The first show at The Pastime Tavern under the new bookage of Kara Howell, one half of Darktown Strutters and previous booker of Tradewinds Social Club. We asked Kara a myriad of questions which we will be posting up tommorow, hopefully there will be some answers too. If you haven't picked up the best local release so far this year, the new Darktown Strutters album - released this week - will be available for purchase. Also on the bill is the one man band with three first names Daniel Francis Doyle visiting us from Austin.
exclusive-- free backstage passes to erykah badu @ nokia theater
So as many of you have probably already heard, Dallas' own Erykah Badu recently launched an international tour in support of her latest record, New Amerykah Part Two: Return of the Ankh, which has earned a good number of positive reviews. Anyway, she'll be stopping through Dallas on June 14th at the Nokia Theater, and our friends at Giant Step have given us a nice little treat to pass along to you: two tickets to the show that include backstage access and admittance to a post-show meet and greet with Erykah. If you'd like to win them, just email us at weshotjrtix@yahoo.com by Friday at noon (with Erykah Badu as the subject line and your full name in the email body) or retweet this. We'll select a winner at random. Good luck!
last minute show alert: kobuku senju at phoenix project
Koboku Senju/The Watchers (Phoenix Project): The video above features a performance and interview with Koboku Senju's Toshimaru Nakamura. Show starts at 8 pm.
This is the last chance to catch this very unique night of super chill, 70s/80s good time Charlie music. The perfect choice for those needing to relax the fuck out after a tough week at the office. This also might be the last time you see any unique offering that we have seen Tradewinds put on the past couple months. In fact I know you will not. We will have more information about this situation next week. The PVC Street Gang show Saturday has been canceled.
Top Notch wish Sober | Dayta | El Roy Boogie | Empanadamn (Zubar) This is Sober's Birthday show, and I should remind you that Top Notch is now a monthly, not a weekly. Sober will apparently have a very special guest next month, which he will be announcing tonight. Happy Birthday, Sober.
Oh shit watch out Dallas, Denton seems to have had a massive folk spill and there are plumes appearing in your classy performance spaces. Our buddies over at Day Bowzer did a review of the new Sundress this week which you can read by manually entering the url yourself. Well I think I am going to sink my teeth into this one as well so you should have something to look forward to next week. And shhhh don't tell him I told you, but SR is working on something as well.
I have seen Matthew Gray's Writer project a couple of times along with giving the I Took Drugs Instead... EP a couple of spins and enjoyed both experiences. You might recall some of the things I bitched about with the Jaffe record - stale music, self indulgent lyrics, lack of character - well I think Writer covers some of the same territory but does it right. The work is much less stoned out freak folk and delves into darker singer-songwriter territory. I find it interesting and much more focused than his work with Matthew and the Arrogant Sea.
it list : thursday (sorry about yesterday also being called thursday)
Howard Huges Night At The Texas Theatre: Hell's Angels (1930) | The Aviator | Also Featuring DJ Wild In The Streets | Live T-Shirt Screening by Pan Ector (Texas Theatre located at 231 West Jefferson Blvd in Oak Cliff) First off, I had no idea that Howard Hughes once owned the Texas Theater, but apparently that's the case according to J. Reimer, one of the people running things down at the Theater these days. Of course most of us know the rest of the details of the Theater's place in history (the above picture is of Oswald being taken out of the Texas Theater on the day of his arrest), and it seems Reimer and company are about to start trying to do a lot to revitalize the place, so keep your eye on what's happening down there over the next few months. Don't have word on exactly when this starts, but I'm hoping someone in the know can fill us in via the comments section (EDIT: STARTS AROUND 630).
I Love You | True Widow | Sans Soleil | Shiny Around The Edges | Fur (DJ) (Majestic Dwelling Of Doom): Another solid show at Majestic Dwelling of Doom. I had a whole thing I was going to write about True Widow, but I have to get back to work now, so next time.... next time.
