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Post by jeffdaz on Jan 19, 2008 8:25:50 GMT -5
Last night The February Chorus played at 'The Moon'. Anyone go? How was the show?
Also tonight in Austin, TX... Calhoun will be at Stubbs BBQ. They go on around 9 p.m.
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Post by Holly on Jan 19, 2008 11:33:36 GMT -5
Louder than loud, and awesome as usual. One of their best, in my occasionally humble opinion.
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Post by jeffdaz on Jan 20, 2008 10:54:32 GMT -5
Awesome...yet another reason why I should move to TX, so I get to see all of these shows!!!
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Post by marcella on Feb 27, 2008 15:28:00 GMT -5
the wrestlingfan saw this in Today's 2/27 FWWeekly (online) Burning Celluloid The folks at Walden Media were having a helluva time finding the right Texas band to play a small performance bit in one of their upcoming movies, a film called Will, being shot in Austin and starring Friends’ Lisa Kudrow, High School Musical’s Vanessa Hudgens, and one yet-to-be-determined half of the blonde tweener pop duo Aly & AJ. Somehow, the music supervisor and Fort Worth’s Burning Hotels got connected. Walden wanted a band with a “European look,” recalled Cory Bergen, whose management company handles the Hotels and Austin’s Otis. An interview was set up in Austin, and “it was love at first sight,” Bergen said. The Hotels will play themselves in a club scene and perform their raucous indie-hit “Stuck in the Middle.” Shooting will begin soon. The movie will be released in 2009. Holes, Because of Winn-Dixie, and The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe are just three of about a dozen theatrical features that Walden has put out. (Another upcoming Walden release is Nim’s Island, starring Academy-Award-winner Jodie Foster and Little Miss Sunshine herself, Abigail Breslin.) The band hopes that “Stuck in the Middle,” after being made FCC-friendly, will appear on the Will soundtrack. “The exposure, and with all the teen stars, and the amount of time [the Hotels] will have on screen — they’re obviously excited,” Bergen said. None of the band members has ever acted in front of a camera before. “We get to be ourselves,” Bergen said. “Which is a good thing.” The band also will be in Austin for SXSW, the annual music festival, conference, and drinkfest that goes off every March. They have a couple of shows scheduled, including stops at the Whisky Bar on Thursday, Mar. 13, and on Saturday, the 15th, at a clothing retailer on South Congress called Parts and Labor. Visit www.myspace.com/theburninghotels. ... I’ve only heard a few rough cuts of Calhoun’s new album, but — and I’m going out on a limb here — I highly recommend the band’s CD release show on Saturday at the Aardvark, with rowdy youths the Frontier Brothers, pop-rock singer-songwriter Sean Russell, and One Lone Car. What I’ve heard was severely dynamic, more dynamic than most of the band’s previous tuneage, which is saying something, at the very least, because Calhoun’s previous tuneage was intensely dynamic, a lot of curves, edges, and moving parts but never anything less than solid and clearly defined. The old music, oddly enough, helped the band land a showcase at SXSW. The show at the Aardvark (2905 W. Berry St., 817-926-7814) also will be a homecoming of sorts. Songwriter-in-chief Tim Locke and deputy songwriter Jordan Roberts have celebrated the releases of a dozens different CDs at the ’vark while playing in a dozen different bands, going all the way back to the club’s humble beginnings, lo, these — nine? 10? 11? — years ago. Funny that now, after countless hours of shows and hard time spent in studios and touring vans, the band reportedly has on its hands a defining rock document, a new template of sorts. Visit www.myspace.com/calhoun.Contact HearSay at hearsay@fwweekly.com. calendar says SAT MARCH 1st |
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Post by mkarns75 on Feb 27, 2008 15:53:42 GMT -5
Damn, I wish I lived in Texas too; unfortunately, I learned of this weekend's RBar and Aardvark shows too late to plan a trip there.
But Calhoun will be in New York in April, which should be doable.
