Speaking of reissues: School of Seven Bells, one of our favorite bands from the past year or so (local tie or no), is set to receive the deluxe reissue treatment next week for its phenomenal debut release, Alpinisms. Out October 13 on Vagrant Records, the reissue of Alpinisms will feature…
OK, so, admittedly, we’re a little behind on this note (been busy with our own coverage, sorry), but it still bears mentioning: Both Sarah Jaffe and Neon Indian found themselves earning positive reviews over the weekend as part of Rolling Stone’s blog coverage of the Austin City Limits Music Festival–in…
Back in 1996, when the members of the Old 97’s were still residing in Dallas and the group was still considered alt-country, the band’s sophomore effort, Wreck Your Life, began the band’s popular ascension. Now, Bloodshot Records is reissuing the album with tons of cool bonus material. Titled Wreck Your…
Your daily dose of national music news for Wednesday, October 7, 2009…Peter Hook admitted he’s forged Ian Curtis’ signature on Joy Division memorabilia he sold. He says it was partly as a “joke.” Not funny Hooky. Not funny.The “emo haircut” is dead?Jay Reatard’s band has quit. Wow, how much of…
Thanks to all the area musicians, DJs, local music fans, and, well, everyone else who stopped on in The Libertine last night to check out the little experiment we’re calling The Local Hang with Playlister P. It was a night not without flaws–I’ll admit that it took me a while…
Sad news comes today from a spokesperson for Poor David’s Pub: Seems that folk/singer-songwriter Scott Shipley has had a heart attack and his show scheduled for tonight has been canceled. The 45-year-old Shipley tours regularly, but hasn’t played our area for some time.The rep at Poor David’s didn’t have any…
Your daily dose of national music news for Tuesday, October 6, 2009…In a story that can’t help but make you smile, 85-year-old Margaret Priebe went to her first Metallica concert. She was introduced to them nine years ago and has listened to them and Ozzy while recovering from cancer.I know…
Your daily dose of national music news for Monday, October 5, 2009… Liam Gallagher has joined a British campaign to save honeybees. He said if it weren’t for honey, he would “have a rough voice.” Maybe he needs to save an insect that can help him carry a tune? Elvis’ grandson…
All week long, Pitchfork has been counting down its list of the 200 top albums of the ’00s–just the latest series in its ongoing, highly entertaining set of features about the decade in music. And though three area artists popped up in the site’s countdown of its top 500 songs of the…
I guess now is the time where rubber hits road for upstart Denton-based record label Play Pinball! Records because, on Saturday night, as Cleburne’s Fungi Girls’ debut album, Seafaring Pyramids, officially hits the streets, it will instantly become the label’s first release.Early birds looking to catch the worm can get…
Lest we go more than a week without recognizing polk-rock outfit Brave Combo as one of the true gems of the region, let’s use this bit of news as a quick reminder: Yesterday, the L.A. Times’ music blog ran an item on the forthcoming Christmas album being released by one…
Your daily dose of national music news for Friday, October 1, 2009… How sad: The Kanye West/Lady Gaga tour has been canceled. I hear someone tried to tell ‘Ye the tour was canceled, but was interrupted by Taylor Swift. Flava Flav is shopping a series where he goes back to high…
For the past few weeks, we’ve been following the efforts of various DFW area artists trying to scam their way into the final slot at this weekend’s Austin City Limits Music Festival via the annual competition called The Sound and The Jury. And, last night at Antone’s in Austin, the…
If YouTube is more your flavor, check out the video here.DJ Drop, the nightlife luminary who helped popularize the D-Town Boogie way back, oh, a year ago, is the subject of Pete’s sidebar in this year’s Best of Dallas Scenes section, and in the video above, you’ll hear him talk…
Your daily dose of national music news for Thursday, October 1, 2009… The Black Keys are coming out with a hip-hop record? Don’t worry, they guys got guest MCs. An interview with Michael Jackson has surfaced where he talks about not wanting to go to a strip club with Madonna where…
Buried in this week’s newsletter from Kirtland Records comes this bit of exciting news for fans of the long-haired, tattooed, hippie freaks in Eleven Hundred Springs: In February, the boys will be releasing a new album called This Crazy Life. Regional country fans will no doubt remember the band’s last…
Your daily dose of national music news for Wednesday, September 29, 2009…It now only takes Eddie Vedder 30 minutes to write a song? That story isn’t as cool as coming up with his lyrics for Ten while surfing.Wolfgang’s Vault will release 1,000 of it’s live shows for purchase starting November…
Last Friday afternoon, Jesse Hughey and I finally got around to checking out the new Reno’s Bar & Grill and its marquis menu item, Dimebag’s Blacktooth Whiskey Burger, which features a whiskey-soaked patty, onions grilled in Coca-Cola and an entire section of the local music community’s heavy hearts. Well, not…
By now, you should already know the deal with Zound Sounds, Marc Solomon’s music school with multiple locations about the Metroplex where aspiring area youngsters learn from a staff of music teaching locals who are out there actually doing what the kids themselves hope to be doing as well one…
Like Bosque Brown before it, Neon Indian finds itself as the subject of The Guardian’s “New Band of the Day” feature today–although, if you read the copy, it’s kinda tough to determine if Paul Lester’s really all that into the music. More than anything, Lester uses the band as a…
Using a combination of hope, creativity and instrument strings, Abbie Chesney is reaching out to the local music scene for help with a jewelry project she’s calling Eye on the Sparrow Designs. The whole idea started in response to the death of her close friend and musician Carter Albrecht. Chesney,…
We’d heard rumblings out of Erykah Badu camp about a free show at Victory Plaza in October, and, earlier this week, a press release from Red Bull confirmed as much: On Friday, October 16, Badu and The Cannabinoids will perform a free concert alongside Oklahoma’s Shiny Toy Guns as a…
