Asobi Seksu Does Acoustic
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Normally, I wouldn't recommend going out on the sabbath (if only because everyone needs a recovery day). However, this Sunday (9-27) SXSW veterans, Asobi Seksu, return to Hailey's in Denton. This time around, though, the band is celebrating a new album, Rewolf. With a release date of November 10th, the all-acoustic disc was recorded at Olympia Studios right before the 50-year-old landmark close...
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What To Do, What To Do?
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So many great shows this week it's hard to know where to start or what to say about them. Last night saw Ra Ra Riot playing the Granada which we reviewed for DC9.And then there's the free Spree show at Palladium tonight of course, or you could opt to see Monotonix rip RGRS a new one as they stick things into their old ones.Then the Horrors return to Granada tomorrow night. Every blog in town se...
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Giveaway: Tix to See Bassnectar at Granada Theater
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Track:Cozza Grenzy
Bassnectar and crew are coming to Dallas on October 1st for a big dance party-type show at the Granada. According to their publicist they will be bringing "...a custom built PK sound rig on hand from the Wobble Factory with lighting by Videolicious." Then when you mix the monsterous rig with heavy thumpers that as you might infer from the name are indeed pretty bass-intensive one would have to ...
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Congrats To The Best Local Music Website in Dallas
Congratulations are in order this morning to Michael Briggs and Brent Frishman over at NTX Showlist for turning a modified Google calendar into the award-winning Best Local Music Website in Dallas. You guys compile shows into a list format like no others. I looked for your acceptance speech this morning but alas you are still just a list. But I don't mean to sound overly snarky, as I will admit...
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Need a Strokes Fix? Then This Is It
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As of this month is has been 4 long years since The Strokes put out their last album, "First Impressions of Earth," and that's a long time to go without a Strokes fix. Sure countless Strokes spawns have cropped up in the 8+ years since the boys first burst onto the scene as the purported saviors of rock-n-roll, but really for me nobody does Strokes better than, well, The Strokes.The boys have b...
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Who Knew Ukuleles Could Be So Magnificent?
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Some folks choose to believe that with Facebook, Twitter, and the multitude of other social networking applications that it's an either/or situation. The great thing about having so many options for bands though is the magnificent synergy they create when working in concert with one another.For instance this morning when @mattpicasso, aka Matt Jordan, aka "The guy who runs You Ain't No Picasso ...
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Watch Princeton Get Killed and Then Go See Them Kill at The Granada
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Track:Calypso Gold
Album Preview: Monsters of Folk
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Five years ago I went to a Bright Eyes show at which I first heard Conor Oberst, Mike Mogis, M. Ward, and Jim James refer to themselves as the Monsters of Folk. Collaboration that night consisted merely of Oberst playing on Ward’s “O’Brian Nocturne” and the quartet’s cover of Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash’s “Girl from the North Country.” The only tangible takeaways from this brief intr
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The Bukhan Killaz Strike Yet Again
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I don't know how the timing is always so good on these things. Here we are in yet another dreary, overcast, slow news day feeling all down about ourselves when the Bukhan Killaz reemerge yet again. Somehow they always know just the perfect time to strike. For those playing along at home, I believe this is the 4th? overall attack. How those Bukhan kids manage to up their game every time I do not...
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But Don't Forget the Sour Cream
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Track:Oso Closo Burrito
You may remember Jenn's call to action a few weeks ago concerning Oso Closo and their My Chipotle Burrito contest. Then this past Monday Chipotle announced that the boys won and will have a burrito named after them on the menu, as well as some prize money and year's worth of free chow.We were able to do a pretty interesting little Q&A with Oso Closo frontman Adrian Hulet which is up over at the...
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Bonus MP3's
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Track:Get on the Floor
A few electro tracks I've been dancing to a lot lately. And by dancing I mean that awkward thing white people do when music is playing and by lately I mean only when nobody is looking.It's no big secret Don Diablo's been working pretty diligently on a solo album the last few months. He's sent us a track called "Get On The Floor" which actually isn't going to be on the album, but like Don said, ...
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Eye On The Sparrow Designs
Ever wanted to make a donation to a good cause? “But all I have is this pocket cheese, some Visine and these broken guitar strings,” you might say. Well, there’s a little someone out there that will at least gladly take your old, used strings. Eye On The Sparrow Designs, created by Abbie Chesney, a member of the local music community, was begun just months ago to help raise money for The
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It's Been A Minute
I know it's been a minute since the last post, but I promise at the very least one of those annoying MP3-filled posts sometime today to hopefully make up for it. Cut us a little slack, we were doing our thing in NY at the VMA's. I won't go into full re-cap mode, but if you care to know how it went we tweeted it up pretty good.=w=
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Those Crazy Hazy Flat Duo Jets
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Bonus MP3: Mount Righteous, Sing To Me, Tiffany!
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Album:Open Your Mouth
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Track:Sing To Me, Tiffany
Regardless of how happy/proud I am of this song, I do realize that there is no possible way I can say absolutely anything about it without A) being biased and B) sounding extremely douchey. So all you are going to get from me is a snippet from the official press release.We recorded this in a weekend at [Joey's] brother's “art church” out in Romney this summer. It was a very sweaty experience.
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Live! Live! Live! (In Denton)
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Beings that I am a Denton resident and amazing national acts usually pass us by for one of our larger neighbors, I'm more than happy to promote cool bands when they come my way. This week, for example, two such acts will be gracing little ol' Denton with their bigger-than-life presence.First up, The Ettes headline tonight (so clear those calenders) at Rubbergloves. This stripped-down Nashville ...
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Beirut’s "Prenzlauerberg" And The Mystery of Words
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Yet Another Likely Story
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