The Rap Up: Nothing To Lose (But Ignorance) At Hip Hop for HIV

On Sunday, September 14, Bun B, Mike Jones, David Banner, Pleasure P and a host of other artists take over the Palladium Ballroom for 97.9 the Beat’s Hip Hop for HIV concert. It’s easy to assume that the money collected from ticket proceeds would be donated to HIV and AIDS-related…

The New Year (Kinda) Quit Their Day Jobs

The New Year…getting all sorts of Internet love. (Allison Smith) The New Year has been getting love all over the world wide interweb this week: We loved the local boys’s new disc, Pitchfork did, too, and now Stereogum is showing them the love. The New Year was spotlighted in the…

Pitchfork Reviews The New Year’s The New Year

Los Bros. Kadane…and friends…The New Year. (Allison Smith) …and gives the band’s new disc (we reviewed it last week…and we gave you a free mp3…so there) a very respectable 7.5 rating while saying some very nice things, like, “what continues to set them apart is the way they put these…

So…What’s The Deal With Edgefest 18?

By now, you may have heard that the folks over at The Edge (KDGE, 102.1-FM) are going to be throwing a second Edgefest in 2008–this one called Edgefest 18, and scheduled to take place on October 25, again at Pizza Hut Park in Frisco. The last Edgefest took place back…

Oh Look, A New Punk Venue Opening In Grapevine

The kids in Kick Your Donkey will kick off the Ohlook Theater’s grand opening. Finally, some good news regarding punk-rock venues after a couple of distressing stories. Ohlook Theater in downtown Grapevine will have its grand opening Saturday, with performances by Kick Your Donkey, Straight Pepper Diet, Johnny Knuckles and…

Q&A With Gymnast-Turned-Would-Be-Pop-Star Carly Patterson

(John Cheng) Dallas’ own Carly Patterson, best remembered as a 2004 Olympic medalist gymnast, is attempting to reinvent herself as a musician, as Richie Whitt explained in 2006. So how has her career come along in the two years since she last talked to the Observer about her ambitions? Her…

“Don’t Drop The Soap” Dropped

Nice lineup, but it ain’t happening. At least, not this weekend. Unpaid taxes forced Bar of Soap, Exposition Park’s venerable rock club/laundromat, to shut its doors last weekend, and owner Charlie Gilder is doubtful that he’ll be able to open this weekend either. That’s a tough break for the bar,…

Be There: Carter Albrecht Memorial Show At Club Dada Tonight

Tonight, starting at nine o’clock at Club Dada, Salim Nourallah, Chris Holt and countless other prominent area (and returning) musicians who knew and loved Carter Albrecht (full line-up after the jump) will be hosting and performing at a special one-year anniversary memorial show for their fallen-but-hardly-forgotten friend. Albrecht, known around…

Local Trio Lantana Brings Former Member Back Into Mix

After a two year hiatus, Lisa Underwood has rejoined Lantana, the feisty country trio originally from Coppell. Consisting originally of Underwood, Karol Ann DeLong and Biz Haddock, Lantana released its debut, Life Is Good, back in 2004. After Underwood’s departure, the band recruited Darlene Dalene Richelle and released 2006’s Unbridled…

Soulja Boy Tells ‘Em: His Yums Shoe Is Totally Gonna Sell Out.

Some good news for the Arlington-based shoe company, Yums: Soulja Boy is keeping up his end of that shoe deal you signed him to a while back, talking about your company at every turn…like, for instance, in this interview with BallerStatus.com that got posted today. An excerpt: BallerStatus.com: You also…