Rob Zombie at The Palladium Ballroom on Friday, November 13: Rob Zombie--the master, the legend, the man who scares the pants off your parents--on Friday the 13th. In Dallas. Need I say more?
Times New Viking on Friday at The Lounge on Elm Street: In lieu of any quality video from last night's Snoop Dogg concert, I give you Ohio's pride and joy, Times New Viking. After playing The Lounge, the band headed down to Austin for Fun Fun Fun Fest. And, according to their MySpace schedule they're playing in Memphis, Texas, tonight. Are we ready to adopt Memphis yet? Maybe it's all a part of Rick Perry's secret secession plan...
Butthole Surfers at the Granada Theater on Friday, Oct. 30 I just realized Butthole Surfers' Gibby Haynes and Paul Leary and I went to the same college (20 years apart, mind you). That's kinda strange, considering the guy who voiced Barney the big purple dinosaur also graduated from Trinity University. There's got to be some apocalyptic meaning in there somewhere...
Star Wars: In Concert at Dallas Cowboys Stadium on Friday, October 23 "A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away..."
The opening moments of Star Wars still give me the chills no matter how many times I watch it. Seeing it on the monstrous screens at Dallas Cowboys Stadium in tandem with a symphony must've been an intense visceral experience...
For fanboys and girls who couldn't go, fellow Star Wars geeks were nice enough to post clips.
The Black Crowes at the Palladium Ballroom on Friday, October 16 I'm not ashamed to say I have a huge crush on Chris Robinson. I think it's his long, flowing, Jesus-like locks. (We also have the same birthday--it's fate!) I'm also a huge fan of The Black Crowes, who play around Dallas relatively often. That said, I never get tired of "Twice as Hard."
Shinedown, Palladium Ballroom, Sunday, Oct. 11 Shinedown, the band Pete claims he can't pick out of a lineup,
played at the Palladium last night. I'll admit it: I thought Shinedown's hit
"Second Chance," otherwise known as that "Hailey's comet song the EDGE
plays over and over again" was Nickelback's. Oh well.
The Dodos, House of Blues, Friday, Oct. 2nd The San Francisco psychedelic folk trio is having a charmed year. They scored a Miller Chill commercial song placement, and in November they'll head off on a European tour. But they were cool enough to stop at House of Blues in Dallas first.
Taylor Swift at American Airlines Center on Friday, September 25 Taylor Swift and an arena of teenage girls and their secretly eager dads (hey, T-Swift is legal!) sang along to her ballads about boys, broken hearts, white horses and all that schmoopy stuff Friday night at the AAC. OK, maybe she isn't my favorite, but I'm not alone. More interesting than Swift's acoustic version of "White Horse" is the behind-the-camera conversation here:
Girl #1: "I don't like it." Girl #2: "Are you kidding me?"
Britney Spears on Friday, September 18, at American Airlines Center I love the smell of lip-syncing in the morning. Britney was back
(bitch?) Friday night for her second appearance in Dallas this year at the AAC.
Skip the first 45 seconds--past the video of the creepy guy who looks
suspiciously like Perez Hilton--to see Britney's Cirque de Soleil
entrance. It's stripper-tastic!
The Honorary Title on Friday, September 4, at The Door Here's a clip of Jarrod Gorbel of The Honorary Title charming the crowd with
a quiet two-man performance of "Stay Away" at The Door over the Labor
Day weekend. (Swoon.)
Dia de los Toadies at Rough Creek Ranch in Glen Rose Saturday, August 29 The Toadies playing "Possum Kingdom" at Possum Kingdom is almost too much for my brain to handle, so it's probably best the second annual Dia de los Toadies headed away from that lake for this year's fest. No Toadies set is complete, though, without the crowd shouting along to the band's classic "Possum Kingdom"--and neither disappoints here.
Incubus at Superpages.com Center Saturday, August 22
It's been nearly 15 years since Incubus released its first album, and even if you aren't crazy about the newer stuff (ahem...."Anna-Molly") this performance is a reminder as to how Incubus stole your heart in the first place.
Jenni and the Hi Lifers at Sons of Hermann Hall's SonsStock on Saturday, August 15. This video is 40 seconds of stage and two minutes of a tour of Sons. Kinda makes you feel like you were there in all that tie-dye majesty. And, uh, Jenni: Singing folk music does make you a folk singer. Just sayin'.
"Nirvana means freedom from pain..." quoted Otep Shamaya before hammering into this Nirvana classic with a pungent admiration for Kurt. Otep's new album Smash the Control Machine is due out next Tuesday.
De La Soul at House of Blues on Friday, July 31 Rather than worry about being pretentious hip hop superstars,
De La Soul stayed true to what real hip-hop looks and sounds like on Friday night. With 20 years
of contribution to the scene, De La Soul lives up to their standard as "quintessential
hip hop." If you missed the show and like what you hear, they have a new album
out with Nike: Are You In?
Matt & Kim at the House of Blues' Cambridge Room on Friday, July 10
This New York duo, known for its high-energy performances, kept up to its standard at the Cambridge Room. Glad to see they've gained some notoriety in North Texas and moved on from 1919...
Warped Tour at Superpages.com Center on Sunday, July 5 Anti-Flag, Bad Religion and Less Than Jake headlined the 15th annual Warped Tour. For $40, it offered something for all types of Hot Topic-clad teenage rockers, from the roots of punk to the MySpace man of glamour, Jeffree Star. That's fierce...
