Gotta hand it to VH1, I think. This fall season, MTV’s sister network is bringing back two of its music-centric staples from years past, and in turn, seriously upping the cable channels’ music coverage ante back to somewhat respectable (but still largely unacceptable) standards. Whereas Behind The Music has already…
Your daily dose of national music news for Thursday, September 16, 2009… The Smashing Pumpkins are set to release a free 44-song album, which will be released as a series of EPs. Now if I could find a time machine to take me back 15 years, to when there was…
Last week, it was announced and then un-announced that Denton’s Oso Closo had won a Chipotle-sponsored contest that involved them filming themselves singing about their favorite burrito. On Monday, though, the official word from the popular restaurant chain came: Oso Closo was indeed the winner of $10,000 in prize money,…
It might be on a smaller scale, but amidst all this to-do about The Burning Hotels’ appearance in the Vanessa Hudgens-fueled talkie Bandslam, let’s not forget: Another Fort Worth act got to the silver screen first. Last year’s AFI Dallas event saw two screenings of the film The Other Side…
Regular Unfair Park readers will already be hip to this news: In a press release sent out early this morning, KERA announced both the name (KKXT) and start-date (Monday, November 9) for the new all-music public radio station it’ll be broadcasting on 91.7 FM. But, more than that, the press release announced…
Your daily dose of national music news for Wednesday, September 16, 2009… The blog darlings in Vampire Weekend are set to release their new album, Contra, in the new year. No need to use up-up-down-down-left-right-left-right-B-A-select-start to acquire it. Wow… could Kanye actually be sorry about the Taylor Swift shit-storm he stirred up? He…
For that, I apologize. Bottom of my heart. Got caught in a whirlwind of flight issues yesterday while trying to come back from my trip to Colorado for a) a friend’s wedding, and b) Neon Indian’s performance at the Monolith Festival. You can read about the latter in this week’s…
Good news for those who miss shows at Bend Studio: “Barefoot At The Belmont,” a series of weekly concerts at The Belmont Hotel in Oak Cliff, returns Thursday with an 8:30 p.m. performance by Nashville singer-songwriter Kevin Welch. The shows feature many of the same singer-songwriters that have performed at…
Your daily dose of national music news for Tuesday, September 15, 2009… Author and punk rock legend Jim Carroll has died of a heart attack. Janet Jackson released a surprise song “for her fans” after the VMA’s on Sunday night. Those crazy Jacksons know how to exploit a moment don’t…
Although it’s been out a month or so, I’m just now getting around to the killer new EP from local punks Warcola. Parlaying punk of the old school hardcore variety (Minor Threat, Bad Brains), Matt, Oscar (no last names = real punks) and the rest of Warcola have been spitting…
Your daily dose of national music news for Wednesday, April 29, 2009…Have you ever sat around thinking “Man, it would be great to be Daft Punk!”? Well, if you play DJ Hero you’ll have your chance! Artists are pulling out of the Michael Jackson tribute left-and-right. Mary J. Blige, Natalie…
Just how dedicated are local Beatles fans? Well, at least one has already agreed to pay $500 for a rare copy of The Beatles In Mono–about $200 more than the set’s $299.99 list price. The mono set is part of the big 9-9-09 marketing blitzkrieg, which also included the release…
In a press release sent out Thursday night, Bowling for Soup revealed the details of its upcoming album, Sorry For Partyin’. Oh, and it unveiled more details about its crotch-shot of a music video, “My Wena”… Far as the album’s concerned, the pop-punk band’s tenth release will see the light…
We knew a new album was coming in November, but, this week, UNT and Booker T. Washington alum Norah Jones released a few more details pertaining to her upcoming fourth studio record.The album will be released on November 17, and will be called The Fall. And, furthermore, common sense would indicate that…
Your daily dose of national music news for Friday, September 11, 2009… Sooooo, Courtney Love didn’t authorize the use of Kurt’s likeness for Guitar Hero 5? But Activision has a agreement signed by her? Huh. Maybe she just forgot she signed it? Who’s the logical choice to replace Paula Abdul…
Looks like Telegraph Canyon’s not the only Fort Worth-based act garnering some serious praise from a respected out-of-town outlet today: This morning, the UK-based daily The Guardian honored Bosque Brown as its “New Band of the Day.” Perhaps the nod comes somewhat in preview of the band’s upcoming gig in…
Yesterday, two-time Grammy-winning Dallas hip-hop production duo Play-N-Skillz announced a deal it has signed with Universal Music Group urban imprint SRC/Universal to launch its own imprint, which will be called G4 Muzik. After the jump, the full press release announcing the deal. But, in short, it’s a pretty sweet one…
Over on its Rock & Roll Daily blog today, Rolling Stone writer J. Edward Keyes gives Fort Worth’s Telegraph Canyon some serious praise in a feature called Hype Monitor, where the band gets mentioned alongside longtime bubbling-under acts Bryan Scary & The Shredding Tears and HEALTH.The band’s songs, Keyes writes,…
Over on his Sportatorium blog this morning, Observer sports columnist Richie Whitt checks in with the head of the Texas Rangers’ in-game entertainment, Chuck Morgan. Uh, why care? Well, ’cause of this: Morgan’s the guy who runs the music at the Ballpark, and he helps the players decide what songs they’re…
Last month, Denton’s Oso Closo entered a Chipotle-sponsored competition in which they were asked to design their favorite burrito, create a film about it, and put it up for voting on Chipotle’s MyChipolte site. Check out the band’s creative submission above. With a win, the band would earn $10,000 and…
Your daily dose of national music news for Wednesday, September 9, 2009… Not a lot of people are happy about turning 30. However, Pete Doherty took it to the extreme and tried to throw himself off the top of a hotel. Apparently Lady GaGa doesn’t like being questioned about her…
Well, it’s that time of year again, I guess, where (mostly) unknown acts take to the Internet in competition to try and snag the final spot at this year’s ACL Fest in the annual battle known as The Sound and The Jury. By my count, three locals have made it…
