It’s rare that a band with members over 40 years of age makes its way to The Prophet Bar, but, on Saturday, Britain’s legendary punk group GBH makes a rare local appearance. GBH just wrapped up a 40 date schedule as part of the Vans Warp Tour and are doing…
I kinda wish this was a joke. But, no, even though “Jenny’s Song” sure sounds like a joke (check this lyric: “Yes, people care for you in Texas / We found your freedom in Tennessee!”), it’s not. Says the CBS 11 report on the recording: One songwriter is hoping her…
It was a little over a week ago now that we hipped you to Dem Southernfolkz by offering up a free download of the title track from the group’s debut LP, The Message. Well, it looks like we’re not the the only ones digging on the Dallas hip-hop trio’s sound…
It’s been a tough last couple of years for the members of Sorta. First, was the painful loss of member Carter Albrecht. Then the departure of Ward Williams to the bright lights of Nashville and Music Row. But, alas good news is finally coming out of the Sorta camp: They…
Yesterday, when the music blog Party Ends posted a very flattering item about local electro dance rocker outfit Faux Fox, it also posted the track “Class Ring onto its site for download. (You can grab it here. And I really recommend that you do.) But, more interestingly, it became the…
Is Greater Good performing for…the greater good? (Matt Cooper) According to the band’s Myspace site, local retro rockers Greater Good (whose new CD, Shake Till I Let You Go, was reviewed in this past week’s paper) supposedly played an event today that’s associated with the Democratic Convention currently taking place…
A few weeks ago, I reported that local singer/songwriter Dylan Sneed was leaving Dallas for the greener pastures of Hartsville, South Carolina. Well, the time is nigh upon us, as Sneed’s last local performance is this Saturday at the newest location of Opening Bell Coffee (300 N. Akard St.). It’s…
Ally David (not pictured here) would have to bend over backwards to hold concerts at her yoga studio. (Julian Andrews) Despite reassurances to the contrary, the likelihood of live music at Bend Studio in the future looks pretty doubtful. All upcoming shows have been moved a couple miles south to…
The best in the catalog? I’d say so. Stumbled across a blog called Pop Headwound this morning, specifically ’cause of this post about the author’s eight favorite alt-country records of the ’90s (which he wrote in response to this zine’s post about the best albums of each year of the…
Dallas’ own Play-N-Skillz, who now have their own Wikipedia page (um….jealous?), are in the news again thanks to Lil Wayne’s “Got Money”, which, you might recall, the South Irving brothers produced. Seems Miami rapper Pitbull told MTV News that the song “Got Money” was originally his. And, in turn, the…
Look out, Buttholes: The original Surfers are back. (Keri Pickett) We’d heard that the Granada was in talks to book this show, but some Friends of Unfair Park, oddly enough, are the ones who confirmed to us that it was gonna happen–and they did so in an irreverent item about…
You may have already seen this in the comment section of this post, but a helpful set of eyes points out that, on Friday, the Fight Bite love just kept going strong–this time thanks to a plug from the USA Today blog Pop Candy. The author of the post writes:…
Erykah Badu stole the show on Saturday. Everyone’s talking about Erykah Badu’s surprise appearance and performance with My Morning Jacket on Saturday night at the Palladium… Stereogum writes: “I really thought that the Bonnaroo cover of this one would be MMJ’s best one forevermore. But you win, Dallas.” Meanwhile, Chris…
Toadies, Riverboat Gamblers, The Crash That Took Me, Dead Twins Palladium Ballroom Friday, August 22, 2008 Better Than: Wasting another evening blissfully hoping for another Pixies reunion tour. Odds are the Toadies performance at the Palladium on Friday night won’t go down as The Night Vaden Todd Lewis Shed The…
Dunno how many of you who aren’t at the Palladium right now care about this, but Erykah Badu just performed with My Morning Jacket…pretty effin’ cool stuff. Read about it in our Last Night review in, oh, a few hours soon. (My home computer’s been on the fritz. I’ll have…
Best friends forever…still! Yeah, about yesterday’s item about Jermaine Dupri’s getting the axe from Def Jam… And how it might hurt Sachse resident Dondria Nicole’s bid for the big time… Uh, backsies!. Says business blog Business Sheet: “As it turns out, rumors of Dupri’s departure are also ‘completely untrue’ according…
In case you were on the fence about whether or not to get tested for HIV, perhaps an appearance by T.I. will help you make your decision. The multi-platinum ATL rapper and King of the South will be at the Martin Luther King Jr. Family Clinic, 2922-B Martin Luther King…
How long before Dallas is a thing of Jaffe’s past? (Allison V. Smith) And so it begins, I guess. A few weeks back, when we told you about Sarah Jaffe’s incredible new EP, and, specifically, about the stunning title track “Even Born Again”, we warned you this might happen. Well,…
So, speaking of Sons of Hermann Hall: Tomorrow night at the much-beloved Deep Ellum venue, audiences can take in two of the best (and most beautifully understated) pop-rock acts the city has to offer as Salim Nourallah & The Noise and I Love Math will be sharing the bill (alongside…
Hmmmm…are these two still chummy? SOHH.com–which, really, I can only assume stands for Sons of Hermann Hall, right?–broke a fairly substantial (if true) rumor to its hip-hop-centric blog yesterday, claiming that Jermaine Dupri’s been given the ol’ heave-ho from Def Jam. No doubt that’s potentially devastating news for 21-year-old Sachse…
Yeah, but he still looks good, doesn’t he, Darryl? (Deanna Mason) Local tunesmiths have until Halloween to submit their magnum opuses to the Dallas Songwriter’s Association in order to take part in the group’s 19th annual songwriting contest. This year, the DSA is offering over $5,000 in cash and prizes…
Tonight, the Granada will transform itself into party central as Scion presents one of the most hyped groups of the last year (and one of Rolling Stone’s 10 Artists to Watch in 2008): Chicago’s The Cool Kids. The best part: The show is totally free. Here’s what you need to…
