The Little Mavericks sure have local basketball fans in a tizzy now that they’re up two games to none on the Los Angeles Lakers in the NBA Playoff’s Western Conference Semifinals. And even one Erykah Badu is getting in on the fun — just moments ago, she tweeted a little…
Fiery-haired Californian Brett Dennen looks like he could be an up-and-coming protégé of Justin Beiber’s — but, at this point in his career, he’s actually rather seasoned veteran. With four studio albums under his belt, including the brand-new Loverboy, Dennen has fully established himself as a troubadour interested in spreading…
Speaking of shows going on tonight, there’s one more you should know about: Starting tonight and running every Thursday evening through the end of June, we, along with the fine folks at the AT&T Performing Arts Center, will be bringing you yet another free series of shows featuring local artists…
All of two days have passed since we shared with you the news that, yes, the Electric Daisy Carnival will be returning to Dallas this summer with yet another impressive bill, and, already, we’ve got some news of a competing festival coming to the region…
Lest you doubted our note from way, way, way, way back in March — y’know, that the Old 97’s were going to release the second installment of their two-part Grand Theatre release on July 5 — well, now the folks putting out the record, New West Records, have confirmed as…
At the beginning of this month, KNON-89.3 FM “The Voice of the People” recently launched its second pledge drive of the year. It’s a necessary evil: The community station depends on pledges from listeners to fund the station and keep them on air. Unlike other stations that hold pledge drives,…
California folk-rock act Dawes has had a whirlwind couple of years. Since abandoning the more hard-charging rock vibe they boasted before the departure of former co-songwriter Blake Mills, the SoCal act has gained steam, interestingly enough, by becoming more musically laid-back. And there’s been plenty of steam, too: The quartet,…
Maybe you knew this, and maybe you didn’t, but there exists a noise ordinance law in Texas that specifically designates the times in which music can be amplified — something most often skirted around due to the fact that, in most cases, when music is being played after 10:30 p.m…
The most accomplished area musician in the realm of film and television? C’mon, that’s an easy one. It’s Toadies guitarist Clark Vogeler, long an Emmy winner thanks to his work on the editing team behind TV’s Project Runway.And, now, another cool feather in the guitarist’s cap: The documentary film, Bombay…
Late last week, we passed along word that the latest single from French house producer David Guetta (the man behind, among other songs, the Black Eyed Peas’ “I Gotta Feeling”) to blow up the Internet was actually a Play-N-Skillz co-production — and the first of a couple Play-N-Skillz and Guetta…
It’s only been a few years since The Prophet Bar started serving booze — a change that took place when the long-running Christian rock venue The Door changed its name to The Prophet Bar and moved into the space once occupied by The Gypsy Tea Room. The new space for…
The building occupied by Elm Street Bar must have been built on some kind of old Indian burial ground or something, right? Maybe: This week, only two months after opening, Elm Street Bar seems to be shut down yet again. Big surprise.We’ve spent a lot of time talking and joking…
Last year, you may recall, the Electric Daisy Carnival — after 14 years in Los Angeles, a handful of years in Denver and just one in Puerto Rico — made its Dallas debut with a pretty phenomenal showing at Fair Park.No — literally — it showed well. The park was…
For almost two years now, the Smashing Pumpkins (in which the still-hairless Billy Corgan remains the lone original member) has been releasing tracks off of their online album, Teargarden by Kaleidyscope, one song at a time, on various music blogs, beginning with 2009’s release of “A Song for a Son.”Now,…
Been sitting here trying to think of the last time Edie Brickell & The New Bohemians played a full-on show together, and I’m just coming up empty. Surely, there haven’t been too many in recent years — not since Carter Albrecht’s death in 2007, at least. Since then, both Edie…
Given the news we shared with you back on 4/20 (nyuck, nyuck), perhaps this shouldn’t come as much of a surprise. Nonetheless, thanks to a post on Neon Indian’s Facebook page, we can now confirm it: The band will be debuting new material from their upcoming, sophomore full-length release as…
For four decades, The Moody Blues have served as the forefathers of the classical music and rock ‘n’ roll fusion. Beginning in 1967 with the release of the album Days of Future Passed and the single “Nights in White Satin,” The Moody Blues essentially ushered in a completely new musical…
Seems Play-N-Skillz is on a new tip these days. A couple weeks back, the Grammy-winning, Dallas-based production duo behind such hits as Chamillionaire’s “Ridin'” and Lil Wayne and T-Pain’s “Got Money” released an electronic remix of Kanye West’s “All of the Lights” (see the video for their remix above), and,…
For over a dozen years at this point, Austin’s Okkervil River has been making intelligent, defiantly lyrical indie rock. And next week, after a few years out of the spotlight, the band will return to bask in it, thanks to the release of their sixth full-length studio effort since 2002,…
We’ve seen our share of bands that have little going for them aside from a gimmick meant to widen their fan base. But Austin’s Foot Patrol might have one of the most unique ones that we’ve ever encountered — an unabashed focus on human feet. Lead singer and keyboard player…
In the wake of their recent split with Jive Records, the record label home to such artists as Usher, Justin Timberlake, Cage The Elephant, and Britney Spears, Bowling For Soup could have very easily slipped into a tumultuous time of uncertainty. Instead, the band maintains that they’re actually in quite…
Last night, we had the chance to sit down with Dallas’ Own ’90s pop sensation Lisa Loeb for a few minutes before she played to a packed outdoor crowd at Jack’s Backyard in Oak Cliff. And, literally, we really do mean that we only had “a few minutes.” Loeb was…
