Happy Birthday, Residual Echoes, Fungi GirlsThe NightmareAugust 5, 2010Better than: giving in to the heat and staying at home in your air conditioning. No one, it seemed, was in a rush for things to get started last night at The Nightmare, where a powerful triple-bill of the Sub Pop-signed Happy…
Crowded House, Lawrence ArabiaHouse of BluesAugust 5, 2010Better than: Seeing Crowded House on an Edgefest bill in 1994 and only getting 45 minutes of greatness… Oh, and um, all my expectations. Because, people, I’m not pretending this is an unbiased work, or, howyousay, an objective review. I bought my tickets…
Here We Go Magic, Beach FossilsThe LoftAugust 4, 2010Better than: Seeing these headliners open in a hot and crowded Granada, as was the case last time around. Last summer, Brooklyn’s Here We Go Magic opened for Grizzly Bear in what many considered to be one of the concert highlights of…
Two things were present at the show from “America’s Greatest Rock Band,” Aerosmith, at Superpages.com Center last night, with openers Blue October: phallic microphones and tattoos. See more of Steven Tyler’s big mouth yells in Rachel Parker’s slideshow, Aerosmith and Blue October Do it Live at Superpages, and make the…
Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffite, Magic Kids, Puro InstinctHailey’s ClubAugust 2, 2010Better than: Stage diving off of my couch into my television set. On Monday Night, several hundred of the area’s coolest people converged on Hailey’s Club in Denton to see a bill consisting of three blog-tested, hipster-approved acts. Ariel Pink’s…
Ludacris, Ciara, Bay Bay, Dorrough, 8Ball MJG, Fat Pimp, and Tum Tum performed at the Verizon Theatre for K104’s Summer Jam, presented by AEG, in Grand Prairie Saturday night, July 31st. See the full lineup–plus some choice audience shots–of the Summer Jam in Roger Caldwell’s slideshow. Also, if you’re clicker-finger…
Shakespeare would’ve been awful damn proud of last night’s party at the Aura Lounge, which was decked out with sparkly balls and a lot of plants. DJ Rev and DJ Avi were spinning for the night, while costumes ranged from the last-thing-you-see-before-you-die-scary, to…oddly poignant. See more of the Uptown Lounge’s…
For those who have wondered what this region’s country scene has in the pipeline, waiting just beyond the Eleven Hundred Springs, Boys Named Sue and King Bucks of the world, the Shiner Rising Star competition is a great resource. With last night’s second part of the preliminary round, three bands…
DJ Reid Speed, a multi-genre DJ specializing in dubstep, drum and bass and electro, played the Lizard Lounge Saturday, July 24, for the Play Me Records Party (out of California). DJ Titan was also on the rooftop of the Lounge. See more night moves photos in the Lek Brothers’ slideshow…
Neko Case joined the New Pornographers at Gilley’s Saturday July 24, making the indie pop group look more like a team of Marvel Super Heroes than a great band. As always, the Pornographers were exacto-knife pitch perfect for songs like “Challengers” and “Sing Me Spanish Techno,” among the tracks from…
The New Pornographers, The Dodos, Imaad Wasif The Palladium Showroom Saturday, July 24, 2010Better Than: staring at Lady Gaga fans. On their third visit to the Dallas area, The New Pornographers finally got to be a headliner. (See more photos in Hal Samples’ slideshow.) Given the size of the Palladium…
Phosphorescent, Shiny Around the Edges and Dallas Family Band The Kessler, Dallas July 23, 2010 Better Than: Navigating the freak show that was the second night of Lady Gaga’s stint in D-Town. Friday night at The Kessler Theater in Oak Cliff might has well have been diversity night. With an…
Let’s get right to it. Thursday night, July 22nd, Lady Gaga and Semi Precious Weapons played the American Airlines Center for the first night in Dallas. These are the costumed fans who lined up to enjoy the show (see the full list after the jump).Also, see photos of the Gaga…
Silversun Pickups, Against Me!, The Henry Clay People The Palladium Ballroom Wednesday, July 21, 2010 Better than: playing “Lazy Eye” on Guitar Hero at home. The crowd that came out to Silversun Pickups’ headlining set at the Palladium seemed like a cross-section of people who have seen 30 Seconds to…
The DOMAXXII Winners have been announced, as you might have seen from Pete earlier, but that’s not the only thing we did last night. In some sort of web 2.0ish exercise in being meta, we also took some photos of our own event, and we want to show you all…
HELLYEAH! CD ReleaseThe ClubhouseJuly 18, 2010Better than: being mugged. Maybe. As I drove into the barren wasteland that is known as West Dallas, I knew the night was going to be an adventure. Certainly, a metal band is probably the only act that could get away with having a CD…
LuceroOutdoor Stage4:30 p.m.No band could have opened the DOMAXXII outdoor stage showcase better than Memphis’ alt-country act, Lucero.It was hot as blazes, and the first thing out of lead singer Ben Nichols’ mouth was that playing this show was “like playing a show on a frying pan.” Yeah, it was…
Under twinkling lights at The Bone rooftop, where some were beginning their hangovers, Spooky Folk played a seven-minute-plus closing song at onetwo a.m: a perfect way to cap off the over-a-hundred degree summer day. See more of the night’s moves in the slideshow…
We have more photos and reviews of our showcase in Deep Ellum coming right up, but in the meantime here’s a few videos of Seryn at La Grange, Air Review at The Door and Jonathan Tyler & the Northern Lights at the Outdoor Stage behind Trees to hold you over…
Early Sunday morning (or very late Saturday, however you wanna look at it), DOMA nominee Mariachi Quetzal took the stage at Reno’s Chop Shop Saloon in Deep Ellum for the stage’s last performance of the night. Certainly, we have more show reviews, photos, slideshows and video) upcoming, but we thought…
Jamie CullumLakewood TheaterJuly 14, 2010 Better than: hearing Ali Fedotowsky’s voice dubbed over Jamie Cullum’s private concert on The Bachelorette. “It’s not like this everywhere,” a stunned and humbled Jamie Cullum said to the proud roaring crowd during his encore last night. Hands clasped at his torso, he continued to…
Dawes, Telegraph Canyon Casa Mañana, Fort WorthJuly 14, 2010Better Than: Missing Dawes entirely–several times–at SXSW. There was a lot of pride under the Casa Mañana bubble last night–mostly for Telegraph Canyon. The rest beamed off Taylor Goldsmith’s guitar strap. Let’s say you’re from out of town. Say, Minneapolis or Toronto–somewhere…
