Your daily dose of national music news for Tuesday, June 9, 2009…Jay-Z has premiered his new song “D.O.A (Death of Auto-Tune)”… and he’s already catching flack for it. I can’t imagine why.Singer Jeff Hanson died at his St. Paul home.Alice In Chains’ first record in 10 years will be released…
Another weekend’s come and gone, which means, yup, it’s time again to reminisce on your fuzzy memories with some help from Youtube.Animal Collective on Thursday, June 4, at the House of BluesDaniel Rodrigue already reviewed this show for us, which, sure, didn’t happen over the weekend, but came close enough…
Check out even more photos in our slideshow here.Two days after George Strait closed out the biggest show on the planet, there’s still trash from the show under the seats of Cowboys Stadium–and construction crews wrapping up work on the building–but, on the arena floor, it’s all about prepping for…
Tonight, at the Hydrant Cafe, Spune Productions has booked a performance from the Maryland-based Cotton Jones–check ’em out performing in the above in-studio clip for the Seattle based radio station KEXP. Theirs is an interesting sound, combining elements of lo-fi, ambience, pop, psychedelia and folk into a strange, but certainly…
Bonnie “Prince” BillyGranada TheaterJune 6, 2009Better Than: The George Strait concert at Cowboys Stadium, or pretty much anything else any of you suckers were doing on Saturday night. Opening with a ramshackle version of the Stanley Brothers classic “Nobody’s Darling on Earth,” it was readily apparent that Bonnie “Prince” Billy’s…
Over on Unfair Park, you can read Megan Feldman’s take on opening day at the new spacecraft Cowboys Stadium in Arlington. But if you’re looking for mine? Well, you’ll have to wait until Wednesday (when my column comes out with the print edition), to see my thoughts on the drunks…
Constantines, Crystal AntlersSons of Hermann HallJune 5, 2006Better than: Any show I’ve been to this year. In front of about 100 people, Canada’s Constantines played as if its audience at Sons of Hermann Hall on Friday night numbered in the thousands. Full of fire and vigor, the unkempt quartet made…
The Helio Sequence,The LoftJune 5, 2009Better Than: Being in the registration line at SMU, which is the only other place I’ve seen this many undergrads. The best concerts aren’t always the ones that you’ve been excited about for months–you know, the ones where you repeatedly refresh your browser on the…
Your daily dose of national music news for Monday, June 8, 2009…Lil’ Wayne has such a affinity for Kobe Bryant that he’s penned a song about him called, shockingly, “Kobe Bryant.” Word is it’s the best song ever about a once-alleged rapist.I guess Rihanna has officially moved on–she’s writing a…
Why, yes, that is R. Kelly playing from my computer speakers in the office right now. Which means it must be the weekend. And means I must be running late on posting Good Friday. My sincerest apologies. Here are your weekend plans, friends. First up, the shows we’ve already hyped.Tonight’s…
One more giveaway to take care of this afternoon before we get into what should be a pretty crazy weekend of live music shows (it’s kinda ridiculous, actually, how much is going on). This one comes courtesy of Mike Snider and Sons of Hermann Hall, which, tonight, will play host…
If you roll your mouse over the above embedded flash player, you’ll see that, right there, in the middle of page 46 of this month’s URB magazine, there’s a little wrap-up on Dallas’ own Damaged Good$ who made the cut in the magazine’s 15th annual “Next 100” feature on up-and-coming…
In case, maybe, you’re the kind of person who says, “Hey, self: You know what I’d love to see?” And your immediate answer is an emphatic “St. Vincent as a puppet, introducing some music videos!” well, you, kind friend, are probably gonna flip your shit right about now. Because, lookie…
Since Disney teen star Selena Gomez is apparently all about promoting local produce (seen her Borden milk commercials yet?), I guess we can return the favor and mention this: The Grand Prairie native has joined forces with her fellow Dallas suburbanites in Forever the Sickest Kids to record a remix…
Oh, Westlake. You so crazy!…
In this week’s paper, you’ll see a profile of Bonnie “Prince” Billy (nee Will Oldham) penned by my LA Weekly counterpart Randall Roberts, who had the pleasure of joining the reclusive Mr. Oldham for drinks a few weeks back at an LA hotel. The result? Some incredible quotes, that’s for…
Animal Collective, Black DiceHouse of BluesJune 4, 2009Better Than: Sitting at home alone burning a stick of Nag Champa while staring at the cover of Meriwether Post Pavilion. Walking into House of Blues last night, two things were obvious: The show was sold out, and many of the tickets were…
The Helio Sequence, the Sub Pop-signed, Beaverton, Oregon-based duo behind one of my favorite discs of 2008 (Keep Your Eyes Ahead; that’s the title track in the video above) stop through town tonight for a gig at The Loft. And the band knows how to put on a show, so…
Alejandro Escovedo, The Strange BoysSons of Hermann HallJune 4, 2009Better than: Putting up with the crowds at the House of Blues for the Animal Collective show. (A review of that show should be up shortly) It wasn’t exactly an energetic start to the evening at Sons of Hermann Hall: There…
This flyer by Michael Musselwhite promotes Seryn, This Old House, Western Giants, Younger Sons and Baruch The Scribe at The Treehouse in Denton. Should be a wonderful, mellow evening of acoustic Americana and folk, and this intricately detailed flyer really captures the vibe of these bands. It’s a great poster,…
Your daily dose of national music news for Friday, June 5, 2009… Middle-age moms everywhere have reason to say “hell to the yes” today: Whitney Houston will release her long-awaited comeback album in September. Time to put down your squeeze box: The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences has…
North Of The Dial seems to have mixed feelings about the idea of a band as rowdy and raucous as Brutal Juice doing something as conventional as reunion shows. But there’s no question in my mind about the poster for tomorrow night’s show (with The Boom Boom Box, Saboteur, Chameleon…
