It’s been almost a year-and-a-half, if you believe it, since Mount Righteous first (quite adorably) burst onto the local scene, immediately charming area music fans with its clever, punk-ish, acoustic, marching band-ish and ever-cheerful sound. Of course, that was just the live show, though. ‘Cause, you’ll surely recall, we dug…
Regular Unfair Park readers will already be hip to this news: In a press release sent out early this morning, KERA announced both the name (KKXT) and start-date (Monday, November 9) for the new all-music public radio station it’ll be broadcasting on 91.7 FM. But, more than that, the press release announced…
Your daily dose of national music news for Wednesday, September 16, 2009… The blog darlings in Vampire Weekend are set to release their new album, Contra, in the new year. No need to use up-up-down-down-left-right-left-right-B-A-select-start to acquire it. Wow… could Kanye actually be sorry about the Taylor Swift shit-storm he stirred up? He…
For that, I apologize. Bottom of my heart. Got caught in a whirlwind of flight issues yesterday while trying to come back from my trip to Colorado for a) a friend’s wedding, and b) Neon Indian’s performance at the Monolith Festival. You can read about the latter in this week’s…
Good news for those who miss shows at Bend Studio: “Barefoot At The Belmont,” a series of weekly concerts at The Belmont Hotel in Oak Cliff, returns Thursday with an 8:30 p.m. performance by Nashville singer-songwriter Kevin Welch. The shows feature many of the same singer-songwriters that have performed at…
Your daily dose of national music news for Tuesday, September 15, 2009… Author and punk rock legend Jim Carroll has died of a heart attack. Janet Jackson released a surprise song “for her fans” after the VMA’s on Sunday night. Those crazy Jacksons know how to exploit a moment don’t…
Although it’s been out a month or so, I’m just now getting around to the killer new EP from local punks Warcola. Parlaying punk of the old school hardcore variety (Minor Threat, Bad Brains), Matt, Oscar (no last names = real punks) and the rest of Warcola have been spitting…
Your daily dose of national music news for Wednesday, April 29, 2009…Have you ever sat around thinking “Man, it would be great to be Daft Punk!”? Well, if you play DJ Hero you’ll have your chance! Artists are pulling out of the Michael Jackson tribute left-and-right. Mary J. Blige, Natalie…
Not the busiest weekend of shows around town this time around–which I’m OK with as I’m off to Colorado to visit friends and check out Neon Indian’s debut at Monolith on Sunday (and you thought we were done with them for the time being… ha!). But there are some cool…
Just how dedicated are local Beatles fans? Well, at least one has already agreed to pay $500 for a rare copy of The Beatles In Mono–about $200 more than the set’s $299.99 list price. The mono set is part of the big 9-9-09 marketing blitzkrieg, which also included the release…
The recently reopened Trees continues its rather unusual booking practices with the unlikely pairing of Vanilla Ice and Arlington’s Mad Mexicans to occur on Saturday, September 19th. Not that I have anything against either act. Yes, I know that Robert Matthew Van Winkle (aka Vanilla Ice) causes most music critics…
In this week’s Observer, contributor John Hood just goes off, really, on how much enjoys the above song by Chairlift, which, you’ll surely recall upon hearing, was used liberally earlier this year as part of an iPod Nano campaign. But a sellout this song isn’t, Hood explains: “I can’t recall…
The Cavern’s concert calendar has been a little bit dry of late, but that changes somewhat this weekend with Saturday night’s lineup of Throw Me The Statue, The Brunettes and Nurses rolling through town as part of an impressive touring triple-bill. In this week’s paper, contributor Chris Parker champions the…
Tonight, the rabscallions known ’round town as the Boys Named Sue will stop on by Sons of Hermann Hall–with The King Bucks in tow–to host a CD release party in celebration of the Sues’ latest release, The Hits, Vol. Sue! The new disc, released on Idol Records, is classic Sues–which…
In a press release sent out Thursday night, Bowling for Soup revealed the details of its upcoming album, Sorry For Partyin’. Oh, and it unveiled more details about its crotch-shot of a music video, “My Wena”… Far as the album’s concerned, the pop-punk band’s tenth release will see the light…
We knew a new album was coming in November, but, this week, UNT and Booker T. Washington alum Norah Jones released a few more details pertaining to her upcoming fourth studio record.The album will be released on November 17, and will be called The Fall. And, furthermore, common sense would indicate that…
Your daily dose of national music news for Friday, September 11, 2009… Sooooo, Courtney Love didn’t authorize the use of Kurt’s likeness for Guitar Hero 5? But Activision has a agreement signed by her? Huh. Maybe she just forgot she signed it? Who’s the logical choice to replace Paula Abdul…
This poster for The Great Tyrant, Caddis, Magnus and The Me-Thinks at Lola’s Sixth Friday is another Pussyhouse Propaganda creation, courtesy Me-Thinks bassist/singer Ray Liberio. Not much to say about it, except that I like how the boy’s precarious position in the icy water conjures a sense of doom that…
It’s always a good sign for any scene to have shows where the local opening bands have just as much to say as the out-of-town headliners. Based out of Los Angeles, The Ettes is a charismatic trio that has previously been described as “trashy, disposable fun.” And who am I…
Looks like Telegraph Canyon’s not the only Fort Worth-based act garnering some serious praise from a respected out-of-town outlet today: This morning, the UK-based daily The Guardian honored Bosque Brown as its “New Band of the Day.” Perhaps the nod comes somewhat in preview of the band’s upcoming gig in…
Yesterday, two-time Grammy-winning Dallas hip-hop production duo Play-N-Skillz announced a deal it has signed with Universal Music Group urban imprint SRC/Universal to launch its own imprint, which will be called G4 Muzik. After the jump, the full press release announcing the deal. But, in short, it’s a pretty sweet one…
Over on its Rock & Roll Daily blog today, Rolling Stone writer J. Edward Keyes gives Fort Worth’s Telegraph Canyon some serious praise in a feature called Hype Monitor, where the band gets mentioned alongside longtime bubbling-under acts Bryan Scary & The Shredding Tears and HEALTH.The band’s songs, Keyes writes,…
