The Denton-based, modern country up-and-comers in the Eli Young Band, which performed at the House of Blues just last Friday (see Caity Colvard’s slideshow of that concert right here), are scheduled to perform as the musical guests on Jimmy Kimmel Live this evening. So set your DVRs, I guess. Because,…
Over on his La Maladie Tropicale blog, charismatic Faux Fox frontman George Quartz has offered up three solo tracks for download: an instrumental track called “Butterscotch”; a simple but catchy dance track called “Pentagram,” and a short, somewhat bittersweet female-sung (don’t know by whom, though) organ-synth jaunt called “Theme From…
That’s the duo above, in the studio with producer Dave Castell and drummer Mark Reznicek (drummer for Smile Smile labelmates the Toadies), tweaking a few tunes as they finish the record. Want more? Follow the band on its recording blog…
The most common reaction to The Listening Room’s grand opening last night? Head shaking. Not because people disapproved of the room’s decor or its layout or, really, anything having to do with the room’s re-model at all. Rather, the head shaking seemed more a sentiment of disbelief than anything. Many…
As the above poster shows, looks like the Lakewood Theater (and not the Lakewood Bar & Grill, as previously reported) is proving a viable option…..
Your daily dose of national music news for Thursday, April 2, 2009… You thought that Phish and Widespread Panic had hardcore fans? Well, Natalie Cole’s fans want to give her a kidney Comedian Steve Martin will make his debut at The Grand Ole Opry Yeppers, he’s been a longtime banjo…
As I wrote in my column for this week’s paper (in select newsstands now!), Club Dada co-owner Ben Tapia and I talk about some of the upcoming renovations coming to Club Dada. But tonight in the venue’s newly renovated, former green room space, the club is hosting the grand opening…
Yeah, it’s already been mentioned elsewhere, but it’s worth spreading around some more, I think: If you head over to Red Monroe’s website, you can download–for free–three brand-new, very different Red Monroe tracks. And they’re worth checking out: “Eastern PA” features a vocoder (I think), plus some distant choruses for…
Updated. Follow jump for additional info. Tom Hendricks announced today that he is opening his record company to any indie musician who wants to be on a label. “Do you need a record company? Well you are welcome to be a part of MUSEA, my 16 year old zine’s record…
Last week, Ms. Merritt Martin reviewed the debut disc from the greatest (and only) band currently holding down Adair’s on Monday nights. And, in it, Merritt had this much to say:It’s not quite as gritty as the Bucks’ live show, but, in the end, the band’s debut is at once…
Over on Pitchfork this morning, Bosque Brown finds itself getting reviewed and such. The good news? Unlike the band’s friends in the Theater Fire, Mara Lee Miller and Co. didn’t have to wait seven months to get the treatment.The bad? Well… it’s a 4.6. And, uh, it’s not one of…
I’m a big fan of Record Store Day. No, seriously. I’ve said so in print. And, last year, for the annual, national, uh, “holiday” (which the store also uses as its birthday bash), Good Records offered up a phenomenal, all-ages, all-day lineup for area music fans. Even better? It was…
Your daily dose of national music news for Wednesday, April 1, 2009…Director Spike Jonze and Kanye West are reportedly filming a 10- to 15-minute mini-movie featuring Ye’s song “See You In My Nightmares.”Outkast’s Andre 3000 was detained for speeding in suburban Atlanta. He was only going 109 mph in a…
Erv Karwelis sure must like what he’s seen from The O’s, John Pedigo and Taylor Young’s bluegrass duo, which signed with Karwelis’ Idol Records label back in October. Why’s that? Well, ’cause today comes word that Karwelis has signed another Pedigo project to Idol: Boys Named Sue. The band, which…
It’s been five years now–almost to the day–since Slow Roosevelt officially called it quits. But, as it now seems, there was always an opening for a reunion: “Who knows?” frontman Pete Thomas told the Observer in a March 18, 2004, article detailing the band’s desicision to end its run. “Some…
Your daily dose of national music news for Tuesday, March 31, 2009… Play drums? Like being bossed around by a bald ego-maniac? Then run right down and audition to be the new drummer for the Smashing Pumpkins on April 10! If you had any doubts that Green Day had moved…
Clint Barlow, the soon-to-be-former talent buyer for Firewater, checks in today to confirm the news about the club closing tomorrow night. Turns out, despite the timing, it’s not an April Fool’s joke. “No,” Barlow says. “It’s not. I wish it was.”Oddly enough, the club’s closing has been impending for some…
When Dallas record store owner Bill Wisener relocated Bill’s Records to the South Side Lamar complex a couple of years ago, one of the first people to drop in the store and welcome him to the neighborhood was Dallas Mavericks GM Donnie Nelson. And, last week, Nelson treated Bill to…
Well, it sure looks that way, as the above poster, hosted on Firewater’s Myspace page and sent out as a Myspace bulletin a few minutes ago, is pretty clear with its big lettering: “Firewater Will Close.” So, too, is the headline of the bulletin that went out: “FIREWATER IS CLOSING…
Your daily dose of national music news for Monday, March 30, 2009… In case you didn’t hear, T.I. was sentenced to a year and a day in prison. Ceri Levy will release a documentary called Bananaz that will go behind the scenes of animated band the Gorillaz. You can watch…
Seven months after the album’s release (and not a moment too soon), The Theater Fire’s pretty excellent Matter and Light has been reviewed by the tastemakers over Pitchfork this morning, and the album’s earned itself a very respectable 7.4 rating from critic Stephen M. Deusner.And unlike so many Pitchfork reviews,…
Your daily dose of national music news for Friday, March 27, 2009… It looks like Maynard James Keenan is going to take some time off from hawking his wine. Tool’s headlining spot at Lollapalooza isn’t the band’s only show this summer–the band is heading out on a full-fledged tour. Musical…
