The echoing, splintering reggae-inflected beats coming from outside Lola’s Saloon-Sixth were definitely not anything I would have attributed to Dove Hunter, a nominee for best alt-country in our 12th Annual Fort Worth Weekly Music Awards. Pablo and the Hemphill 7? Maybe. Confusatron? Maybe. Sub Oslo? Definitely. But Dove Hunter? As soon as I walked inside, I was greeted by Lola’s owner, Brian Forella, who pointed at the stage and said what I heard to be “Dove Hunter.” “Yeah, I know,” I said. “No,” he returned.
“Dub Hunter,” joking that Dove Hunter’s sound was based in dub, a particular style of music rooted in reggae. “Ah,” I smiled. “Good one.” You could say that the swirling riddims weren’t entirely without just cause: Dove Hunter drummer Quincy Holloway was one of Sub Oslo’s co-founders. The Dove Hunter-ish nature of the tunes — haunting, pensive — was still intact, just ramped up a little. Excellent stuff. The crowd seemed appreciative, not running away but nodding along to the beatsmithery on display — or maybe they were dozing off. Most of them, based on what I was told and could see, had been at the Colonial all day. (Who knew that watching golf could get you loaded.) They had turned out mainly in support of Worth Helping, a local nonprofit agency founded by one of their own and devoted to bringing sustainable housing to low-income neighborhoods. Toward the end of the evening, I was told that about $1,000 was raised, thanks partially to opener Nathan Browningham, closers Fatty Lumpkin, and Dub Hunter. For more info, visit www.worthhelping.org. … On Saturday at The Moon (2911 W. Berry St., by TCU, 817-926-9600), two bands on the brink will hold forth heavily and dream-poppishly: Stella Rose, who’s almost done recording a new album, and Little Black Dress, who’s just released a new album, Snow in June. SR will bring the rawk, LBD the dream-pop. Expect to see a lot of musos on the scene. The two masterminds behind LBD, Toby Pipes and Nolan Thies, are from Dallas but have strong Cowtown connections: For years, Thies played with singer-songwriter John Price and country chanteuse Maren Morris, and Pipes is co-owner, with brother Todd Pipes, of Bass Propulsion Laboratories, where a few of the best local albums of the past decade have been recorded, including Calhoun‘s eponymous disc, Collin Herring‘s Avoiding the Circus, and Price‘s A Little Piece of a Little Piece of Something Small. Visit www.myspace.com/littleblackdressmusic. … The 12th Annual Fort Worth Weekly Music Awards Festival — Sun., June 28, in six near-Sundance Square venues — keeps getting bigger. About two dozen bands are already slated to play, including Telegraph Canyon, Josh Weathers + the True Endeavors, The Orbans, Dove Hunter, Whiskey Folk Ramblers, and Rivercrest Yacht Club. And now, The Burning Hotels, The February Chorus’ Brandin Lea, and hip-hoppers AwkWarius have also signed on. The show is free, and proceeds from the sale of our annual compilation CD will benefit the Tarrant Area Food Bank. … Correction: The Good Show Music Series will begin on Sat., June 27, not on the date previously reported. Same Bat-Place: Lola’s-Sixth (2736 W. 6th St., 817-877-0666). Same Bat-Lineup: Quiet Company, Eaton Lake Tonics, and Record Hop. Visit www.goodshow.net. Sorry for the error.
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