...and the Clint Childers-directed video actually a pretty compelling watch. And deservedly so, given that it's a pretty nice song from the Fort Worth boys. Catch The Cut*Off perform with THe BAcksliders tomorrow night at The Fairmount in Fort Worth. --Pete Freedman
A Friend o' DC9 passed along a link to the above video this morning. And, yes, that's the Toadies covering The Cure. "A Forest", in fact.
And, yep, it's available for download via iTunes. In case ya dig it. --Pete Freedman
Speaking of Dallas hip-hop, Money Waters has just posted a couple of new videos for songs off his 2006 Swalhaggin (by the way, isn't it about time for a follow-up?). Both directed by Mike Tinglin, "Can't Live Without 'Em" and "Submissive" each takes a look at sexual politics. Maybe that's why the two are paired into a single video file. Money Waters' good-natured, self-deprecating sense of humor is on full display in both. I'd like to know where he got that suit, too. Check it out after the jump.--Jesse Hughey
If you didn’t catch the MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday night—and if you did, shouldn’t you be doing your homework right now?—you’ve probably by now at least seen cable-news rebroadcasts of host Russell Brand’s “scandalous” jokes. Heaven forbid he dare mock our sacred cow celebrities and politicians! I couldn’t care less about that manufactured controversy, but the similarity between his asymmetrical bird’s nest hairstyle and that rocked by Black Tie Dynasty bassist Blake McWhorter really jumped out at me.
Make that “formerly rocked by" McWhorter. In the band’s brand-spanking new video for “Much Scarier,” it looks like a stylist convinced the guys to lay off the mousse. The video, created by Peter Marsh, is visually impressive, all mysteriously glowing cubes, animated rain and mustache. As for the music—as if that matters—the band is still wearing its ‘80s rock influences on its sleeve; this new song from the forthcoming Down Like Anyone isn’t going to change your opinion one way or the other.
Check it out after the jump.--Jesse Hughey
Pete mentioned it last night -- which, yup, seems like forever ago. So, for those who missed My Morning Jacket "Tyrone" one on with Erykah Badu at the Palladium, here 'tis. And, yeah, maybe you could have seen this one coming: Eryah's 1997 hit single is a MMJ set list fave and has been since at least 2000, when MMJ performed it in October of that year on KVRX-FM (91.7) in Austin. And, technically this is still last night, so, ya know. --Robert Wilonsky
...or so this video that Weezer just uploaded to Youtube would seem to imply.
Watch it and see if you, too, can decipher the routing of the band's tour, which is set to start September 23.
OK, hear that? Right at the 1:35 mark? It's, like, totally this. (Yay!) --Pete Freedman
...and look who got some decent face time! Yes, that's right: Apples drummer and Dallas native John Dufilho (who you may as the frontman for local favorites The Deathray Davies and I Love Math). Check it out:
Guy can run a count-off, huh? --Pete Freedman
I know I didn't buy the Pantera drummer's old kitchen appliance. And I also know it's no longer listed for auction. So the real question is: Who did buy it? And did they even care that it was Vinnie Paul's? --Pete Freedman
Although Live From the River Road Icehouse, Darryl Lee Rush’s sophomore effort, has been out for almost a year, a new video for the song “Lot” premiered last week at Trinity Hall in Mockingbird Station. (You can watch it here.)
“Lot” is one of two studio recordings that appeared on the live album, and it may be the best song Rush has written. An ode to a woman accepting her lot in life while barely making ends meet, the song is just another example of Rush’s lyrical skill.
Rush’s debut, Llano Avenue, came out in 2006 and it is still one of the best collections of traditional country music to come out of Dallas in a decade. The live album seemed to be a holding pattern while Rush worked things out with his label, so let’s hope the video release will get things jump started and we can expect a lot more like “Lot” in the near future.
