The idea of having a band on a ship is nothing new, but whole rock ‘n’ roll cruise-ship thing has really started to take off in the past few years. Last year, we saw Jonathan Tyler and the Northern Lights join Lynard Skynard on a cruise-ship concert series, and now…
Lest there still remained any doubt about the cool factor backing up Jonathan Tyler & The Northern Lights and, specifically, it’s icy-cool, blues jam freak-out “Devil’s Basement,” some pretty solid arbiters of cool–among them HBO, Martin Scorsese and, uh, Al Capone–have given the band and song a fairly impressive stamp…
Your daily dose of national music news for Wednesday, August 4, 2010…Arcade Fire paid tribute to the late Jay Reatard at it’s Philidelphia show.So now bloggers can’t host an album that was given away?Hey, did you download that new Daft Punk song from the Tron soundtrack? Too bad it’s fake…
Had another good time at The Libertine last night for the first-Monday-of-the-month “DJ” night/party/bad decision called The Local Hang, where your ears get stuffed with nothing but local music, because those are the rules. At least, I hope it was a good time. This throbbing sensation between my ears deserves…
(Back in April, we caught up with the 97’s as they were pre-recording material at Sons of Hermann Hall in Deep Ellum.) About a week after Rhett Miller tweeted that the upcoming, planned double-disc release of the Old 97’s new album, The Grand Theater, would indeed be a split release…
Your daily dose of national music news for Tuesday, August 3, 2010…Just what the world needs right now, a Justin Bieber memoir.If Steven Tyler joins American Idol as a judge does that mean that Diane Warren will write his best lines for him?Derf Scratch from Fear has died…
Lots of great shows coming up in the coming months–but you already knew that. Most likely, you already knew about the third annual Dia de Los Toadies fest on August 27 and 28 in New Braunfels, too.Did you know the complete lineup, though? It’s got the Toadies (duh). But the…
Your daily dose of national music news for Monday, August 2, 2010…The RIAA’s fight against illegal downloads is slightly reminiscent of the war on drugs.If Moz thinks you shouldn’t marry Russell Brand, you should listen to him.Maybe Deadmau5 wouldn’t collapse on stage if he didn’t wear a HUGE mouse head…
Your daily dose of national music news for Friday, July 30, 2010….Madonna is going back to hear hip-hop/street roots with a new tour. Wait, what?Iggy Pop plans on recording a new album with The Stooges.Ellen DeGeneres has decided that she works too much and doesn’t like hurting people’s feelings, so…she’s…
Lately our coverage of Neon Indian has been a near-daily affair, but the Denton band just keeps cranking out big news. Earlier in the week we told you about the UK release of Psychic Chasms, featuring a bonus remix disc called Mind Ctrl: Psychic Chasms Possessed, which made us a…
Your daily dose of national music news for Thursday, July 29, 2010…This gives me hope the new Crow movie will be better than the crappy sequels: Nick Cave is writing the remake of the original Crow movie. Weezy gets his own mash-up album vs. the soundtrack to (500) Days of…
One-time street musician Peter Case has come a long way since entering the San Francisco music scene way back in 1976. Case’s first band, The Nerves, had a regional hit with “Hanging on the Telephone,” a song Blondie would later make famous. Case’s next band, The Plimsouls, did a bit…
Dallas rapper Tum Tum, who claimed notable success in the rap game over the past few years, even having the video for “Caprice Musik” run on MTV for a short time in 2006, is set to drop his latest mixtape, Purp Kobain, on Saturday. Purp Kobain? That sounds oddly familiar….But…
Your daily dose of national music news for Wednesday, July 28, 2010…Gorillaz have announced their North American tour date, and guess what? They have a Dallas date.Rihanna is going to star in the movie Battleship… based on the board game.So, Wyclef Jean may run for president of Haiti?…
Gorilla vs. Bear has been a proponent of instant photography almost from the start. The recent Dallas Observer Music Award winner for Best Blog has Polaroid galleries full of the world’s most popular underground artists. With instant photography becoming increasingly more prevalent in the music community, it’s fair to say…
Your daily dose of national music news for Tuesday, July 27, 2010…I thought hip-hop guys had people in their posse to do everything from roll joints to fetch dry cleaning…you would think Dr. Dre has someone who can remember to pay his bills.Really, Jon Bon Jovi was pissed because he…
It turns out that while Neon Indian has been blowing up stateside, the folks in the UK haven’t heard a peep out of Alan Palomo. That won’t be the case much longer. Neon Indian just announced a massive UK release of their debut record, Psychic Chasms, scheduled for September 20…
Your daily dose of national music news for Monday, July 26, 2010…Other than winning Celebrity Apprentice, it hasn’t been Bret Michaels’ year. His tour bus was pulled over last week and was busted for pot.The only thing that can keep Kings of Leon from finishing a show is being pooped…
Celebrating seven years as a night to dance to mod, R&B, soul, and reggae from the ’60s, The Smoke is the closest thing to a Northern Soul all-nighter in Dallas. Once housed at Avenue Arts in Fair Park, its DJs have called Sons of Hermann Hall their home for the…
7-Eleven and its cold-blooded broham, the Slurpee, have been looking for America’s next great rock band with a nation-wide Battle of the Bands. The competition has been narrowed down to 12 finalists, one of which is Arlington’s News Team Assemble. The alt-rock foursome, which apparently has indeed seen Anchorman once…
In a presumed attempt to prove that they do, in fact, deserve the recent MOJO award for “Best Live Act,” and, uh, the even more recent Dallas Observer Music Award for Best Indie Rock Act, Midlake has announced yet another world tour. This time they’ll be visiting three continents (North…
Your daily dose of national music news for Friday, July 23, 2010…A former contestant on Britain’s Got Talent is suing Simon Cowell for what basically amounts to Cowell hurting his feelings.Original hipsters Pavement feud with Pitchfork.The Dixie Chicks are recording again! Oooooh, with Steve Martin…
