travels in the uncharted territory between the genres of progressive, indie and pop, they walk a fine line between magnificent and stupid. Lucky for the North Carolina sextet Annuals, their latest EP, Sweet Sister, mostly falls in line with the former. The well thought-out parts scattered throughout…
There’s been some strategy behind building excitement for this year’s inaugural Homegrown Festival at the new Main Street Garden Park Saturday. Sure, the bill’s heavy on over-saturated local acts like Jonathan Tyler & The Northern Lights, Ishi, Telegraph Canyon and some 12 more acts—but every time someone mentions Homegrown, it…
