But I Just Like Music

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 [...]

Music festivals are probably the most popular kind of festival around the world. With huge varieties of genre, style and locations, there is one to suit just about everybody. We’ve put together six of the best music festivals (from here, there and everywhere) which all together make up some of the best music festivals in [...]

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, [...]

It’s the weekend after New Year’s Eve, and there’s really not a ton going on, unless you happen to live near Denton. In fact, we’re near shocked that most of our favorite booking agents and venues have zilch in play for the weekend. Epic New Years hangover, perhaps? Anyway – if you absolutely must get [...]

Today 35 Denton announced the addition of long time indie rockers Built to Spill to their official lineup. This is quite the coup for the quickly growing festival and combined with the already confirmed Mountain Goats and John Vanderslice, officially moves the festival beyond the regional stage. The announcement was so big, in fact, that [...]

Indie music is alive and well. And while definitions of what constitutes an “Indie” band could fill more of the Internet’s bandwith than Netflix, people can hopefully at least agree on the nation’s top “Indie” cities. Taking into account venues for indie bands, music production, artist relocation and general vibe, these cities are definite Indie [...]

A little over a month after the very successful 2011 Fun Fun Fun Fest wrapped, we now have confirmed dates for the 2012 edition. Fun Fun Fun Fest 7 will again take place in Austin’s Auditorium Shores (crossing fingers for no dust next year!) and will cover 3 full days of live music. The dates [...]