For those who want a bit of a primer on Rush, you'll find another video below, with Rush performing a great, unreleased song called, “Las Vegas Christmas Eve.” --Darryl Smyers
Thanks to the guys at Gutterth, who apparently filmed the whole Best Instrumentalists set at last week's DOMA Ceremony, you can now relive that pretty awesome showcase of talent--at no cost!
Also, thanks to the folks at the Granada, you can also catch individual song performances from the most of the other performers from throughout the night: Doug Burr, Sarah Jaffe, The Whiskey Folk Ramblers, THe BAcksliders and Record Hop (no word on Lil Wil or any of The Cannabinoids' sets, though). So, check those out, too.
But first, the full set of the Best Instrumentalists' pretty genius re-interpretations--all five of 'em--after the jump. --Pete Freedman
We've had plenty of Play-N-Skillz talk around this blog and in the paper lately.
So, you should be familiar with the half-Venezuelan, half-Argentinean sibling duo behind the burgeoning South Irving hip-hop production team by now.
And, if you want to further familiarize yourself with their work, check out this new video from Lil Wayne. Play-N-Skillz produced the track--"Got Money," which features T-Pain and is the third single off Wayne's Tha Carter III. --Pete Freedman
It's not really that difficult a question when you think about it. C'mon, I know you can do it...
Yep: The Old 97's' "Dance With Me" video, as directed by Keven McAlester. If you, like I, were awake at, oh, 2:11 last night/early this morning, you woulda seen it, too. Came on right before some Jason Mraz schlock.
Methinks someone at VH1 is a big Battlestar Galactica fan, yes?
Also, if you want, you can watch a behind-the-scenes clip about the stunts conducted in the video here. --Pete Freedman
Just for kicks, 'cause No Age is playing the Palladium tonight, an interview John Iskander or Parade of Flesh sorta-conducted with No Age (and the band's merch guy?) when the band played Hailey's in Denton with Liars in February...
...and, yeah, that's "Eraser" they play at the end of the clip. Oh, the joys of Youtube. --Pete Freedman
...we figure that's as good an excuse as any to re-post the now-award-winning video for Badu's "Honey." --Pete Freedman
Fort Worth's The Theater Fire's got itself a pretty awesome video up on its Myspace page, and--hey look!--it stars Jonathan Tucker, the guy who played the lead in the much-missed, shortly-lived, Paul Haggis-created NBC drama The Black Donnellys. Check it out after the jump:
A video of the bratty emo pop-punk act has been put up on this national Web site, where it currently resides on the front page as the featured item...
I think it makes sense to compare these bands to Gremlins. They keep multiplying, and people keep thinking they're cute. And then someone goes ahead and feeds them after midnight and all hell breaks loose. --Pete Freedman
My old pal Keven McAlester just finished his latest Old 97's video, this one for "Dance With Me" off the band's new Blame it on Gravity. And, really, need we say more: "Starring Tricia Helfer from Battlestar Galactica!" --Robert Wilonsky
In 2003, three 16-year-old kids channeled their love of old-school punk icons like The Ramones into an authentic reverence for classic '60s pop.
And, thus, Spector 45 was born.
Now, the band's members are finally hitting drinking age and they're celebrating at Club Dada on Saturday night. Lead by Frankie Campagna (son of celebrated local muralist and musician Frank Campagna), Spector 45 has gone through several stages of development. Starting as more of a punk tribute band, Campagna, James Abston and Anthony Delabano honed their skills to include elements of country and rockabilly into the raucous roar. The trio’s last effort, We Wanna Go, was one of the best local releases of 2006 and the band is still working on their follow-up this summer.
After the jump, a couple of videos to show you how cool these guys are. --Darryl Smyers
In this week’s DC9 paper supplement, you'll see that I wrote about the new album from Zanzibar Snails, a Denton noise experiment headed by Michael Chamy and Nevada Hill. (Despite how it appears in the paper, Zanzibar Snails is the band name and Brown Dwarf is the album name. Sorry, we began our solemn Memorial Day toasts a bit early this year.)
Chamy gave us permission to post “Lengua,” the second of Brown Dwarf’s
