Old 97’s To Play Four Consecutive Nights At Sons of Hermann Hall

More big news from Mike Snider today–this time about an upcoming string of shows scheduled between Christmas and New Year’s Eve at Sons of Hermann Hall. In short: Longtime favorite local alt-country outfit the Old 97’s has been booked to play four consecutive nights at the Deep Ellum ballroom, from…

Pitchfork On Neon Indian: “Best New Music”

Probably should’ve seen this coming: Today, Pitchfork honored Neon Indian with its much-sought-after “Best New Music” tag, giving the album an 8.6 on its 10-point scale. As for the review itself? It’s loving enough, namedropping some pretty heavy hitters–LCD Soundsystem, Daft Punk, Kevin Shields, Atlas Sound–just to make its point…

Hear The First Single From Norah Jones’ The Fall

“Chasing Pirates,” the first single from Norah Jones’ upcoming The Fall, started making the rounds on the Internet this morning. Check it out right here.It’s no “Don’t Know Why,” but given the list of collaborators Jones has enlisted to help her with this release (Ryan Adams, Okkervil River’s Will Sheff),…

Robert Gomez Covers The Theater Fire, Kelly Clarkson Covers Everyone Else.

Stumbled across the above clip recently, which features one Robert Gomez offering up his take on The Theater Fire’s hilariously named “The Testicle Song” and giving the most beautifully arranged song we’ve ever heard about genitalia an even more subtle, almost dainty undertone. We highly recommend you check it out–and…

Tracklist: The Local Hang With Playlister P, Vol. 1

Thanks to all the area musicians, DJs, local music fans, and, well, everyone else who stopped on in The Libertine last night to check out the little experiment we’re calling The Local Hang with Playlister P. It was a night not without flaws–I’ll admit that it took me a while…

Pitchfork Does A Little Dallas On Its Top 200 Albums Countdown

All week long, Pitchfork has been counting down its list of the 200 top albums of the ’00s–just the latest series in its ongoing, highly entertaining set of features about the decade in music. And though three area artists popped up in the site’s countdown of its top 500 songs of the…

Bonus MP3: Fungi Girls — “Dream of Oz”

I guess now is the time where rubber hits road for upstart Denton-based record label Play Pinball! Records because, on Saturday night, as Cleburne’s Fungi Girls’ debut album, Seafaring Pyramids, officially hits the streets, it will instantly become the label’s first release.Early birds looking to catch the worm can get…