They're coming up from Austin, they're coming down from Tulsa, they're coming out of the classrooms and the churches. They're gonna play on the Square. They're gonna play in the bars. It's going to be very noisy in Denton this weekend. Musical. Very musical. How are 200 bands going to find room to play in this cute little university town? They'll do it! And we'll love it!
Denton
Denton is the home of the University of North Texas and Texas Women's University. As far as music goes it is famous for the 1 o'clock jazz band and our very own Brave Combo, who can turn a traditional Christmas Carol into a polka rhythm. Denton is also where Norah Jones and the Eagles started and musical claims to fame go back to Pat Boone. Even when a mega-festival isn't going on, live music can be heard somewhere every night.
Stages
Three outdoor stages, and every bar and restaurant in Denton has a piece of the action. A few on Thursday, a few more on Friday and by Saturday the whole town will have joined in. Sweetwater Grill has bands, Dan's Silverleaf too, so has ... well, ... start walking and follow your ears.
The Complete List of Bands
In alphabetical order for your convenience. Brackets contain information where the band is from and their type of music. Link to more info, schedule and tickets follows the band list.
4th & Inchez (F.N.I.) (Houston -- hip-hop)
ACHTONE! (Local, post-rock)
Adventures in Magnetism (Ft. Worth -- post-rock)
Air Review (Irving -- rock)
Alphabet (Local, indie-pop)
Analog Rebellion(Arlington -- stadium lo-fi)
AnonymousCulture(Dallas -- electronica/ hip hop)
Babar (Local, post-rock)
Backside Pick (Local, funk/ jazz)
Baring Teeth(Dallas -- metal)
Baruch the Scribe (Local, folk-pop)
Bosque Brown (Local, country/ soul)
Boxcar Bandits (Local, skunkgrass)
BRAINSTORM (Portland, OR -- indie-pop /art rock)
Broadcast Sea(Dallas -- rock)
BrownChicken BrownCow String Band (Greenbrier County, WV -- bluegrass)
Caleb Ian Campbell (Local, singer-songwriter/ experimental folk)
Cleemann (Copenhagen, Denmark -- electroacoustic/ lyrical/ pop)
Clint Niosi (Ft. Worth -- experimental/ folk)
Cocky Americans (Dallas -- garage rock)
Crown Imperial (Norman, OK -- rock)
Curvette (Local, experimental/post-punk/ southern rock)
Daniel Benjamin (Stuttgart, Germany -- pop/ experimental)
Danny Rush and the Designated Drivers (Local, country/ rock)
Dear Human (Local, post-rock)
Deep Snapper (Local, post-punk)
Delmore Pilcrow (Local, rock/ country)
Depths (Local, metal)
Diamond Age (Dallas -- acousmatic)
Dim Locator (Local, avant-garde/ Americana)
Drew Phelps (Local, jazz)
Dust Congress (Local, chamber folk)
Eaton Lake Tonics (Local, experimental/ folk/rock)
El Cento (Dallas -- rock)
Ella Minnow (Local, blues/ pop/ rock)
Ethereal & the Queer Show (Dallas -- avant garde/ pop)
Fate Lions (Ft. Worth -- pop/ rock)
Final Club (Local, rock)
Fishboy (Local, indie-pop)
Fresh Millions (Austin -- experimental/ electronic/ instrumental/ rock)
G-Side (Athens, AL -- hip hop)
Here Holy Spain (Dallas -- skate punk/ indie/ rock)
Hormones (Dallas -- post-punk)
Horse Thief (Oklahoma City, OK -- folk/ psychedelic)
Hotel Hotel (Austin -- ambient/ blues/ shoegaze)
HOYOTOHO (Dallas -- alternative/ big beat/ live electronics)
Jeremy Buller (Local, singer-songwriter)
Jessie Frye (Local, singer-songwriter/ pop/ rock)
Kaboom (Local, rock)
Kampfgrounds (Local, garage rock)
KB the Boo Bonic (Austin -- hip hop)
Kelsey Waldon (Nashville, TN -- Americana)
Land Mammals (Local, psychedelic)
Les Amercain (Dallas -- rock)
Little Lo (Austin -- folk)
