Editor’s Note: Over the next 10 days, I’ll be presenting my favorite local records of the year, counting down from No. 10 to No. 1, one album a day. Keep checking back to see how the list pans out, and, in the meantime, click after the jump to see albums…
Your daily dose of national music news for Monday, December 29, 2008…DJ AM got into the Christmas spirit a little early this year. On Christmas Eve, he not only sued Goodyear, Learjet and the charter company he used for the flight that crashed and left him and drummer Travis Barker…
Editor’s Note: Over the next 10 days, I’ll be presenting my favorite local records of the year, counting down from No. 10 to No. 1, one album a day. Keep checking back to see how the list pans out, and, in the meantime, click after the jump to see albums…
Editor’s Note: Over the next 10 days, I’ll be presenting my favorite local records of the year, counting down from No. 10 to No. 1, one album a day. Keep checking back to see how the list pans out, and, in the meantime, click after the jump to see albums…
Kinda a slow weekend coming up around the D this time around. Maybe everyone’s just gearing up for Amateur Night New Year’s Eve? Dunno.I do know that we only hipped you to two weekend shows this week in print, though: Todd Snider’s two-night stay at the Granada Theater tonight and…
Editor’s Note: Over the next 10 days, I’ll be presenting my favorite local records of the year, counting down from No. 10 to No. 1, one album a day. Keep checking back to see how the list pans out, and, in the meantime, click after the jump to see albums…
Editor’s Note: Over the next 10 days, I’ll be presenting my favorite local records of the year, counting down from No. 10 to No. 1, one album a day. Keep checking back to see how the list pans out, and, in the meantime, click after the jump to see albums…
OK, hotshot. Think you know your music? Think you followed the national headlines fairly diligently these past 12 months? Think you know the difference between your twee pop and tweeny bop? Well, hold on right there—and prove that you do, indeed, know your stuff. Take our quiz on the most…
Editor’s Note: Over the next 10 days, I’ll be presenting my favorite local records of the year, counting down from No. 10 to No. 1, one album a day. Keep checking back to see how the list pans out, and, in the meantime, click after the jump to see albums…
Might as well jump, I guess, eh fellas? (Evil M)So maybe you read Darryl Smyer’s piece on area punkabilly act Spector 45 last week and you thought to yourself, “Hey, that sounds pretty cool. I’d like to see that live!”Well, my friend, assuming you do, indeed, boast such a boring…
Today, over at MadeLoud.com–a site that claims to “serve the bands”, but probably not in a sexual way, I’m guessing–someone’s decided that, sure, the bands in DFWd could use a little help in trying to figure out where to play around town.OK. We’re fine with that. And the fact that…
In all these year-end, best-of lists, I’m seeing little respect given to the over 50 crowd. So, since I’m heading that direction myself, I thought I would be the one to share some AARP Holiday Cheer. 1. Lindsey Buckingham – Gift of Screws The Fleetwood Mac guitarist/singer finally incorporates some…
Your top national music stories for Wednesday, December 24, 2008: Remember back in ’89 when no one knew we were in the midst of Hip-Hop’s “golden age” and KRS-One schooled us on why non-violence is good with the ditty “Self Destruction?” Well, now the young pups of today can have their…
Editor’s Note: Over the next 10 days, I’ll be presenting my favorite local records of the year, counting down from No. 10 to No. 1, one album a day. Keep checking back to see how the list pans out, and, in the meantime, click after the jump to see albums…
Ah, the joys of an unfinished basement. (Kevin Reynolds Diomampo)What could be a better pre-Christmas gift than hearing a little Christian/hardcore/death metal? Hailing from Lewisville, the five chipper young fellows who ply their craft under the moniker Blessed by a Curse will bring their brand of holiday cheer to Club…
Your top national music stories for Tuesday, December 23, 2008: Jeff Tweedy’s 13- year-old son Spencer has a blog. There, you can read a 13-year-old tell you about the newest technology, politics and music. Because, if 13 year old’s know anything, it’s politics. Kelly Clarkson and her tiny nose ring…
Editor’s Note: Over the next 10 days, I’ll be presenting my favorite local records of the year, counting down from No. 10 to No. 1, one album a day. Keep checking back to see how the list pans out, and, in the meantime, click after the jump to see albums…
Local alt-country rocker Darryl Lee Rush’s latest album, Live from the River Road Icehouse, is one of the top 100 Americana CDs of the year as determined by the Americana Music Association.Rush’s CD was spun enough times by Americana stations to warrant this honor–glad to know that there are radio…
Fact: The Polyphonic Spree has more members than your band. And, as such, it has more siblings of band members than your band does. And, as such, the Spree is much more likely to have a band member whose sibling is a writer. And, as such, the Spree is far…
Now that you’ve had, oh, about three hours to settle back into the work week, I guess it’s time to fondly look back on the weekend that was, eh? Let’s get right into it.Lil Wayne and T-Pain at American Airlines CenterLooking back on it now, my glorious prose doesn’t really…
Your top national music stories for Monday, December 22, 2008: It’s never too early to start talking about the ’09 festival season: It looks like a reunited Phish may headline two nights at Bonnarroo this year. So you’d better start letting that beard grow out now. But, you still have…
Lil Wayne, T-Pain, Keyshia ColeAmerican Airlines CenterDecember 19, 2008 Better Than: Listening to a whole bunch of records in which T-Pain and Lil Wayne are just the featured acts. Check out our photos from the show here.As if, at any point over the course of this past year, there was…