Paul van Dyk at Lizard Lounge on Thursday, June 25 Although electronic music may have lost some ground in Dallas music scene since the 1990s, nearly 1,000 people made it out to Paul Van Dyk's dance party set at the Lizard Lounge.
Jonas Brothers on Saturday, June 20, at Dallas Cowboys Stadium I heard today that Miley Cyrus and that one JoBro were back together. I wonder if the "dizzy" feeling was love or just a result from spinning the entire length of one of their songs? Either way, can we get an "awwww" for the lovestruck teens? Better yet, unleash your inner 11-year-old and let's shatter some glass, as we watch Miley performing with the Jonases in a surprise guest turn on Saturday night.
Per our Monday tradition, a few clips of some shows you may have missed this weekend...
Peaches on Friday, June 12, at the Granada Theater Raunchy dance icon Peaches rolled through town on Friday night--and it was quit the show, says reviewer Catherine Downes. Need more proof? Check this nice, clean video of Peaches performing "Talk to Me" amid androgynous, "Lady Maralade"-era Christina Aguilera-esque backing dancers...
Another weekend's come and gone, which means, yup, it's time again to reminisce on your fuzzy memories with some help from Youtube.
Animal Collective on Thursday, June 4, at the House of Blues Daniel Rodrigue already reviewed this show for us, which, sure, didn't happen over the weekend, but came close enough. In this performance of "Slippi," you'll see what he was talking about when he mentioned that giant beach ball that was being used to project video. Trippy, indeed.
Not too much to be had on ye ol' Youtube today as far as this past weekend's offerings of live music is concerned. Maybe it's 'cause, y'kniow, it maybe wasn't the greatest weekend ever for live music? Maybe. Alas, next weekend's looking much better. But more on that as the week continues. In the meantime, here's what you took in this weekend, Metroplex. Enjoy. The Drams on Friday, May 29, at Club Dada At Friday's poster-winning show of the week, Brent Best and the rest of The Drams stopped into Deep Ellum fora gig at Club Dada. Among other songs, the band played "Dunk You In The River." Here's proof:
Another weekend, another flurry of Youtube videos showing you what you could have seen this weekend around the ol' Metroplex...
Day 26 on Thursday, May 21, at House of Blues P. Diddy's modern-day boy band Day 26, stars MTV's Making the Band, stopped through town late last week for a show at the House of Blues. The song you can't really hear them performing here--hey now, bass!--is called "Stadium Music," which is funny, I think at least, in this context, in which the boys clearly aren't performing in a stadium. Ha! Oh, whatever--it's not like the screaming girls in the crowd care either way...
Another weekend, another slew of Youtube uploads reminding us about what we did...
Kenny Chesney at Pizza Hut Park on May 17, 2009 Kenny Chesney returned to Frisco last night to make up for his rained-out performance from earlier in the month. It was so awesome, the crowd even cheered as Chesney took off his boots. Not sure why they're cheering, or if there's some sort of euphemism going on here that I'm just not hip to, but whatever. Without further ado: a video of Chesney removing his boots as the crowd cheers him on. Go figure.
I just spent way too long on Youtube searching for videos from this past weekend in area concert-going (apparently our spring semester interns' last days have come and gone), and all I came up with were videos from Edgefest 19 up at Pizza Hut Park this past weekend.
But beggars can't be choosers I guess. Without further ado, here's how you spent your weekend, music fans... Shinedown on Saturday, May 9, at Pizza Hut Park I actually woke up at fairly a reasonable hour today, which never happens, and as a result, I had a chance to check out this morning's installment of AMTV, the lone hour-long block of programming on the formerly music-centric channel that's dedicated to music videos. After some Kings of Leon, which was refreshing, they played Shinedown. And I stopped watching. Yet here I am doing it again. Check out the one guys in the white T-shirt in the sea of audience members in front of the stage: He is way too happy to be at this performance.
Kenny Chesney @ Pizza Hut Park, Saturday, May 2 Sure, his tractor is sexy, but that was the last thing Kenny Chesney fans were thinking about Saturday in Frisco. Instead of disappointing thousands when a spring storm rolled in, the sleeveless heartthrob pressed on, giving concert-goers at least a little of what they paid for. Unfortunately for spectators, Chesney was only able to perform five songs before the show was called off. Even more unfortunately, the show has not yet been rescheduled and no refunds have been issued.
Franz Ferdinand at House of Blues, Friday, April 24 The popularity of these Scottish rockers exploded after the success of their 2004 self-titled debut album (which sold 3.6 million copies worldwide). And, I mean, their first single "Take Me Out" didn't do too badly either! Did you know that band's name was originally inspired by racehorse? Only later did they decide to make it synonymous with the famous Archduke of Austria. Franz Ferdinand came through Dallas last weekend in support of its third studio effort, Tonight: Franz Ferdinand.
Erykah Badu at Good Records on Saturday, April 18
Happy belated birthday, Bill Wisener! The owner of Bill's Records on Lamar Street celebrated his 65th birthday and National Record Store Day with the eccentric First Lady of Neo-Soul and Dallas-native Erykah Badu (among others) at Good Records. Can you say par-tay?! Seriously: Has Erykah Badu ever wished you a happy birthday?
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