Interesting stuff, if only as an eyebrow-raiser, since I’m fairly certain that no one who reads this blog is actually interested in listening to these songs, but it should be noted that Dallas’ own Jessica Simpson and Demi Lovato are respectively sitting at Nos. 65 and 9 on this week’s…
Local experimental/neo-classical ensemble Quintet for the End of Time has just come out of the studio with a bevy of Zappa-esque compositions nearly ready for public consumption. “Our new material should be mixed next week,” says Kevin Hanlon, leader of the group. The 55-year-old SMU music professor is excited about…
With our DOMA ballot online and ripe for your votin’, we figured we’d give you some help: a daily breakdown of each category’s nominees. Best Song – “Slow Southern Home” by Doug Burr – “Julianne” by The Crash That Took Me – “Parking Lot Nights” by Ghosthustler – “Maths” by…
The opening–and perhaps crowning–jewel on Burr’s Best Album-nominated On Promenade, “Slow Southern Home” is all about setting the scene for Burr’s storytelling. And, yeah, it works. To the point where you think you’re sitting on your front porch when you listen. Check it out after the jump. –Pete Freedman…
No other song on The Crash That Took Me’s Best Album-nominated disc, Orchestrated Kaleidescopes, better exemplifies the sound of this collective of music scene vets than “Julianne.” That sound? Big. Beautiful, too. Check it out after the jump. –Pete Freedman…
Ghosthustler’s “Parking Lot Nights” is the song that launched a thousand blog posts and, in turn, morphed this little, now-disbanded Denton-based trio into something of an overnight sensation. So there’s that. This, too: The video for “Parking Lot Nights” isn’t just good–it’s great. Listen to the song after the jump…
Like fellow Best Song nominees Doug Burr and The Crash That Took Me, Record Hop’s also up for a win in this year’s Best Album category, thanks to the success of its self-titled release. “Maths,” the second song on the disc, is a nice example of the loud, frenzied and…
Dove Hunter’s debut release, The Southern Unknown, wasn’t released in time for our nominees to hear it and give it Best Album consideration. But “The Sparrow Spooked The Crow,” one of the album’s songs, is well-known around these parts anyway, thanks to its constant presence on the band’s Myspace page…
Just came across an interesting Myspace bulletin from The Fieros (formerly The Valentines), who recently left town for the bright lights of New York City. First, the band mentions that it’ll be heading out on a California swing later this month to showcase its tunes and shop them around a…
Doug Burr (Brian Harkin) In this week’s paper, Dave Sims uses his North of the Dial column to discuss the recording process for Doug Burr’s upcoming psalms-inspired effort. And on this past Saturday night at AllGood Cafe, Burr (and friends) went ahead and performed the results from those sessions. But…
Denton noisemakers Zanzibar Snails got quite a nice write-up in The Wire, a U.K. magazine specializing in avant garde music. In his review of their Krakkatowiak 3” CD on Mayyrh, Byron Coley called the band “one of the region’s more interesting units” (heh) and compared its sound to The Dead…
With our DOMA ballot online and ripe for your votin’, we figured we’d give you some help: a daily breakdown of each category’s nominees. Best Funk/R&B Act Bobby Patterson Shibboleth Erykah Badu Carmen Rodgers Cas Haley So…Erykah Badu and the Pips? Maybe. But that doesn’t mean Ms. Badu’s competition should…
Soulja Boy: Loves the Yums. Robert’s posted a handful of newsier, music-related items onto Unfair Park already in this short week (hog!). So, in case you missed ’em, here’s a run-down: – In honor of my truly stellar review of the Centro-matic/The Kadane Brothers/The Theater Fire show on Saturday night,…
Sean Kirkpatrick, keyboard player for The Paper Chase, frontman for his own eponymous side project and DOMA XX Best Instrumentalist nominee, has two free downloads up for grabs on his Myspace page. There’s also a gloomy new song from Kirkpatrick up on the page (but just for streaming) called “Losing…
The Boston Phoenix, a weekly I truly enjoy and grew up reading, might’ve overstepped its bounds with this one: In celebration of July 4th, the paper decided to go ahead and name each state’s greatest band of all time, the greatest solo artist of all time, and the best current…
With our DOMA ballot online and ripe for your votin’, we figured we’d give you some help: a daily breakdown of each category’s nominees. Best Folk/Acoustic Act: Doug Burr Sarah Jaffe Glen Farris Matthew and the Arrogant Sea Collin Herring This one’s wide-open, really, and features some pretty intriguing match-ups…
Less than four months after the release of Texas, Aledo-based PlayRadioPlay is no longer affiliated with Island Records or the label’s distributor, Universal Music Group. Dan Hunter, the man behind the bubblegum electro-pop, announced the release with a two-page letter outlining how things went sour between him and his label…
Denton’s beloved independent music, books, movies and more store, Strawberry Fields, reopens tonight at its new location next to Rubber Gloves Rehearsal Studio. Last month, a rent hike forced the venue out of its former Oak Street location, which had been the home of many a DIY rock show. The…
…Finally. So, time to put up or shut up: The 2008 Dallas Observer Music Awards ballot is now up and running online. You know, vote or die. And all that jazz. –Pete Freedman…
Just got word from Good Records’ C.J. Davis: Shearwater’s running a bit late and won’t go on for its in-store performance until 6 p.m. today. So, while you can still feel free to ditch work early and head on over to Greenville, you can now take your time in doing…
Proof that the ’90s are truly back: Rolling Stone gives the Toadies some love on a blog post today and Spin continues showering the Toadies with hype, this time filming some exclusive acoustic rooftop sets in Manhattan with the Fort Worth boys. –Pete Freedman…
Doug Burr, with Glen Farris in the background. (Robert Hudson) Next week’s paper will feature a running diary of sort from Dave Sims in his weekly Denton-focused North of the Dial column. The piece focuses on a recent weekend-long recording session from Doug Burr, his band members and a few…
