Ten years ago, Ned Brower was attending SMU when he formed a band called The Cosmetics with one Carter Albrecht. Now the drummer for the Los Angeles power pop band Rooney, Brower has recently paid tribute to his sadly deceased, Dallas-based mentor. “The title track of our new EP is…
When your father is Motown Records founder Berry Gordy Jr., you’d expect certain doors to automatically open for you. Not so, says Stefan Gordy, aka Redfoo of hip-hop/electro pop duo LMFAO, the group he founded with his nephew Sky (known professionally as Sky Blu). The pair got started by making…
In the last two weeks, two Denton-based acts received contracts from the Sacramento-based Waaga Records, a brand-new subsidiary/sister label of Lefse Records. (Yeah, the same Lefse Records who signed Neon Indian and Denton-based Sunnybrook.) So far, of the two acts that Waaga’s courted, Bryce Isbell’s futuro-lounge act FUR has already…
Listen closely—no, really closely—to the tiny, sometimes song-altering noises pouring into your headphones. Listen past the guitar riffs, high hat strikes and falsettos. If you still hear an unrecognizable sound, then, well, congratulations, you’ve just discovered found sounds—noises that range from simple hand clapping to actual raindrops hitting leaves in…
[Editor’s Note: Over the next couple of weeks, I’ll be presenting my favorite local songs of the year, counting down from No. 25 to No. 1, one track a day. Today, we take an in-depth look at song No. 16 on the list–and click after the jump for a free…
Last week, just after a potential upcoming single from Erykah Badu leaked to the Internet, the Dallas-based neo-soul queen formally announced the release date for her upcoming album, New Amerykah Pt. 2: Return of the Ankh. The disc, reported Billboard late on Friday afternoon, will see its official release on…
Well, we expected to see either of the DFW-bred acts that popped up earlier this week in Pitchfork’s countdown of the top 100 tracks of 2009 to make another appearance in the countdown as it progressed. But, honestly? We were kind of expecting it to be St. Vincent. Instead, it’s…
Yesterday saw the formal release of Midlake’s two lead The Courage of Others singles in the form of a two-track, 12”, vinyl, limted edition, collector’s piece–a must have, we imagine, for any serious local music collector. But, even for the wannabes, there’s something of a consolation: Yesterday, in tandem with…
It was a month ago to the day that Denton ex-pat punks The Riverboat Gamblers released its latest music video, this one for “DissDissDissKissKissKiss,” the latest single off the band;s March-released album Underneath the Owl. Well, last week, the song also got something of a makeover in the form of…
This morning, Denton-based prog-rock outfit The Raven Charter passed along its new music video to DC9 HQ. And it’s not too tough to see why the band might be proud of it: It’s a high-tech, science-fiction affair, paired with the group’s “new single” called “Thousand Worlds.”Says one of the band’s…
Looking to get that special musicologist in your life something special? If so, you might want to think about a box set. But be wary: There’s a lot of chaff to sift through when dealing with the glut of holiday season reissues. Thankfully, amidst it all, the following multiple-disc sets…
No matter what the weather is like in late January, there’ll be a couple of marvelous nights for a moondance. Van Morrison will perform at Bass Concert Hall in Fort Worth Sunday, January 24 and the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center in Dallas Monday, January 25. Tickets for both shows…
Your daily dose of national music news for Wednesday, December 16, 2009…The Stooges, ABBA and Genesis have been selected for induction in the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame next year.Billy Corgan feels that breaking up the Smashing Pumpkins was a “mistake.”Dave Grohl is suing a bar for copyright infringement–or…
[Editor’s Note: Over the next couple of weeks, I’ll be presenting my favorite local songs of the year, counting down from No. 25 to No. 1, one track a day. Today, we take an in-depth look at song No. 17 on the list–and click after the jump for a free…
In the few weeks since going live with his new label, Mega Royal Records, Dallas hip-hop producer and DJ Rob Viktum has already given away The Big Gold Instrumentals, a beat tape by Vanderslice that you can download for free via Mediafire or UserShare. And he already has ideas for…
It was back in September when the news broke that local, Grammy-winning hip-hop production duo Play-N-Skillz was launching its own label, G4 Muzik, and getting things started by signing fast-rapping local Inertia (pictured right).Well, it seems things are moving swimmingly along in Play-N-Skillz and Inertia’s plans. Last week, Inertia released…
Need a show to shake up a blasé Holiday season? I suggest you run on down to The Door and check out the noises emanating from said venue this evening. Headlining the show is I See Stars, a sextet from Warren, Michigan, which mixes the seemingly disparate genres of electonica…
Midlake’s new,two-song, 12”, 45 rpm release, Acts of Man, which features two songs off the bands upcoming full-length release The Courage of Others (“Acts of Man” and “Rulers, Ruling All Things”), earned its release today.And though the release is available for online purchase–via insound.com, recordstore.co.uk and boomkat.com–it’s only available at…
Amidst all the year-end coverage bombarding music fans’ ears and eyes at the moment, it’d be easy to miss something like this–but that doesn’t mean it’s any less notable. Earlier today, Spin magazine released the tracklist and download link for a free 10-track compilation it’s releasing of artists to watch…
After hosting dozens of parties around Dallas, Hot Flash celebrated its third anniversary last weekend, with a party at Fallout Lounge with Philadelphia’s Duey FM, Neiliyo, DJ Schwa, DJ Genova Richard Henry and more.You can check out more of the scene in this Night Moves set by Mattie Stafford…
Your daily dose of national music news for Tuesday, December 15, 2009…Courtney Love lost guardianship of her 17-year-old daughter Frances Bean Cobain. It’s hard to believe she’s already 17, but, not hard to believe the world’s worst mom lost custody.Rumor has it John Frusciante has quit Red Hot Chili Peppers…..
[Editor’s Note: Over the next couple of weeks, I’ll be presenting my favorite local songs of the year, counting down from No. 25 to No. 1, one track a day. Today, we take an in-depth look at song No. 18 on the list–and click after the jump for a free…
