Music, Design, & Sundries
Poppy w/LANDMVRKS, Thousand Below August 12, 2026 House of Blues 2200 N Lamar St, Dallas TX 75202 General Admission x1, $62 Damn, that was a lot of fun. I have mixed feelings about corporate, Ticketmaster-embedded venues, but House of Blues has always done right by me. You’ve got clean restrooms, a decent HVAC system, and a good PA. Valet parking is bougie as hell, and perhaps a bit cringe for a…
Wishy All The Rage Indie Pop Y all, this next Wishy album is gonna whip . What a fun video, too. she s green locket Shoegaze / Dream Pop I’m so happy when a band doesn’t blow all their best songs as singles, because it leaves some delight for the album release. I love this vocal melody to death. Wednesday Fine Shoegaze / Dream Pop *low whistle* This song from South Korea s Wednesday is…
The year s half over. We made it! Let’s celebrate. Shye If Today Was Yesterday Dream Pop / Shoegaze Shye is a Singaporean dream pop artist drawing from The Best Influences imaginable: Cocteau Twins, The Smashing Pumpkins, The Jesus and Mary Chain you get the picture. That she makes literally every part of this music in her bedroom is truly impressive. “If Today Was Yesterday” is just one of many…
Metric w/Stars, Broken Social Scene June 9, 2026 South Side Ballroom, 1135 Botham Jean Blvd #101, Dallas, TX 75215 General Admission x2, $65 Well, that was easily the best show I ve been to in the last two years. I ve seen Metric play five times now, more than any other artist, and they never disappoint. From that first show in 2004 at some upstairs lounge area to South Side Ballroom s 4,000-head…
Meet Me @ The Altar on Audiotree Live Pop Punk / Metalcore I clicked on this video because the band looked cool, and hoooly cow was I not prepared for the S-tier bangers that would follow. They re described as pop punk, and that s definitely in the mix, but their latest EP Worried Sick also has a lot of metalcore flavor that gives it a different kick. Happiest discovery of the month! PRESIDENT…
The xx Intro (Live at Coachella 2026) This is obviously not a new song, but The xx haven’t been active for a while and this performance from Coachella is a fun nostalgia trip back into the band’s skeletal sound. I never really got into The xx too much, but “Intro” has always slapped. That bone-dry guitar riff is iconic. Nine Inch Noize Heresy (Live at Coachella 2026) Industrial rock and EDM are…
エイプリルブル (AprilBlue) 春の病 (Spring Forever) AprilBlue have been on my radar for a while thanks to its shared songwriter in Azusa Suga of the late great For Tracy Hyde, but I somehow missed last year’s excellent yura . “春の病 (Spring Forever)” has it all: jet-engine guitars, pretty melodies, and catchy hooks. The whole album is just as great. Skindred Can I Get A This band has been around for a while…
she s green mettle Dem crunchy guitars! Metric Victim of Luck As much as Metric have landed on a particular “sound”, they do (as they should) bob and weave within that domain. The Formentera era didn t grab onto me very hard, but “Victim of Luck” sounds like a return to a more Art of Doubt kind of flavor. Violet Grohl THUM Grunge royalty is alive and well. PONY Middle Of Summer PONY s new album is…
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Trans_Flag_of_the_United_States.svg “Anger is a gift.” Rage Against the Machine’s 1992 self-titled album is stacked with brutal bars and indelible lyricism, but none have stuck with me as long as these almost-whispered words from the song “Freedom”. Like all songs on this album, the full lyrics of “Freedom” foster teachable moments. This particular song…
From indie pop to shoegaze to screamy rock music, there s a lot to unpack this month. Strap in. Fickle Friends Bleach It’s taken me a while to warm up to Fickle Friends’ latest album, but this song was an instant fave. So warm and hopeful. Yvette Young good morning (feat. Casio DIMENSION SHIFTER ) How dare she make me cry like that? I’ve listened to this song plenty of times before (Covet’s…