Say “Buenos Dias” To Fergus & Geronimo’s New 7-Inch Release

This morning, Fergus & Geronimo’s 7-inch for “Tell It (In My Ear)” was made available for pre-order from London-based blog/record label Transparent. But if you want to secure yourself a copy, you’d better start reaching for your credit card because Transparent is only having 300 copies of the vinyl single…

(Kinda) Announcing DC9 at Night Presents: Deep Cover

Perhaps you’ve seen the above ad in the past couple issues of our dead tree publication about a new monthly happening down in Deep Ellum, brought to you by seven of the neighborhood’s venue’s, one of its art galleries and us here at DC9? Yeah? Well, as the above image…

More Blues For The Building Where Robert Johnson Recorded.

Over on Unfair Park this morning, Robert has the details on what looks to be the final nail in the coffin for the building 508 Park Ave.Which would be no big deal, except that some dude named Robert Johnson apparently recorded some music there or something? Or so Robert’s told…

Live Nation Goes Bonkers With More Giveaways, Deals

In case you haven’t noticed, we, and everyone else (including Subway) have been kinda inundated with ticket offers and discounts from Live Nation all summer long.Well, this week, the folks at the national booking/promotions superpower have put a few more worth-mentioning doozies into the pot.First, there’s this “Ultimate Access” deal,…

Eisley Announces Upcoming Tour, Album Details

Yesterday, charming Tyler-based family rock (and DOMA-winning, mind you) outfit Eisley posted the above clip to Youtube, updating its fans on what’s to come. Kinda a good news/bad news deal. The good news: The band’s third full-length album is on the way. The bad news: It won’t be coming out…

Today In Music News: Jackson’s Hard Drive Is Full Of Music, Tenacious D Replaces The Beastie Boys, Steven Tyler Falls and John Hughes Dies

Your daily dose of national music news for Wednesday, April 29, 2009…Looks like Michael Jackson’s estate will produce as much posthumous music as Tupac’s. Hard drives containing at least 100 unreleased songs–new and old–were taken by his sister LaToya.The Outside Lands Festival booked the most logical replacement for the Beastie…

Bonus MP3: Kill The Dance Floor — “Stare”

Last year, brothers Mick and Raul Espinoza were plying their new wave craft under the moniker Mahteo. They even recorded a pretty cool debut album, The NuWave Republic. Although that record mined the classic ’80s influences of Joy Division and The Cure a little too blatantly, it nevertheless had its…

Carry That Weight: Because Of ‘Overwhelming Demand,’ Live Nation Releases More Tickets To Paul McCartney’s Cowboys Stadium Gig

Like with yesterday’s announcement that, upon the completion of production details, more tickets were being released to the upcoming U2 show at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, today comes news that–again, upon the completion of “production details,” whatever those are–more tickets are being released to Paul McCartney’s Wednesday, August 19, gig…

LiveNation Releases Extra U2 Tickets For Sale Today At Noon

…and real soon, too. See, now that the complicated production details have been completed on the band’s upcoming, October 12 show with Muse at Arlington’s Cowboys Stadium, the promoters are releasing more tickets, at all price levels, for sale to the public, starting in, oh, 50 minutes or so, at…

Michael Franti Drops Off Tomorrow Night’s Counting Crows Show At Nokia

In this past week’s print edition, Observer contributor Chris Parker chatted up rebel rocker Michael Franti, talking about his new reggae infused sound in Spearhead in anticipation of his show tomorrow night at Grand Prairie’s Nokia Theatre alongside Counting Crows and Augustana.Well, turns out Franti won’t be making the gig,…