Dennis Gonzalez Yells At Eels featuring Rodrigo Amado

To anyone who has witnessed trumpeter Dennis González and his sons Aaron (bass) and Stefan (drums) play in Dallas as new-jazz trio Yells at Eels, the name of this album will come off as a bit audacious—and yet completely appropriate. Scant crowds at local house or club performances generally fall…

Shits And Giggles

This limited-edition 180-gram vinyl pressing is the first release on avant-garde label Free Dope and Fucking in the Streets and the first release from Shits and Giggles, an experimental collaborative between Los Angeles weirdo Ariel Pink and the Vas Deferens Organization, and featuring prominent guest appearances by Dallas free-jazz trumpeter…

Fun Fun Fun Fest Leftovers

Three days after getting back from Austin, I’ve still got a good post-festival buzz. With all apologies to NX35, it was by far the most fun I’ve had at a Texas music festival. Oddly, the rain didn’t bother me all that much. It made things messy and uncomfortable, but it…

Dude Food: Joe’s Pizza, Pasta & Subs

Joe’s Pizza, Pasta & Subs4300 Matlock Road, ArlingtonDude Factor: 8, or Joe Pesci, on a scale of 1 (Joe Jonas) to 10 (Joe DiMaggio)Located in a strip center next to an acupuncture office promising “Pain $55,” Joe’s was the only non-chain restaurant we could find last night in an otherwise…

Barley House To Unveil All-Local Jukebox Sunday

The Barley House has long been a hangout for local musicians. Beginning this weekend, it will be a hangout for their CDs as well. At 8 p.m. Sunday, the SMU-area beer joint and venue will unveil the Home Grown Jukebox, which is the bar’s original jukebox, except now featuring only…

Lounge On Elm Street Gets Liquor License Back In Time For Weekend Shows

The Lounge on Elm Street finally–FINALLY–got back its liquor license this morning, just in time for tomorrow night’s Parade of Flesh-billed Fun Fun Fun warmup HEALTH/Times New Viking show and Saturday’s Sierra Bravo Productions-billed Off With Their Heads/Smalltown punk party. “Oh yeah, it’s been a long time coming,” said co-owner…

Breadstick Birbiglia

For such a white-bread (or more specifically, as he describes himself, “fake Italian–like Olive Garden”) comedian, Mike Birbiglia makes some pretty funny observations about hip-hop. “I love Jay-Z. He’s so good at rapping that sometimes he doesn’t even rhyme–he’ll just end a line in ‘-izzah.’ I ain’t playing Scrabble with…

Slithering Sisters

Whenever my mother ticked me off when I was a kid, I would pantomime pulling an electrical cord from a wall socket. It was part of an ongoing family joke that I would eagerly pull the plug on her life-support system if she were hospitalized for so much as a…

CANCELED: Atlas Sound And Broadcast Saturday At Hailey’s In Denton

Bad news for local fans of Bradford Cox’s solo project Atlas Sound and the dreamy pop of U.K. electronic outfit Broadcast, as the two bands have canceled their Saturday appearance at Hailey’s in Denton. The cancellation is due to “scheduling/travel problems that are absolutely impossible to change,” states a press…