Your daily dose of national music news for Thursday, June 3, 2010…The Grand Ole Opry will be back on it’s feet in no time. Sir Paul seems to have a little trouble remembering his songs as he gets up in age. Let’s hope he doesn’t remember how to marry money-hungry…
It was back in January that we passed along word of the return of the third annual Dia de Los Toadies festival, which this year will take place on August 27 and 28 at Whitewater on the Horseshoe in New Braunfels. Then, back in March, we passed along word of…
Just got an email from a promotions representative from EMI telling me that my interview with Fort Worth’s Green River Ordinance has canceled–or at least postponed. Seems the same is going to be true for the band’s scheduled appearance in Dallas on June 19 with American Idol winner Kris Allen.The…
Your daily dose of national music news for Wednesday, June 2, 2010…Nothing says “I love you” like joining your boo and making music together.Joe Walsh’s neighbor hates him. No, he hates him… I honestly thought Ray Stevens was dead… but, he’s not. And he seems to not like illegal immigrants…
Interesting note in ye olde New York Times yesterday about Dallas’ very own influential taste-making music blog, Gorilla Vs. Bear: In an article detailing the latest moves of growing Internet conglomerate BuzzMedia, which owns some three dozen entertainment-based web sites (among them Stereogum), the Times reports that the company has…
Stampede, HELLYEAH!’s follow-up to its self-titled 2007 debut is still on pace for a July 13 release, but, this weekend, some new revelations came out on the disc’s details. Turns out the disc will be available for purchase in three formats: standard, “deluxe” and “super deluxe.”The standard, naturally, contains just…
Aside from rickety roller coasters and sunburns, if there’s one thing you can expect to see at a Six Flags, it’s rowdy kids. So maybe it’s not all that surprising that, at Saturday’s Bamboozle Roadshow deal at Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington (check out our slide show here), some…
The National Basketball Association’s free agency period doesn’t start for another month, which means that, yessir, we’ve got a whole ‘nother 30 days to appreciate the greatness that is “C’mon LeBron,” the come-on from Dallas radio hosts Ben & Skin of KESN-103.3 FM ESPN Dallas to would-be NBA free agent…
Your daily dose of national music news for Tuesday, June 1, 2010…Sometimes it’s not enough to be indie-rock royalty, you need a hobby too.Paramore’s Haley Williams learned a valuable lesson for the internet age: there is no such thing as a private topless photo. I didn’t realize web developers hated…
Your daily dose of national music news for Friday, May 28, 2010…Because there was one band everyone missed, and now it is back. Ladies and gentlemen… The Time.Rage Against The Machine are headed to Arizona to protest their new immigration law. Now, where again were it during the Bush administration?Looks…
Well, we did it. Just minutes ago, we reached 300 followers on Twitter for our @DOMATweets account. Which means, as promised, it’s time to reveal the ballots.After the jump, feel free to peruse the ballot for your 2010 Dallas Observer Music Awards. And, in the comments, go to town on…
On June 22nd, a concert billed as The Big Four and featuring a quartet of legendary metal acts can be seen in Dallas. Not at any concert venue, mind you, but at several area movie theaters.The actual concert featuring Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth and Anthrax will take place in, of all…
Your daily dose of national music news for Thursday, May 27, 2010…Under investigation for anti-trust violations? There’s an app for that!Damn! Fitty needs to eat somethin’!A 14-year-old boy won a Bob Dylan “sound alike” contest. Is that really something he’s going to brag to his friends about?…
Just got off the horn with Telegraph Canyon’s Chris Johnson for a little follow-up on this here Fort Worth Weekly item that says–hey now!–might he be dropping the guitar and harmonica for a new electronic-based project he’s setting up to work on with Mike Sempert of San Francisco’s Birds &…
There’ve been grumbles coming from Denton ever since Midlake announced that their upcoming June 5 performance would be happening in Dallas at the Palladium Ballroom rather than somewhere in the band’s hometown.The grumbles got even louder when the ticket price was revealed–$25, after fees. And that’s before you count the…
Your daily dose of national music news for Wednesday, May 26, 2010…U2 have had to postpone all of it’s North American tour because Bono had emergency back surgery. It’s hard on the ol’ back to carry around that much pompousness, no?Screaming “DON’T YOU KNOW WHO I AM” doesn’t help much…
Maybe you already follow @DC9atNight on Twitter. Maybe you don’t. You should though. For obvious, mostly awesome reasons. But, whatever. That’s not the point of this post. Rather, this is: If you’ve been following @DC9atNight intently, you probably also already know about the new Twitter account we’ve got up and…
Your daily dose of national music news for Tuesday, May 25, 2010…Slipknot’s bass player has been found dead. Limp Bizkit canceling their summer tour because they are not an “amphitheater band” is code for “not selling enough tickets.”Our long national nightmare is over, Paula Abdul is returning to television!…
Seeing 40 concerts in 40 different cities over the course 40 consecutive nights. Sound cool? Sure does. While such a trip would be an unrealistic fantasy for most of us, former senior writer from Paste Magazine, Steve LaBate and his good friend, filmmaker Scott Sloan, decided that they would turn…
Quite the coup this week for the Oak Cliff-based Kara Howell and Wes Darrin–better known ’round these parts as Darktown Strutters–who found themselves namedropped by The Big Pink’s Milo Cordell in a blog post written for influential UK music magazine NME. Seems Darktown made quite the impression on Cordell when…
Your daily dose of national music news for Monday, May 24, 2010…Nothing says I loved this place like recreated an absolutely disgusting bathroom. We Are Scientists offer up it’s advice on how to be an awesome music blogger. Those crazy-ass members of the Westboro Baptist Church are at it again…
On July 3, the Vans Warped Tour makes its stop in Dallas. I attended last year and, besides having to spend $4 on a bottle of water and nearly passing out a couple of times, I had a great time. Last year, there was several old-school punk and hip-hop bands…
