Hmmmm…are these two still chummy? SOHH.com–which, really, I can only assume stands for Sons of Hermann Hall, right?–broke a fairly substantial (if true) rumor to its hip-hop-centric blog yesterday, claiming that Jermaine Dupri’s been given the ol’ heave-ho from Def Jam. No doubt that’s potentially devastating news for 21-year-old Sachse…

Yeah, but he still looks good, doesn’t he, Darryl? (Deanna Mason) Local tunesmiths have until Halloween to submit their magnum opuses to the Dallas Songwriter’s Association in order to take part in the group’s 19th annual songwriting contest. This year, the DSA is offering over $5,000 in cash and prizes…

Tonight, the Granada will transform itself into party central as Scion presents one of the most hyped groups of the last year (and one of Rolling Stone’s 10 Artists to Watch in 2008): Chicago’s The Cool Kids. The best part: The show is totally free. Here’s what you need to…

…you might want to spell his name right in your ad. Oh, and these guys’ name, too. Just sayin’. But, hey, we all make mistakes. Like, for instance: We screwed up and said the Tom Petty show next Wednesday night is taking place at Superpages.com Center when it’s really going…

“The Jonas Brothers. So hot right now. The Jonas Brothers.” So, I don’t know if we can legitimately consider the Jonas Brothers to be locally-based artists now that the teen superstar trio has gone ahead and purchased a home in Westlake–or, hell, if we even want to. (Although–and, yes, feel…

This guy was never in Max Cady. Ever. Just got an amusing email from Justin Moore, frontman for the Cape Fear-lovin’, perennially DOMA-nominated hard rock act Max Cady. Seems Moore is starting to work on an upcoming solo record–and he didn’t realize until just recently that there’s already a solo…

(Cabe Booth) Remember when we told you that Pleasant Grove frontman Marcus Striplin was doing just a couple local shows at the beginning of the month? Looks like that changed, as his two Bolsa engagements turned into a standing Tuesday and Wednesday gig for all of August, as well as…

Christmas? In August? Sure. Why not? Denton’s Centro-Matic just keeps getting more and more love for Dual Hawks. This time, it comes from Stereogum, which offers up an unreleased track from the double disc. This morning, the site picked the band’s unreleased song “Christmas 83 (Make Fun of My Sweaters)”…

With the Austin City Limits Festival (and its rather mediocre line up) coming just around the corner and talk of SXSW 2009 already heating up, it’s a wonder that the state capitol has room for yet another multi-day concert event. But, lo and behold, here comes the third annual Fun…

After some fairly intensive competition between interested labels (more on that in the coming weeks), Jonathan Tyler & The Northern Lights have, as expected, finally put pen to paper with Atlantic Records. That’s the word, at least, straight from the band manager’s mouth. What’s that mean? Well, after a five-state…

My head hurts. Here’s why: The song’s called “Dreaming of Dreaming” and it’s a b-side from The Secret Machines’ upcoming self-titled release (due out October 14), meaning it’s not on the album. But the I Rock Cleveland music blog is (rightfully) touting it as a return to form to the…

Hopefully Mom won’t have to hold a yard sale to raise enough money for plane tickets. Mom’s debut EP, Little Brite, made quite an impression on us last year, earning a rave review and a Best of the Year recommendation. Thanks to a Japanese release and a forthcoming European tour,…

Where Palomo’s going, they don’t need roads. (Spencer Cogburn) …and the guy’s really changed things up! OK, well, not really. Mostly, it’s just more of the same infectious, heavily ’80s-influenced electro dance pop. The new song’s called “All Too Vivid,” and Palomo’s got a new moniker, too: Vega. Cool? Yeah…

It’s been baby step after baby step for The Fieros since…well, since they became The Fieros and stopped calling themselves The Valentines back in January. That move came when the band aligned itself with Maroon 5 lawyer Jeff Worob. Then came the band’s move from the Big D to the…

Just got off the horn with area bartender and musician Stephen Benavides a little bit ago, and he had some interesting news to share: Seems Russell Hobbs has brought him into the fold to help book some shows to the Prophet Bar, the alcohol-serving extension of the The Door down…

Vinnie Paul celebrating something completely unrelated to this post during last weekend’s Ozzfest ordeal in Frisco. (Roger Caldwell) Don’t know how we missed this one–OK, being out of town on vacation probably has a lot to do with it–but, on Friday, Billboard reported that Sharon Osbourne thought Ozzfest went “fantastically…

The new Toadies disc comes out tomorrow–the first in seven years for the Fort Worth product. And, ’round these parts (and others, too, it seems), that’s big news. Biggest on a national level, at least, for a local artist since, oh, about mid-May, I think. Right, Rhett, Murry, Ken and…

…or that’s how it went down in my head. First, check Tahiti’s very Nintendo-like take on Lil Wil’s “My Dougie.” Then hop over to Big Tuck’s Myspace page and hear the newest remix to his fabulous “Not A Stain On Me,” which features Paul Wall and Slim Thug among others…