Well, this kinda came out of nowhere: Next week–a week from tomorrow, in fact–the Old 97’s will release a four-song covers EP, called Mimeograph, via New West Records. The album, which comes before the band’s planned double-album release this fall, finds the old Dallas favorites covering The Rolling Stones, The…
Last night’s 2010 BET Awards kicked off with a band, featuring Kanye West standing atop a mountain set on stage, performing “Power,” the lead, already-leaked single off his much-anticipated fifth release, Good Ass Job, which is currently set for a September release. Not a bad performance either. Which is all…
Your daily dose of national music news for Monday, June 28, 2010…The Illinois Attorney General has launched and investigation into Lollapalooza because of it’s “radius clause” it enforces on it’s performers.Mannie Fresh releases his first project post-Cash Money.Even Alex Trebek can’t get away from auto-tune…
Denton favorite, blog favorite and DOMA-nominated Fergus & Geronimo, was just signed to Hardly Art for its upcoming release. Hardly Art is an imprint of the powerhouse indie Sub Pop label, and has had several notable bands, like The Postal Service, Fleet Foxes, and Beach House, under its umbrella over…
We’ve been pretty much dying here at DC9 HQ, sitting on this information, just waiting to put it out there for you. And now the higher-ups have given us the green light. You ready? Better be.On July 17, we’ll be hosting our the fourth annual showcase for our Dallas Observer…
As it turns out, there’s more to Mesquite than going to the rodeo and spending your weekend cruising up and down Galloway Avenue. Back in February, super- and ever-buzzing freak folker Ariel Pink decided to visit the East Dallas suburb to record a handful of songs at Klearlight Studio with…
ZYour daily dose of national music news for Friday, June 25, 2010…James Mercer must already be bored of Danger Mouse. He already has boatloads of material for The Shins he’s written on tour with Broken Bells.The battle of former mall-pop queens Tiffany and Debbie Gibson is finally coming. Thanks Syfy!What…
Andrew Chapman, drummer of Dallas-based trio The Simple Pages, thinks Dallas music is struggling. The general attitude towards local music , he feels, is apathetic. And he thinks there’s only so far a band can get on its own. So, in an effort to help out his fellow starving artists,…
Maybe it’s just been a while since I went trolling for honeys on the streets of East Dallas, but I’ve never heard of Memphis Blac or Smokahontas Jones, two female emcees who claim that part of town and are also pretty up front about their experiences as prostitutes in their…
Your daily dose of national music news for Thursday, June 24, 2010…Another hit to the family of Lil’ rappers, Lil’ Boosie has been charged with murder. Wait, who’s Lil’ Boosie!?This guy has waaaay to much time on his hands.Gregg Allman got himself a brand new liver! Now all he’s missing…
We’ve been following this story for over a year now, wondering when–if ever–that proposed venue at the old Club Envy spot was gonna open up. Hadn’t heard anything in some time, though. To be honest, we kinda thought the whole thing was kaput. Not so. This past weekend, in fact,…
Your daily dose of national music news for Wednesday, June 23, 2010…Two tech giants are going head-to-head in the digital music realm.Jenny Lewis is boycotting an Arizona show like she boycotts meeting fans after shows at the Granada.The Game wants you to know that even though his career may be,…
From the “Ever wonder what happens when local musicians have too much time on their hands?” department today comes the clip above, the most recent promo for the variety show John Pedigo (The O’s, Boys Named Sue) and Chad Stockslager (The King Bucks, The Drams) and put on every now…
So, despite a virtual kick in the gut from Pitchfork, it seems that Denton’s Florene is unfazed. Sure, the above interview was filmed before the music media giant’s slogging, but that didn’t stop up-and-coming Denton bloggers WeDentonDoIt.com from posting the above well-done video to their site yesterday (and, for good…
Your daily dose of national music news for Tuesday, June 22, 2010…Weezy continues to try and earn his street cred by copping to a plea deal stemming from a 2008 drug bust in Arizona. Good thing he wasn’t an illegal immigrant… no telling what they would’ve done to him.The best…
Sad news for those (including me) who were looking forward to catching The Go-Go’s at their Granada Theater show on July 26: Seems guitarist Jane Wiedlin took an awful fall that will require surgery. Here’s the word straight from the band’s website:It is with great regret that the Go-Go’s announce…
Since last summer, Live Nation’s been ramping up their summer ticket sales by offering a promotion known as “No Service Fee June.” A brief reminder: For the entire month of June, Live Nation is kind enough to remove the ridiculous service fees from the already steep ticket prices for their…
As currently stands, there’s shows booked out until October 7 at Fort Worth’s long-running Ridglea Theater–but that all could change real soon. Our friends at the FW Weekly report this morning that, in the near future, the venue could be sold off–and turned into a bank. Turns out that’s one…
Your daily dose of national music news for Monday, June 21, 2010…Snoop Dogg has been booted from the line-up at a free festival in the Netherlands. You would think one place that would be cool with Snoop would be that country.If there is one thing the Raveonettes know how to…
Surely, you’ve noticed the pledge drive efforts going on over at KKXT-91.7 FM of late, yeah? Us too.Annoying? Mostly. Necessary? Most definitely, given the station’s public radio domain.But it’s not all bad: Anyone and everyone who pledged to the station this week–and anyone and everyone who does so up until…
Your daily dose of national music news for Friday, June 18, 2010…Sometimes the only person who can out-crazy Courtney Love is Courtney Love.The cops where called when they saw 16 year-old Justin Bieber drinking in a bar… only it was a chick in her mid-twenties. Ouch.P-Funk guitarist Garry Shider has…
Earlier this week, Denton rock duo, RTB2, announced that their first full-length album, The Both of It, is now available for free download online. The album, recorded live in April of 2007 by Justin Collins at Satisfactory West, sold roughly 500 copies. So why, then, would RTB2 want to hand…
