Archive for the ‘Event Reviews’ Category
Jason Pierce has been making music for thirty years. His experience showed at the Granada Theater on Tuesday night during Spiritualized’s two hour long marathon set. His band members were uniformly dressed in black shirts and gray pants, while he wore white pants and t-shirt, accompanied by two female backup »
You couldn’t have found a venue more packed with flannel shirts, Sperrys, and light-hearted music than at the Bethan/Vacationer/Tennis show last night at Club Dada. The night started off differently than it ended with the opening act Bethan. With odd, sometimes dark, melodies and a lead singer who’s gentle gaze »
On Friday 4/20, Granada Theater got more and more crowded as the night proceeded, culminating in the impassable mass of humanity that stood in front of the stage when Ben Kweller came on a little after ten. Before we get to the main act of the evening, though, I’d like »
In support of their latest album, I Am Gemini, the Nebraska-based rockers Cursive came through Trees in Dallas on Sunday night with Conduits and a long-time favorite of mine, Cymbals Eat Guitars. Omaha natives Conduits started off the night with a unique blend of odd meters and dark, yet dreamy »
During the middle of Bowerbirds’ set, Philip Moore noted how the band has been “hanging with British dudes too much,” referring to Dry The River. From the moment Dry The River took the stage, it was apparent the band of 5 meshed together elements of strings and a boys’ choir »
Loyal Sally These guys were so much fun to watch. You could tell during their set that they were so excited to be playing for everyone, and their guitarist had one of the happiest smiles I’ve ever seen (along with an incredible beard) on his face for almost the entire »
Over the weekend, Joel Fruth of The Prophet Bar and Jeremy Drake, the guitarist and vocalist of Parallel Play, put on one of the biggest folkin parties I’ve ever been to in Dallas at the Prophet Bar and The Door. The first ever Deep Ellum Big Folkin’ Festival was 5 »
The Modern Art Tour How seriously do you take yourself? This tour presented by Modern Art Records and Consequence of Sound might take itself a little bit too seriously on a few accounts. Swimming through a few layers of pretension, the Prophet Bar hosted Pretty & Nice, Chain Gang of »
SXSW 2012: Wednesday, By a Confused Guy Finding parking was by far the easiest part of the day. Why? Because at 11:30 AM on Wednesday March 14th, it was the heat of SXSW Music Season. I ran up a very steep hill in sheer jubilation just thinking about what I »
As audiences gathered at South Side Music Hall last night hoping to catch SBTRKT on the first date of their US tour, the challenge between Aaron Jerome and touring partner, Sampha was being able to capture the venue. SBTRKT, pseudonym of London-based DJ/producer Aaron Jerome, has been linked with anonymity »
