Music
Concert Review
Ke$ha
May 12th, 2011
Ke$ha brought her Get Sleazy tour in all its glittered electro-pop glory to the Pearl on May 7, and I admit I wasn’t expecting much. Her rapping and high-pitched screeching turned me off, especially after hearing “TiK ToK” on the radio more times than I can count. Read more »
Concert Review
Voodoo Glow Skulls
May 12th, 2011
The fountain of youth burst open May 6 at the Bunkhouse Saloon when the Voodoo Glow Skulls took the stage. After a very aggressive, pleasantly violent start full of moshing and all-in-good-fun heavy pushing, the rowdy crowd was given a break to skank (ska dance style) with “Left for Dead.” Read more »
Concerts
Tour Buzz
May 12th, 2011
• The World of Shred• It Was 20 Years Ago Today• Now On Sale Read more »
Music
Elvis Is King
The original Napoleon Dynamite describes his most majestic album to date
May 12th, 2011
Sometimes you think you’ve completely figured out an artist, especially when you possess all 32 of his studio albums, plus most, if not all, of his many live recordings, compilations, boxed sets, film scores and reissues. But the vast imagination of a musician such as Elvis Costello can never be exhausted—it threatens to exhaust you. Read more »
Soundscraper
Imagine Dragons, imaginary band names and food-truck karaoke
May 12th, 2011
It’s my birthday on May 13, and I honestly don’t know what to do with my aging rock-critic self. I should probably see too-smart Elvis Costello run his veritable chainsaw through a musical dictionary at the Palms. But I’m leaning toward catching my favorite Las Vegas band, Imagine Dragons, celebrate the release of their new EP. Read more »
Soundscraper
Lovers, imbeciles, anarcho-punks
May 5th, 2011
As a music critic, I get a ton of review CDs in my mailbox. Ninety percent of it ranges from bad to pretty good, but every now and then a beautiful jewel of an album arrives, transfixing me so much that I want to learn more about and champion the band in question. My current dark-horse release is Lovers’ Dark Light. Read more »
Music
CD Reviews
Lollipop, Celebration, Florida and All On the Horizon
May 5th, 2011
Meat Puppets, Lollipop (Megaforce); The Felice Brothers, Celebration, Florida (Fat Possum); Not Tonight Josephine, All On the Horizon (Self-released) Read more »
Concert Review
Martin Sexton
May 5th, 2011
Translating his music to the stage with the right amount of liberty from album versions, Martin Sexton’s April 28 solo show at the Hard Rock Café was a great night for those who appreciate a finely crafted tune. Read more »
Concert Review
Foreigner
May 5th, 2011
Some bands are defined by their members—Ringo Starr and three other dudes are not The Beatles, for example. But Foreigner is a trademark sound: clichéd, superficial, but imminently singable lyrics driven by addictive, adolescent, crotch-rock power chords. Read more »
Concert Review
George Thorogood
May 5th, 2011
George Thorogood is stuck in the past, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing. Thorogood and his Delaware Destroyers blazed through 35 years of hits in more than 90 minutes at Texas Station’s Dallas Events Center on April 30, with the singer/guitarist paying his three-chord respects to inspirations such as Chuck Berry, John Lee Hooker and Bo Diddley throughout. Read more »
