Over on his paper’s music blog, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram’s Preston Jones has been spending the past few days detailing the latest news taking place at the historic Ridglea Theater, which, you may or may not recall, has been in and out of trouble all year long, facing potential closings,…
These days, he might be best known around town as a radio jock on KKDA-730 AM Soul 73, but Bobby Patterson, as longtime local music fans are already well aware, is far more than just another detached voice being transmitted over the airwaves. In fact, once upon a time—in the…
[Over the next few weeks, we’ll be presenting our favorite local songs of the year, counting down from No. 25 to No. 1, one track a day. Today, we take an in-depth look at song No. 13 on the list — and, please, feel free to click after the jump…
No strangers to cover songs, the his/her duo of Smile Smile’s released at least two this year by our count. The first? That came back in October, when the band passed along our way its version of Blink-182’s “Dammit” for DC9 reader consumption.Earlier this week, meanwhile, the band released a…
The folks up at the festival formerly known as NX35 have today announced a few more of the acts they plan on hosting in Denton as part of their four-day, pre-SXSW bash in mid-March. And a couple of them are pretty big — especially if you’ve been paying any attention…
[Over the next few weeks, we’ll be presenting our favorite local songs of the year, counting down from No. 25 to No. 1, one track a day. Today, we take an in-depth look at song No. 14 on the list — and, please, feel free to click after the jump…
If his last Facebook and Twitter status updates are to be believed, then, at this very moment, Alan Palomo is holed up somewhere in Helsinki, working on a follow-up to Neon Indian’s 2009 breakthrough debut, Psychic Chasms. And, furthermore, he’s currently enjoying a radio silence, cutting himself off from the…
Speaking of Erykah Badu: Some big news out of the Queen of Neo-Soul’s camp today, as it’s been announced that, on Friday, December 17, starting at 9 p.m.at the PM Lounge in downtown Dallas’ The Joule hotel, the Dallas icon will make her DJ debut, performing under the name DJ…
[Over the next few weeks, we’ll be presenting our favorite local songs of the year, counting down from No. 25 to No. 1, one track a day. Today, we take an in-depth look at song No. 15 on the list — and, please, feel free to click after the jump…
The strong bond between Dallas’ Own Erykah Badu and Philadelphia’s The Roots has been cemented for years — since back in 1996, actually, when Badu enlisted the would-be Best Band in Late Night for work on her debut release from 1997, Baduizm.Why Badu wanted to work with The Roots? Well,…
The sometimes-area-based wordsmith known as Astronautalis is celebrating his birthday today, and is doing so with the release of a brand-spanking-new music video for the song “The Wondersmith and His Sons,” off of his still-great 2008-released album, Pomegranate. It’s kind of a chilling watch, this new video, too, as SMU…
With apologies to Robert Earl Keen, Devin the Dude, Cake, Hayes Carll and the multitude of also-rans filling up the regional concert calendar in these final weeks of 2010, it’s safe to say, I think, that, with Friday night’s Wu-Tang show at the Granada Theater, the year in live music…
[Over the next few weeks, we’ll be presenting our favorite local songs of the year, counting down from No. 25 to No. 1, one track a day. Today, we take an in-depth look at song No. 16 on the list — and, please, feel free to click after the jump…
This morning, over on Unfair Park, Robert unveiled the final details surrounding Bucks Burnett’s Eight-Track Museum opening in Deep Ellum, which, sure enough, as this post’s headline implies, will come on Christmas Day at 2630 E. Commerce St. in Deep Ellum. Most will recognize the building the museum will call…
Speaking of records we’ve been waiting on, seems there’s finally news out of Menkena camp on the release of its debut album, With You I’ll Travel, which has been finished since, oh, about February and stuck on our personal most-anticipated local releases list ever since. Blame the delay on the…
If you look around your place long and hard enough, chances are, considering that you do in fact read this blog, you’ve got a whole bunch of local albums somewhere. And, in this digital age of mp3s (or, worse, download cards!), you’ve probably also toyed with the idea of simply…
C’mon, now. That’s just awesome…
[Over the next few weeks, we’ll be presenting our favorite local songs of the year, counting down from No. 25 to No. 1, one track a day. Today, we take an in-depth look at song No. 17 on the list — and, please, feel free to click after the jump…
If there’s one record coming out in 2011 that we already might be in danger of over-hyping, it’s True Widow’s upcoming sophomore effort, which, yes, will be released by Kemado Records in March after all. And though March is still some time away, the band’s currently hard at work, prepping…
Speaking of Crushed Stars, mastermind Todd Gautreau will be bringing his project to La Grange tonight to showcase his latest material, which, mind you, is mostly the product of his own mind and playing. Aside from some assistance from drummer Jeff Ryan (Sarah Jaffe, Pleasant Grove) and production work from…
Back in September, we lamented the death of Paste magazine’s print edition, partially because we rather enjoyed it’s coverage, but mostly because we very much enjoyed the constant love it threw North Texas’ way. And we asked the question: With Paste gone, where will our local folkies get their national…
2010 wasn’t the biggest year Idol Records has ever seen. The once-dominant local label responsible for past releases from area favorites such as the Old 97’s, Centro-matic, Chomsky, [Daryl], The Crash That Took Me, Black Tie Dynasty, PPT, The O’s and others released only four albums this year — records…
