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On Tuesday, February 1, Tokyo Police Club will grace Dallas and the Granada with their performance pleasure. If you like the awkward musings of Michael Cera, Dan Aykroyd, Seth Rogan, Ellen Page, or any of these other fools, you should go see this band. Not because they know each other, or really have much to do with each other. They’re all Canadian. That is enough for me.

They’ve played a number of festivals, including Coachella, Lollapalooza, and Bonnaroo, and have even toured with Weezer. Moral being, they’re good, have street cred, and if you need more convincing, watch the video above.

Now, what you’ve been waiting for. We, the good people at Breakfast on Tour, have two tickets to giveaway to their show on Tuesday — thanks to the best venue in Dallas, the Granada. All you have to do is make a comment to this post with your email address and/or phone number so we can get in touch with you. The winner will be chosen at random. No worries, we don’t collect any of your information.

Good luck, and hope to see you on Tuesday!

By: Melissa “Sausage” Cox

Words by Melissa "Sausage" Cox. Photos by Anna "HashBrowns" Vernon.

The Dandy Warhols are an alt-rock band known for some of their late ‘90 / early ‘00 hits, and their featured appearance in the music documentary DiG!, which showcases their music career and relationship with the band The Brain Jonestown Massacre. The Dandy Warhols have been making music since 1993, and consists of lead singer Courtney Taylor-Taylor (vocals), Zia McCabe (keyboard), Peter Holmström (guitar), and Brent De Boer (drums). The movie, DiG!, documented their music career from 1995-2002, and was shown in the 2004 Sundance Film Festival, where it won the Documentary Grand Jury Prize.

Read the rest of the review after the jump.

Words by Tamales Tolimenses. Photos by Anna "HashBrowns" Vernon.

I can never really get into a conversation with someone about of Montreal before I naturally dive into telling them about what I saw at the concert--how Kevin Barnes was sexy, how bizarre the artwork is, how they did a song once for Outback Steakhouse. I'm going to try to change that. Seeing of Montreal at the Granada in Dallas was, again, a wonderful time. One can always expect a visual spectacle, sexual madness, and auditory gladness. Read the full review after the jump.

Words by Melissa "Sausage" Cox. Photos by Anna "HashBrowns" Vernon.

Today’s post is brought to you by footnotes – they will reveal more than you ever wanted to know.

Ra Ra Riot is a band from Syracuse, New York¹ made up of 6 members - Wes Miles (vocals)², Mathieu Santos (bass), Milo Bonacci (guitar), Alexandra Lawn (cello)³, Rebecca Zeller (violin), and Gabriel Duquette (drums). Their first full-length album, The Rhumb Line, was released in 2008 shortly after Vampire Weekend’s debut album, which initially led to a lot of comparisons between the two bands. Both are indie bands from New York, and feature strings and poppy melodies, but Ra Ra Riot has since evolved beyond that connection and been able to carve out a name for themselves and gain quite a following. They performed this evening to a packed audience – filled with people of varying ages and hipster/yuppy allegiances. Read on after the jump.

Words by Julianne "Cranberry Scone" Rice. Photos by Anna "HashBrowns" Vernon.

Note from HashBrowns with a side of ketchup: We seem to be ever-expanding our musical horizons here at BoT, and I'd like to welcome a new guest writer Julianne "Cranberry Scone" Rice. She is a native Dallas-ite working at a local magazine and has a powerfully sweet voice of her own. She's being recruited by a local band but seems to be a bit stage-shy. Maybe sharing her love of music will spur her to the stage.

After a four year hiatus from the recording spotlight, UK singer-sonwriter Corinne Bailey Rae released her second album, The Sea — following her self-title debut album—this past January. She is a two-time Grammy Award winner and has sold more than four million records, and she was in Dallas on Thursday night at the Granada Theater promoting the album and satisfying a major craving for live jazz-influenced pop/rock. Click here to read more after the jump.

Words by Michael "Grits" Smith. Photos by Anna "HashBrowns" Vernon.

