Your daily dose of national music news for Tuesday, September 22, 2009… Turntablist extraordinaire Roc Raida has passed away. Indie rock “It-couple” Zooey Deschanel and Ben Gibbard tied the knot this weekend. Thanks for breaking my heart, Zooey. What’s the best way to calm an anxious mistress? Well, if you’re former…
So, the 61st annual Emmys were held last night, which, y’know, is something, I’m sure. But, if I may point your direction elsewhere for a moment: Not last night, but the weekend before, the winners in the creative arts categories of the Emmy Awards were announced. And maybe you recall…
A quick update on the annual The Sound and The Jury competition for little-known acts to make their way onto the Austin City Limits Festival lineup: Two pop-loving Dentonites, Andrew Tinker and Erin Austin, have made it into the final round of competition, with former Polyphonc Spree member Tinker, who…
Twilight and indie rock fans alike have been paying close attention to the steady release of information regarding the soundtrack for the vampire series’ second installment over recent weeks, the latter group no doubt doing so while scratching their heads.After all, it’s been for some time now that we’ve known…
Britney Spears on Friday, September 18, at American Airlines CenterI love the smell of lip-syncing in the morning. Britney was back (bitch?) Friday night for her second appearance in Dallas this year at the AAC. Skip the first 45 seconds–past the video of the creepy guy who looks suspiciously like…
Well, we knew she was working on a new video for “Marrow”–hell we even knew there’d be goats–and, today the video for perhaps the best song on St. Vincent’s otherwise still-stellar Actor has made finally its debut throughout the Internet. It’s a pretty tantalizing–and a beautifully shot–one, too, although hell…
Vanilla IceTreesSeptember 19, 2009Better than: Cool As Ice, the movie. (It was called that right? Right.) Well, he sure took his time in getting out on stage. In fact, it wasn’t until almost 1 a.m. when, mercifully, Vanilla Ice finally showed his face to the too-large-to-be-believed crowd at Trees on…
Motorhead, Reverend Horton HeatPalladium BallroomSeptember 19, 2009Better than: playing poker with friends, just waiting on an ace of spades. Not to harp on the obvious here, but for a 63-year-old man, that Lemmy fella sure can rock.And, for well over an hour on Saturday night, the crowd at the Palladium…
Your daily dose of national music news for Monday, September 21, 2009… Wanna be in a new Flaming Lips video? Here’s the rub, you have to ride a bike…naked. Joe Perry thinks Steven Tyler needs to “get his act together.” So, he doesn’t want him to fall off stages? Legendary…
After what has felt like weeks of rain and gloomy weather, partying outdoors is probably the last thing on most people’s minds. But along with a full slate of indoor music offerings, this weekend offers several outdoor festivals, including a couple sure to bring out progressives. And there’s good news…
You’ve read the review. Now check out photographer Gloria Levario’s slideshow set from Wednesday night’s performance right here…..
Tonight, Trees offers a pretty nice break from the early booking tendencies over at the storied, recently re-opened venue, as an all-local bill of Hoyotoho (performing DJ sets throughout the night), They Were Stars, The Orbans and Hendrick all come together on Elm Street to partake in a show celebrating…
Some interesting Will Johnson news pouring in this week, as the Centro-matic frontman’s keeping himself quite busy these days. Just a couple nights ago, in fact, a little birdie told me that Johnson, always the busy touring musician, is the newest addition to the Monsters of Folk lineup, joining in…
Yesterday, the folks at You and Yours Productions–the same people who’ve brought you the two latest videos from The Burning Hotels–released the above footage of Telegraph Canyon performing at Bass Hall, opening for the Old 97’s, from a few weeks back. It was a special night–and the clip, which boasts…
Lydia, PlayRadioPlay!Rubber Gloves Rehearsal StudiosSeptember 17, 2009Better than: Staying home to watch the season premiere of The Office. Despite recently sharing his troubles with his PlayRadioPlay! persona, frontman Daniel Hunter seemed to quite comfortable dancing across the small stage at Rubber Gloves last night under his longtime moniker, playing crowd…
Your daily dose of national music news for Friday, September 18, 2009… Avril Lavigne has split with her hubby of three years, Deryck Whimbley. That sucks, I guess. But, at least Pavement is getting back together! Jay-Z says he’s not going to go into politics after his music career is over. Did anyone…
Not a lot of great posters to choose from this week, but this one from Represent Austin caught my eye. The flyer promotes tomorrow night’s Lounge On Elm Street bill with Raw Word Records artists L.A.X and DJ Orion, both from Austin. It’s not especially exciting, but the blurry colored…
When we first met Dustin Cavazos, he was one half of the surprisingly interesting screamo-hop outfit Scuba Team Go, combining his creative beats with an even more inventive combination of styles. These days, though, the skate-hopper’s been focusing on his solo material, still creating his own immediately recognizable beats and…
Local alt-rock duo The Phuss has finished up recording its debut album and has tentatively set Halloween as the target date for the CD’s release. You may recall a few months back when the boys from the Phuss gave us permission to offer up a fine bonus MP3 of the…
Pitchfork today embedded the above video of Dallas native Annie Clark, aka St. Vincent, performing a house show for the Paris-based La Blogotheque alongside her tourmate Andrew Bird earlier this year. There are five songs in the clip above–three from Bird to start the set, and two from Clark to…
Yesterday, the folks at The Fader posted the above clip to Youtube, showing the young gents and newly added lady in Neon Indian performing at the bar at Barcadia for a new video feature the magazine is calling “At The Bar With Southern Comfort.” Consider this performance a far cry…
Not gonna bore you with too many details here–we’ve already seen plenty of other special ticket price offers from Live Nation all summer long–but, anyway, here’s the latest one: For a one-time purchase price of $49.99, Live Nation is giving area music fans the opportunity to purchase a “Club Passport”…
