Denton, TX Music Scene Featured in the New York Times

[Jahfin]

An Indie Scene That Comes With a Texas Twang in Denton

Mark Graham for The New York Times

The Boxcar Bandits at Hailey’s, a popular club in Denton, Tex., a city that is a new hotbed of indie music. There are more than 100 local bands.

By LIONEL BEEHNER

WITH its Piggly Wiggly markets and dusty pawnshops, the Texas college town of Denton does not look the part of a Woodstock in waiting. A Romanesque courthouse juts out of the central square, as in that fictional town in Back to the Future. And whenever the local college football team plays at Fouts Field, the entire town seems to put on Mean Green T-shirts.

But wander into the Panhandle House, a barnlike recording studio on North Locust Street, and you’ll find Midlake, a five-person band whose music the British newspaper The Guardian has called “a dreamy concoction of Neil Young, Fleetwood Mac, Tom Petty and the Yardbirds.” Actually, the band is ensconced in the dingy storage room next door, which they have turned into a makeshift shrine to the 1970s — patchouli incense, wood paneling and vintage vinyl — that befits their retro three-guitar sound.

You can read the rest of the article here.

[SteveAJones]

While on tour Jimmy used to buy records at 14 Records (105 Avenue A) in Denton which was owned by his friend Big Bucks Burnett, who attended the 02 show. I believe

that store has since closed with Burnett entering retirement some time ago.

[Jahfin]

I loved the article myself but I found it immediately suspect since there was absolutely no mention of The Drams (formerly known as Slobberbone). If it weren't for Slobberbone I would have never heard of Denton.

Slobberbone

Slobberbone's website

The Drams (SXSW 2007)

The Drams website

The Drams on MySpace

Edited May 11, 2008 by Jahfin

[Rhodey]

For some reason I cant access that link to that site. But Denton has always had a strong music scene with North Texas State having such a large music school.

The best band I ever heard come out of their was over 30 years ago, Schwantz Lefantz.

Heres an article from a Dallas local magazine originally written in 1995 that mentions Slobberbone quite a bit. This is most likely a good companion piece for the Denton music scene along with the one presented here in this thread.

http://www.dallasobserver.com/1995-07-27/m...ll-s-lobby/full

[Jahfin]

For some reason I cant access that link to that site. But Denton has always had a strong music scene with North Texas State having such a large music school.

The best band I ever heard come out of their was over 30 years ago, Schwantz Lefantz.

Heres an article from a Dallas local magazine originally written in 1995 that mentions Slobberbone quite a bit. This is most likely a good companion piece for the Denton music scene along with the one presented here in this thread.

http://www.dallasobserver.com/1995-07-27/m...ll-s-lobby/full

Thanks for the article, that was a good read.

Try this link for the NY Times piece:

http://travel.nytimes.com/2008/05/11/trave...?pagewanted=all

[Rhodey]

Thanks for the article, that was a good read.

Try this link for the NY Times piece:

http://travel.nytimes.com/2008/05/11/trave...?pagewanted=all

I got to the article with this, thanks. Forgot about Sly Stone being from there.