I just spent way too much time scouring the Internet for a clip of the classic 1999 Saturday Night Live send-up of Behind The Music where Chris Kattan, playing John Oates, riffs on the fact that, yes, it was very much his idea to add in the handclap parts to…
Heavy metal is a genre that is famously and often unintentionally self-parodying. Bands that are in on the joke, but that take their craft seriously, are rare. Local metal masters Maleveller seek to fill that void. Since their first show in 2009, they have carefully constructed a unique sound that…
Although the band’s name suggests cooking instructions, The Browning is actually a talented progressive metal outfit hailing (at least half the time) from Dallas. Led by one Jonny McBee, the band is just about to release its full-length debut. Due out in October on Earache Records, Burn This World is…
It’s finally here: Watch The Throne, the much-anticipated, album-long collaboration between hip-hop luminaries and best friends forever Jay-Z and Kanye West, earned its iTunes release today after having been revealed to a handful of people during a listening party at the American Museum of Natural History in New York over…
While vacationing in Arizona a couple weeks back, Spune Productions owner Lance Yocom checked himself into a Flagstaff hospital with flu-like systems and a fever of over 100 degrees. Problem is, doctors have had difficulty determining what, exactly, was the specific cause of his condition.Since early last week, he’s remained…
If only known for his work with the seminal punk band Black Flag, guitarist Greg Ginn would still occupy a revered spot in the annuls of alternative music. His fractured, feedback-laced style immediately stuck out within the hardcore punk movement of the early ’80s. But Ginn also established SST Records in…
From the sound of it, the phone woke Kinky Friedman up. He was in Georgia, hanging out on the set of his buddy Billy Bob Thornton’s movie, Jane Mansfield’s Car. The previous night’s fun had lasted until 5:30 in the morning, and here I am, at 10 o’clock, full of…
Michigan’s Tally Hall has been together for over a decade, yet has only released two proper, full-length efforts. That’s because, like many bands, Tally Hall has been plagued by the major label blues.Seems the folks at Atlantic Records were happy to sign and record the band, just not to promote…
Alan Palomo is nothing if not creative. The mastermind behind Neon Indian (and VEGA and Ghosthustler before it) always seems up to something to push boundaries, be it in Neon Indian’s helping blaze the chillwave genre trail or in the visual aspect of its live shows and music videos.Today, Palomo’s…
Opinionated, but still down-to-earth, Austin’s Ryan Turner is the epitome of an old-school country singer. He prefers Merle Haggard to Kenny Chesney any day, and believes most popular country singers have simply lost their way. Turner has just released a new EP called Sweet Time, a five-song affair that showcases…
Not too much more to report on the Kings of Rip Off Leon front today; we already know that the band has canceled all remaining dates on their U.S. tour and that the rest of the band may or may not be encouraging lead singer Caleb Followill to enter rehab…
The fallout from the Kings Of Leon disaster at Gexa Energy Pavilion over the weekend hasn’t settled yet. In a not-so-shocking revelation today, US Weekly reports that the rest of the band are “trying to get Caleb [Followill] to go to rehab,” according to a source who also says that…
Hailing from Alaska, singer-songwriter Marian Call is one odd duck. With songs that feature themes prevalent to geek culture (technology, science fiction, etc.), Call has cultivated a dedicated worldwide fan base. Her soon to be released double album Something Fierce was completed funded by donations from her devoted following. Call…
If there was a silver lining to the fact that Kings of Leon had to cut their Friday night set at Gexa Energy Pavilion short because lead singer Caleb Followill was “overheated” (right…), it was this: The band’s promised rescheduled performance set for September 21 was setting itself up to…
Since the names of some of Fun Fun Fun Fest 2011’s performers started leaking in mid-July, we’ve been sharing with you the info, a good chunk of which has been fairly exciting — like Odd Future and M83 and, of course, the almighty Slayer, just to name a few of…
For the past few weeks, the Family Band-ers in Dallas’ Fox & The Bird have been on the road, taking part in their largest tour to date, all of which is meant to promote Floating Feather, the band’s long-awaited debut release, which formally comes tonight with a celebratory performance at…
The above video, released today, confirms the latest addition to the ever-impressive 2011 bill for Austin’s Fun Fun Fun Fest, which, by moving out of Waterloo Park and into Auditorium Shores, stands to be the fest’s biggest offering yet. Who’s the latest add? Why, the mighty Slayer, of course. Or…
The last time we formally checked in with Air Review was back in April, when the band, in the wake of a similar announcement from Good Records Recordings, passed along the word that they too would be (for the most part) dropping the album concept from their release plans moving…
Many bands start out with big dreams and big plans. But very few of them even make it to studio, much less get a recording contract. Most bands go at it a few years, play a few bars and then the members go on to other bands or go back…
Back in late June, you may recall, we shared with you an interview with actor Michael Rapaport, who has made his directorial debut with Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest, his ode to the influential hip-hop group and an interesting look into the surprisingly chaotic…
No, we weren’t exactly floored back in June when the news came down that the Granada Theater had booked ’80s new wavers The Fixx to play their annual anniversary party celebrating Mike Schoder’s ownership and management of the restored venue. Turns out, though, any sentiment at all was for naught:…
Dallas has always had a collective soft spot for cable-access weirdos. The Big D is, after all, the home base for the Church of the Subgenius, that irascible ’80s collective of local weirdos based out of a ramshackle house in East Dallas, who put out books, videos, and ‘zines (and…