Magnum Octopus (Local, hard rock)
Man Factory (Grand Prairie -- powerpop/ indie/ rock)
Manned Missiles (Local, garage rock/ pop)
MATAS (Local, indie/ rock/ pop)
Midnite Society (Local, bloghaus)
MiniBoone (Brooklyn, NY -- indie/ rock)
Moon (Oklahoma City, OK -- indie-pop/ rock)
Museum Creatures (Dallas -- concrete/ garage / hard house)
myopic (Dallas -- ambient)
Nicolas Altobelli (Dallas -- folk)
North Highlands (Brooklyn, NY -- indie-folk)
Novaak (Local, alternative/ electronica/ pop)
Oh Lewis (Local, powerpop/ Indie/ rock)
OK Sweetheart (Tulsa, OK -- indie-pop)
On After Dark (Local, indie/ rock/ new wave)
Paper Robot (Local, rock)
Paul Benjaman Band (Tulsa, OK -- funk/ rock/ western swing)
People on Vacation (Austin -- pop)
Peoplodian (Local, pop/ electronic)
Pinebox Serenade (Local, folk/ rock)
Quiet Company (Austin -- indie rock/ powerpop)
Record Hop (Local, rock)
Richard the Lionhearted (Columbia, MO -- country/ folk/ rock)
Roy Robertson (Local, experimental/ folk)
RTB2 (Local, experimental/ folk/ rock/ soul)
Saboteur (Dallas -- emo/ rock)
Salim Nourallah (Dallas -- folk)
Sanctus Bellum (Houston -- doom metal)
Sans Soleil (Local, experimental/ rock)
Sarah Renfro (Brooklyn, NY -- singer-songwriter/ folk-pop)
Seryn (Local, folk/ rock)
Sextape (Local, ghettotech)
Shiny Around the Edges (Local, experimental/ punk)
Skeleton Coast (Ft. Worth -- rock/ emo)
Somebody's Darling (Dallas -- country/ rock)
Sphynx (Austin -- indie-pop)
Spooky Folk (Local, indie-pop/ rock)
Sugar Glyder (Charlotte, NC -- pop-rock)
Summer Ames (Dallas -- singer-songwriter/ pop)
Sun Hotel (New Orleans -- post-gospel/ indie/ rock)
Sundress (Local, pop/ psychedelic)
Swedish Teens (Local, punk)
The Angelus (Dallas -- gospel/ gothic/ soul)
The Beaten Sea (Dallas -- country/ folk/ gothic)
The Bizarro Kids (Dallas -- experimental/ psychedelic/ trrash)
The Boom Boom Box (Plano -- post punk/ rock)
The Burning Hotels (Ft. Worth -- rock/ new wave)
The Demigs (Local, indie rock/ pop)
The Hanna Barbarians (Ft. Worth -- psychedelic/ blues/ rock)
The Hope Trust (Local, rock/ pop/ country)
The Jakeys (Local, acoustic/ celtic/ grunge)
The League of Extraordinary Gz (Austin -- hip hop)
The Lo-fi Chorus (Dallas -- Americana/ electroacoustic)
The Lonesome Heroes (Austin -- Americana/ folk)
The Manichean (Houston -- experimental/ progressive)
The Naptime Shake (Dallas -- country/ folk/ indie)
The Non (Oklahoma City, OK -- experimental/ instrumental/ rock)
The Orbans (Ft. Worth -- alternative/ folk/ rock)
The Panda Resistance (Tulsa, OK -- indie rock/ instrumental)
The Slow Burners (Local, folk/rock/ psychedelic/ roots)
The Sour Notes (Austin -- folk rock/ psychedelic/ roots)
The Virgin Wolves (Bowie -- indie rock/ pop)
The Wee-Beasties (Local, alternative/ punk/ rock)
The Zest of Yore (Austin -- lo-fi rock)
Tidal Waves (Johannesburg, South Africa -- afro-beat)
Tiger Darrow (Austin -- pop/ folk)
Two Knights (Arlington -- indie/ rock/ minimalist)
Violent Squid (Local, experimental)
Wesley Hartley & The Traveling Trees (Portland, ME -- country)
Westboro Butchers (Local, rockabilly/ instrumental)
Western Giants (Local, Americana)
Western Skies (Local, Americana)
Whiskey Folk Ramblers (Ft. Worth -- Americana/ folk/ rock
Young and Brave (Local, pop)
Zorch (Austin -- experimental/ electronic/ instrumental/ rock)
For tickets, schedules and other information see 35 Conferette
Sally Anne Lewis - Sally has master's degrees in science and journalism, is fascinated to a degree in most things. Always something to learn.
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