MTV News this morning has a delightful little feature looking back on the year that was 2008–in Jonas Brothers romances. Seems Westlake’s own abstinence-pledging JoBros have had themselves quite the year in love, having been seen about town with tween music starlets Miley Cyrus, Selena Gomez and Taylor Swift, among…
Still looking for that perfect gift for the music lover in your family? Well, the holiday season is traditionally a time when compilations, box sets and reissues flood the marketplace–and this year is no exception. What is exceptional, however, is the surprising high quality of this year’s re-issue crop. Here…
The Lek Brothers Guess we really had a lot of photographers out and about this weekend, as the images keep pouring in today. This set of the Crystal Method at the Lizard Lounge on Saturday night comes courtesy of the Lek Brothers.This, one, too, actually, as the brothers hit up…
Brian Harkin Brian Harkin dutifully covered the Polyphinc Spree’s annual Holiday Extravaganza for us on Saturday night, and the fruits of his labor? They’re right here.Still want more? Check out Gorilla Vs. Bear’s pics, too. –Pete Freedman…
A funny little thread over on Unfair Park this morning, surrounding the fact that the Cowboys are letting the fans choose the final song to even be played at Texas Stadium through an online poll. The screen shot above shows the mind-blowing options up for the prestigious honor, although, thankfully,…
Dylan Hollingsworth You’ve read the review. You’ve seen the video. Now check the slideshow, courtesy Dylan Hollingsworth. –Pete Freedman…
On Saturday night, while Ian Bangs was working at Rubber Gloves Rehearsal Studios during The Boom Boom Box, Sarah Jaffe and Astronautalis show, someone broke into the local MC/DJ’s apartment and stole his MacBook–a laptop, by the way, that Bangs is still making payments on…
MTV News’ hip-hop department has announced today it’s picks for the top 28 commercially release hip-hop singles of the year (which, I guess, means no remixes are eligible), and lookie there, right at No. 19, yep, that’s Lil Wayne’s “Got Money (feat. T-Pain)”, as produced by area hotshots Play-N-Skillz. We’ve…
Not much video circulating around the Internet at the moment…well, not much pertaining to this past weekend in Dallas, music-wise at least. Just two videos, really, although they’re both pertty decent…First up, the Polyphonic Spree, tackling “Do You Hear What I Hear”/”Little Drummer Boy” at the later of two Holiday…
Hope you watched Barbershop on Comedy Central this afternoon (no joke, it just finished up a few minutes ago), as that’s the closest you’ll get to seeing Ice Cube today. The Prophet Bar’s Web site is now reporting that the show has been canceled. No word yet on any…
Eagles of Death Metal, Klopek, Austin Brown Sounds, The Improv The Door Dallas December 12, 2008 Better Than: Just the plain old Eagles. Cory Graves Variety was the unifying theme of last night’s seemingly random assortment of warm-up acts for the Eagles of Death Metal show…
It’s a big big BIG couple nights and days of shows all around the DFWd region this weekend. So, no point in pussyfootin’ around. Let’s jump right in. First, the show’s we’ve already dropped on ya…On Friday night, there’s the Eagles of Death Metal show (sans Josh Homme, remember) at…
Laugh all you want at the sheer audacity of the D-Town Boogie movement, Alibaster K. Abthernabther. But the train’s already rolling–and picking up steam, too. Today comes even more proof of that fact: Them GSpot Boyz, the fellas responsible for the monster local smash dance-hit “Stanky Legg” (as seen above–with…
Rockstar Energy Drink has just announced that its fifth annual Rockstar Taste of Chaos Tour will come through Dallas on Monday, March 23, at the Palladium Ballroom. The event will include (among other acts): Thursday, Bring Me The Horizon, Four Year Strong, Pierce the Veil and Cancer Bats. Hmmmmmmmmm. That…
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I’d heard a couple rumblings about some of the following items earlier in the week but, now, straight from Idol Records’ Erv Karwelis’ mouth, we can confirm them all…Idol has signed area post-punkers Here Holy Spain–a band a whole lot more aggressive than most of Idol’s mainstream-leaning acts.Along those same…
Maybe you remember a few weeks back when both Robert and I practically begged that you take the time to watch KERA’s South Dallas Pop documentary about the 1970 South Dallas Pop Festival?Well, did you watch it? I did. Thought it was kinda cool, too; learned a lot about the…
So you find the Spree a little grating? No worries; there are other holiday show options this weekend that don’t involve 22-piece bands or Jews trying to usurp your pagan holiday. Like this one: A Spune Christmas 2008, which features a stellar lineup of The Drams, Dove Hunter, Doug Burr,…
Oh, cool. We’re sponsoring this? Awesome. Tomorrow, everyone’s favorite faux cult The Polyphonic Spree will take to the Granada for not one, but two showings of its annual holiday extravaganza. And–sweet–we’ve got a pair of tickets to give away to each show. Want a ticket to the early show? Cool…
Seeing as how I spent the day yesterday apparently dressed as a fisherman from Maine, I’m hardly one to talk about fashion. But Diddy has taught us all well about the appropriateness of wearing white after Labor Day, so this bit of bad news shouldn’t come as a total shocker:…
A little blast-from-the-past treat this mornin’: Eleven mighty years ago, way back in 1997, local label Big Iron released a now-out-of-print little Christmas gem called Honky-Tonk Holidays: Christmas in Deep Noellum. And included on that release, this gem: Old 97’s — “Holly Jolly Christmas”.Suh-weet. Why? Well, I’ll leave that up…
It was only officially released in late October, but one album that I’ve found myself returning to a couple times in these waning months of 2008 is School of Seven Bell’s Alpinism.The ethereal electronic rock act School of Seven Bells–or SVIIB, as the kids apparently abbreviate the act–you’ll remember, is…
