Yup: After starting off the month being charged by the Dallas Police Department with disorderly conduct for getting nude at Dealey Plaza while shooting her “Window Seat” video, Erykah Badu ended April by filing a not guilty plea to challenge those charges. Happened last Wednesday, as a matter of fact–and…
Your daily dose of national music news for Thursday, May 6, 2010…Either Roger Waters or one of his minions don’t care to much for Elliot Smith…Scarlett Johansson says she wants to play Courtney Love in a Nirvana movie. Uh, Scarlett… you’re not skanky enough and you’re too top-heavy.The tween girls…
This morning, the Kessler Theater quietly created an event on facebook for a Pleasant Grove concert on Saturday, August 7. Just another Pleasant Grove show, right? Not quite: Apparently the band will be performing their seminal album Auscultation of the Heart all the way through. This should be an amazing…
Your daily dose of national music news for Wednesday, May 5, 2010…The debut song from the new project brought to you by Mr. and Mrs. Trent Reznor debut online.Jack White is ready to record as the White Stripes again… and we are too.Skanks and strippers had better look out… Bret…
A huge, huge, huge thank you to everyone who came out to The Local Hang last night at The Libertine. Biggest crowd we’ve seen yet. Lots of area musicians fans and industry types. Also: Random drinkers who didn’t seem to mind having their turf infringed upon. A special thanks to…
Yesterday, Stereogum launched a new bit called Exposure, where musicians interview other musicians–like a hipster, music-focused Interview magazine (redundant?) except that it’s on video and online. For the debut episode, the Dallas-bred Alan Palomo of Neon Indian gets tapped to interview one Peter Gabriel. Does a pretty good job, too,…
Kind of big news this week surrounding Burleson’s own Kelly Clarkson. Seems the inaugural American Idol champ has been working on a new record, and, uh-oh, a song from the record has leaked. Late last week, the sultry–or, well, sultry for Clarkson–song started making its way around the ‘net.Clarkson was…
Your daily dose of national music news for Tuesday, May 5, 2010…It’s official: The world is coming to an end.Celine Dion’s “My Heart Will Go On” was voted the best movie song of all-time. Noticeably absent? John Cafferty and The Beaver Brown Band’s “On The Dark Side.”…
Last week, we gave you all a heads up about the next big festival in town–now that Edgefest is out of the way, at least. Downtown Dallas’ Homegrown Festival bill for Saturday, May 22 is already pretty stout. It’s fully stocked on buzz-worthy local acts. But the name they dropped…
Your daily dose of national music news for Monday, May 3, 2010…The Oz-man cometh back with Ozzfest… but only for six shows.Kid Rock is going country and hosting the CMT Awards.Sorry Lala users… Apple has decided to shut the streamer down…
Greg Lake’s resume reads like a who’s who of classic rock. If only Lake were known as the first singer/bassist for King Crimson, his iconic status would still be secure. But Lake chose to leave King Crimson and form a trio with Keith Emerson and Carl Palmer. ELP went on…
Tonight in the House of Blues’ Cambridge Room, local indie-pop duo Smile Smile will headline an all-local bill that also features Dovetail and Pale Horse. Expect the headliners to be in a celebratory mood at this show–and for good reason: Today is band member Ryan Hamilton’s birthday. But what’s really…
Earlier this week, the Fort Worth location of Russell Hobbs’ The Door franchise announced a name change to The Bandwagon. Well, sort of. As Preston Jones of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram learned earlier this week when he broke the news, it’s more of a half name-change. Just as is the…
Your daily dose of national music news for Friday, April 30, 2010…Brandon Flowers finally frees himself from the shackles of The Killers and sets a release for a solo record.What better to deter Arizona lawmakers from abusing a possibly discriminatory law than a caterwalling Columbian singer?Interpol are back and you…
When we caught up with former Secret Machines- and UFOFU-er Benjamin Curtis at Austin City Limits this past fall, the current School of Seven Bells member gave us some insight into the sophomore release his band was working on at the time:”It’s a bigger sound,” he said. “It’s also a…
Drive A is a relatively new rock quartet with solid punk leanings. Led by appropriately snotty lead vocalist/guitarist Bruno Mascolo, Drive A hails from Los Angeles and is happy to harken back to the classic hardcore punk days of Orange County when bands like Black Flag and the Adolescents were…
Your daily dose of national music news for Thursday, April 29, 2010…From the home office in Sioux City, Iowa: Dave Letterman starts a record label.GZA is following suit with his Wu-mates and plans to release his sequel to Liquid Swords.The Flaming Lips Steven Drozd has been hospitalized with an undisclosed…
If you don’t mind driving the 92 miles between Dallas and Tyler, there’s a nice line up set for the Southbound Sound Music Festival, which is set to take place on Saturday, May 8, at the Texas Rose Horse Park located at 14078 State Highway 110 N. The all day…
Your daily dose of national music news for Wednesday, April 28, 2010…Trent Reznor might be, maybe affiliated with a new project How To Destroy Angels. Maybe.Eminem gets all up “uplifting” with his first single off his new album. Tupac’s mom has been arrested for felony drug possession…
In addition to The Burning Hotels’ new release and the big major label debut from Jonathan Tyler & The Northern Lights, it looks like another big local release is up for the taking on iTunes. Though it won’t see a physical release until next Tuesday, Doug Burr’s new release, O…
Today marks the release of Punk Goes Classic Rock, the ninth installment of Fearless Records’ Punk Goes… cover songs series since its inception with 2000’s Punk Goes Metal. Back then, it wasn’t too shabby a concept; the original disc that boasted names like Strung Out, The Ataris, New Found Glory,…
Local dance/pop act Ishi is no stranger to a contest. The band recently won a spot on the main stage at this year’s Edgefest, and now the band has its sights set on the massive Bonnaroo festival coming up this summer in Tennessee.How? Well, with a party, duh.On Thursday night,…
