D Nuts || May 31, 2007

Sucks when the yuppie rag beats us on local music gossip. A few days ago, my sometimes-boss Adam McGill found some news about Ben Curtis saying farewell to his once-Dallas, now-Brooklyn pals in The Secret Machines--though the split actually goes back to March of this year. Reportedly, the remaining members are putting their third full-length album together as we speak, but without a lead guitarist, how exactly is that going?

I can't help but wonder if the remaining members--Brandon Curtis and Josh Garza--have picked up the phone and called their former Captain Audio bandmate Regina Chellew...last I spoke to Chellew, the CA split was the kind of stunning shocker that still stuck heavily to her sleeve, so I'm sure all three parties at least had the thought flash in their mind. The concert review that McGill linked to has no hints of such a Dallas art-rock mega-reunion--less guitar, more keyboards--but Dd can dream... -SM