The best in the catalog? I’d say so. Stumbled across a blog called Pop Headwound this morning, specifically ’cause of this post about the author’s eight favorite alt-country records of the ’90s (which he wrote in response to this zine’s post about the best albums of each year of the…
Dallas’ own Play-N-Skillz, who now have their own Wikipedia page (um….jealous?), are in the news again thanks to Lil Wayne’s “Got Money”, which, you might recall, the South Irving brothers produced. Seems Miami rapper Pitbull told MTV News that the song “Got Money” was originally his. And, in turn, the…
Look out, Buttholes: The original Surfers are back. (Keri Pickett) We’d heard that the Granada was in talks to book this show, but some Friends of Unfair Park, oddly enough, are the ones who confirmed to us that it was gonna happen–and they did so in an irreverent item about…
You may have already seen this in the comment section of this post, but a helpful set of eyes points out that, on Friday, the Fight Bite love just kept going strong–this time thanks to a plug from the USA Today blog Pop Candy. The author of the post writes:…
Erykah Badu stole the show on Saturday. Everyone’s talking about Erykah Badu’s surprise appearance and performance with My Morning Jacket on Saturday night at the Palladium… Stereogum writes: “I really thought that the Bonnaroo cover of this one would be MMJ’s best one forevermore. But you win, Dallas.” Meanwhile, Chris…
Toadies, Riverboat Gamblers, The Crash That Took Me, Dead Twins Palladium Ballroom Friday, August 22, 2008 Better Than: Wasting another evening blissfully hoping for another Pixies reunion tour. Odds are the Toadies performance at the Palladium on Friday night won’t go down as The Night Vaden Todd Lewis Shed The…
Dunno how many of you who aren’t at the Palladium right now care about this, but Erykah Badu just performed with My Morning Jacket…pretty effin’ cool stuff. Read about it in our Last Night review in, oh, a few hours soon. (My home computer’s been on the fritz. I’ll have…
Best friends forever…still! Yeah, about yesterday’s item about Jermaine Dupri’s getting the axe from Def Jam… And how it might hurt Sachse resident Dondria Nicole’s bid for the big time… Uh, backsies!. Says business blog Business Sheet: “As it turns out, rumors of Dupri’s departure are also ‘completely untrue’ according…
In case you were on the fence about whether or not to get tested for HIV, perhaps an appearance by T.I. will help you make your decision. The multi-platinum ATL rapper and King of the South will be at the Martin Luther King Jr. Family Clinic, 2922-B Martin Luther King…
How long before Dallas is a thing of Jaffe’s past? (Allison V. Smith) And so it begins, I guess. A few weeks back, when we told you about Sarah Jaffe’s incredible new EP, and, specifically, about the stunning title track “Even Born Again”, we warned you this might happen. Well,…
So, speaking of Sons of Hermann Hall: Tomorrow night at the much-beloved Deep Ellum venue, audiences can take in two of the best (and most beautifully understated) pop-rock acts the city has to offer as Salim Nourallah & The Noise and I Love Math will be sharing the bill (alongside…
Hmmmm…are these two still chummy? SOHH.com–which, really, I can only assume stands for Sons of Hermann Hall, right?–broke a fairly substantial (if true) rumor to its hip-hop-centric blog yesterday, claiming that Jermaine Dupri’s been given the ol’ heave-ho from Def Jam. No doubt that’s potentially devastating news for 21-year-old Sachse…
Yeah, but he still looks good, doesn’t he, Darryl? (Deanna Mason) Local tunesmiths have until Halloween to submit their magnum opuses to the Dallas Songwriter’s Association in order to take part in the group’s 19th annual songwriting contest. This year, the DSA is offering over $5,000 in cash and prizes…
Tonight, the Granada will transform itself into party central as Scion presents one of the most hyped groups of the last year (and one of Rolling Stone’s 10 Artists to Watch in 2008): Chicago’s The Cool Kids. The best part: The show is totally free. Here’s what you need to…
…you might want to spell his name right in your ad. Oh, and these guys’ name, too. Just sayin’. But, hey, we all make mistakes. Like, for instance: We screwed up and said the Tom Petty show next Wednesday night is taking place at Superpages.com Center when it’s really going…
“The Jonas Brothers. So hot right now. The Jonas Brothers.” So, I don’t know if we can legitimately consider the Jonas Brothers to be locally-based artists now that the teen superstar trio has gone ahead and purchased a home in Westlake–or, hell, if we even want to. (Although–and, yes, feel…
This guy was never in Max Cady. Ever. Just got an amusing email from Justin Moore, frontman for the Cape Fear-lovin’, perennially DOMA-nominated hard rock act Max Cady. Seems Moore is starting to work on an upcoming solo record–and he didn’t realize until just recently that there’s already a solo…
(Cabe Booth) Remember when we told you that Pleasant Grove frontman Marcus Striplin was doing just a couple local shows at the beginning of the month? Looks like that changed, as his two Bolsa engagements turned into a standing Tuesday and Wednesday gig for all of August, as well as…
Christmas? In August? Sure. Why not? Denton’s Centro-Matic just keeps getting more and more love for Dual Hawks. This time, it comes from Stereogum, which offers up an unreleased track from the double disc. This morning, the site picked the band’s unreleased song “Christmas 83 (Make Fun of My Sweaters)”…
With the Austin City Limits Festival (and its rather mediocre line up) coming just around the corner and talk of SXSW 2009 already heating up, it’s a wonder that the state capitol has room for yet another multi-day concert event. But, lo and behold, here comes the third annual Fun…
After some fairly intensive competition between interested labels (more on that in the coming weeks), Jonathan Tyler & The Northern Lights have, as expected, finally put pen to paper with Atlantic Records. That’s the word, at least, straight from the band manager’s mouth. What’s that mean? Well, after a five-state…
My head hurts. Here’s why: The song’s called “Dreaming of Dreaming” and it’s a b-side from The Secret Machines’ upcoming self-titled release (due out October 14), meaning it’s not on the album. But the I Rock Cleveland music blog is (rightfully) touting it as a return to form to the…
