Fast-rising local MC Dorrough Music is on a ridiculous tear at the moment. Over a month after first making a major splash on the Billboard charts, his first two singles, “Walk That Walk” and “Ice Cream Paint Job,” are still rising steadily. This week, “Walk That Walk” reached No. 30…
With the recent emergence of Asher Roth coupled with the return of Eminem, it was only a matter of time before features like this one, which chronicles the history of white rap artists, started popping up around the Internet. This “White Men Can’t Rap?” feature in particular takes a look…
Weird news out of Forever the Sickest Kids camp this week, as the band has been forced to cancel a string of shows because… um, well, this is a little awkward… ok, let’s just say it… because guitarist Marc Stewart caught the swine flu. Stop laughing, guys, this is serious…
Your daily dose of national music news for Friday, May 22, 2009… Jay-Z bought out his Def Jam contract for a reported $5 million. Since he’s got the spare cash layin’ around: Jay, I could use some cash… The Arctic Monkeys used Black Sabbath as inspiration for its new album…
On Tuesday night, local D-Town Boogie-er B-Hamp celebrated the release of his debut disc, B Dash, by hosting a signing session at the Southwest Center Mall (Formerly Red Bird Mall) Eargazum location and, later, by taking to Aura Lounge to celebrate with local hip-hop and professional sports celebrities. Observer contributing…
While they’re at it–you know, demanding unpaid royalties and compensation and all–Dallas production duo Play-N-Skillz might wanna take to task a certain plumber by the name of Mario, too. Hopefully not, though, because this five minute and 25 second medley of contemporary hip-hop hits converted to 8-bit blips and bleeps,…
A press release popped up in the inbox this morning, confirming something we all already knew for the most part: that the band would be touring this summer in an “An Evening With The Old 97’s” format, with band members Rhett Miller and Murry Hammond opening the show performing their…
It was five months ago now, that we first learned of Fort Worth native and American Analog Set frontman Andrew Kenny’s newest project, The Wooden Birds. Well, just last week, The Wooden Birds’ debut disc, Magnolia, earned its release on the pretty excellent Barsuk Records label. It’s a largely subdued…
On Tuesday afternoon, Play-N-Skillz went to K104’s studios and talked with DJ Bay Bay about the recent stories circulating in which they claim they never got paid for their work on Lil Wayne’s Tha Carter III. Turns out, the brothers Salinas aren’t necessarily blaming Wayne, or anyone in particular, for…
Your daily dose of national music news for Thursday, May 21, 2009… If ruining a movie you grew up loving by remaking it isn’t bad enough, Miley Cyrus wants to play the role of Ariel More, the petulant and rebellious preacher’s daughter, in Footloose. Michael Jackson has pushed back the…
A couple days after the customer appreciation celebration at his Rec Shop skateboard and DJ store was unceremoniously broken up by a caravan of Dallas Police Department squad cars and officers (see video of the party being broken up here), the store’s owner, Ben Sharon, seems to be taking all…
Dallas-based DJ Fishr Pryce is recognizable for a few reasons: One, he’s often the man working the ones-and-twos behind Damaged Good$’ impressive live displays about town; and, two, he always seems to have a new mixtape on his person, ready to hand out, every time you speak with him.Those discs…
According to a press release from the Eli Young Band, the Denton country group’s single “Always The Love Songs” has made it to #10 #11 on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart with an increase of 1.7 million impressions for a total of 28 million country radio impressions. That’s an increase…
Your daily dose of national music news for Wednesday, May 19, 2009… According to Babyshambles drummer Adam Ficek, his singer Pete Doherty will definitely reunite with his first band The Libertines… at some point. Makes sense since they have already partially reunited once this year. T.I. has received prison credit…
If there’s one thing not to adore about St. Vincent’s just-released sophomore release, Actor, it’s that the album includes two bonus track in addition to its listed 11 songs. Only, they’re not available on the CD.Instead, the songs “Bicycle” and “Oh My God” are exclusive bonus mp3s that come with…
Life will be imitating art pretty much all night tonight as B-Hamp celebrates the release of his full-length debut, B Dash, by stopping and posing for the frame (thanks, I’ll be here all week) at a slew of events scheduled to take place around town tonight.First up, at the Eargazum…
In what can only be deemed a questionable PR move (at best), Play-N-Skillz has agreed to a live, 5 p.m. interview today with DJ Bay Bay on KKDA-FM 104.5 to discuss the recent claims that Lil Wayne never paid the brothers Salinas for their production work on the third single…
As big a fan as I am of Josh Alan Friedman, I always sort of dread writing about him–just listing his credentials takes longer than writing the full text of most blog entries. Anyway, Friedman (DOMA-winning acoustic blues man, Dallas Observer contributor, Tales of Times Square author, Al Goldstein biographer,…
Your daily dose of national music news for Tuesday, May 18, 2009… You know what sucks about reading? Words. So to that end, the good folks from the 33 1/3 music book series will let you download the newest installment focusing on the Beastie Boys classic Paul’s Boutique for free!…
Less than a month after noise complaints eventually led to Good Records’ annual birthday bash/National Record Store Day celebration getting shut down by the police, the Dallas Police Department again shut down a record store customer appreciation party on Lower Greenville, this time taking to task the four-year-old, DJ- and…
A bunch of luminaries, local and otherwise, celebrated the 32nd birthday of R.C. Williams at the downtown ultralounge Plush last night, including Erykah Badu, Devin the Dude and area rapper/goofball Pikahsso, who shot the above clip of Badu singing “Happy Birthday” to the man she employs as her touring keyboardist.In…
Your daily dose of national music news for Monday, May 18, 2009… Coldplay knows that most of us without millions of dollars and superstar wives have it bad because of this recession thing. So, to help out the people who want to see them live, but can’t, the band is giving away…
