But I Just Like Music

Oh, Lana Del Rey. You have divided the indie world like the Super Bowl divides football loyalties. Your SNL performance made babies cry, and your songs are now omnipresent on stations that play good music and those that just pretend to. Your album has topped charts across the Internet and the globe, yet… I think [...]

That’s right. We’re giving away 2 tickets to the sold out Jeff the Brotherhood/the Kills show tonight at the Granada Theater (home of our favorite new haunt, Sundown). How did we make this happen? Magic, my friends, magic. If you haven’t heard about this goodness that is this lineup, check our show preview post. We’re expecting [...]

Pickings are still slim this weekend for live music in Dallas (that is, at least as far as our tastes are concerned). All you 90s metal fans may have some attractive choices. But alas, it just isn’t our thing. We’re expanding our selection criteria this week, moving beyond the standard weekend set to include shows [...]

Not that we weren’t already pleasently surprised by other announcements for the 2012 edition of 35 Denton – but this kind of blows the little (can we still call it that?) local festival out of the water. In the style we’ve come to expect, festival organizers announced 100 new bands to the lineup with an [...]

After last weekend’s disappointing lineup, this weekend is shaping up to be much better as we start to get back into the swing of things. I’m excited for 2012 – I think it’s going to be a great year for live music in Dallas. This weekend we have three solid picks for you, and you [...]

This just in from our Facebook page – it appears that local folktronic favorites Ishi have a shot at getting into the yearly music discovery engine known as SXSW. Taking place over a week in March, SXSW is arguably one the biggest and most important music festival / conference of the entire year, and is [...]

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 [...]

Christmas came a little late for the team here at BIJLM, but it was worth the wait. Santa got us a perfect gift – a brand new(ish) Dallas band that freaking. rocks. We caught Mystery Skulls’ performance to open the night at Club Dada’s NYE bash, headlined by Astronautalis. While the crowd was pretty sparse, [...]

Recently we got the chance to sit down with the up-and-coming Seattle hip-hop duo, Grieves and Budo. Having spent time this past summer on the Warped Tour, Grieves and Budo are currently touring in support of their new release, Together/Apart. Grieves and Budo have ties to two of the biggest regions for underground hip-hop in [...]

Whether you’re a complete novice or a hardened veteran of umpteen outdoor music events, there are always ways to improve the festival going experience. With an explosion of multi-stage, multi-band, pitching and camping mega-gigs in recent years, it’s hard to avoid attending at least one festival every summer. But your fun-filled weekend can turn into [...]