Zorch and B L A C K I E at Good Records, 8/1/13: Review

B L A C K I E | Zorch Good Records August 1, 2013 “Giant surprise/we are lizards disguised/and we’re controlling your lives/with trilateral spies.” It would almost come as no surprise if Zorch were indeed our alien overlords, as they catchily reveal at the end of new track “Zut…

The Ten Best Concerts in Dallas This Week, August 1-7

So who’s ready for B L A C K I E to scare some people at Good Records today? We certainly can’t wait. If you weren’t already going (to this one or the show tomorrow at Macaroni Island in Denton), please read the great Shea Serrano’s excellent profile of the…

Dillinger Escape Plan Are the Best Live Band on the Planet

Dillinger Escape Plan House of Blues July 26, 2013 The Dillinger Escape Plan are the best live band around right now. I’m putting that right out there straight away, because I believe it to be true. There is nothing to match their intensity, their musicianship, the sheer magnetism they create…

Joel Salazar’s Too Fresh Productions Brings Back the Battle Tonight

Joel Salazar is well-known in Dallas hip-hop, from his early days MCing at the now-closed Royal Rack on Lower Greenville to his current role as co-producer of We From Dallas, the upcoming documentary about the history of Dallas hip-hop. And the founder of the newly formed Too Fresh Productions (he’s…

Dallas Filmmakers Premiere Descendents Documentary at Texas Theatre

Last year, the teaser trailer for Filmage debuted to much acclaim. Looking back at the career of The Descendents (including the formation of All when frontman Milo Aukerman left the band), local filmmakers Matt Riggle, Deedle LaCour, Justin Wilson and James Rayburn have documented something that many punk rock fans…

Rob Viktum’s New Mixtape, Sex Sells, Is Out Today

Rob Viktum is busy these days. Since we last featured one of his mixtape releases, the “Double Cupped Up” for the Dallas-based Prep Street, he has formed a label and released an excellent mixtape from Kool Quise, all while keeping folks crowded on the dance floors of Dallas from behind…

Ten Must-See Concerts in DFW This Week: July 18-24

Not only do you have this list of awesome shows to see around DFW this week, but you should know that Fuzzy’s Taco Shop opens in Deep Ellum on Monday, so if you live in that neighborhood, “taco” will soon become a verb in your life. See also: – “Johnny…

Psychedelic Furs – House of Blues – July 17, 2013: Review

Richard Butler of the Psychedelic Furs has one of most distinctive voices in rock. Equal parts David Bowie and Johnny Rotten, Butler’s jagged croon can convey the intensities involved with love and regret with the phrasing of a single syllable. Amazingly, after nearly four decades rasping out hits such as…