Your daily dose of national music news for Wednesday, April 29, 2009… What do you do when your competition has about 90 percent of the market? You make your product link to the Xbox. Yep, Microsoft isn’t ready to give up on the ol’ Zune yet; it will launch the Zune…
Although it has already been posted elsewhere, after the jump, you’ll see a press release from the folks at Etc. Etc., detailing their stance and thoughts on why their Saturday night party at the 1800 Lear St. warehouse was busted up by the Dallas Police Department and the Texas Alcoholic…
No less an authority on hot guys than People has declared Jack Ingram–who started his country career here in Dallas while studying at SMU, and who has recorded live albums at Adair’s and Billy Bob’s–one of Country’s Hottest Guys in a cover expose on the subject. In its interview with…
Paste Magazine’s been a big supporter of the DFW music scene in the past year or so, specifically dolling out the praise to a number of Denton bands. So on that note–and, yes, maybe we should have mentioned this earlier–may we direct your attention to the campaign to save the…
Over on Unfair Park at the moment, Wilonsky’s got the low-down on the latest project from Tim DeLaughter and Julie Doyle, a children’s musical and visual affair called Wee See–a development which certainly must come as a shock to anyone familiar with the Polyphonic Spree’s dark, NC-17 musical stylings. Says…
…why, just do what any responsible truth seeker would do, and turn to Wikipedia. That’s what one Friend of DC9 did at 12:40 a.m. on Monday morning/Sunday night. And here’s what he found: “Wilco had Jay Bennett killed because he was suing them.” Seriously–he took a screen grab of the…
Your daily dose of national music news for Wednesday, May 26, 2009… Let’s hope that Zooey Dechanel and M. Ward haven’t started a bad Hollywood trend. Unfortunately, it’s looking like they did: Scarlett Johansson and Pete Yorn have teamed up for a duets album titled Break Up. After Snuggie-mania swept…
Starting, oh, in about an hour and a half now at 6 p.m. at Bryan Street Tavern (which promises to host regular live music shows any day now), friends of Carter Albrecht’s will gather to host a listening party for Albrecht’s posthumously released album Jesus is alive…and living in London…
Your daily dose of national music news for Tuesday, May 26, 2009…Former Wilco member Jay Bennett was found dead in his Illinois home over the weekend.Could American Idol loser Adam Lambert be the new frontman for Queen? It looks like Brian May wouldn’t rule it out… Kelly Rowland has moved…
Stereo On Strike’s Wanz Dover is on pace to digitally release six EPs of his dub-influenced Blixaboy project in advance of a planned June album release for The Geek. They’re all available for purchase through Amazon, iTunes, Digital Tunes and Emusic; the album will be released as a CD and…
Fast-rising local MC Dorrough Music is on a ridiculous tear at the moment. Over a month after first making a major splash on the Billboard charts, his first two singles, “Walk That Walk” and “Ice Cream Paint Job,” are still rising steadily. This week, “Walk That Walk” reached No. 30…
With the recent emergence of Asher Roth coupled with the return of Eminem, it was only a matter of time before features like this one, which chronicles the history of white rap artists, started popping up around the Internet. This “White Men Can’t Rap?” feature in particular takes a look…
Weird news out of Forever the Sickest Kids camp this week, as the band has been forced to cancel a string of shows because… um, well, this is a little awkward… ok, let’s just say it… because guitarist Marc Stewart caught the swine flu. Stop laughing, guys, this is serious…
Your daily dose of national music news for Friday, May 22, 2009… Jay-Z bought out his Def Jam contract for a reported $5 million. Since he’s got the spare cash layin’ around: Jay, I could use some cash… The Arctic Monkeys used Black Sabbath as inspiration for its new album…
On Tuesday night, local D-Town Boogie-er B-Hamp celebrated the release of his debut disc, B Dash, by hosting a signing session at the Southwest Center Mall (Formerly Red Bird Mall) Eargazum location and, later, by taking to Aura Lounge to celebrate with local hip-hop and professional sports celebrities. Observer contributing…
While they’re at it–you know, demanding unpaid royalties and compensation and all–Dallas production duo Play-N-Skillz might wanna take to task a certain plumber by the name of Mario, too. Hopefully not, though, because this five minute and 25 second medley of contemporary hip-hop hits converted to 8-bit blips and bleeps,…
A press release popped up in the inbox this morning, confirming something we all already knew for the most part: that the band would be touring this summer in an “An Evening With The Old 97’s” format, with band members Rhett Miller and Murry Hammond opening the show performing their…
It was five months ago now, that we first learned of Fort Worth native and American Analog Set frontman Andrew Kenny’s newest project, The Wooden Birds. Well, just last week, The Wooden Birds’ debut disc, Magnolia, earned its release on the pretty excellent Barsuk Records label. It’s a largely subdued…
On Tuesday afternoon, Play-N-Skillz went to K104’s studios and talked with DJ Bay Bay about the recent stories circulating in which they claim they never got paid for their work on Lil Wayne’s Tha Carter III. Turns out, the brothers Salinas aren’t necessarily blaming Wayne, or anyone in particular, for…
Your daily dose of national music news for Thursday, May 21, 2009… If ruining a movie you grew up loving by remaking it isn’t bad enough, Miley Cyrus wants to play the role of Ariel More, the petulant and rebellious preacher’s daughter, in Footloose. Michael Jackson has pushed back the…
A couple days after the customer appreciation celebration at his Rec Shop skateboard and DJ store was unceremoniously broken up by a caravan of Dallas Police Department squad cars and officers (see video of the party being broken up here), the store’s owner, Ben Sharon, seems to be taking all…
Dallas-based DJ Fishr Pryce is recognizable for a few reasons: One, he’s often the man working the ones-and-twos behind Damaged Good$’ impressive live displays about town; and, two, he always seems to have a new mixtape on his person, ready to hand out, every time you speak with him.Those discs…
