Late last night/early this morning, the Twittersphere was ablaze with TinyURLs linking to the official 2009 Austin City Limits Music Festival lineup, which had suddenly been announced some time around midnight.As expected, the headlining acts are straight out the mid-’90s with Pearl Jam, Dave Matthews Band and the Beastie Boys…
Your daily dose of national music news for Tuesday, April 28, 2009…Scott Stapp is ready for his second chance to make a first impression as Creed reunites. Too late!DMX is going to be part of VH1’s Celebrity Rehab … er, maybe not.Despite the Oklahoma legislature accusing The Flaming Lips of…
Your daily dose of national music news for Monday, April 27, 2009…In a move that screams “contractual obligation,” The Killers are prepping a live DVD and covers album for release.Looks like the Today clip of Beyonce singing horribly was “just a goof” made by some dude.The girl who plays the…
For no apparent reason, this month’s Spin magazine–the one with the reunited No Doubt on the cover (see right)–is action-packed with interviews, props and nods to Dallas artists. By my count, there’s six call-outs in total… In the “Songs You Must Hear Now” feature, local hipster-hop duo (and noted DC9…
Bob Dylan and Friends, which friends include Willie Nelson and, umm, John Mellencamp, will play QuikTrip Field, home of the Grand Prairie Airhogs, August 7, according to the tour schedule on Bob Dylan’s web site and the Airhogs web site. Though the poster above fails to point out the time–or…
Your daily dose of national music news for Friday, April 24, 2009… Eminem seems to think that hip-hop will be a better place because he’s back. Will it Marshall? Will it really? Did you know that some of the guys in Mastodon love doing mescaline and playing Street Fighter? Universal…
When reached by phone, Bruce Richardson is a little timid. That’s understandable: Richardson doesn’t want to go down as The Man Whose Complaints Shut Down Good Records’ Party. “I’m just a guy who called and said I had noise coming into my house and followed up on it,” he says…
Even though all the pirate news lately has focused on the waters of Somalia, you’ve probably heard by now about The Pirate Bay’s founders, who were found guilty of copyright infringement having assisted in making copyrighted files available for download in a Swedish court last week. Today, though, news came…
For more pictures from the event, check out our slideshow.In a town renowned the world over for its high-class strip clubs, it’s actually kinda surprising that more concerts aren’t held in the always super-friendly confines of Manana Drive’ finest business establishments. Because, really, oh how decadent such shows can be.Tuesday…
As space was pretty tight in the print edition this week, I wasn’t able to fit the entirety of my interviews with VEGA’s Alan Palomo or the Granada Theater’s Mike Schoder into the space for my column this week on the Crystal Castles cancellation at the Granada. Below, find the…
As space was pretty tight in the print edition this week, I wasn’t able to fit the entirety of my interviews with VEGA’s Alan Palomo or the Granada Theater’s Mike Schoder into the space for my column this week on the Crystal Castles cancellation at the Granada. Below, find the…
Your daily dose of national music news for Thursday, April 23, 2009… So, Beyonce’s daddy is all mad because Howard Stern played a clip over the air yesterday that “proved” she couldn’t carry a tune in a bucket. But it looks like the recording could be a fraud. Or not…
Hate to do this, folks, as I know I promised that the story would be up today, but I just now got off the phone with Good Records’ Chris Penn, with the Dallas Police Department’s Deputy Chief Vincent Golbeck and with Bruce Richardson, secretary and one of the founding members…
One of the interview topics that didn’t make it to the print version of this week’s My Bloody Valentine feature was the volume of the band’s legendarily loud live shows. Kevin Shields has suffered from tinnitus since 1991, but said falling asleep with headphones on while mixing Loveless–not concert noise…
It’s always a bummer when a promising band decides to call it quits. But, sadly, Denton-based project The Make Believers is doing just that: The band’s promoting its Saturday gig at the Fra House as its last. “Oh, it’s because of the usual reasons,” explains drummer Justin “J.C.” Collins.” You…
Your daily dose of national music news for Wednesday, April 22, 2009… In news of the album cover persuasion: Eminem’s album cover has leaked and (OMG!) so has the Jonas Brothers’! Dave Grohl, the funniest man in rock ‘n’ roll, has welcomed daughter Harper Willow Grohl into the world. Looks like…
Your daily dose of national music news for Tuesday, April 21, 2009… It hasn’t been all smooches and hugs for Jane’s Addiction: Reports have started to surface that the reunited original line-up is once again not getting along. Did you know that Wendy and Lisa from Prince’s band The Revolution were,…
Looks like Dallas rapper Dorrough is making a name for himself on the national level. This week, Dorrough’s “Ice Cream Paint Job” reached the No. 32 spot on Billboard’s Rhythmic Radio chart, as well as No. 54 on the iTunes hip-hop sales chart (the mega-retailer is vending upwards of 5,000…
Preston Jones of the Star-Telegram has word today that Fort Worth’s Green River Ordinance will see its song “Outside” air on tonight’s episode of MTV’s The Hills. And, actually, that makes perfect sense, wouldn’t you know?This placement further continues the region’s serious pwnage of the drama-filled semi-reality show’s soundtrack, as…
Austin Music Hall’s web site listed former Denton outfit Lift To Experience on the bill as an opening act for My Bloody Valentine tomorrow night, but the set will actually feature frontman Josh T. Pearson’s solo project, says a source close to the musician. Though the Palladium Ballroom web site…
Our favorite former-Polyphonic-Spree-member-turned-indie-rock-sensation, Annie Clark (aka St. Vincent) just keeps getting more and more love and hype for her upcoming May 5 release, Actor. And not just from us, go figure.Starting tonight at 10:59 p.m. (11:59 p.m. EST), NPR will stream St. Vincent’s sophomore album in its entirety. And, even…
Your daily dose of national music news for Monday, April 20, 2009…Already the world’s oddest pairing of famous people, it now seems Ryan Adams’ indieness is rubbing off on new wife Mandy Moore, who says she wants to work with Fleet Foxes on a new record.What’s better than going bar-hopping…
