Last Night: Ida Maria, Glasvegas at The Loft

Ida Maria, GlasvegasThe LoftAugust 4, 2009 Better than: taking a group of foreign exchange students to the mall. It took 20 minutes for it to happen, but, finally, here it was: some palpable, legitimate energy about the room at The Loft during Glasvegas’ set. It was all coming together–the band’s performance, its fairly impressive light show, the…

LiveNation Releases Extra U2 Tickets For Sale Today At Noon

…and real soon, too. See, now that the complicated production details have been completed on the band’s upcoming, October 12 show with Muse at Arlington’s Cowboys Stadium, the promoters are releasing more tickets, at all price levels, for sale to the public, starting in, oh, 50 minutes or so, at…

Video: All-American Rejects’ Free Show At House of Blues

Remember a few weeks back when the All-American Rejects stopped by the House of Blues for a free, MySpace-sponsored show? Maybe? Yeah? Well, either way, the high-def footage shot for MySpace is making the rounds this morning, and that includes the above clip of the band performing its song “Dirty…

Bonus MP3: Danny Balis — “Tethered”

It was about a month ago now that we eagerly first passed along the news of Danny Balis’ upcoming solo debut, Too Much Living, which is set for a Tuesday, September 1, release.Today, though, Balis passes along his disc’s first single, “Tethered,” for DC9 readers as a free download. And,…

Michael Franti Drops Off Tomorrow Night’s Counting Crows Show At Nokia

In this past week’s print edition, Observer contributor Chris Parker chatted up rebel rocker Michael Franti, talking about his new reggae infused sound in Spearhead in anticipation of his show tomorrow night at Grand Prairie’s Nokia Theatre alongside Counting Crows and Augustana.Well, turns out Franti won’t be making the gig,…

Good Friday: Tre Orsi, The O’s, Eleven Hundred Springs, Pet Hospital, Record Hop, Hendrick, Whiskey Folk Ramblers, Yppah, John Lefler, 100 Monkeys, August Burns Red, Rick Springfield, Devildriver, Toby Keith, Elliot Levin Trio, Charlie Daniels Band

The weekend’s finally here, boo-yah, and it’s a deceptively crowded one music-wise, actually. You should already know about the weekend shows we’ve already discussed here and in the print edition, but, in case you forgot, well, let’s recap. Well, now that I think of it, pretty much every show we’ve…

Erykah Badu Is ‘Super Excited’ About Her Return Of The Ankh.

She waltzed into the room’s back entrance, quickly set a trail to the checkout counter and excitedly showed the few employees crowded around her the customizations she’d made to the mini-Munny she’d purchased after stumbling upon the new Mockingbird Station store on Wednesday afternoon–a quick drawing on the doll’s face…

“Don’t You Never Say An Unkind Word About The Time!”

So there’s this three-day music festival of sorts happening next month in Forth Worth called, fittingly, the Fort Worth MusicFest. And it’s the fest’s third annual go-’round. And it helps raise money for college scholarships for area kids. And it takes place August 21-23, costing $15 per general admission ticket…

Bonus MP3: LehtMoJoe — “Move Pt. 2 (feat. Anonymous)”

Tonight’s the big night for Grand Prairie native Vincent Sliva, aka LehtMoJoe, where he’ll host his free, debut CD release party over at the Granada with some help from his friends Mount Righteous, and Anonymous????, DJ Select and Free Agent.In addition to marking the release of Leht’s Spaghetti Western album,…

Bonus MP3: Trey Johnson — “Unfavorable Way”

This week marks the release of former Sorta frontman Trey Johnson’s debut solo release, Mount Pelée, a disc that finds Johnson and his familiar, classic, soothing voice heading in a somewhat different direction. How so? Well, the disc kinda sounds like it’s a blend of Sorta and the eccentric, toungue-in-cheek…

LehtMoJoe Lets It Ride For His Debut CD Release Show

Grand Prairie native Vincent Sliva knows there’s a good chance you have no clue who he is. And he’s perfectly OK with that. Because, for one, super-producer Mark Ronson—the man behind Amy Winehouse’s powerhouse 2006 release Back to Black, among many other U.K. hits in recent memory—knows his work. Digs…

DC9 in SPACE, Ep. 13: Telegraph Canyon

…and for the relics still stuck on Youtube, here’s your link.On its upcoming album, The Tide and The Current (set for an August 18 release), Telegraph Canyon pushes itself far beyond the “promising” tag it had dutifully earned with its 2006 full-length, All The Good News. Indeed, the new disc,…

The New Hotness: GorillaVsBearcore

Yesterday, a new Neon Indian remix of The Silent League’s “Here’s a Star” started popping up across the great taste-making sites of these United States, further pushing the buzzworthiness of Alan Palomo’s most recent project. And, par for course with most of the music of this realm, the buzz on…