Exciting news for Seryn today: Spune has just announced via a press release that it has signed the band to a management/artist development deal and that it will release the band’s debut album in spring 2010. Not bad for a band born just this past March. Then again, we’ve already…
This morning, after late-breaking news from Denton last night that The Flaming Lips would be headlining this year’s NX35 Festival, we’ve received confirmation from both the folks at NX35 and with The Flaming Lips: It’s on.In fact, in an email just sent our way, NX35 publicist Lyndsay Knecht Milne even…
Your daily dose of national music news for Friday, December 18, 2009…Weezer have canceled the rest of it’s North American tour, per doctors orders, because of their bus crash. Apparently the UK music press is only-concerned-about-Rage-Against-The-Machine vs. Joe-McElderry-Christmas-song-battle.If your guitarist quits the band and no one notices does it count?…
Last night, at a listening party for his band’s upcoming The Courage of Others disc in Denton, Midlake’s Eric Pulido announced to a crowd of about 50 people that Midlake would be playing the North by 35 conferette. No news there necessarily–except that four sources who were there say Pulido…
Judging by the lines I faced while shopping at Borders this weekend, books are one of the top gift items this holiday season. And what better gift for the music geek in your life than a rock biography? This year, there have been several interesting life stories to hit the…
Your daily dose of national music news for Thursday, December 17, 2009…That Toby Keith, he loves to court controversy. He made a “racist” gesture at a Nobel Prize after party while rapping with Will Smith. Yes, you read that right… he was rapping.About 500 Lil Wayne fans are enjoying his…
Last week, just after a potential upcoming single from Erykah Badu leaked to the Internet, the Dallas-based neo-soul queen formally announced the release date for her upcoming album, New Amerykah Pt. 2: Return of the Ankh. The disc, reported Billboard late on Friday afternoon, will see its official release on…
Well, we expected to see either of the DFW-bred acts that popped up earlier this week in Pitchfork’s countdown of the top 100 tracks of 2009 to make another appearance in the countdown as it progressed. But, honestly? We were kind of expecting it to be St. Vincent. Instead, it’s…
Yesterday saw the formal release of Midlake’s two lead The Courage of Others singles in the form of a two-track, 12”, vinyl, limted edition, collector’s piece–a must have, we imagine, for any serious local music collector. But, even for the wannabes, there’s something of a consolation: Yesterday, in tandem with…
Looking to get that special musicologist in your life something special? If so, you might want to think about a box set. But be wary: There’s a lot of chaff to sift through when dealing with the glut of holiday season reissues. Thankfully, amidst it all, the following multiple-disc sets…
No matter what the weather is like in late January, there’ll be a couple of marvelous nights for a moondance. Van Morrison will perform at Bass Concert Hall in Fort Worth Sunday, January 24 and the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center in Dallas Monday, January 25. Tickets for both shows…
Your daily dose of national music news for Wednesday, December 16, 2009…The Stooges, ABBA and Genesis have been selected for induction in the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame next year.Billy Corgan feels that breaking up the Smashing Pumpkins was a “mistake.”Dave Grohl is suing a bar for copyright infringement–or…
In the few weeks since going live with his new label, Mega Royal Records, Dallas hip-hop producer and DJ Rob Viktum has already given away The Big Gold Instrumentals, a beat tape by Vanderslice that you can download for free via Mediafire or UserShare. And he already has ideas for…
Midlake’s new,two-song, 12”, 45 rpm release, Acts of Man, which features two songs off the bands upcoming full-length release The Courage of Others (“Acts of Man” and “Rulers, Ruling All Things”), earned its release today.And though the release is available for online purchase–via insound.com, recordstore.co.uk and boomkat.com–it’s only available at…
Amidst all the year-end coverage bombarding music fans’ ears and eyes at the moment, it’d be easy to miss something like this–but that doesn’t mean it’s any less notable. Earlier today, Spin magazine released the tracklist and download link for a free 10-track compilation it’s releasing of artists to watch…
Your daily dose of national music news for Tuesday, December 15, 2009…Courtney Love lost guardianship of her 17-year-old daughter Frances Bean Cobain. It’s hard to believe she’s already 17, but, not hard to believe the world’s worst mom lost custody.Rumor has it John Frusciante has quit Red Hot Chili Peppers…..
Even more accolades for Dallas’ St. Vincent today–plus some for the similarly Dallas-bred Neon Indian, too.Both acts, already clear 2009 darlings in the eyes of Pitchfork, landed on the taste-making site’s Best Tracks of 2009 list this morning, with Neon Indian’s “Should’ve Taken Acid With You” popping up at No…
Your daily dose of national music news for Monday, December 14, 2009…A stunned nation mourns the loss of Flight of The Conchords.Technics 1200’s and 1210’s are being discontinued? Damn you digital turntables!The AV Club has compiled the list of the best band names of 2009…
Your daily dose of national music news for Friday, December 11, 2009…Ouch. Nas has been ordered to pay Kelis a whopping $51,000 A MONTH in child support. I guess she has to keep that baby in gold-plated diapers somehow…W. Axl Rose got into a fight with a photographer in Los…
We first mentioned this much on Twitter last night, but now, more details: Revered, DOMA-dominating area singer-songwriter Sarah Jaffe has signed a multi-record deal with Dallas-based record label Kirtland Records, home to the Toadies, Bush and Dallas-based indie pop duo Smile Smile.The deal, says Kirtland’s Tami Thomsen, just came to…
Last night, the OkayPlayer-hosted blog 2DopeBoyz posted this item, which, for all intents and purposes, sure sounds like a new Erykah Badu track–as heard, quite possibly, in a label or press get-together where Badu played the track for a room to get a response and to relay her release strategy…
Former Polyphonic Spree guitarist Annie Clark, a.k.a. St. Vincent, is starting to turn up on year-end lists on the strength of her album Actor. That’s no surprise–it impressed us too–but it is certainly refreshing to see a Dallas musician getting such high praise, even if she calls Brooklyn home now…
