Last night saw some serious action on Erykah Badu’s always-active Twitter account–only, this time, Badu seemed to be making Twitter work for her.And how: Through a head-spinning array of tweets that started shortly before 9 p.m. last night and ended shortly after 1 p.m. this afternoon, Badu desperately tweeted at…
On Tuesday, the release day for The Rocket Summer’s fourth full-length and second on major label Island/Def Jam, Of Men and Angels sat at No. 4 on iTunes’ album download chart. Yesterday, it fared even better, rocketing (pun absolutely intended) up to No. 1. And today, it’s still sitting fairly…
After mysteriously missing band practice last night, Tommy Atkins, the bass player for Fort Worth’s heavy gothic-cabaret trio The Great Tyrant, was found dead in his home at noon today. Behind singer Daron Beck and alongside drummer Jon Teague, Atkins was part of one of the top–if not the flat-out…
Tegan Rain Quin and Sara Kiersten Quin are identical twin sisters that just happen to front the Canadian indie pop quartet known as Tegan & Sara. For more than a decade, the Quin sisters have released six albums of indie pop that have received critical kudos as the band has…
Pitchfork passes along the news today that the (still) much-buzzing, DFW-bred Neon Indian will be releasing a new single at some point next month–and, curiously enough, it’ll be doing so via an exclusive release on Mountain Dew’s new label, Green Label Sound.Explains the Mountain Dew folk: Coming this March, Neon…
The week just keeps getting better for Damaged Good$, who on Tuesday released their killer new mixtape as a free download. Though half of the duo, Coool Dundee, told us that the group will return to working with past collaborator Xrabit (the London producer who discovered the Dallas-area rappers and…
Your daily dose of national music news for Thursday, February 25, 2010…If I’ve said it once, I’ve said it a thousand times… pickles are more popular than Nickleback.So if you’re pretty and married to a mega-music talent, does that mean their talent will rub off on you? You may want…
Brooke Webb, artistic director for the pop culture phenomenon known as Cirque du Soleil, wants fans of the performance art extravaganza to come for the music as well as the acrobatics as the outfit’s touring show, Alegria, launches its run at Frisco’s Dr Pepper Arena this evening.”The music is the…
Your daily dose of national music news for Wednesday, February 24, 2010…Jay-Z’s got 99 problems and the blind governor of New York is one of them. Now, that doesn’t really roll off the tongue does it?”J-Lo” has split with her record company. What will they do now without her floundering…
In the upcoming issue of the Observer, I spend some time with Grapevine native Bryce Avary, better known to most as the guy behind The Rocket Summer. And, as you’ll see in the piece, it’s a slightly different Avary we’re seeing this time around: He’s older, wiser, and, maybe most…
Your daily dose of national music news for Tuesday, February 23, 2010…Drake says the new Kanye West album will be “the best hip-hop album of the last 10 years.” Sounds like someone has been drankin’ the Kool-Aid!Johnny Marr got his prized guitar back after it was stolen 10 years ago.Xiu…
Last we checked in with Picnityme, the former PPT member and current Cannabinoid the hip-hop producer was a busy man, wrapping up collaborations with Headkrack, Astronautalis and Johnny Polygon, among others. He’s still pretty busy these days, too, having finally posted last week that Kid Cudi collaboration he promised then,…
Midlake fans still curious about why The Courage of Others took so long to finish receive a partial answer in a press release that arrived this morning, promoting a new album from John Grant, formerly of The Czars. The new album from the Midlake’s Bella Union labelmate is being touted…
Our sister paper out in Los Angeles checked in with Arlington’s own Vincent Paul Abbott over the weekend as the Pantera/Hellyeah drummer stopped off in the City of Angels as part of Revolver magazine’s Golden Gods Awards nomination party.And, just as Jesse Hughey and I learned last time we stopped…
Your daily dose of national music news for Monday, February 22, 2010…Rihanna is being considered for Vanity’s role in the remake of The Last Dragon? Really… The Last Dragon?! I have the power now Bruce Lee Roy!Ouch… Lil’ Wayne had eight root canal surgeries in one session. I’d say that’s…
Last night, I finally got around to starting Ozzy Osbourne’s just-released autobiography, I Am Ozzy, which, no surprise here, is already a New York Times best-seller. And, this morning, the Barnes & Noble here in Dallas on the Northwest Highway has confirmed some big news on that front: The Ozz-man…
Ebbot Lundberg, the rotund and intense front man for Sweden’s The Soundtrack to Our Lives, had just landed in D.C. a couple of hours before giving me a few minutes of his time. Perhaps suffering from a bit of jet lag, but Lundberg sounded like a guy happy to be…
Your daily dose of national music news for Friday, February 19, 2010…New Found Glory has been added to the Slam Dunk Festival line-up. Conspicuously missing… Dikembe Mutumbo.Legendary London nightclub Ministry of Sound may have to close it’s doors. So, if you’re “best friend” doesn’t know your not actually dead, is…
Besides being ranked 23rd on Rolling Stone’s Greatest Guitarists of All Time list, Warren Haynes is also one bad mother on stage.But, off stage, the Allman Brothers/Gov’t Mule guitarist turned out to be a pretty affable guy who spoke quite eloquently about a number of subjects–beginning with what he thinks…
Your daily dose of national music news for Thursday, February 18, 2010…Peaches one-woman reimagining of “Jesus Christ Superstar,” “Peaches Christ Superstar,” has been halted by the Germans. I’m sure it would go over well here in the bible belt too.Adam Lambert got a little pissed and yelled at a fan…
Attentive readers will no doubt recognize Waaga Records’ name. The more “experimental” Sacramento-based offshoot of Lesfe Records (Neon Indian) has already signed a couple young Denton acts to its growing roster in DC9 favorites Florene and FUR. It’s an impressive enough start to the point where, in the past, we…
MTV just posted the above interview with Jerry Jones, captured outside a downtown Dallas NBA All-Star party this past weekend. It’s a fun/unintentionally hilarious clip, centered around the fact that on December 13, when the Cowboys played (and lost) to the San Diego Chargers, Eminem was in town, wandering about…
