Earlier this month, we passed along news of the release date for Centro-matic frontman Will Johnson’s collaboration with Magnolia Electric Co.’s Jason Molina called…wait for it… Molina and Johnson. Well, with under a week remaining until the release of the tandem’s self-titled debut, the band has finally announced a stop…
…Youtube loyalists may also watch the video here.Last week, we welcomed the friendly five-piece known as Seryn into SPACE Studio’s confines for our weekly DC9 in SPACE taping. And, just as the band had done at Good Records a few weeks before, and even though it’s just a few months…
As modern music goes, you really can’t get that much more with-the-times than with Neon Indian’s sun-warped, synth-based, dance-pop sound. It’s a style so current, in fact, that critics are still having trouble settling on a genre name for the music that this band and other blog-adored acts like it…
Being in a band sure is fun. Until, that is, you realize that there are actual costs involved. Like, recording costs, for one. So, maybe the John Lewis Band should be applauded for taking this route with its debut release: Instead of hitting the studio and laying down a substantial…
No DC9 in SPACE filming tonight–and, because of some technical errors on our part, no DC9 in SPACE episode to share before the end of the day today either (although, once it’s ready in a few hours, we’ll have last week’s episode up on the blog for your viewing pleasure)…
For a year-and-a-half now, our clubs editor, Jesse Hughey, has dutifully handled that task of selecting the winners and writing the accompanying blurbs for our Poster of the Week items. (Check the archives–there are some real gems in there.)Starting tomorrow, though, Jesse’s stepping aside from that post. And stepping in…
Last night, while he watched the 2009 BET Hip-Hop Awards at Eight Lounge, Dorrough also hosted a party to celebrate his birthday. (Speaking of which: Happy 23rd, Mr. D-O-double-R.)And though Dorrrough may have walked winless at the awards, the night wasn’t a complete loss: As you’ll see in the above…
You’ve no doubt at least heard “Good Girls Go Bad,” the synth-heavy, all-hook, unavoidable summer smash from dance-pop outfit Cobra Starship. Well, in this week’s paper, Seth Graves takes a look at the band’s ascension to this point:Surfacing in 2006 as part of the genius Snakes on a Plane marketing…
Last week, a gem of a book arrived in the office–well, a gem for any Bruce fans in the building, which, I’m pretty sure is everyone? In my clouded perspective, at least, yeah.Anyway, here’s why it’s interesting: The Light In Darkness, as it’s called, features on Bruce Springsteen and the…
On Monday, in addition to the news of the new hosts at the upstart NPR music station coming to town on Nov. 9, we passed along the info of the early names booked to play in-studio performances at the station. Well, today, that list grows a bit–and, with those adds,…
Well, now that the tape-delayed 2009 BET Hip-Hop Awards have aired and all, we can say with all certainty that, no, Dorrough didn’t walk with any hardware at the event. But he did make quite the showing, nonetheless, thanks to some assistance from the cast of one of his “Ice…
Earlier today, Vh1.com premiered the new video from Dallas native Norah Jones, and, sure enough, you can watch it in the embed above (alas, after waiting through an advertisement or two). Predictably, it’s paired with the new single, “Chasing Pirates,” from her new album The Fall, which is due out…
A great show stops off at The Cavern tonight as Sea Wolf, Port O’Brien and Sara Lov pop through town on tour. All in all, a fine touring bill, but the real highlight here is Sea Wolf, as Roy Kasten explains in this week’s paper:Were it not for his big…
Tonight’s a big one for Dallas’ own Dorrough, as, at 7 p.m., the tape-delayed BET Hip-Hop Awards will finally be aired. And though we don’t yet know if Dorrough walked away from the event with any statues, we do know this much: He’ll perform “Ice Cream Paint Job” on stage…
Big news today from Midlake camp, as the band’s publicity team has sent out a press release announcing the date (February 2, 2010) and cover art (see right) of the band’s first release in three years (The Courage of Others)–not to mention the somewhat unsurprising, but still comforting, news that…
It’s been over a year since Brother Ali stopped through Dallas. Last time he came through, it was for a show at The Door in support of his 2007 release, The Undisputed Truth, which, in my opinion, was among both the best hip-hop and overall releases of that year. Now…
After just announcing the release of his new digital-only EP release a couple week’s back, The Rocker Summer’s You Gotta Believe, was released today, seemingly by a glitch that posted the four-track release to iTunes a day early. But, no matter–it hasn’t seemed to deter the one-time Alternative Press cover…
Those not headed to last Thursday night’s monster Built to Spill/Dinosaur Jr. double-bill had another nice little option–and a free one, no less–in the Hornitos-sponsored (and thus free) show from The Donnas and DFW’s own Rockett Queen at Trees.And, boy, did the stars come out, among them a contestant from…
Last week, we passed along the sad news of Riverboat Gamblers guitarist Ian MacDougall being hospitalized after getting struck by a car while bicycling home from work. We even pointed you in the direction of how to make donations to the mounting hospital bills cause.Then NOFX had to go and…
Big news to report this early afternoon on the new KERA-owned all-music station coming to your 91.7 FM frequency, oh, two weeks from today–and, of course, Robert somehow beat me to posting it, the jerk.But while he focuses on the new hosts at the new station–KERA’s own Gini Mascorro will…
Dallas native St. Vincent’s been the focus of about a bajillion web features since the early May release of Actor, her phenomenal sophomore effort–and we’ve got to the archives to prove it, natch. So, maybe this was a bit of an inevitability: For the past couple of weeks, St. Vincent’s…
Kind of a slow weekend ’round these parts. Which, y’know, is OK, actually. Feels like we’ve been moving at 100 mph of lat. A slower pace is kind of welcome for once. Still, that doesn’t mean nothing’s happening. There certainly are a few things worth checking out this weekend–mostly smaller…
