I’m a big fan of Record Store Day. No, seriously. I’ve said so in print. And, last year, for the annual, national, uh, “holiday” (which the store also uses as its birthday bash), Good Records offered up a phenomenal, all-ages, all-day lineup for area music fans. Even better? It was…
Your daily dose of national music news for Wednesday, April 1, 2009…Director Spike Jonze and Kanye West are reportedly filming a 10- to 15-minute mini-movie featuring Ye’s song “See You In My Nightmares.”Outkast’s Andre 3000 was detained for speeding in suburban Atlanta. He was only going 109 mph in a…
Erv Karwelis sure must like what he’s seen from The O’s, John Pedigo and Taylor Young’s bluegrass duo, which signed with Karwelis’ Idol Records label back in October. Why’s that? Well, ’cause today comes word that Karwelis has signed another Pedigo project to Idol: Boys Named Sue. The band, which…
It’s been five years now–almost to the day–since Slow Roosevelt officially called it quits. But, as it now seems, there was always an opening for a reunion: “Who knows?” frontman Pete Thomas told the Observer in a March 18, 2004, article detailing the band’s desicision to end its run. “Some…
Your daily dose of national music news for Tuesday, March 31, 2009… Play drums? Like being bossed around by a bald ego-maniac? Then run right down and audition to be the new drummer for the Smashing Pumpkins on April 10! If you had any doubts that Green Day had moved…
Clint Barlow, the soon-to-be-former talent buyer for Firewater, checks in today to confirm the news about the club closing tomorrow night. Turns out, despite the timing, it’s not an April Fool’s joke. “No,” Barlow says. “It’s not. I wish it was.”Oddly enough, the club’s closing has been impending for some…
When Dallas record store owner Bill Wisener relocated Bill’s Records to the South Side Lamar complex a couple of years ago, one of the first people to drop in the store and welcome him to the neighborhood was Dallas Mavericks GM Donnie Nelson. And, last week, Nelson treated Bill to…
Well, it sure looks that way, as the above poster, hosted on Firewater’s Myspace page and sent out as a Myspace bulletin a few minutes ago, is pretty clear with its big lettering: “Firewater Will Close.” So, too, is the headline of the bulletin that went out: “FIREWATER IS CLOSING…
Your daily dose of national music news for Monday, March 30, 2009… In case you didn’t hear, T.I. was sentenced to a year and a day in prison. Ceri Levy will release a documentary called Bananaz that will go behind the scenes of animated band the Gorillaz. You can watch…
Seven months after the album’s release (and not a moment too soon), The Theater Fire’s pretty excellent Matter and Light has been reviewed by the tastemakers over Pitchfork this morning, and the album’s earned itself a very respectable 7.4 rating from critic Stephen M. Deusner.And unlike so many Pitchfork reviews,…
Your daily dose of national music news for Friday, March 27, 2009… It looks like Maynard James Keenan is going to take some time off from hawking his wine. Tool’s headlining spot at Lollapalooza isn’t the band’s only show this summer–the band is heading out on a full-fledged tour. Musical…
If you spot blogger and former Club Dada owner Amanda Warr (the local music supporter formerly known as Amanda Newman) around town sporting a fresh, new look in the coming weeks, well, you can thank/blame local Americana outfit Eastwood for the switch. Warr was ambushed last night by the people…
Big news out of Calhoun camp this week as the great Tim-Locke-led Fort Worth band has learned that the final song off of its excellent Falter.Waver.Cultivate disc, “The Earth Has Lost Its Hold,” will air at some point during the April 13 episode of NBC’s quite entertaining geek-turned-CIA agent action-comedy…
It’s no secret that we’re big Annie Clark (aka St. Vincent) fans around these parts. So we’re pretty much giddy about the two new mp3s from the former Dallasite that are making the rounds on the blogosphere today–ones you should definitely check out and download ASAP.The first finds Clark pairing…
On some level, yes, perhaps this was inevitable. But after many locals realizing it for some time now, it seems that the Chicago-based hip-hop duo The Cool Kids–or more likely, the people who represent them–have finally been hipped to the fact that, here in DFW, there exists a lo-fi punk…
With ABC News and Pitchfork Media pairing up for CD reviews and all, maybe it’s not so surprising to see former Dallas-based artist Alan Palomo and his VEGA project getting some love from ABC News in this segment the national news organization ran today (sorry–can’t figure out how to embed)…
Robert Gomez’s Pine Sticks And Phosphorous, his follow-up to the excellent Brand New Towns, is due out April 14, and he’s celebrating with an album-release house show 9 p.m. April 25 in Denton with The Baptist Generals. The catch is, mum’s the word on exactly where it will be. The…
Your daily dose of national music news for Thursday, March 26, 2009… There is justice in the universe: Bass player Jason Newsted will perform with his former band Metallica as it gets inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Let’s just hope they don’t trick him into eating straight…
Somehow I missed this when it first appeared on Gossip Teen, but apparently Jonas Brother and Westlake resident Joe Jonas is a big fat racist jerk. At least, that’s what Us seems to imply in its item about the “controversial” photo. All Us magazine knows is that someone took a…
Congratulations are in order for University of North Texas professor Cindy McTee this afternoon, as McTee has won this year’s Detroit Symphony Orchestra Elaine Lebenbom Memorial Award for Female Composers, which each year is dolled out to one living female composer for, well, her work in musical composition, of course…
Just got an email from Paul Dryden, a real nice fellow who runs Nacional Records and is one of the organizers for the Latin Alternative Music Conference. This year, the conference is taking place in New York City, July 7 – 11. Dryden is looking for some Dallas-area bands that…
Your daily dose of national music news for Wednesday, March 25, 2009…Looks like Metallica will indeed come to town this fall. If you’re not feeling like you have enough manufactured evil in your life, you can download Marilyn Manson’s new track “We’re From America” for free on his website this…
