We’ve extolled the virtues of John Iskander and his Parade of Flesh booking company more than a few times in our pages, and deservedly so. Just take a gander at the calendar of shows he’s bringing to town in the next few months–impressive stuff, featuring performances from the likes of…
It’s a shame, really, that this show has to come on Sunday night. Seriously: If pretty much anyone else other than the Pixies were playing on Sunday, we’d be dragging our asses to The Loft, for sure. Instead, we’re just gonna be crossing our fingers and hoping that the show…
Rotten fish skeletons? Really?…
That’s the rumor being floated around the Internet at this very moment–that the Black Eyed Peas will be your halftime performers at Super Bowl XLV, which (I’m sure you don’t need to be reminded) is being hosted at Arlington’s Cowboys Stadium at the end of the 2010-2011 NFL season.But let’s…
In this week’s paper, I got to realize a dream of mine, interviewing a member of my personal favorite band, the Pixies. It was a pretty decent interview, too, with drummer David Lovering sharing his thoughts on the band’s ongoing reunion–which, at this point, has lasted just as long as…
Yeah, Dungen just sounds like a brutal death metal band or something–and then you add in the fact that they’re from Sweden, and it’s all like, Holy crap, this is gonna melt my face, broseph! Alas, poor soul, you’re just a meathead. Turns out Dungen isn’t really all that scary…
Chances are, you’ll recognize a familiar voice in the above clip of Miami Horror’s “Holidays.” No? C’mon, it’s easy. Yup: That’s DFW’s own Alan Palomo, of Neon Indian and VEGA fame, sure enough, collaborating with the Aussie-based Miami Horror for the above nu-disco jam. Unfortunately, it’s not looking like we…
Well, folks, as promised, here it is, the first video from Sarah Jaffe, featuring her song “Clementine,” off her full-length debut, Suburban Nature. Directed by Jon Todd Collins, whose work you might remember from recent videos from Doug Burr and The Orbans, the video debuted during Jaffe’s performance at the…
At this point, the most startling thing about the Pixies’ reunion isn’t so much that it happened. The iconic alternative band and its fans have now had seven years to come to grips with that much. What’s most surprising about the band’s reunion, these days at least, is that it’s…
Miami Horror’s music sounds vaguely familiar because it should; the brainchild of Benjamin Plant, the Melbourne, Australia-based act’s music is unabashedly backwards-looking, gleefully employing elements of ’80s dance tracks and not-so-deep late-’70s disco cuts. It’s a nice ploy, albeit one that many a modern dance act uses. Miami Horror manages…
Fort Worth’s Green River Ordinance has made fast work of moving on from its split with Capitol Records and putting out new material on its own. Last week, after the band came ahead more than $20,000 ahead of its stated $15,000 goal for donations from fans so it could release…
Recent months had seen a number of changes for longtime local DC9 favorite Dove Hunter, which made its name by blending roots rock, southern rock and indie rock into an irresistible groove and near-incomparable live display.Initially a five-piece, the band became a four-piece when, in 2009 guitarist Marc Montoya left…
On Sunday, October 10, two months to the day after the Dallas music community lost Ace McNeely, a benefit concert will take place at Sons of Hermann Hall with the aim of raising funds to back a newly created charity in McNeely’s name. Featuring performances from the Boys Named Sue,…
Well, we’re a week in to the official release of Dorrough’s sophomore album and it looks like the disc going to be the successful follow-up Dorrough that was hoping for. Or, at least, the singles are still doing well. Currently, lead single, “Get Big,” 14 weeks after breaking in to…
Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam co-stars The Jonas Brothers and Demi Lovato took over the Superpages.com Center on Sunday night, even bringing along their fellow made-for-TV movies stars with them for a little song-and-dance action. Meanwhile, Lovato, recently sort of resigned from Twitter, seemed out to prove us wrong…
Sarah Jaffe, Seryn, Jonathan Evan ClarkGranada TheaterSeptember 11, 2010Better than: Jaffe’s CD release show at Sons of Hermann Hall back in May.There still remain a sign or two of her youth and inexperience–like when, just a few songs in to her headlining slot at the Granada Theater on Saturday night,…
We did this once before to big results, so, as promised, here it is again: The fifth incarnation of Austin’s Fun Fun Fun Fest, this year taking place at Waterloo Park on November 5, 6 and 7 and featuring the likes of Weird Al, among many others, is looking like…
It’s only taken seven months, but Midlake finally went ahead and released a music video for a song off of its The Courage of Others LP. Over on Stereogum this afternoon, the band premiered the above video for “Ruler, Ruling All Things,” a clip directed and shot by frontman Tim…
For the fourth year in a row now, the folks at Third String Productions are ringing in the return of the school year with its annual September to Remember affair, which grabs a whole bunch of mall-approved pop-punkers (a good chunk of which, it should be noted, are local) and…
Saturday night should be a pretty special one at the Granada Theater, with Sarah Jaffe returning home to Dallas after yet another tour of our fair nation, and finding herself sharing a date with her friends in another promising young Denton folk upstart, Seryn. Sure, it’s a bill that many…
Lots of great posters to choose from this week… but it’s tough to beat out an original design commissioned from the dude who created The Crow…
Well, we’re just swelling with pride and joy this afternoon–and for good reason. It looks like we could be on the verge of finally seeing the long-discussed Stevie Ray Vaughan statue finding a place in Dallas, which (despite Austin’s claim on him and SRV statue of their own) is indeed…
