North By 35 is officially underway in Denton! It began Thursday afternoon with a few day panels, including this one I attended at Banter. It was "Where We Hear Local Music" moderated by Nico Martini of Indie Verse Radio and featured
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Last night's show at Hailey's began on a cool breeze and ended hot and sweaty. We came together in celebration of Fatty Lumpkin's first full-length album, and celebrate we did...
Starting out the night was Hatch, their performances always a particularly intense blend of individual musical prowess, band synergy, and various curious electronic effects. The members of Hatch have an acute perceptio... read more
Denton can be such an insulated music community, it’s always a treat when admired artists from elsewhere play in our back yard. Laura Veirs, from Portland, OR, is one such admired artist and appeared at Dan’s Silverleaf on February 24th. It was an early show for these parts, beginning at 8:30 p.m., but ultimately a great performance by an accomplished artist.... read more
Just before midnight on Valentine's Day, an antsy crowd awaited the arrival of the headlining act. The set began spectacularly and unconventionally: a single man slowly emerged, dressed in a futuristic black jumpsuit and welder's helmet. He wore yellow leather gloves and spoke with a robotic voice, a small drum machine attached to his belt. "Commissioner Crotchbuttons" joked with the crowd, lettin... read more
The NBA All Star Weekend may have had Dallas busy with the glitz and glam of the players, along with the celebrity fans that arrived in the Big D over the past few days, but the real party was really getting down in the Little D, the better of the two cities.... read more
I couldn't enter my iTunes password quick enough to download the latest creative effort by The Flaming Lips, a gloriously lengthy 22 track endeavor titled Embryonic. The first thing that struck me about this album is how dark and multi-layered it is in comparison to their most recent albums. Contrary to Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots (2002) and At War With the Mystics (2006), Embryonic shows us a... read more
Ryan Thomas Becker's scope is pretty impressive. The guy plays in at least 4 acts, including being solo artist, and seems omnipresent as a supporting musician. Not only is his band roster status impressive, but he's been a part of 4 separate album releases this year with those various acts. Why not, since he apparently never sleeps! This time, though, Ryan stands alone with Neighborhoof, his f... read more
After releasing and touring on the rave reviews of their 2007 debut effort, "Rest," Oso Closo is back for round two with their highly anticipated sophomore effort, "Today is Beauty's Birthday"; and it seems with each round these seasoned, North Texas, independent heavyweights get even stronger.... read more
Sitting in my car, driving a thousand miles north to Chicago, I got a chance to examine the debut work of the young Austin musician Dustin Welch . My first trip through the album, "Whiskey Priest" was one filled with a ton of head bops and toe taps. Welch has really found a very fetching sound which he explores in this album. ... read more
Ever wonder what it would sound like if Snarky Puppy fell into an arcade Tron-style? Now I've put that thought in your mind, you have Moosehound's Telepathy Pageant to quell that burning curiosity.... read more
