The Relatives, Pleasant Grove, Seryn Dallas City Performance Hall Friday, September 14 See also: More behind-the-scenes photos from opening night There was a moment backstage at the Dallas C... Continue reading "The Relatives, Pleasant Grove, Seryn - Dallas City Performance Hall - 9/14/12" >
On Wednesday, Pleasant Grove singer-guitarist Bret Egner was involved in a bicycle accident near Red River in Austin, when he swerved to avoid two jaywalking pedestrians and hit the pavement. Sad... Continue reading "Pleasant Grove's Bret Egner Needs Your Help With Medical Expenses" >
It's hard to remember a time when Pleasant Grove weren't stalwarts of the Dallas music community. But, this week in 1998, former Observer writer Christina Rees penned a piece about the band's sta... Continue reading "This Week In Dallas Music History: Pleasant Grove Make Rock Better So You Don't Have To" >

I hope to provide you, the reader, a selection of songs for your Friday. Not a crazy 23 song playlist, it is just 4 songs that caught the ear. Some music that I am very familiar with, some not so much. Overall, what more can you ask for? It's Friday (of a long week for me) and I hope to have a blog post-a-thon over the weekend, so here is a few tracks to help you through to the other side, or as I know it...the weekend. Pleasant Grove [...]
Eager to know what Centro-matic's Will Johnson is looking forward to this upcoming holiday season? Well, don't fret: Your curiosity will be satisfied! Yesterday, Johnson took part in My Old Kentucky B... Continue reading ""You'll Shoot Your Eye Out, Will Johnson."" >

I dunno. Maybe I'm overreacting a bit. But, surely, I can't be the only person who's excited about the fact that various members of two GREAT (but kinda-on-hiatus) area bands, Pleasant Grove and Baboon , have teamed up to form a new band called The Boom Boom Box . And I can't be the only one eager to hear what's in-store for the band's debut EP, which is due out at some point in October. Well, we got a little bit of an answer earlier this week, as The [...]

Pleasant Grove singer Marcus Striplin will give two solo performances tonight and tomorrow night, both at 9 p.m., at Bolsa , a new café and wine bar in Oak Cliff. (Full disclosure: my wife works there part-time.) Striplin, who moved to Brooklyn earlier this year, is recording new material with Pleasant Grove bandmate Bret Egner in Austin. To hear him describe it, they’re making some serious changes to the band's sound. What exactly those changes entail isn’t so clear. “We’re really focusing on [...]

My brother, Indie Mom's Uncle T is also a music-lover. He recently supplied his own list of Top 10 CDs of 2006 for Speed of Dark, and he is our Dallas connection. A week ago he attended a show by the Heartless Bastards and sent me a detailed review and several photos. I've had to edit it somewhat for our format, but otherwise the words below are his. I was not familiar with opening band Pleasant Grove , so I looked them up and found they [...]

"Impossible" by Pleasant Grove is off of their 2004 release The Art of Leaving. I was recently introduced to this band through the magic of a Myspace friend request. Pleasant Grove play what I like to call space roots rock: where classic roots music is augmented with atmospherics and bleeps. Pleasant Grove - Impossible.mp3 Off of the 2003 release, Mouthfuls, comes "A Bit of Wind" by the Fruit Bats. Fruit Bats - [...]