There’s no such thing as too much publicity–and these days, Sarah Jaffe, who later this week kicks off her gig as the tour opener for Lou Barlow, is getting plenty. And the hits just keep coming: Today, in the wake of mentions in Magnet, Paste and elsewhere (including a four-star…
It’s that time of the month again. y’all. (No, the other one.)Yep: I’m at the Libertine tonight as I am every first Monday of the month, and I’ll be spinning nothing but local jams (the latest and the greatest) for your listening pleasure from 10 p.m. till closing time. Y’know,…
If there was a contest to find the most tricked-up music festival in Dallas this summer, the winner, even on the season’s cluttered calender, might be the Rock This Town Music Festival, June 23 through June 27, at La Grange and The Belmont Hotel. Really: The whole thing sounds more…
Your daily dose of national music news for Monday, June 8, 2010…RZA wants to take Enter The Wu-Tang: 36 Chambers to broadway. Lil’ Jon has come back to get y’all crunked up!Apparently fans of Lady Gaga don’t really dig on cannibalism…
Well, we’ve got some good news and we’ve got some bad news. Bad news first: No DC9er Mixtape for you this week. Sorry ’bout that, folks.The good news, though? We might have something better. Last week, DC9er Mixtape alum DJ A1 and his frequent collaborator DJ Sober (who you can…
For the past decade, few artists have become as synonymous with their instrument as has Robert Randolph with his blazing steel guitar. And, given his place on Rolling Stone’s 100 Greatest Guitar Players of All Time list, Randolph had quite the luxury in choosing from an elite list when it…
The above, poorly-lit clip finds concert promoter Kevin Lyman (he of Warped Tour creation fame) apologizing to the music fans in Dallas, Houston, San Diego and Phoenix for the fact that, due to low ticket sales, scheduled stops from his new Country Throwdown tour, which features Montgomery Gentry, Jamey Johnson,…
Your daily dose of national music news for Friday, June 4, 2010…TV on the Radio’s David Sitek is following in the footsteps of bandmate Kyp Malone and will release a solo record.Judging by the tepid response for new American Idol winner Lee DeWyze, maybe we’re all getting a little tired…
Like Sarah Jaffe before him, Doug Burr has been enlisted this morning by Magnet magazine to make a mixtape aims at helping the magazine’s online readers get a feel for the Denton folk hero’s music. Also: The site’s offering two free mp3’s from Burr’s great new disc, O Ye Devastator–two…
A huge thanks to the Friend of DC9 who emailed this morning to pass along a note he’d noticed while scoping the Pixies’ MySpace page today: This morning, the Pixies announced via a blog post on the social media site that they will be touring again come the fall, hitting…
Your daily dose of national music news for Thursday, June 3, 2010…The Grand Ole Opry will be back on it’s feet in no time. Sir Paul seems to have a little trouble remembering his songs as he gets up in age. Let’s hope he doesn’t remember how to marry money-hungry…
It was back in January that we passed along word of the return of the third annual Dia de Los Toadies festival, which this year will take place on August 27 and 28 at Whitewater on the Horseshoe in New Braunfels. Then, back in March, we passed along word of…
Just got an email from a promotions representative from EMI telling me that my interview with Fort Worth’s Green River Ordinance has canceled–or at least postponed. Seems the same is going to be true for the band’s scheduled appearance in Dallas on June 19 with American Idol winner Kris Allen.The…
Your daily dose of national music news for Wednesday, June 2, 2010…Nothing says “I love you” like joining your boo and making music together.Joe Walsh’s neighbor hates him. No, he hates him… I honestly thought Ray Stevens was dead… but, he’s not. And he seems to not like illegal immigrants…
Interesting note in ye olde New York Times yesterday about Dallas’ very own influential taste-making music blog, Gorilla Vs. Bear: In an article detailing the latest moves of growing Internet conglomerate BuzzMedia, which owns some three dozen entertainment-based web sites (among them Stereogum), the Times reports that the company has…
Stampede, HELLYEAH!’s follow-up to its self-titled 2007 debut is still on pace for a July 13 release, but, this weekend, some new revelations came out on the disc’s details. Turns out the disc will be available for purchase in three formats: standard, “deluxe” and “super deluxe.”The standard, naturally, contains just…
Aside from rickety roller coasters and sunburns, if there’s one thing you can expect to see at a Six Flags, it’s rowdy kids. So maybe it’s not all that surprising that, at Saturday’s Bamboozle Roadshow deal at Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington (check out our slide show here), some…
The National Basketball Association’s free agency period doesn’t start for another month, which means that, yessir, we’ve got a whole ‘nother 30 days to appreciate the greatness that is “C’mon LeBron,” the come-on from Dallas radio hosts Ben & Skin of KESN-103.3 FM ESPN Dallas to would-be NBA free agent…
Your daily dose of national music news for Tuesday, June 1, 2010…Sometimes it’s not enough to be indie-rock royalty, you need a hobby too.Paramore’s Haley Williams learned a valuable lesson for the internet age: there is no such thing as a private topless photo. I didn’t realize web developers hated…
Your daily dose of national music news for Friday, May 28, 2010…Because there was one band everyone missed, and now it is back. Ladies and gentlemen… The Time.Rage Against The Machine are headed to Arizona to protest their new immigration law. Now, where again were it during the Bush administration?Looks…
Well, we did it. Just minutes ago, we reached 300 followers on Twitter for our @DOMATweets account. Which means, as promised, it’s time to reveal the ballots.After the jump, feel free to peruse the ballot for your 2010 Dallas Observer Music Awards. And, in the comments, go to town on…
On June 22nd, a concert billed as The Big Four and featuring a quartet of legendary metal acts can be seen in Dallas. Not at any concert venue, mind you, but at several area movie theaters.The actual concert featuring Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth and Anthrax will take place in, of all…
