Following up on the Picnictyme-hosted mix for last summer’s Kixpo sneaker exposition, DJs Sober and A-One put together a mixtape for last weekend’s H-Town Sneaker Summit–and it features a handful of Dallas rappers on it (alongside Lil Wayne, Nas, Jay-Z, Cool Kids, Alicia Keys and more). Released under the duo’s…
Your daily dose of national music news for Monday, December 28, 2009…Billboard counts down the top 50 musical moments of the decade. Singer-songwriter Vic Chesnutt passed away. God of Thunder, Gene Simmons had an early Christmas present: He was sued for allegedly attacking two people in a Los Angeles mall…
Your daily dose of national music news for Thursday, December 24, 2009…Looks like Aerosmith’s Brad Whitford was correct when he said Steven Tyler didn’t act like “a sober person.” The singer has entered rehab. Merry Christmas, Tyler family!What does being a fan of an indie band say about you? Look…
With the holidays upon us, we know it’s hard to think about anything beyond New Year’s Day. But if you’ve already got your 2010 calendar handy, mark a couple of dates, because Spune has a couple of intriguing seasonal festivals in the works. First, there’s the Spune 2K10 Winter Dance…
2009 was good to Kirtland Records. For a few reasons.For one, the Toadies continued proving to the world that you really can’t hear “Tyler” enough, for one. Meanwhile, all year long, it seems, the label’s been gearing up behind Smile Smile’s upcoming release (check this borderline NSFW twitpic I took…
Your daily dose of national music news for Wednesday, December 23, 2009…Courtney Love was allegedly stealing money from her daughter’s trust fund. Why doesn’t this surprise me?Former Malcolm In The Middle star Frankie Muniz is the drummer for Phoenix-based band You Hang Up? And the worst song of the 2000’s…
Denton’s own Bowling for Soup has never necessarily been known for its modesty. But a new songs from the pop-punk outfit find the band taking taking its confident feelings to a whole new level.The song, called quite simply “Here Comes Bowling for Soup!,” apparently acts as the band’s theme/intro song…
Two quick updates to last week’s North of the Dial: First off, Sacramento-based label Waaga Records, which is jonesing hard for Denton right now, has set a release date for its recent Denton-based signee, FUR. Bryce Isbell’s elctro-trance debut, Witches (hear some of the tracks here), will officially see the…
As mentioned last month, the Old 97’s are going back into the studio with Salim Nourallah in January, but they’re not waiting until then to start recording. Nourallah and engineer Rip Rowan will record the entirety of the 97’s four-night stand at Sons of Hermann Hall next Sunday through Wednesday…
Your daily dose of national music news for Tuesday, December 22, 2009…Pete Doherty was arrested… in court, after he brought drugs in with him. And this was moments after he was not charged for drinking and driving. Who says drugs don’t make you stupid?Def Leppard may soon have animated, fictional…
Your daily dose of national music news for Monday, December 21, 2009…Two of Lil Wayne’s tour busses were found to have marijuana on them when they were searched outside Corpus Christi. What does this mean for his show in Allen?U2’s Adam Clayton claims his former assistant bilked him out of…
Wake Up Jon by Friends of Jon BroomThis week, local musician Daniel Miller and fellow area musician/producer Salim Nourallah released their above co-written track, a song dedicated to their friend Jon Broom, who, on September 5 was in a motorcycle accident that caused severe brain injury and resulted in Broom…
Exciting news for Seryn today: Spune has just announced via a press release that it has signed the band to a management/artist development deal and that it will release the band’s debut album in spring 2010. Not bad for a band born just this past March. Then again, we’ve already…
This morning, after late-breaking news from Denton last night that The Flaming Lips would be headlining this year’s NX35 Festival, we’ve received confirmation from both the folks at NX35 and with The Flaming Lips: It’s on.In fact, in an email just sent our way, NX35 publicist Lyndsay Knecht Milne even…
Your daily dose of national music news for Friday, December 18, 2009…Weezer have canceled the rest of it’s North American tour, per doctors orders, because of their bus crash. Apparently the UK music press is only-concerned-about-Rage-Against-The-Machine vs. Joe-McElderry-Christmas-song-battle.If your guitarist quits the band and no one notices does it count?…
Last night, at a listening party for his band’s upcoming The Courage of Others disc in Denton, Midlake’s Eric Pulido announced to a crowd of about 50 people that Midlake would be playing the North by 35 conferette. No news there necessarily–except that four sources who were there say Pulido…
Judging by the lines I faced while shopping at Borders this weekend, books are one of the top gift items this holiday season. And what better gift for the music geek in your life than a rock biography? This year, there have been several interesting life stories to hit the…
Your daily dose of national music news for Thursday, December 17, 2009…That Toby Keith, he loves to court controversy. He made a “racist” gesture at a Nobel Prize after party while rapping with Will Smith. Yes, you read that right… he was rapping.About 500 Lil Wayne fans are enjoying his…
Last week, just after a potential upcoming single from Erykah Badu leaked to the Internet, the Dallas-based neo-soul queen formally announced the release date for her upcoming album, New Amerykah Pt. 2: Return of the Ankh. The disc, reported Billboard late on Friday afternoon, will see its official release on…
Well, we expected to see either of the DFW-bred acts that popped up earlier this week in Pitchfork’s countdown of the top 100 tracks of 2009 to make another appearance in the countdown as it progressed. But, honestly? We were kind of expecting it to be St. Vincent. Instead, it’s…
Yesterday saw the formal release of Midlake’s two lead The Courage of Others singles in the form of a two-track, 12”, vinyl, limted edition, collector’s piece–a must have, we imagine, for any serious local music collector. But, even for the wannabes, there’s something of a consolation: Yesterday, in tandem with…
Looking to get that special musicologist in your life something special? If so, you might want to think about a box set. But be wary: There’s a lot of chaff to sift through when dealing with the glut of holiday season reissues. Thankfully, amidst it all, the following multiple-disc sets…
