Every few years there’s a new it girl, and Best Coast’s leader, Bethany Cosentino, is one of them. That’s not to say the talented California native, who has a new line of clothing to her name, is an empty vessel who just happens to play guitar. Cosentino and her multi-instrumental…
There’s been an ambient awareness of the Flaming Lips this year, and frontman Wayne Coyne has been the source. He’s taken on the role of social media’s merry prankster, most recently Tweeting potential nudie photos of Erykah Badu on the set of their recent video shoot. There’s also the matter…
Los Angeles musician Chelsea Wolfe came to my attention via the track “Wasteland” from her 2011 album Apokalypsis. There was something so desolate and graphic in the song’s absence of melody or form. Wolfe’s voice sounded far away, underwater, maybe. Or perhaps she’s the exterminating angel with death from above…
After the passing of Lee Jackson in March, the outpouring of emotion from friends and colleagues – in Texas and beyond – was sort of astounding. Those who had never met him felt a kinship; those who did felt the weight of that loss in the creative community. Jackson wrote…
Two former 35 Denton acts have been re-filtered back to town for September 1’s Hot Wet Mess: Big Freedia and Reggie Watts. In you’re familiar, you’ll probably agree these are good picks for an end-of-summer pool party. If you’re unfamiliar, just check out Freedia’s late-night TV debut on Jimmy Kimmel…
The Denton Country Transit Authority (DCTA) board met last night to consider a number of service and schedule changes, but no item they discussed will get as much attention as their decision on Friday night service. The board met to consider offering additional mid-day runs and extending service on Saturday…
Might sound like skipping record coming from us, but Austin’s Ume is back in town this weekend. And if you’ve never seen them play, do yourself a favor and see this trio. Frontwoman Lauren Larson, her husband, bassist Eric Larson, and drummer Rachel Fuhrer play the Ambhar Stage on Saturday…
No word yet if the two were related, but Houston Press posted this video of the dubstep DJ lighting up a sound guy after his Tuesday show at Stereo Live, because he thought his sound was sub-par. After Tweeting up a storm and referring to Houston and/or Stereo Live as…
Brooke Humphries is a busy woman. As we stand just outside the entrance of It’ll Do Club on Elm Street, she fields questions from Red Bull reps and contractors: “You have two minutes of my time,” she says to one of them. “You have one minute of my time,” she…
In my ten years of working in radio, I had many conversations with people who were unceremoniously let go. Formats flip, contracts aren’t renewed, or a big company gobbles up a small company and puts the long-timers out to pasture. Not really any different from layoffs in most fields, but…
With or without the controversy surrounding his song “She Left Me for Jesus,” Hayes Carll would still be considered one of our state’s greatest songwriters. Over the course of a decade, Carll has released four superb country/rock albums, each one better and more successful than the last. Speaking while driving…
The human race will remember 2012 as the year that birthed a new kind of hologram, but that technology is just the jumping-off point in this exciting era of interactive music experience. New research allows us to look into technology that might shape the way we listen to music in…
On Saturday night, while we were all out shortening our lifespan in one form or another, the Granada quietly slipped the lineup for this summer’s July 28 gig onto Instagram, which really is the most stylish way to leak music news: Glass Candy, Chromatics, Taken By Trees, Twin Sister, Laurel…
Better grab tickets for Van Halen’s June 20 show at the American Airlines Center while you still can. The band’s North American tour just got significantly lighter. Turns out the group (David Lee Roth’ll be on hand for the Dallas) has postponed 30 or so concert dates after June 26,…
When the Christian rock band Stryper first emerged in 1983, many people thought they were both a marketing ploy and tasteless joke. After 1986’s To Hell With the Devil sold over two million copies, so-called Christian bands started popping up everywhere. Somehow, brothers Michael and Robert Sweet have kept some…
“It’s ironic that, in some ways, when I needed music the most, making this record really fucked it up for me.” So explains Jason Pierce, the mastermind behind English band Spiritualized and the newly released Sweet Heart Sweet Light, their sixth studio album. He’s juggling phone interviews and rehearsals on…
Austin guitarist David DiDonato started playing at 7pm on Sunday night, at Red 7, and beat the Guinness record for longest guitar solo last night. The record previously stood at 24 hours and 18 minutes, but even after he broke it, DiDonato, formerly of punk band J Church, kept playing,…
If you have yet to see Urgh! A Music War, you’re in for a treat, as Texas Theatre has obtained a rare 35mm copy, and will be screening it on Friday, May 25 and Saturday, May 26, with live performances from Peopleodian, George Quartz and Marriage Material. If you have…
This morning, 2826 Arnetic owner Frank Maldonado and a crew began cleaning out what was left of the Deep Ellum venue, which is a lot. The art is still on the walls, the bar is still fully stocked, and not much has changed since they abruptly announced their closure last…
Hard to believe it’s been a month since our eight Rock the Park finalists were announced. This past Saturday, top three finalists the Breakfast Machine, Madisons and Catamaran battled it out at the Shops at Park Lane, and Austin country-folk group Madisons were victorious.They will go on to the opening…
The fine folks over at Indie-Verse had a severe lapse in judgment and offered myself, Mixmaster editor Jamie Laughlin and The Overserved columnist Deb Doing Dallas a weekly radio show, which will air on Friday evenings. It’s called The Ladies Room, and we will serve as your guide to the…
Back in the ’90s, Canada’s Memoryhouse were one of those bands you would never expect to release an album on Sub Pop. But over the past decade, the Seattle-based label has diversified so much that just about anything goes, including the dream-pop of Evan Abeele and Denise Nouvion. Driving through…
