With a day-long lineup of local acts, Good Records went big in its celebration of National Record Store Day last Saturday — right on until Erykah Badu’s set got broken up that night.With a stage inside, a stage in the parking lot, and free food and beer, there was plenty…
Among this week’s highlight: Strokes drummer Fabrizio Moretti teamed up with Los Hermanos singer Rodrigo Aramante to form a side project, Little Joy. They’ll be coming through Big D to play Club Dada this June.Update: Right after posting, an email came through. Beyonce’s coming to the AAC The date’s been…
Your daily dose of national music news for Tuesday, April 21, 2009… It hasn’t been all smooches and hugs for Jane’s Addiction: Reports have started to surface that the reunited original line-up is once again not getting along. Did you know that Wendy and Lisa from Prince’s band The Revolution were,…
Spent all day Saturday (well, for the most part) at Good Records for the store’s combined 9th Birthday Bash and National Record Store Day Celebration. And, given the at-times cool and at-times brutally humid weather, that kind of marathon was something of a beating. A fun beating, but a beating…
Looks like Dallas rapper Dorrough is making a name for himself on the national level. This week, Dorrough’s “Ice Cream Paint Job” reached the No. 32 spot on Billboard’s Rhythmic Radio chart, as well as No. 54 on the iTunes hip-hop sales chart (the mega-retailer is vending upwards of 5,000…
Erykah Badu at Good Records on Saturday, April 18 Happy belated birthday, Bill Wisener! The owner of Bill’s Records on Lamar Street celebrated his 65th birthday and National Record Store Day with the eccentric First Lady of Neo-Soul and Dallas-native Erykah Badu (among others) at Good Records. Can you say…
Preston Jones of the Star-Telegram has word today that Fort Worth’s Green River Ordinance will see its song “Outside” air on tonight’s episode of MTV’s The Hills. And, actually, that makes perfect sense, wouldn’t you know?This placement further continues the region’s serious pwnage of the drama-filled semi-reality show’s soundtrack, as…
The new video for the second single ( “I Do Not Hook Up”) off Kelly Clarkson’s latest disc, All I Ever Wanted, premiered on MTV this morning. Thanks to the power of the Internet, that’s it in the above clip.Clarkson already told Rolling Stone that she thinks the video, which…
Austin Music Hall’s web site listed former Denton outfit Lift To Experience on the bill as an opening act for My Bloody Valentine tomorrow night, but the set will actually feature frontman Josh T. Pearson’s solo project, says a source close to the musician. Though the Palladium Ballroom web site…
Mark Olson and Gary Louris dusted off some old Jayhawks favorites, along with a helping of new songs off this year’s Ready for the Flood, for the crowd at Sons of Hermann Hall Friday night. Eric Grubbs has more on the show here.For a look at the show, including a…
Our favorite former-Polyphonic-Spree-member-turned-indie-rock-sensation, Annie Clark (aka St. Vincent) just keeps getting more and more love and hype for her upcoming May 5 release, Actor. And not just from us, go figure.Starting tonight at 10:59 p.m. (11:59 p.m. EST), NPR will stream St. Vincent’s sophomore album in its entirety. And, even…
Dan Deacon & EnsembleThe Modern Art Museum of Fort WorthApril 18, 2009 Better than: having to make the tough decisions, like: Do I spend the night looking at paintings, or go out to a show? Do I flip out dancing with my white T-shirt pulled over my head, or with…
Your daily dose of national music news for Monday, April 20, 2009…Already the world’s oddest pairing of famous people, it now seems Ryan Adams’ indieness is rubbing off on new wife Mandy Moore, who says she wants to work with Fleet Foxes on a new record.What’s better than going bar-hopping…
[Editor’s note: This review was penned by our newest Observer/DC9 contributor, Eric Grubbs.] Mark Olson and Gary LourisSons of Hermann HallApril 17, 2009 Better Than: wondering if Ryan Adams and Caitlin Cary could successfully do a reunion record and tour. The average age of the crowd was well over thirty as Mark Olson…
A surprisingly big weekend around the region this time around–which is a pretty good lead-in to next week’s also surprisingly big week. First, the shows we’ve already talked about… Right now at Bill’s Records, you can take in the festivities for owner Bill Wisener’s 65th birthday. Later on tonight, there’s…
Well here’s an interesting story from the Dallas Business Journal today. (I read it every day, you know.) Looks like Clear Channel, which owns five area stations (102.1 KDGE-FM The Edge, Mix 102.9 KDMX-FM, 97.1 KEGL-FM The Eagle, Kiss 106.1 KHKS-FM, and Lone Star 92.5 KZPS-FM), is ready to give…
I don’t think it would surprise anyone to learn that the man behind the That 1 Guy moniker, Mike Silverman, is from Berkeley, California. No, that reveal is much more along the “Oh, duh” lines than anything–especially for those familiar with his one-man-band project in which he plays his homemade…
Austin’s Lymbyc Systym sure makes some purdy instrumental ambient electro, as the above video shows quite capably. And tomorrow night, when the band hits the stage at Hailey’s with experimental Denton instrumental duo Florene, it should make for a pretty trippy time. Maybe not as trippy as the above video,…
Good Records doesn’t have the monopoly on big, diverse lineups this weekend. Tonight, there’s a Spune show at Longhorn Saloon over in Funkytown featuring Starlight Mints, Dove Hunter, The Crash That Took Me and Burning Hotels. Tickets are $10–not a bad price at all, but free is always better. And…
This show is going to be insane. Trust us. And, thanks to the fine folks at Spune, we’ve got a pair of tickets to hand out to the first lucky DC9 reader to email me with “Bromst” in the subject line. Good luck. You’ll need it.Update: Contest is over. Congrats…
Many of them were tucked away in suburban strip malls, their storefronts always the black sheep of the retail family. They were usually owned by a single lifelong music fan, someone who relished the opportunity to dog-paddle in the eye of the pop culture hurricane. Sometimes they smelled like incense…
In case you were worried about how the nasty weather might affect tomorrow’s Good Records Birthday/Record Store celebration, have no fear. The store has a backup plan in case the rain should continue into tomorrow. If necessary, the acts scheduled for the outdoor stage (already in place) will move to…
