Dethklok

Dethklok is the world’s most violent metal band. In fact, the band’s music is so savage, fans have to sign “pain waivers” just to enter the concert venue, or suffer the wrath of the Klokateers, the band’s loyal servants. Nathan Explosion (vocals), Skwisgaar Skwigelf (lead guitar), Toki Wartooth (rhythm guitar),…

On the Eve

Home by Hovercraft were nominated in our Best None of the Above category in this year’s Observer music awards, and this reminds us why. The group’s new musical, On the Eve, tells the trippy tale of Marie Antoinette, time travel and hot air balloons. One description paints it thusly: “With…

Away From the Numbers

Texas Theatre’s been racking up some impressive DJ nights, including their latest monthly venture, Ladies Stay Crazy, which I encourage ladies to attend and get crazy at. Saturday night, however, Gabe Mendoza and special guest DJ Jake Schrock provide you with a psych/soul/proto-punk soundtrack. When good musical taste is involved,…

CD Source’s 19th Anniversary/Black Friday Party

Even though it’s not located in the trendiest of areas and the staff can lean a bit on the eccentric side, CD Source is still one hell of a music store. Case in point: The store’s annual Black Friday celebration once again features a killer lineup of local talent performing…

The Band Does Denton

On Thanksgiving 1976, The Band performed The Last Waltz, their final concert at the time, and delivered a star-studded affair to an adoring audience, changing the meaning of the holiday for thousands of fans. The Day After Thanksgiving 2012, a star-studded cast of Denton musicians will play a tribute set…

Joe Budden

Jersey’s Joe Budden will be promoting the upcoming release of his new mixtape, A Loose Quarter, due out the day after Thanksgiving. Budden also recently announced that his new album, No Love Lost, is slated for release January 22. As he slowly leaks tracks and details on the Internet, we…

Boan, Assacre, Thug Decay, Betdat

This electronic lineup makes good use of the Golden Triangle’s dark pull. Houston’s Boan, which features Mariana Saldana, formerly of Tense and Medio Mutante, and José Cota (Medio Mutante) headline the night, along with Austin’s one-man storm front Assacre, and Thug Decay, which is one half of ATX synth duo…

Trae Tha Truth, Z-Ro, Snow Tha Product

Houston’s Trae Tha Truth and Z-Ro reunited as their early Aughts rap duo ABN (Assholes By Nature) in their hometown late last year. Now, they’re bringing it on the road, and they’ll be pulling from 2003’s self-titled and 2008’s It Is What It Is, the latter of which contains possibly…

Deftones, Scars on Broadway – Palladium Ballroom – 11/14/12

Deftones, Scars on Broadway Palladium Ballroom Wednesday, November 14 California’s Deftones have become one of America’s great rock exports. Band leader Chino Moreno and the rest of the seasoned crew returned from a triumphant set of dates in South America just in time to land in Texas, celebrate the release…

The Sea and Cake

Chicago’s electro-jazz group The Sea and Cake have been around, in many forms, since the mid-’90s. The band just released its airy 10th LP, Runner, a companion album to its 2011 release, The Moonlight Butterfly. The album’s single, “Harps,” focuses more on the band’s tendency to gravitate toward ambient, electronic…

Shiny Around the Edges

Check out our Q&A with SATE’s Jenny and Michael Seman this week, as they talk about the new sound of their latest album, The Night Is a Disco. Eccotone and Forever Home open up the night at Macaroni Island, the deliciously named new house-show venue in Denton…

Rock Lottery 11

The Rock Lottery concept first came from Good/Bad Art Collective’s Benefit and Music Programming Coordinator Chris Weber, and has a simple yet creative premise. Twenty-five hand-picked musicians are organized into five bands through a lottery-based selection, then released to practice at different locations for exactly 12 hours before returning to…

Danksgiving with Devin the Dude

We’ve lost track of how many times Houston marijuana connoisseur Devin the Dude has gotten us high this year. As Thanksgiving approaches, he’s playing a special holiday show, and there will no doubt be special guests helping us get blunted. Fellow H-Towner Le$ jumps on as well, and Yeahdef provides…

Mary J. Blige

We just witnessed the glory of Ms. Lauryn Hill a few weeks ago, and now another ’90s R&B counterpart resurfaces. For those of us who took Mary J. Blige’s 1994 album My Life as scripture, 2011’s My Life II … The Journey Continues (Act 1) kept Blige in the loop,…

Tum Tum and Big Tuck – Dada – 11/8/12

Tum Tum, Big Tuck, A.Dd+, Dustin Cavazos Dada Thursday, November 8 While Top Shelf Shows has plenty to be proud of lately, last night really proved the fairly new local booking upstart a force to be reckoned with. Though marketed as “The Day Dallas Stood Still,” Dallas rap fans did…

The Day Dallas Stood Still

Dirty South Rydaz Tum Tum and Big Tuck come together for the first times in years Thursday, on Dada’s outside stage, so there will no doubt be an appropriate amount of smoke. Joining them are fellow locals Dustin Cavazos and A.Dd+, plus a DJ battle between Sober and Q…

R. Kelly

Look, we’re all upset R. Kelly’s much-anticipated October “Love Letter Cruise” has been canceled. What better way to experience the white-hot firehose of sexuality that is R. Kelly than on a cruise to the Bahamas with thousands of other women? Now we’ll just have to settle for seeing him on…