You hear the Play-N-Skillz name dropped at the start of the Lil Wayne song “Got Money,” sure–which makes sense, as the local products produced the beat for the song–but word today is that, despite all the talk we heard in the past year about how much producing the track would…
Your daily dose of national music news for Wednesday, May 13, 2009… When you go to a karaoke bar to belt out drunken tunes, most people don’t expect to get one upped by Rick Astley. The Flaming Lips will release a double album follow-up to At War With The Mystics…
“I Do Not Hook Up,” the second single from Burleson’s own Kelly Clarkson’s latest album, All I Ever Wanted album, is indeed a catchy little gem (written by Katy Perry, who stopped through town last night, dontchaknow). But unlike the first single, “My Life Would Suck Without You” which, along…
Talking Heads mastermind David Byrne has created a sound installation at the Roundhouse arts venue in London called Playing The Building which is exactly what the name implies. Visitors can use a modified pump organ that uses wind, vibration and striking against the 160-year-old building’s structure to create tones. Using…
(Post updated at 4:34 p.m…see after jump)There’s a lot of interesting things you can learn while following Rhett Miller on his Twitter account. For instance, a few weeks back, Miller said it was likely that the summer’s upcoming Old 97’s tour is going to be an “An Evening With…” kind…
Your daily dose of national music news for Tuesday, May 12, 2009… NBC Nightly News host Brian Williams can now add indie music video blogger to his resume. Seems some, uh, very private images of Rihanna have leaked onto the Internet. They’re just “alleged” to be Rihanna at this point, but…
If there’s one–and, I think, justifiable–problem that I have with local NPR affiliate 90.1 KERA-FM, it’s that there isn’t enough music on the station’s regular programming schedule (Paul Slavens aside). As stands, only two of the station’s weekly 168 programmed hours are regularly about music (big ups to Terry Gross…
Renowned musician and Fort Worth native Stephen Bruton passed away on Saturday after complications from throat cancer. He was 60 years old.Over a nearly 40-year career, Bruton worked with the likes of Alejandro Escovedo, T. Bone Burnett, Bonnie Raitt, Johhny Cash, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings Kris Kristofferson and many, many…
Your daily dose of national music news for Wednesday, April 29, 2009…Booking residencies on late night talk shows has become quite the fad this year. But I think Eminem needs to figure out what a residency actually means. Like Prince did with Jay Leno, Eminem will perform for three nights…
Some DC9 readers poked fun at me for listing Kenny Chesney show at Frisco’s Pizza Hut Park in last week’s Good Friday blog post. Well, love him or hate him, at least Chesney has some principals: Even though he only made it through a few songs before torrential rain shut…
Mother’s Day is nigh upon us–and c’mon, you can do better than some crappy (and sappy) card. It’s time to give your mom a gift that reflects how you really feel about her. Now, she may not enjoy the following music-related gift ideas, but make sure you throw that gift…
Your daily dose of national music news for Friday, May 8, 2009… Time to practice your hammer-ons and roll-offs–Guitar Hero: Van Halen will hit shelves some time in the second half of this year. Band in-fighting and prima donna attitudes not included. Jane’s Addiction may be jumping on board the…
A major hurdle’s been cleared for former Firewater talent-buyer Clint Barlow in his efforts to re-open Trees come late summer: The City Plan Commission voted unanimously today to recommend that the city grant the club a two-year special use permit. In mid-June, the City Council will have the final vote…
Thanks to his work with former Def Jux artists Hangar 18 and others, area beat maker, producer, and DJ Rob Viktum’s got a resume most area producers would love to boast–hell, the guy even (kinda) remixed “Jenny’s Song” for us back in September. So you know he’s a good sport,…
The venerable Preston Jones of the Star-Telegram checks in today with some crappy news over on the Fort Worth daily’s music blog: Calhoun appears to be calling it quits after its next gig, on Friday, May 15, at the Aardvark. Click the link for all the details on the likely…
The New York Times checked in with St. Vincent yesterday, a day after her sophomore album, Actor, earned its official release–mostly, it seems, because the NYT wants in on the hype, dammit. The piece is mostly a straight up feature profile, with very little color commentary from the article’s scribe…
Your daily dose of national music news for Thursday, May 7, 2009…The script for the Nick Cave-penned sequel to Gladiator has been unearthed. Nick Cave may need to quit his day job with the Bad Seeds and start writing movies.You can check out the possibly new track from the Beastie…
As I retweeted just moments ago (check out our Twitter-log in the right-hand column on this page…and follow me, too, if ya want), Centro-matic’s got a gig tomorrow night at the Granada Theater with the fine fellows of The Crash That Took Me and Austin’s The Monahans. And while that’s…
Pardon if this news is coming a whole 24 hours late–I’ve been out of the office for the past week and spent my morning sifting through stacks of unopened CDs and an inbox filled with press releases. Oh, the joys of the office!But I digress.Regardless of time concerns, it’s worth…
The change to BYOB wasn’t enough to save Fort Worth’s Fairmount, sadly, and the South Side’s biggest music venue had to shut its doors after Sunday’s pre-Cinco De Mayo celebration with Star De Azlan. But while the venue may be gone, co-owners Sally Birthisel and J.R. Whitfield will still be…
Your daily dose of national music news for Wednesday, May 6, 2009…Radiohead’s manager told the band they needed to split up when the band stalled out in the studio during the recording of In Rainbows. Former Wilco drummer, Jay Bennett, is suing current Wilco leader, Jeff Tweedy, for at least…
Your daily dose of national music news for Tuesday, May 5, 2009… Happy Cinco de Mayo!Someone who is crazier than Britney Spears interrupted her show by jumping on stage with her. Sugar Ray are releasing their first record in six years titled Music For Cougars. A very contemporary title for…
