Rarely has a band’s hometown been held against it, but that’s definitely the case with Candlebox. Forming in 1990 and hailing out of Seattle, Candlebox was compared, for better and worse, with bands that were a part of the then burgeoning grunge scene. With more in common with classic rock…
Your daily dose of national music news for Thursday, July 2, 2009… Sorry ladies, Kevin Jonas is like, so engaged now. He’s 21… so I give it five years. Looks like Michael Jackson’s body will not go on public display after all. Q-Tip’s long shelved album Kamal/The Abstract will finally…
Two representatives of the City of Dallas fire marshal office and four Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission officers stopped off at Club Dada within the past hour–and are still there at the time of this posting–saying they are undergoing an “investigation” and “following up on a complaint,” although the TABC officers…
VEGA’s Well Known Pleasures EP–you know, the one that was “soon-to-be-released” back in January–is supposed to be available online today from Vogue College Records, though I’ll be damned if I can figure out where to download it. Maybe VEGA mastermind Alan Palomo spent too much time working on his Pre…
Your daily dose of national music news for Wednesday, July 1, 2009… Vibe is the latest victim of the recession. Michael Jackson’s body will be on public display at Neverland Ranch. Kanye debuted the only thing bigger than his ego: His new stage for his tour–now with gold plating! …
Making my way back to Big D after a week spent camping in Utah and Arizona, I stumbled upon KWTS 91.1 FM out of Amarillo. Broadcasting from the West Texas A&M University campus, this little oasis of deep indie rock kept me locked in until the signal finally diminished just…
Over on Wired.com, there’s a pretty cool story up, detailing the specs of the new stage set-up for U2’s impending world tour, which kicks off tonight in Barcelona. Probably right about now, in fact.Anyway, it’s a massive undertaking with huge screens and elaborate mechanisms. The idea, basically? To somehow turn…
Your daily dose of national music news for Tuesday, June 30, 2009… A hacker broke into Britney Spears Twitpic account and stated she had died. But, turns out, she’s alive and well and sure to bust out the crazy sometime soon. Eddie Van Halen married his girlfriend of three years, Janie…
…to the tune of 844 words, no less. Justifying the ’cause? The fact that 12 Cowboy teammates apparently showed up to the band’s House of Blues gig on Saturday night to show their support, including Tony Romo–although, if we’re being honest, his taste in music is suspect, at best (saying…
Congratulations are in order for Dallas-based production duo Play-N-Skillz, whose work on Lil Wayne’s “Got Money” was honored, along with 12 other 2008 rap songs, as the tops in its genre at this year’s ASCAP Rhythm & Soul Music Awards on Friday night.Granted, it was just one of four songs…
Your daily dose of national music news for Monday, June 29, 2009… In what shouldn’t surprise anyone, Michael Jackson could take the number one spot on the Billboard charts this week. Eminem, Flaming Lips and Jane’s Addiction have been added as headliners at Voodoo Festival. Apparently Art Brut isn’t big…
…and it’s pretty revealing–about her relationship with Jackson, her relationship with her father and her general sentiments about fame and the celebrity spotlight. Just a real interesting read–and one just emailed to us that we haven’t really seen anywhere else. (Granted, we’ve been busy planning our own coverage for next…
Greenville’s own Ben Kweller brings his recently cocuntry-flavored jams (and, no doubt, some of his older, less country fare, too) to town tonight for a performance at the Granada Theater. But before that–at about 2 p.m., I’m told–Kweller will participate in the theater’s first “Tweet Up,” in which, I believe,…
Fresh off her amazing solo performance and crowd-thrilling guest appearance with Snoop Dogg at Bonnaroo, Erykah Badu will make a “surprise” appearance tonight on Jimmy Kimmel Live Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. She’ll be playing in and with Kimmel’s Fallon’s house band, The Roots, according to publicist Paul Levatino. No word on which or…
Your daily dose of national music news for Friday, June 26, 2009… Have you ever wished you could ask Billy Corgan why he’s such an asshole to his face? Well, now is you chance! (Provided you want take part in an auction to have lunch with him.) Frank Black has…
So confirms The Los Angeles Times, and on the same day Farrah Fawcett dies, no less. While we and the rest of the known universe gather our thoughts and Jackson Five greatest-hits collections, here, from the Victory Tour, is Michael in his prime. Locals will recall well the three days…
If you head over to THe BAcksliders’ web page, you can go ahead and download the band’s latest disc, Thank You, for the inarguable price of zero dollars. Just drag your mouse over the picture of the new album cover, click and download. It’s literally that simple.But beyond that, the…
Not that you needed the reminders, I’m sure, but, seriously, check out tonight’s schedule:Tallest Man on Earth and John Vanderslice at the House of Blues’ Cambridge Room. (Which, hilariously enough, is no longer called the Pontiac Garage. Shocking, I know.)Paul van Dyk at the Lizard Lounge.Starlight Mints, Evangelicals and Matthew…
Your daily dose of national music news for Thursday, June 25, 2009… The music world is getting some new music from an unlikely source: Astronaut Buzz Aldrin. Joining the second man on the moon? Snoop Dogg, Talib Kweli and Soulja Boy. Michael Jackson is in talks to release a video game…
Speaking of media blitzes, St. Vincent’s recent tear of publicity continues tonight on The Late Show with David Letterman, where she’ll make–get this–her national television debut, and where shell perform after Dave spends some QT with on Shia The Beef, no doubt talking Transformers 2, a movie whose draw still…
Shocker, I know. It’s the Westlake-residing JoBros’ second RS cover in less than a year, which is crazy. And absurd to say the least. Anyway, the accompanying feature apparently focuses primarily–or at least partially?–on the brothers’ lives in their new “Dallas” home, so there’s that to look forward to maybe?…
Perhaps unsurprisingly, this Pitchfork review of The Paper Chase’s Someday This Could All be Yours, Vol. 1–a record we mightily enjoy and endorse, mind you–is something of a head-spinner. Does reviewer Ian Cohen really dig the disc (“When you get the itch to listen to Someday, nothing else is going…