Josh Ritter is the Richard Simmons of indie-folk music. He is sprightly, afro'ed with an ever present grin, and constantly skipping giddily around the stage. And from the moment the vintage, cartoon-proportioned incandescents that were part of Mr. Ritter's theatrical stage get-up illuminated the stage at the Granada, the singer songwriter had the entire audience captivated like children watching a Disney sing-along.

Tuesday night at Granada consisted of 26 songs from the talented Mr. Ritter's catalogue. Josh's music certainly pays homage to many notable vintage songwriters, from Neil Young and Simon & Garfunkel, all the way to Springsteen and Tom Waits, but keeps tempo with many contemporaries, such as Death Cab and the Decemberists. Backed by a band sporting mostly turn-of-the-19th-century-bartender garb (who had no trouble keeping up with the skippy front man), Ritter drifted from dreamy sounding folk, to back-beated, up-tempo rock, and into his own brand of (what can I can only think to label as) forest-folk. Read the rest of the review after the jump.

The easiest way to describe Mason Jennings style is to say he and his guitar are one. Yeah. One. Like Yoda and the force. His style was amplified in his acoustic set at the Granada in Dallas. Jennings doesn't have the most beautiful voice, but it's powerful. And when it's paired in it's odd canter to his guitar in an equally odd canter.. all I can say is it's delicious. Read on after the jump.

Thanks to the ever-generous management at the Granada, we are thrilled to be giving away a pair of tickets to see one of the best bands from the Northwest - Minus the Bear. They are playing Dallas’ best live venue next Saturday, May 15th. Don't miss your chance to check out one of indie rock's finest prog-influenced bands that employs incredibly affecting and personal lyrics. Check out one of their better tunes below, and enter the ticket contest (winners selected randomly on Thursday, May 13th) by leaving a comment with YOUR NAME and CONTACT INFORMATION (EITHER AN EMAIL OR PHONE NUMBER) in THE BODY OF THE COMMENT. If you don’t give us a way to contact you, YOU CANNOT WIN. And if you don’t want to risk getting shut out, head over to the Granada website to pick up tickets to the show. Red wine with every meal...

Thanks to the ever-generous folks at the Granada, we are giving away a pair of tickets to see a night of Texas country at Dallas' best venue: Band of Heathens and Bruce Robison this Saturday, February 27th. Austin's Band of Heathens play roots-rock well enough that Ray Wylie Hubbard signed on and produced their first album. Bruce Robison is perhaps the lesser-known of the Robison brothers, unless you happen to follow songwriters - in which case he's on his way to becoming a legend. Check out videos from both artists below, and enter the ticket contest (winner selected randomly on 02/27/10) by commenting with YOUR NAME and CONTACT INFORMATION in the body of the MESSAGE, EITHER AN EMAIL OR PHONE NUMBER! If you don’t give us a way to contact you, YOU CANNOT WIN.

Thanks as always to the Granada!!! Stay tuned for future giveaways!

Thanks to the amazing folks at the Granada, we are giving away a pair of tickets to see two amazing one-man bands: Keller Williams and That 1 Guy this Friday, February 5th at Dallas' best music venue. Keller Williams hasn't graced us Texans with a show for a long while, and, if you've never seen him, his guitar mastery is a sight to behold. The night is sure to be filled with his clever originals, some interesting covers, and a whole lot of danceable loops. That 1 Guy plays the Magic Pipe - an amagalmation of plumbing pipes, bass strings, and electronics that he constructed himself. He also employs digital looping, a Magic Boot, and a Magic Saw. It's gonna be a weird, fun night. Check out videos from both artists below, and enter the ticket contest (winner selected randomly on 02/05/10) by commenting with YOUR NAME and CONTACT INFORMATION, EITHER AN EMAIL OR PHONE NUMBER! If you don’t give us a way to contact you, YOU CANNOT WIN.

Thanks as always to the Granada!!! Stay tuned for future giveaways and see you on Friday!