Just as it did last Wednesday and the Wednesday before that, national booking/concert promotions conglomerate Live Nation is back today with another “No Servive Fee Wednesday” promotion, this time removing all service fee charges on its 4-Pack ticket bundles, which allow ticket-buyers to save 17 percent on their ticket total…
Your daily dose of national music news for Wednesday, June 24, 2009…This really shouldn’t come as a shock to anyone: Jay Bennett died of a drug overdose.The seminal emo-rockers in Sunny Day Real Estate are getting back together for a tour. Of course, you’d know this if you’ve been scanning…
Denton’s Fishboy is a super fun act for a number of reasons: For one, there are the songs like “Half Time at the Proper Name Spelling Bee,” which toe the line between the cutesy and the smartly funny (and are so adored by fans that people decide to make tribute…
So what if the members of the Old 97’s decided to skip over their hometown region for their “An Evening With…” tour? We get this as a cool make-up: On Friday, August 21, the band will make its debut at Fort Worth’s Bass Hall. And opening the show? DC9 favorite…
Your daily dose of national music news for Tuesday, June 23, 2009… Perez Hilton allegedly got punched by the Black Eyed Peas’ manager for calling Will.I.Am a “faggot.” It’s funny how it’s OK for him to call a straight man that. A little bit of a double standard, ya think? Kid…
The groundbreaking at the Kessler in Oak Cliff on Friday evening provided one of the most surreal sights I’ve seen in my seven years of covering local music: a dread-locked musician standing side-by-side with the mayor of a major city, as both used golden shovels to dig into ceremonial dirt…
A couple local record label deals and signings went through this weekend–although, to be fair, the two acts involved couldn’t be more different.Late on Friday, Idol Records announced that it would be putting out the next disc from from former Sorta frontman Trey Johnson (above, right), called Mount Pelée. The…
Your daily dose of national music news for Monday, June 22, 2009… A Minnesota mom was charged a $1.92 million dollar fine for illegally downloading songs from Kazaa. Way to go record industry–alienating record buyers is the best way to get people to buy your product. Former members of Evanescence are…
Chat Room Pub bartender and booking agent Ben Rogers announced yesterday that the Fort Worth neighborhood bar and occasional venue will revert back to just being a neighborhood bar after a final three shows in July (lineups after the jump). Rogers says the decision is partially because he is so…
You want to show your dad you really love him? Well, stop being a cheap ass and buying those lame hallmark cards. Get your dad a gift that makes up–at least a little–for all the shit you gave the old guy. Here are some music-related gift ideas that are guaranteed…
Even if the name Justin Bua doesn’t ring a bell, chances are you’ve seen New York City-raised artist’s work–most notably, his almost ever-present piece “The DJ.” It’s the image on which Bua made his name as a prominently hip-hop-centric artist, leading the way to his design work in recent years…
Got word last night about the move from Third String Productions’ Mike Ziemer, who hopes booking shows like this might help him branch out beyond the suburban mall punk scene. All tickets purchased for The Max will be honored at Purgatory.At the very least, the move definitely ensures there will…
Your daily dose of national music news for Friday, June 19, 2009… Do you think David Lynch writes lyrics that are as weird as his movies? Well, we’re all about to find out: He’s coming out with his own rock album. Well, sort of–he actually just wrote the lyrics. Limp…
If all continues to shake out as they have been for the past few days, Billboard believes The Jonas Brothers’ this week-released album, Lines, Vines and Trying Times, will debut at the top of its album chart next week with a total of 275,000 to 300,000 units moved in the…
On Tuesday of next week, Spin will unleash Purplish Rain, a tribute record, quite obviously, for Prince’s Purple Rain, released in conjunction with an oral history of the disc that the magazine is also putting out next week. And it’s not just anybody on the disc: There’s contributions from Sharon…
Perhaps because there’s likely some overlap between the fans of St. Vincent and Jenny Lewis, or perhaps just because of wayward promotional concerns, if you purchase a ticket to Tuesday’s Granada show with Lewis at tonight’s St. Vincent performance, you’ll get a free 7″, special edition vinyl release of Lewis’…
Your daily dose of national music news for Thursday, June 18, 2009… Eddie Van Halen is suing Nike for copyright infringement. The legendary guitarist had the color scheme of his “Frankenstrat” copywritten, copyrighted, and a new pair of Nikes has a similar scheme on the sole of it’s new shoes…
They’re doing it again. Live Nation is offering $24.99 (and, in a couple cases, $19.99) lawn tickets for select Starplex (I still refuse to call it Superpages.com Center) shows today only during this week’s installment of No Service Charge Wednesday. Until 11:59:59 tonight, lawn tickets purchased at Live Nation’s Web…
It’s been almost five months now since Black Tie Dynasty first announced its breakup, leaving its fans confused and its haters feeling validated (an unfortunate, but everpresent part of the band’s history). But one person in particular was especially miffed: Picnictyme, the local producer/MC (formerly of PPT), who, in the…
Pitchfork’s take on the new Rhett Miller disc is in–went up yesterday, in fact–and, despite the low score of 5.9 given to the self-titled album, the review reads mostly positively. Which speaks to a larger trend within the reactions this disc is garnering.Like most takes on Miller’s solo works (including…
Your daily dose of national music news for Wednesday, June 17, 2009… Bob Bogle, lead guitarist and co-founder of The Ventures has died at 75. His band was best known as the band who played the Hawaii Five-0 theme song. In what is either a stroke of genius or the…
Your daily dose of national music news for Tuesday, June 16, 2009… Swedish electronic duo The Knife has unveiled a three-minute trailer for its opera based on Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution. This could test the notion that everything the Swedes do musically is awesome. Weezy is taking the young ‘uns…
