Back in the spring, the latest single from Norwegian electronica duo, Röyksopp, “This Must Be It” started making rounds within the dance blog circuit, thanks in part to the plenty-adored act’s clout, but also to the song’s heavy, danceable sound.Well, today comes news that the single still won’t see its…
Got an excited call last night from one Danny Balis. Mostly, Balis–he of The King Bucks and formerly of Sorta–was flabbergasted by what he was looking at on his computer, and he pass along to share some good news on a day in which he needed some.Checking in on how…
Your daily dose of national music news for Thursday, September 3, 2009… Charlie Watts is leaving The Rolling Stones?! Oh, wait… no he’s not. Music producer Matthew Herbert is making an album comprised of pig noises. Top that Radiohead! Muse’s PR company might want to look up what “secret show” really…
Indeed, Dallas native Annie Clark will be on Jimmy Kimmel Live tonight performing, one would guess per the protocol of these things, to close out the show. Were I a betting man, I’d say the song we’re going to hear tonight is “Marrow,” the rousing song track Clark stunningly performed…
Your daily dose of national music news for Wednesday, September 2, 2009… Supergroup Them Crooked Vultures has announced a small US tour and an ACL Festival appearance. Catch ’em while you can… Portishead’s mastermind, Geoff Barrows, is set to release an album with side project Beak>. Hey Geoff, howzabout you work on…
In fact, they filed the suit against the drug company that produces the stop-smoking drug Chantix yesterday, it turns out. Robert’s got all the details over on Unfair Park, including a quick discussion with Carter’s father, Ken, on why he waited two years to file the lawsuit.Just a warning before…
A week from today, the Beatles catalog will see a digitally remastered release, and to celebrate, starting at 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Good Records will be throwing a party, complete with a “megamix” screening of Magical Mystery Tour, Yellow Submarine, Help, Hard Day’s Night, and Anthology, a Rock Band: Beatles…
Really can’t say I know too much about the Southern Entertainment Awards–well, not much other than that the site hasn’t updated its main page since 2007. But the site has updated its voting page more recently–today, in fact, since this marks the start of the voting process in its sixth…
According to this press release, Dallas-based company PlayApp is looking to replace the current process of publishing music in compact disc and mp3 form with doing so via individual program applications–y’know, as in, “There’s an app for that.” The idea? As opposed to even mp3s, the music applications the company…
More headaches for Kelly Clarkson today, as fans of the original American Idol are pretty pissed that the Burleson native canceled her Minnesota State Fair performance just two hours prior to her scheduled performance time, leaving fans who’d paid to enter the fair just to see her show feeling pretty…
Your daily dose of national music news for Tuesday, September 1, 2009… British police are going to re-examine the death of Rolling Stones member Brian Jones. In the ultimate attempt to recover from a floundering career, Michael Bolton has been writing songs for his new album with Lady Gaga. Publicity stunt…
Yep, that’s right: As of today, Burleson’s own Kelly Clarkson has an iPhone app. Far as I can tell, it’s basically like Rock Band, but without the pretty integral “band” part; you sing into a mic and the application judges your rhythm and pitch. It’s just like Idol, only not…
After the jump, the complete, just-released lineup of acts playing the Chevrolet Main Stage at this year’s Texas State Fair. Without looking, though, I’m guessing you probably have an idea of what’s in store.So, on that note, let’s just knock the highlights out of the way right now: Miranda Lambert…
Your daily dose of national music news for Monday, August 31, 2009… “The People’s DJ,” DJ AM, was found dead in a New York apartment on Friday. He led a troubled life, battling food and drug addictions, but it’s sad to see his life end so early. Noel Gallagher said…
The Fort’s own Green River Ordinance popped up in a rather unlikely spot this morning, getting interviewed and performing a toned-down, two-man, acoustic take on its new single, “Come On,” in, uh, the CNN newsroom?OK, sure, why not? Say what you will of the band’s saccharin pop-rock, but its busy…
Just got sent this cool link from Gerard Dirkx, former (and future) leader of The Telefones. Seems the band’s upcoming reunion gig that I blogged about a couple of times a while back has since turned into a pretty major event. Now, a total of nine bands will play The…
Your daily dose of national music news for Friday, August 28, 2009… Rivers Cuomo says he basically ripped off “Undone (The Sweater Song)” from Metallica. Nathan Followill says Kings of Leon’s new record is going to sound like Radiohead and Thin Lizzy. I guess that’s a break from U2, right? TV…
OK, so Ola Podrida isn’t really local at all–band leader David Wingo calls Austin home, not Dallas–but the band is named after Olla Podrida, that old arts and crafts mall off LBJ Freeway here in the D. And, if we’re searching for more local angles, we know that Wingo collaborated…
Andres from the Key City Crew passes along a great compilation, The Hungry Kid, featuring Albuquerque/Dallas rapper C.S. Rucker. Rucker shares the mic with fellow Dallasite Dustin Cavazos and Chicago’s Kid Static over beats by Drixxe, Kid Rolex, Freon, Licks and more. Rucker reveals a real Wu influence with his…
Last we heard, Corn Mo and .357 Lover’s upcoming full-length, Diorama of the Golden Lion, was set for a late August release. Well, this week, an official update: The album from the operatic glam-rocker will see a September 29 release. A little bit of a push-back? Sure. But, in exchange,…
Your daily dose of national music news for Thursday, August 27, 2009… Fall Out Boy lead singer Patrick Stump (the one with all the hats) was arrested for traffic warrants in California. He was then released on $15,000 bail for driving with a Illinois license instead of a California one. I…
