Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin
Somewhere amid the musical handiwork of Elliott Smith, Weezer, and The Shins, you’ll find a similarly inspired, indie-ish-for-life, guitar-based Missouri quartet sporting a cheeky...
The Me-Thinks’ “Mr. Dude,” “Rock Deaf”
The Me-Thinks
“Mr. Dude,” “Rock Deaf”
(Indian Casino Records)
If you ask me, the whole notion of “songwriter” as a type of music is meaningless. Even the...
Magnet
Any record that opens with foot stomps, handclaps, and humming can’t be bad.
The Simple Life, the debut album from Norwegian singer-songwriter Evan Johansen,...
Charles Mingus Sextet with Eric Dolphy
The simply titled Cornell 1964 is one of the previously undiscovered gems from the too-short career of jazz genius composer, arranger, and bass player...
Shawn Camp and Billy Burnette
Of all the versions of Elvis Presley songs done since his death, a dozen of the best are on this c.d., The Bluegrass Elvises...
Crosstown Sounds 4/14: Upcoming Shows in North Texas
ARLINGTON
Arlington Music Hall
224 N Center, 817-226-4400
ArlingtonMusicHall.net
SAT 5/1: Texas Tenors. SAT 5/8: Rumours (Fleetwood Mac Tribute). WED 5/12: Ty Herndon with Austin Michael. THU 5/18:...
Dennis Gonzalez & Azar Lawrence
Who on earth would dare to launch a jazz record label in 2008? We've come a long way from the days when an upstartindie...
Guns ‘N Roses
The era of the idealistic and insane rock star is dead, so music lovers who still cling to sincere, non-ironic rock grandiosity, should be...
Daymond Callahan
Apparently more determined to explore than to hew to genre, Daymond Callahan’s Music Society is focused on inspired, professional orchestration.
The dynamic, polished pianist...
Sebastian Bach
Surviving hair-metal musicians seem to fall into three different categories.
There are the guys (and metal is almost uniformly a male preserve) who reunite every...