Still looking for that perfect gift for the music lover in your family? Well, the holiday season is traditionally a time when compilations, box sets and reissues flood the marketplace–and this year is no exception. What is exceptional, however, is the surprising high quality of this year’s re-issue crop. Here…
A funny little thread over on Unfair Park this morning, surrounding the fact that the Cowboys are letting the fans choose the final song to even be played at Texas Stadium through an online poll. The screen shot above shows the mind-blowing options up for the prestigious honor, although, thankfully,…
On Saturday night, while Ian Bangs was working at Rubber Gloves Rehearsal Studios during The Boom Boom Box, Sarah Jaffe and Astronautalis show, someone broke into the local MC/DJ’s apartment and stole his MacBook–a laptop, by the way, that Bangs is still making payments on…
MTV News’ hip-hop department has announced today it’s picks for the top 28 commercially release hip-hop singles of the year (which, I guess, means no remixes are eligible), and lookie there, right at No. 19, yep, that’s Lil Wayne’s “Got Money (feat. T-Pain)”, as produced by area hotshots Play-N-Skillz. We’ve…
Hope you watched Barbershop on Comedy Central this afternoon (no joke, it just finished up a few minutes ago), as that’s the closest you’ll get to seeing Ice Cube today. The Prophet Bar’s Web site is now reporting that the show has been canceled. No word yet on any…
Laugh all you want at the sheer audacity of the D-Town Boogie movement, Alibaster K. Abthernabther. But the train’s already rolling–and picking up steam, too. Today comes even more proof of that fact: Them GSpot Boyz, the fellas responsible for the monster local smash dance-hit “Stanky Legg” (as seen above–with…
Rockstar Energy Drink has just announced that its fifth annual Rockstar Taste of Chaos Tour will come through Dallas on Monday, March 23, at the Palladium Ballroom. The event will include (among other acts): Thursday, Bring Me The Horizon, Four Year Strong, Pierce the Veil and Cancer Bats. Hmmmmmmmmm. That…
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There’s another name to add to the list of local artists nominated for Grammys. Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra Music Director Miguel Harth-Bedoya is up for his work on Traditions And Transformations: Sounds Of Silk Road Chicago. The recording features Harth-Bedoya conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra with soloist Wu Man (whose…
I’d heard a couple rumblings about some of the following items earlier in the week but, now, straight from Idol Records’ Erv Karwelis’ mouth, we can confirm them all…Idol has signed area post-punkers Here Holy Spain–a band a whole lot more aggressive than most of Idol’s mainstream-leaning acts.Along those same…
Maybe you remember a few weeks back when both Robert and I practically begged that you take the time to watch KERA’s South Dallas Pop documentary about the 1970 South Dallas Pop Festival?Well, did you watch it? I did. Thought it was kinda cool, too; learned a lot about the…
Seeing as how I spent the day yesterday apparently dressed as a fisherman from Maine, I’m hardly one to talk about fashion. But Diddy has taught us all well about the appropriateness of wearing white after Labor Day, so this bit of bad news shouldn’t come as a total shocker:…
It was only officially released in late October, but one album that I’ve found myself returning to a couple times in these waning months of 2008 is School of Seven Bell’s Alpinism.The ethereal electronic rock act School of Seven Bells–or SVIIB, as the kids apparently abbreviate the act–you’ll remember, is…
It ain’t Rolling Stone or Spin. Hell, it’s not Bona Fide Darling or Subservient Experiment either. But, either way, sure, I’ll mention it: The blog It’s Hard To Find A Friend has named Centro-matic and South San Gabriel’s split double-album Dual Hawks as its third favorite record of the year…
Fans of The Paper Chase looking forward to catching up with the band on Saturday night (present company included) are in for some bad news: The band has pulled out of its scheduled show alongside Sarah Jaffe and The Boom Boom Box at Denton’s Rubber Gloves Rehearsal Studios, as lead…
Listen: It’s been a great year for DFWd music. It really has. And in the coming weeks, we’ll be offering our insight into the best and brightest discs we’ve seen from area artists over the past 12 months. But first: Can we just take a second right now to recognize…
Hey, remember that Dia De Los Toadies festival shindig back in August? Course you do–we gave away tickets. Anyway, Spin.com, a site that’s showed no shortage of love for the Toadies’ still-newish No Deliverance record, has another exclusive with the band today, this time of the band performing–get this–“Possum Kingdom”…
The New American tends not to be anyone’s first go-to source for arts and entertainment news, but, alas, that hasn’t stopped the magazine from taking the time to check in with Dallas native, blues guitar legend and Stevie Ray sibling, Jimmie Vaughan this morning.Why? Well, mostly because Vaughan’s not scared…
It looks like Dallas musicians are making a big splash on “Best of 2008” lists all over the world wide internet…For instance, Will Johnson isn’t alone in doling out some praise for Eryka Badu’s 2008 release. Today, the Dallas native’s album New Amerykah, Pt. 1: The 4th World War comes…
Pilot Point, Tioga and Aubrey teenagers who need something to do besides football games and the occasional country fair will have another option for weekend entertainment starting this Saturday. The Journey Pilot Point, an all-ages venue at Journey Church (972 W. Walcott St.) is holding its grand opening at 8…
As teased yesterday on the blog, in today’s paper, you’ll find yourself a nice little piece written by noted family man Jesse Hughey on a couple family-friendly holiday shows you can proudly bring your kids to, without worrying that a) you might fall asleep, or b) that you’re priming your…
Haven’t heard much from anyone who was at last Wednesday’s My Brightest Diamond show at the Granada–and I couldn’t make it myself, unfortunately. But, if that live set from one-time Dallas native Shara Worden (read Darryl Smyers’ story on her here) sounded anything like her phenomenal Daytrotter Sessions (which can…
