But I Just Like Music

It’s been a long time coming, but The Shins’ fourth studio album has finally arrived. The indie rock band (who, along with The Dandy Warhols and Teagan and Sarah call Portland home) released their latest album, Port of Morrow, last week after nearly five years of waiting from fans. The long awaited album was released [...]

I was fortunate enough to recently attend the SXSW festival in Austin in which I was even more beautifully blessed to hear some superbly supplied music by many very talented artists like Fiona Apple, Bruce Springsteen and many others that I will mention in another post. All of it got me thinking about how much [...]

We’re 2 full months into the new year, and the new music has been rolling in. While we’re looking forward to the rest of the year (new release on the way from the likes of The Shins, Miike Snow, Here We Go Magic, and others) there are already a few releases you should be listening [...]

Remember Taylor Rea? You know, the former trippy but captivating singer for popular Dallas folktronic act Ishi? Well, back in early 2011 her and guitarist Rob Bastien left Ishi to start their own project. That project became ZHORA, of which we were teased with an early single in July. Now, we’re excited to report that [...]

It’s not a huge stretch to say that 2010 was the Year of Sarah Jaffe: big name tours, an incredible live performance at the Wyly, and enough play time on KXT to make Ray Lamontagne blush. (Token KXT dig in every article? Check.) Her debut album, Suburban Nature, got a huge amount of press coverage [...]

One of the benefits of running a music blog is that you occasionally get free things. Be that concert tickets, album downloads or physical CD’s – it’s one of the perks. But in the year that we’ve been running this blog (more on that later), we can with confidence say this is the first time [...]

Catching up on some recent release here at BIJLM, here are six recent releases that you should add to your collection immediately. LehtMoJoe – Aisle 7 Local Dallas, Texas native LehtMoJoe released his latest LP towards the end of April, and it’s been picking up buzz locally. The entire album is ready made for a [...]

New music is coming fast and furious to the team at BIJLM. As we approach the spring, it seems we can’t keep up with the pace. So that’s why we’re introducing our Rapid Reviews series. Three albums, three paragraphs and all you need to know about some of the hottest new releases. Tennis – Cape [...]

Let’s get one thing out of the way. I’m what may be considered a quasi-O’s-groupie. I think I dragged Scrappy to half a dozen shows over the past year, and I even listen to their first album, “We Are The O’s,” while I’m running. And it’s not even music appropriate for working out. So, that [...]

In many ways, 2010 has been a banner year for music. There are few years prior where I can remember being turned on to so much new, good music. Over the last year I’ve discovered national acts like Morning Benders, Best Coast, Twin Shadow and Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti. I’ve also discovered Dallas’ excellent local [...]