Posts Tagged as ‘interview’
Saturday night at Dada, Akron/Family, Pinkish Black, and M. Geddes Gengras took the stage for what turned out to be one of the most criminally undercrowded and breathtaking shows to come to Dallas in the recent past. The show began with modular synth wunderkind M. Geddes Gengras playing to 10-15 lucky »
The Midwest has been home to a host of progressive blues and country musicians from Chuck Berry to Uncle Tupelo. Carrying on the tradition of progressive blues and country music is St. Louis band Since 1902. Robert Don, Justin Enoch, Pete Holohan, and Nathaniel Endicott are still young, but the »
A guitar, some drums, and a deep appreciation of Viva La Bam. These things fuse together to form Lana Lana. Trash talkin’ and hard rockin’, Lana Lana is Alex McCarthy of FigureHead and Joe Pelegano of Paper Jymys. They recently released their first two song demo. Here’s my favorite song »
I had the pleasure of sitting down with Tanner Merritt from O’Brother over the weekend during their first headlining tour to talk about everything from strange recording techniques to walking around in Juarez, Mexico for fun. We sat down in front of the stage in the dark backroom of The »
For a continuation on our coverage of the local bands playing at 35 Denton, we caught up with Two Knights (also known as Miles DeBruin and Parker Lawson), who will be playing Saturday night at J&J’s. Why “Two Knights”? Um, I’m not really sure. It was just something dumb we »
With 35 Denton rolling around the corner we thought it’d be a great idea to pick the brains of some of our favorite local bands attending the festival. One of Denton’s own, Final Club, captures garage rock bliss with their latest album, Blank Entertainment, a fun if not frantic experience »
With only one studio recording available, you would think it would be difficult to gauge the style, skill, and general feel of a band, but Porchlight by The Dan Drake Ensemble demonstrates the genius and sheer virtuosity of the band. Porchlight is an epic, with multiple parts, awkward time signatures, »
Integrating Art and Sound – Interview with Artist Robert Ortega Sonic Architectonic is an exhibit on display in the Visual Arts building at UT Dallas through February 18th. Curated by Lorraine Tady, the show explores “the architecture of sound in art” through various mediums ranging from experimental and interactive noises »
With a band name like Fat History Month and song titles like “Free As A Cat” and “Old Lady Smokers” it’s clear these guys don’t take themselves too seriously. Hailing from Boston, the guitar and drum duo shoots out big echoey noise, booming drums, and cerebral lyrics. Their first full »
Dowsing’s jams are tailor-made for those long drives. Anthemic shouts, rolling rhythms, and a song that is literally called “Driving” help make All I Could Find Was You the perfect tunes for your next road trip. The six songs on their latest 7” are songs of exploration and wonder, which »
