Last night, budding rap superstar (and former handicapped Degrassi High student) Drake took to the Palladium Ballroom in Dallas for the latest stop on his current tour. Must’ve been quite the inspiring show, too, because, this morning, a new freestyle from the Young Money member started circulating around the Internet…
Your daily dose of national music news for Thursday, May 20, 2010…In case there is still anyone who cares about Velvet Revolver… Slash has something to say. Karen Elson has been “forced” to cancel her tour because of things “out of her control.” Is lack of talent something that is…
Your daily dose of national music news for Wednesday, May 19, 2010…There could be worse things than being tricked into touring with your old bandmates… but not for Axl Rose.Looks like Van Morrison doesn’t want any kind of fun happening at his concert. ‘Cause, that’s like the last place fun…
I realize this festival is a ways off, but seeing that Vinnie Paul’s Hellyeah! is on board, I figured it prudent to call your attention to the upcoming Rockstar Energy Drink UPROAR Festival. The touring show makes a stop in Dallas on Friday, September 10, at the Superpages.com Center.And actually,…
After their performance last night at the Wexner Center for the Arts in Columbus, Ohio, Midlake pulled their two vans into a Fairfield Inn parking lot. There, a hotel security guard assured the band that he would keep an eye on the vans overnight. But when the band woke up…
Your daily dose of national music news for Tuesday, May 18, 2010…What is it with drummers and their tribute bands? Looks like Jason Bonham took a page out of Steven Adler’s book.Jazz legend Hank Jones has passed away.You expect a band member to overdose on any variety of drugs… but,…
Your daily dose of national music news for Monday, May 17, 2010…Inventor of the metal hand sign and metal titan Ronnie James Dio has died. RIP.Even Marilyn Manson gets swept up in the Lost whirlwind…Dave Matthews needs some time off…
True story. Read it here. And pop on over to Unfair Park, where Robert Wilonsky’s got more details. But, really, haven’t we been beating this drum for a while now? Yep, sure have. On a related note, this seems as good a time as ever to remind you that this…
Your daily dose of national music news for Friday, May 14, 2010…Bow Wow has learned the rules of social politics: deny, deny deny… and blame it on Chris Brown. Looks like roadies live by the same rules as blog commenters…2Pac continues his reign as the hardest working dead man alive…
The No. 1 song on Billboard’s Alternative Songs chart for the past two weeks? Why, that’s Southern California’s The Dirty Heads’ “Lay Me Down (featuring Rome of Sublime).” A sign of the apocalypse? Perhaps. But, also, kind of an interesting development: For only the fifth time since the chart was…
A lot going on this week, folks. Let’s play some catch-up…Hey, remember Sachse resident Dondria? We told you about her last year–and then again last month when the above video for her song “You’re The One” was released as the lead single off her upcoming debut full-length. Well, this week,…
If you pre-ordered Oak Cliff-based indie/hip-hop artist Dustin Cavazos’ debut album, I Think In The Shower, I Dream On My Bike, then chances are, you heard a knock on your door yesterday. Instead of using the traditional means of album distribution–y’know, putting a stamp on a package and letting the…
Your daily dose of national music news for Thursday, May 13, 2010…A “prison rat” tipped off officials at Rikers Island that Lil’ Wayne was in possession of contraband. Time for Weezy sharpen up that toothbrush and get some prison justice!Is there anything that is associated with The Beatles that people…
With the recent reissue of Exile on Main Street, my favorite effort from the Rolling Stones, my personal interest in catching guitarist Mick Taylor next Wednesday at the Granada Theater was pretty high. Taylor was in the Stones from 1969 to 1974–considered by many to be the band’s greatest phase…
Your daily dose of national music news for Wednesday, May 12, 2010…Woo hoo! Blur will make new songs together… prolly just not a whole album.What do Josh Ritter and Scooby-Doo have in common? They both involve stories that revolve around mummies.Tishomingo, Oklahoma’s first couple of Country music are gettin’ hitched!…
There’s a relatively short list of record labels in town, and Gutterth Records might be the shrewdest: Yesterday, the home to Daniel Folmer, The Timeline Post, Ryan Thomas Becker and others, made every release it’s ever put out up as a free stream over at the newly created Gutterthrecords.com–21 releases…
Your daily dose of national music news for Tuesday, May 11, 2010…Billy Corgan sure does have a thing for female bass players… and being an ego maniac.Carlos D and his sweet over-the-shoulder pistol holster has quit Interpol.The Red Hot Chili Peppers are hard at work on a “different sound” on…
A good news/bad news day in the world of DFW venues. Bad news first: Over at the Star-Telegram music blog, Preston Jones is reporting that the Fort Worth Stockyards’ Longhorn Saloon, which opened up about a year and a half ago, is now set to close. Boo to that.Meanwhile, another…
We’ve been doing a lot of talking about Denton’s, Sarah Jaffe these past few weeks–and with good reason. Her new album, Suburban Nature is already on our short list of best local albums for the year. And, after touring with Midlake and getting scooped up by Norah Jones for a…
Your daily dose of national music news for Monday, May 10, 2010…The creepy guy from The Office is releasing a new album. A new Kelly Clarkson song leaks… and she’s not too happy with someone!Music legends don’t die… they make new music with their wives…
Yesterday afternoon, lead JoBro Joe Jonas, like his Colleyville-bred girlfriend before him, gave Neon Indian an official Twitter endorsement, calling the band “a good listen.”Unsurprisingly, Hipster Runoff sister site The Alt Report is all over the news, asking the important questions, like “Will the Jonas Brothers write a chillwave album…
Your daily dose of national music news for Friday, May 7, 2010…There is a new underground comic that portrays Henry Rollins and Glenn Danzig as lovers. Is nothing sacred anymore?Should we take a metal-Moby seriously?Thank, God… Gucci Mane gets an early release from jail…
