The Jigga Man is going to put Dallas in an Empire State of Mind when he comes to the American Airlines Center February 23 with no less than Young Jeezy in tow, and tickets go on sale Saturday morning at 10 a.m. Then to co-sign the street cred that Jay-Z…
The early word from those who’ve heard the upcoming Midlake record is that the band’s found a new sound for The Courage of Others.According to a note from Pitchfork this morning, the disc is less a ’70s radio rock sound like the band’s last effort, The Trials of Van Occupanther,…
Sorry about the weak blogging day, but illness, vacations and deadline day for the print version of Dallas’ Only Alt-Weekly has slowed us down a bit today. Hopefully things will be back to normal tomorrow.But we’re not too busy to pass this along: The Strange Boys PR folks sent word…
Your daily dose of national music news for Tuesday, November 10, 2009…Joe Perry says that Steven Tyler has quit Aerosmith… “as far as he can tell.” So, um, did he or didn’t he?!!! drummer Jerry Fuchs jumped out of elevator and fell five-stories to his death. Eminem will star in…
Listen: I get that there are a lot of pressures and issues to deal with when launching a radio station. Really, I do. But I also get the importance of making a good first impression. And, c’mon, explain this to me: How does a station–one which names itself KXT as…
Your daily dose of national music news for Monday, November 9, 2009…Sure, it’s pretty awesome that Diplo has reteamed with M.I.A. for her new album–but Major Lazer may come to Adult Swim!Morrissey exited his show in Liverpool in the middle of a song after getting hit in the head with…
Caught up with Rhett Miller this morning over the phone–and overseas too, actually, as Miller’s currently in the UK, out on tour as the opening act for Steve Earle. The bulk of the conversation focused largely on Miller’s upcoming gig at the Grnada Theater on Saturday, November 14, as part…
Your daily dose of national music news for Friday, November 6, 2009…Even Jay-Z isn’t cool enough for indie bands: MGMT said thanks, but no-thanks to a collaboration. At least he still has 30-something white dudes to lean on.Even though it’s not even December yet, Amazon.com has named Neko Case’s Middle…
The Lounge on Elm Street finally–FINALLY–got back its liquor license this morning, just in time for tomorrow night’s Parade of Flesh-billed Fun Fun Fun warmup HEALTH/Times New Viking show and Saturday’s Sierra Bravo Productions-billed Off With Their Heads/Smalltown punk party. “Oh yeah, it’s been a long time coming,” said co-owner…
I guess I didn’t bring my ‘A’ game to this week’s column in the print edition this week. Not the writing so much–that’s still fantastic, of course. But I did make two factual errors that need correcting.For one, KXT-91.7 FM will not launch at 6 a.m. this coming Monday morning…
Because we can all use a palate cleanser now and then–and, also, because there’s never a wrong time to listen to RTB2–check out the clip above, featuring Ryan Thomas Becker and Grady Sandlin performing their song “Whistle” in the still-under-reconstruction Kessler Theater in Oak Cliff.And, since we’re on that subject,…
Your daily dose of national music news for Wednesday, April 29, 2009…Bloc Party’s Kele Okereke is recording his first solo album.Apparently Weezer aren’t the only band into weird collabos: Weird Al will sing the Pixies’ “I Bleed”… with the Pixies. Jack White’s Third Man label is going to release a…
So there’s this MTV mini-show called Valemont, which I think is about vampires on college campuses or something? How unlike MTV to cash in on a trend like that…Back on topic: According to a press release that just popped up in our inboxes, DFW’s own The Bright, no strangers to…
Unless someone with some serious video editing skills doctored the crap out of some tape, well, the above clip stands as proof that, on last night episode of FOX’s So You Think You Can Dance, two contestants did a little ditty to Dorrough’s “Ice Cream Paint Job.” Which stands as…
The almighty Pitchfork reviews the new collaborative record from Jason Molina and Will Johnson today, and, uh, it ain’t so pretty. Writes Pitchfork scribe Stephen M. Deusner:The 14 tracks on Molina and Johnson comprise an especially slow drive through somber countryside, windows up and speed limit carefully maintained. It’s especially…
Bad news for local fans of Bradford Cox’s solo project Atlas Sound and the dreamy pop of U.K. electronic outfit Broadcast, as the two bands have canceled their Saturday appearance at Hailey’s in Denton. The cancellation is due to “scheduling/travel problems that are absolutely impossible to change,” states a press…
Your daily dose of national music news for Wednesday, November 4, 2009…Hulk Hogan has revealed that he has a dream to play bass for Metallica or The Rolling Stones. If I were him, you know what I would dream of? Fixing my broken family.Will it ever stop? Now Kings of…
Thanks again to all who stopped by The Libertine last night for the second installment of my monthly local music sermon called The Local Hang.The plan was pretty simple: No repeats from last month. But, oh well, I screwed that up–like embarrassingly early on, too, actually, if you wanna compare…
Damaged Good$ performs at Fallout Lounge Thursday, November 5, with Billingham’s Defense System and DJs Schwa and Genova, and you can get in free as long as you bring donations in the form of canned goods. A single food item will get you in, but the more you bring, the…
Fort Worth’s garage-rock combo The Cut*Off is heading back into the studio later this month to work on the band’s third full-length effort. The as-yet-untitled disk is being recorded with Salim Nourallah at Pleasantry Lane Studio and three tracks are already in the can.But it might be a somewhat different…
Your daily dose of national music news for Tuesday, November 3, 2009…Hot Chip have announced plans for a new album. It’s good to see that dance-rock isn’t dead just yet.Britpop legend Ian Brown was arrested for “allegedly” beating his wife. Gives “Bye, Bye Badman” new meaning…It’s hard to tell what’s…
Your daily dose of national music news for Monday, November, 2009…Not even prison can keep Lil Wayne from releasing music. Now if prison could only keep him from more horrible facial tattoos…Spoon will release their new album Transference in January. Sweet, more indie Billie Joel!Does Corey Taylor lose some cred…
