Last week, we briefly mentioned the a collaborative project from Bowling for Soup’s Jaret Reddick and Smile Smile’s Ryan Hamilton, a venture called People on Vacation. And, this week, the twosome appears closer to revealing the full fruits of their labor. On the duo’s just-launched web site this morning, the…
Your daily dose of national music news for Monday, October 18, 2010…T.I. is going to spend at least 11 months in prison after violating his probation. I guess talking down a jumper didn’t help him out any.Keith Richards says Mick Jagger has a little wang. He’s not sayin’, he’s just…
Asylum Street SpankersAustin’s Asylum Street Spankers have been around since 1994, playing a crafty blend of folk and roots rock. Lead by Christina Marrs, the Spankers have become legends within the Austin music scene. Sadly, the band has decided to call it a day and tonight’s stop at The Sons…
Fergus & GeronimoBack in June, we passed along word of Denton-based Fergus & Geronimo’s signing to Sub Pop imprint Hardly Art. Plenty’s changed since June, though; Fergus & Geronimo’s Jason Kelly and Andrew Savage moved to Brooklyn to finish up work on their new album late this summer. Now, they…
MarfalitesJust because the Austin City Limits Music Festival is over doesn’t mean your chance to catch some live dad rock is gone. The Chevrolet Texas Battle of the Dad Bands competition at 4 p.m. on Saturday at the Chevrolet Truck Row Stage at the State Fair of Texas pits four…
Your daily dose of national music news for Friday, October 15, 2010…Joining the long tradition of rock bands using it’s blood to make everything from comic books, to well, other stuff… Wayne Coyne documented himself making a poster with his own blood. The Beibs let us know that he can…
Guillermo HerrenSchool Of Seven BellsSchool of Seven Bells is no longer a family affair.The trio comprised of former Dallasite Benjamin Curtis and twin sisters Alejandra and Claudia Deheza were mid-tour when the latter Deheza’s absence at Austin City Limits Music Festival raised a lot of questions as to her whereabouts…
Late last month–just a few weeks before entering and eventually winning the Overall Music Award at Grand Prairie’s Fall Indie Fest–Dallas’ Summer Ames posted the above music video for her song “Capture” to YouTube. It’s a nice watch, with the song from Ames’ debut EP, Complicated Daydream, scoring an assortment…
Your daily dose of national music news for Thursday, October 14, 2010…So Gavin Rossdale admitted he used to bang dudes, huh? So, if you’re needing to find a way to promote your band, consider blocking a highway off and performing on top of a truck.Shyne should really just be happy…
Your daily dose of national music news for Wednesday, October 13, 2010…Looks like Christina Aguilera is supposedly back on the market. And apparently Ben Harper is too… Unknown Los Angeles singer Alisa Apps has challenged Lady Gaga to a $1 million dollar singing competition. Um, does an unknown singer have…
Billy BlairFor no apparent reason, not one, but two Dallas-based musicians made contributions to Robert Rodriguez’s latest film, Machete: 17-year-old Tiger Darrow, a burgeoning local pop artist and Rodriguez intern was afforded the opportunity to score three different scenes in the film, and local rocker Billy Blair, who has now…
Your daily dose of national music news for Monday, October 12, 2010…Insane Clown Posse is a Christian band? Gayngs apparently don’t like paying it’s bills…Justin Bieber is either a brilliant marketer or just really like nail polish…
Lissie, the Midwestern girl who is now one of the U.K.’s favorite adopted songwriters, understands the value of unpredictability. What many see as unpredictable, Lissie views as a natural need to adapt–at least when the situation, or her feelings, requires her to do so.When her EP, Why You Runnin’?, came…
Your daily dose of national music news for Monday, October 11, 2010…Solomon Burke has passed away. Sure, he was a soul legend, but it’s not as impressive as the number of children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren he left behind.Natasha Bedingfield isn’t selling out, she’s buying in…Gene Simmons want to take your…
On Monday night, English post-punk act The Futureheads stop by for a gig at The Loft in support of their new, fourth studio full-length, The Chaos–and, for the first time in about a week or so, it’s a gig from a worthwhile band that isn’t just stopping through the region…
Earlier this week, in advance of the Morning Benders’s upcoming performance at the Kessler Theatre on Saturday night, we caught up with the Northern California-based band’s frontman Chris Chu. His band had just returned from the European leg of their tour, and was preparing to travel the US in support…
In this week’s print edition we featured The National’s Saturday show at the House of Blues. But the article–concentrating mostly on the band’s latest album, High Violet–offered only a glimpse into an interview with bassist Scott Devendorf. Here, we’re giving you the whole thing–complete with anecdotes about a spontaneous concert…
Very much getting ahead of himself, Rhett Miller posted the above clip of him talking about The Grand Theatre, Volume Two–remember, the Old 97’s new, return-to-form Volume One doesn’t come out until Tuesday–to YouTube earlier this week as part of his new video diary series.There’s still some interesting insight here,…
Your daily dose of national music news for Friday, October 8, 2010…Got an earworm you just can’t seem to shake? I know, it’s a terrible affliction sweeping the nation. Now we all have a way to unhear the songs we can’t seem to shake.Staind’s Aaron Lewis went a natural direction…
Last week, True Widow’s Dan Phillips was taking a nap, only to be awoken from a text message from one Jim Heath, aka The Reverend Horton Heat. The text kind of took Phillips by surprise.”I think,” it read, “there’s a picture of you puking in InTouch magazine.”Yes, the Reverend reads…
For the past year, Matt Johnson and Kim Schifino of Brooklyn dance-punk duo Matt & Kim have been quietly making a case to replace Mates of States’ Kori Gardner and Jason Hammel for the title of indie rock’s reigning “It” couple. But don’t call them “cute.”With their songs “Good Ol’…
Alt-country singer-songwriter Ryan Bingham has always received positive reviews, sold moderately well and attracted good-sized crowds to his shows. But, lately, he’s riding an even bigger a wave of good fortune.When Bingham was asked to contribute a couple of songs to the soundtrack to the film Crazy Heart, he had…
