Wanna Eat A Meal Cooked On Dan Deacon’s Tour Bus?

Baltimore-based soundsmith Dan Deacon’s got himself a reputation for putting on one hell of a crazy live show, as the above photo certainly more than indicates. And his music’s got a fine reputation, too–especially his most recent disc, Bromst, which is earning adoring reviews all across the land. But, turns…

M2S2 Prepares For Its Second Annual Offering

The folks at Life In Deep Ellum are pretty deep into the throes of preparing its second annual Mokah Music Summit and Showcase–or M2S2 for short. This year’s free event, set to take place on Saturday, April 25, will feature 12 local acts, a performance from the students of Zound…

The Paper Chase’s New Record Begins To Leak…

We’ve already gone on record as saying that The Paper Chase’s Someday This Could All Be Yours, Vol. 1 is one of our most anticipated records of the year here at DC9, and it’s not just because we’re aching for new material from John Congleton, Sean Kirkpatrick, Bobby Weaver and…

Jessica Simpson Annoyed, Loaned.

Two quick follow-ups to yesterdays items on Jessica Simpson, then back to talking about things that actually matterFirst, according to MSNBC, a source close to Jessica said Simpson saw Eminem’s “We Made You” video yesterday and was none too pleased. Shocking, I know. “Of course Jess finds it annoying,” the…

Minc Closes For Three-Week Repaving

According to Minc Lounge’s myspace page, the city has forced the club to repave its parking lot. That will shutter the club through April 25, according to the site. Which seems like an awfully long time to shut down for a repaving job. Does it really take three weeks to…

UNT Puts Record Collection On Ebay

Got more than $2,500 to spend on a big, big surprise for yourself? The University of North Texas is selling an unsorted collection of more than 11,900 vinyl records. The only thing the listing fails to describe is just what kind of records these are, though classical and/or jazz would…

Today In Music News: Some Group Releases Chris Brown Diss Track, Kings of Leon Almost Didn’t Release ‘Sex on Fire’, Lily Allen Puts Up With Lohan and Arcade Fire Teams With Pitchfork TV

Your daily dose of national music news for Monday, April 6, 2009…A hip-hop group named Smoke Jumpers has released a Chris Brown diss track. It’s not that surprising–it’s all part of “Hip-Hop 101” on how to raise your profile. I mean, did you ever hear of them before this? Didn’t…

Ugh… The One Night I Don’t Go To Lotus…

Ohmigawd, guys. Ohmigawd.These pictures of Ms. Britney Spears after-partying it up at McKinney Avenue ultralounge Lotus post-her American Airlines Center performance on Tuesday night are just now making their rounds around the web today.And… like, ohmigawd, guys… from the looks of things, it went pretty much exactly like her show…