But I Just Like Music

We’re here at Dallas’ best spot for vinyl for a last minute ‘ninja show’ from Amanda Palmer. And yes, Neil Gaiman is in tow. Just chilling on the astro turfed stage. It’s hard to tell among the rows of vinyl and CD, but I’m guessing there are 100 people here, and more keep trickling in. [...]

Best show of the year? It just may be. On Monday night, Justin Vernon and crew – better known as Bon Iver – filled the AT&T Performing Arts Center with their yearning and powerful brand of indie folk. What surprised me most about this show was how well Bon Iver was able to fill the venue. [...]

Sweden. It’s known for meatballs, cold weather and Ikea. After Thursday’s Peter Bjorn and John show at the Granada Theater, I think we have another solid addition to that list. The veteran indie rock band brought down the house with a nearly two-hour long set that brought the crowd from head banging to complete hysteria. [...]

When you get down to it – 4/20 is as much about enjoying the good things in life as much as it is about smoking the reefer. So it would make sense that on a quasi-national holiday people would want to get out and enjoy one of humanity’s favorite pastimes – live music. On a [...]

I’d say that, for every 5 shows we go to, there are another 5 we attend where I haven’t given an active listen to the band at all. I may have heard them on the radio, or ignored their tunes during my forced music education, but about 50% of the time, I couldn’t tell you [...]

Earthquakes and tsunamis in Japan. Riots in the Middle East. The new single by 13 year old Rebecca Black. Are these the signs of a pending apocalypse. This writer thinks so. And if perchance you needed convincing, just watch the video for Friday below and be sure to read easily the best lyrics I have [...]

I’m not in a band, but you’ve got to imagine how cool it feels to be a headliner. To have your band’s name talked about, written about, and, odds are, be the reason that most people are at that show. But, as a headliner, there’s also some pressure, pressure that the opening band probably doesn’t [...]

I absolutely love this track from Twin Shadow, the moniker for Dominican Republic born (but New York dwelling) artist George Lewis Jr. Twin Shadow released his debut album, Forget, earlier this Fall and it’s already received high praise from trend setters like Pitchfork and Rolling Stone. Admittedly, it took me two listens to really get [...]

Today’s live track of the day is straight from some much buzzed about indie poppers from Queens, Freelance Whales.

I love me some singer/songwriters. Even when I was an irritating preteen who only listened to pop music, I remember saying that Britney Spears was kind of lame because she didn’t write her own songs. (Yes, I know she was lame for other reasons, but I was 13. Let it go.)