Check Out these LOCAL NATIVES::



Band out of Orange California, has a sound a little softer than Cold War Kids, but the music is just as biting.

MP3:: Local Natives - Airplanes

Lykke Li covers Vampire Weekends Cape Code Kwassa Kwassa


MP3:: Lykke Li - Cape Code Kwassa Kwassa [linked]

BAT FOR LASHES - WHAT'S A GIRL TO DO? Video (Thanks Arley!)



Download:: Bat For Lashes - What's A Girl To Do?

Check out Thievery Corporation at House of Blues this Sunday



House of Blues is bringing in the duo of Rob Garza and Eric Hilton who make up the Ultra Smooth and Groove Inclined Thievery Corporation. I don't always recommend going out on a Sunday night to see a show, but this is may be the one exception where the rest of your week will be all the better for it. Who doesn't want to drift into the week swaying from side to side to the groove??

Check House of Blues for tickets

YACHT coming to Club Dada on 11/6


A long time ago I played a YACHT song on Dallas Does Indie. Almost two years later, I still get comments on it and I even go back to it from to time when I need a little pick me up. YACHT now comes to Dallas on November 6th to Club Dada and anyone who likes his music as much as I do has the opportunity to see this innovator live-and-in-the-flesh.

MYSPACE:: YACHT
LISTEN::

YACHT - Summer Song
YACHT - See A Penny (Pick It Up)

LAST CHANCE TO WIN A PAIR OF TICKETS TO THE HOTEL CAFE TOUR tomorrow night at the HOUSE OF BLUES.

All you have to do is be the first to email me. Really easy.

Make sure I get your full name and I will have it put on the list.

For those who are interested in going to the show, you can also buy tickets here

Episode #115 Playlist (10.12.2008)

1.Vampire Weekend - Ottoman
2.The Notwist - Boneless
3.The Sand Band - The Secret Chord
4.The Little Ones - Morning Tide
5.Margot & the Nuclear So & So's - A Childrens Crusade on Acid
6.Atlas Sound - Airedales
7.Camera Obscura - I Need All The Friends I Can Get
8.Andrew Bird - Lull
9.The Standard - Hotel
10.The Postmarks - 11:59
11.Vivian Girls - Where Do You Run To?
12.Her Space Holiday - Sleepy Tigers
13.Crooked Fingers - Phony Revolutions
14.The Magnetic Fields - Nothing Matters When We're Dancing
15.The Panics - Get Us Home
16.Ingrid Michaelson - Can't Stop Falling In Love With You
17.James Brown - Talkin' Loud and Sayin' Nothing


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Jukebox The Ghost at Haileys TONIGHT!


Seriously, if you live anywhere near the Denton area or if you're in the mood to see a fantastic show, go check out Jukebox the Ghost at Haileys.

MAGNETIC FIELDS TICKET GIVEAWAY


Dallas Does Indie has a pair of tickets to giveaway for the Magnetic Fields show at the Majestic Theater on Monday, October 13th. The concert is just around the corner so we're going to keep this simple.

All you have to do is be the first person to answer the question below about Magnetic Fields by sending an email to contact@dallasdoesindie.com or use the contact form on the right side of this page. Be sure to include your full name, and a contact number.

Okay, so this is an easy one:

Which Magnetic Fields band member sang on both The Wayward Bus and Distant Plastic Trees, before Stephin Merrit took over the lead singing duties?

DDI and HOB: Giving away tickets to the Hotel Cafe Tour 2008


Listen to Dallas Does Indie Episode #115 on Monday 10/13/2008 for your chance to win tickets to the Thursday, October 16th show at the House of Blues.

The show will feature many of the artists that have made the Hotel Cafe a hotbed for soulful and intricate singer-songwriters including, INGRID MICHAELSON, MEIKO, PRISCILLA AHN, and ERIN McCARLEY.

Episode #115 will play a few songs from past and present Hotel Cafe alums. All you have to do is send an email to contact@dallasdoesindie.com or use the contact form on the right side of this page.

Check out a little Ingrid Michaelson:

Episode #114 Playlist (10.1.2008)

1.Cold War Kids - Something Is Not Right With Me
2.Blitzen Trapper - Furr
3.Throw Me The Statue - Ship
4.Immovable Objects - James Trent
5.Church - Happiness
6.Chad VanGaalen - Molten Light
7.Apollo Sunshine - Singing To The Earth
8.Two Sheds - You
9.Horse Feathers - Curs In The Weeds
10.The Rosebuds - Life Like
11.The Lovely Sparrows - Year Of The Dog
12.City Center - Summer School
13.Arizona - Colors
14.Sunset - The World Is Awaiting
15.Born Ruffians - Wedding Rings & Midnight Strollers
16.The Who - Magic Bus



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Follow Me On Twitter


Dallas Does Indie has now joined Twitter to further enhance the social networking and all that. If you're on Twitter please add us and start talking. If you're not on Twitter, then get on it and stay up to date on everything Dallas Does Indie.

I will update it from time to time, but the primary purpose of this is to let those who are enjoying our blog and podcast talk with one another and of course, spread the word about DDI.

HUGS & MP3's


From time to time I like to give random presents, mostly to those I'm really close to, but also to random strangers. Such is the case with my new blog entry. I'm calling it Hugs & Mp3's. Enjoy.

Two Gallants - The Hand That Held Me Down
website: www.twogallants.com

Maria Taylor - A Good Start
myspace: www.myspace.com/mariataylor

Wolf Parade - Language City
website: Wolf Parade Fan site

Blitzen Trapper - Furr (highly recommended)
website: http://blitzentrapper.net

Los Campesinos! - Death To Los Campesinos!
myspace: www.myspace.com/loscampesinos

Ryan Adams "Cardinology" tracklisting revealed:



If you weren't already aware, Ryan Adams is releasing yet another album, and the tracklisting was recently released:

Cardinology Tracklisting
1. Born Into A Light
2. Go Easy
3. Fix It
4. Magick
5. Let Us Down Easy
6. Crossed Out Name
7. Natural Ghost
8. Sink Ships
9. Evergreen
10. Like Yesterday
11. Stop

Official site: www.ryan-adams.com
Album site: www.cardinology.com
MySpace: www.myspace.com/ryanadams

Hearts of Palm get mastered by Henrik

Hearts of Palm, based out of Los Angeles, have an album coming out called For Life. I doubt that this title has anything to do with spending time in the clink, or their loyalty to the LA Gang scene, but you never know.

H.o.P. just had a full write up done in the LA Times, and were proclaimed a "Buzz Band."


The first single off the album was mastered by Henrik Jonsson (Peter, Bjorn and John, Robyn, Lykki Li), and it just so happens that I have it right here for your downloading pleasure. Check it out, and let me know what you think.

Hearts of Palm - I Flow

Meet David Martin Moore


So I recently heard David Martin Moore and was stunned, and no that is not an exaggeration. I know that a lot of singer-songwriters come along and they get compared to Elliott Smith or Jeff Buckley, or in the case of Moore, Nick Drake. I don't like making those comparisons, and I'll tell you why. As each verse of Moores song Stray Age slowly unfolds, an underlying message of peace and contentment can be heard, and for me that's a message I need to hear daily.

He may be the latest in an entourage of amiable, melodic, and deep thinking journeymen to hit the indie scene, and will undoubtedly find himself being sized up against the Sam Beams or Bon Ivers, but if you take nothing from this review besides this - know that David Martin Moore sings about universal things that anyone at anytime can relate to, and that's the difference between being compared to someone and someone being compared to you.

David Martin Moore - Stray Age