Though the footage from the event won’t air until October 27, the 2009 BET Hip-Hop Awards were filmed Saturday. And though he was up for three nominations at the awards show, it doesn’t appear as if Dallas-based rap phenom Dorrough, famous for his nationwide hit single “Ice Cream Paint Job,”…
More big news from Mike Snider today–this time about an upcoming string of shows scheduled between Christmas and New Year’s Eve at Sons of Hermann Hall. In short: Longtime favorite local alt-country outfit the Old 97’s has been booked to play four consecutive nights at the Deep Ellum ballroom, from…
Those without plans for this Wednesday evening might want to think about heading to Denton to catch the Seattle-based The Blakes at Hailey’s. For one, there’s not too many acts channeling influences like The Who and The Kinks these days, and, two, The Blakes mix in enough of The Stooges…
For obvious reasons, a full-blown Sorta reunion just ain’t in the cards. But, tomorrow night at AllGood Cafe, fans of the DOMA-winning favorite are in for pretty much the next best thing, as four former Sorta members, (and some friends) are slated to share a performance stage once more…
Your daily dose of national music news for Wednesday, October 14, 2009…Sorry kids: Pavement won’t record any new material when they reform and tour next year.L.A. punk pioneer Brendan Mullen has died.Carly Simon is suing Starbucks for failing to properly promote her album This Kind of Love on its Hear…
In her only North Texas stop on her current tour, “Society’s Child” and “At Seventeen” singer-songwriter Janis Ian will perform next Thursday, October 22, at the Rose Room in Station 4.The show is $25 per person and serves as a fund-raiser for the North Texas GLBT Chamber of Commerce. But…
It might not be “Best New Music,” but, regardless, congratulations to True Widow, one of our favorite area rock outfits here at DC9, as Aquarius Records, the oldest independent record store in San Francisco, has named the band’s 2008, self-titled release its record of the week, starting off seven paragraphs…
Probably should’ve seen this coming: Today, Pitchfork honored Neon Indian with its much-sought-after “Best New Music” tag, giving the album an 8.6 on its 10-point scale. As for the review itself? It’s loving enough, namedropping some pretty heavy hitters–LCD Soundsystem, Daft Punk, Kevin Shields, Atlas Sound–just to make its point…
Dub Assembly’s party Friday night at the Green Elephant featured a trio of visiting guest DJs: New York’s I-Cue from Ne, Dread Foxx from Port Arthur, and Maneesh the Twister from San Francisco, all playing dubstep and drum and bass tracks. Check out the event poster after the jump, and…
U2, MuseCowboys StadiumOctober 12, 2009Better than: Half-time at the proper name spelling bee. The first thing everyone noticed, of course, was the much ballyhooed stage, a spider-looking contraption that house a circular inner stage, an outer-ring walkway, movable bridges that connected the two, and a 360-degree, high-definition screen suspended above…
Maxwell, CommonAmerican Airlines CenterOctober 12, 2009 Better than: Relying on your weak-ass game to get some action tonight. It goes without saying that the majority of the crowd that gathered at the American Airlines Center to witness Maxwell in his crooning, shuffling, smiling greatness were women.The sprinkling of men who…
Your daily dose of national music news for Tuesday, October 13, 2009…The lovable lunk-heads from Anvil are hoping for an Oscar nomination for their documentary “Anvil: The Story of Anvil.” Hopefully it will go better than their music career did.Julian Casablancas says he and his The Strokes bandmates are halfway…
For all the losers like me who are not going to the Death Star in Arlington to catch U2 and Muse tonight (or, for that matter, either the Alice Cooper show at the Palladium or the Maxwell/Common show at the AAC), there are a few out-of-town artists who dare show…
I’ll be perfectly honest: I really can’t say I know too much about The Aggrolites, other than that the L.A.-based outfit purports its sound to be “dirty reggae” (according to a press release) and “feel good music” (according to its MySpace page). No complaints here, but, like I said, I’m…
“Chasing Pirates,” the first single from Norah Jones’ upcoming The Fall, started making the rounds on the Internet this morning. Check it out right here.It’s no “Don’t Know Why,” but given the list of collaborators Jones has enlisted to help her with this release (Ryan Adams, Okkervil River’s Will Sheff),…
Wait till right around the one-minute mark in the above clip and you’ll catch a familiar face backing Regina Spektor during her Saturday Night Live performance from this weekend: Denton-based Midlake and Fieros drummer McKenzie Smith. Neat-o!…
Shinedown, Palladium Ballroom, Sunday, Oct. 11Shinedown, the band Pete claims he can’t pick out of a lineup, played at the Palladium last night. I’ll admit it: I thought Shinedown’s hit “Second Chance,” otherwise known as that “Hailey’s comet song the EDGE plays over and over again” was Nickelback’s. Oh well…
Wavves, Ganglians, El Paso Hot ButtonThe Lounge on Elm StreetOctober 9, 2009Better than: a show where you can hear every note played with precision. There was a definite, palpable energy flowing through The Lounge on Elm Street on Friday night. Maybe it was just all the booze; this show, after…
HYMNS, OK Sweetheart, My Empty PhantomHailey’s ClubOctober 9, 2009Better Than: sitting at home on a Friday night Playing to an unfortunately minuscule but, nonetheless, quite enthusiastic crowd on Friday night at Hailey’s, HYMNS proved it knows how to have a good time. Even after a 10-day tour through Texas, the…
WilcoPalladium BallroomOctober 9, 2009Better Than: Anything? Two songs into the set came the climactic moment: “A Shot in the Arm,” off 1999’s Summerteeth. Pure rumble and all rapture, the sound of a band falling apart as it comes together. Melody melts into noise–music as mercury–but nobody ever loses their place,…
Your daily dose of national music news for Monday, October 12, 2009…Soulja Boy was arrested for obstruction of justice while filming a music video at an abandoned house.Amy Winehouse figured the best way to get a fresh start on her music career was with breast augmentation. Here’s a novel idea:…
It’s not exactly a secret that David Bazan’s closet contains some skeletons of the Bible-toting variety. Bazan, the son of a Pentecostal music minister, has sown seeds of doubt into his frank, parable-like songs for the last decade. Since Pedro the Lion dissolved in 2005, Bazan’s solo material has taken…