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Post by SylwiaLila on Mar 11, 2008 16:00:27 GMT -5
What about last show? Anyone was there?
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Post by marcella on Sept 17, 2008 14:31:36 GMT -5
todays Fort Worth Weekly Sept 17 2008 www.fwweekly.com/content.asp?section=Music&type=HearsayBallet Rocks Singer-songwriter Brandin Lea’s got rhythm, both in terms of, y’know, being able to play guitar and sing awesomely and also in the George-and-Ira-Gershwin, Ethel-Merman kinda way. The son of famed Broadway performers and local dance studio owners/directors Bruce and Frances Lea, Brandin pretty much grew up in a rehearsal studio, studying, among other things, dance, hence his getting behind his ballet. On Friday at Embargo (210 E. 8th St., in SoDo, 817-870-9750), Lea’s epic mod-rock band The February Chorus will play a fundraiser along with bombastic sepia-toned folkies Telegraph Canyon and singer-songwriter Josh Knight for Texas Ballet Theater – North Texas’ only major classical ballet company is going through some tough financial times. (See this week’s cover story on pg. 10.) Behind the show, apocryphally named “Rock the Ballet,” is Get Behind Your Ballet, an informal fund-raising and publicity group created and run by TBT dancers whose mission, members say, is to save both their company and their “life’s work.” As part of their goal – to raise a cool million dollars, and soon – GBYB is doing everything to “heighten the public’s awareness of the cultural gem sitting right here in our community,” including dancing in the streets (not kidding) and now putting on a rock show. Lea was approached by professional acquaintance and GBYB member/dancer Thomas Kilps about doing a rock-oriented fund-raiser specifically at Embargo about a month ago. “I told [Kilps] if you want jugglers or cover bands, I’m not your guy,” said Lea, whose bread and butter, the mod-rock quintet Flickerstick, is on a permanent hiatus. “I was, like, ‘Here’s what I have to offer,’ ” i.e. local indie-rock bands that are well respected and regarded. (Local indie-rock darlings Calhoun were supposed to play, Lea said, but had to back out at the last minute.) “It’s a worthy cause,” Lea said of “Rock the Ballet.” “I just wish I could have done more. … I hope they do well.” Admission is $25 per person and includes some light Cuban fare and also “salsa dancing with the artists.” (Sounds dangerous, especially for people – unlike moi – who ain’t got no rhythm.) Doors open at 5:30 p.m., rocking out at 7. For tickets, call the company at 877-828-9200 or visit www.texasballettheater.org and click the “Rock the Ballet” link. FYI: In reference to the Gershwins, TBT’s repertoire includes Who Cares?, a small piece set to their music. … |
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Post by mkarns75 on Sept 17, 2008 17:59:56 GMT -5
Oh crap. A February Chorus/Calhoun show would have been my dream ticket (in the absence of more Flickerstick). And on my birthday, no less. Had I known about this earlier, I might have made plans to get to Texas for it anyhow, as I'd like to see the Chorus and support a good cause. (Don't know about my salsa dancing skills, but Brandin and some other Stickers have seen me practice martial arts so at least he's seen my legs kick.)  Now it's too late. Perhaps I should start reading FW Weekly regularly.  However, Calhoun will be coming east (at least to Philadelphia) in Oct./Nov., so there's at least something to look forward to. |
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Post by bigdog on Sept 18, 2008 19:18:24 GMT -5
". . . is on a permanent hiatus." Is that the confirmation we were waiting for?
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Post by mkarns75 on Oct 23, 2008 11:03:01 GMT -5
And more Calhoun (Midwest and northeast):
Fri 10/24 Saddle Creek Bar (Omaha)
Sat 10/25 Quenchers' (Chicago)
Mon 10/27 Fine Line Music Cafe (Minneapolis)
Wed 10/29 Midway Cafe (Jamaica Plain, MA (Boston?))
Sat 11/1 Pianos' (New York)
Sun 11/2 The Fire (Philadelphia)
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Now it's too late. Perhaps I should start reading FW Weekly regularly. 