Live Nation Pulls Back Service Charges, Offers DC9 Readers A Giveaway

Last week, Live Nation, the national concert booking and promoting conglomerate that books to Superpages.com Center and other large venues throughout the region, offered up the concert-going public what it thought would be a nice little respite to the recession: One day (Wednesday) in which service fees were scrapped on…

A Big, Busy Day For Rhett Miller, Indeed.

If you ignore a brief dalliance from back in 1989, then, yes, today sees the official release of Rhett Miller’s third solo record, a self-titled affair that’s been getting the Old 97’s frontman a whole lot of early attention from outlets like Pitchfork and Billboard, among others–including Magnet magazine, which,…

Damaged Good$ Gets Recognized In URB‘s “Next 100” Issue

If you roll your mouse over the above embedded flash player, you’ll see that, right there, in the middle of page 46 of this month’s URB magazine, there’s a little wrap-up on Dallas’ own Damaged Good$ who made the cut in the magazine’s 15th annual “Next 100” feature on up-and-coming…

DOMA XXI: And The Nominees Are…

A few weeks back, the 2009 Dallas Observer Music Awards balloting process began–somewhat quietly, I admit.  Distinguished area musicians, producers, booking agents, sound engineers, bloggers, journalists and others from around the region received an email asking them to nominate the artists they most respected and enjoyed from the past year. Once they were…

Green River Ordinance Runs To The Hills…Again.

Someone at MTV sure must like Fort Worth’s Green River Ordinance, ’cause, on Sunday night, the fellas in the band saw not one, but a whopping two songs played on the season finale of the channel’s not-quite-reality show, The Hills: “Out of My Hands,” which got some early airplay in…

Today In Music News: Ozzy Sues, Phil Spector Goes To The Big House

Your daily dose of national music news for Monday, June 1, 2009… In a moment of clarity, Ozzy Osbourne realized he’s not receiving his proper share of Black Sabbath royalties. So, he’s suing Tony Iommi.  Disgraced producer Phil Spector received a sentence of 19 years to life for the murder…