The first thing that caught my attention in this week's QuickDFW Pop Life was the headline "Sorta Hits Roadblock." Sorta is a band I never, ever tire of hearing - be it live or on CD. I love just about everything they've ever put out in the world, and I've highly anticipated their forthcoming album...looks like I'm going to have to wait a little longer.

Paul Salfen writes:

"Dallas band Sorta is facing a surprising dilemma: Its long-delayed new CD set to hit stores June 8, Strange and Sad But True, will no longer be released on Summer Break Records."

"Lead singer Trey Johnson explains: "We've had to back out of the agreement with our label. We're now two weeks out from the release date of the record and we have, uh, nothing. This has just gone down in the last week."

"Summer Break president Robert Jenkins could not be reached for comment yesterday..." Read the rest

Hm. This is all rather surprising to me since Sorta and Summer Break Records have had a long-standing relationship. In fact, Sorta performed at the Summer Break Records SXSW Party back in March. Hm.

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Of course the demise of Frank Hejl's Frequency Down Show has been all the chatter amongst us fans, and Hunter Hauk is among us. Hunter thankfully brings us better news:

"Paul Slavens (left), host of 90.1 At Night Sundays on KERA-FM, was saddened after hearing the news of Frequency Down's cancellation. "I listened to Frequency Down on the ride home from my show. The real shame is that it was a good outlet for local music, and D-FW-Denton needs lots more – not less – of those shows." Slavens said he approached Hejl about doing a segment on 90.1 at Night. Hejl is interested: "Paul's a great guy. I really respect his show. It's a silver lining."

This little enlightenment kicks-ass!

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Boy howdy, but the local Rap/Hip-Hop scene is continuing to gain momentum with the local media.

QuickDFW has jumped on the bandwagon as of late with their weekly Quick Rhymes, featuring Pikahsso last week, and Mr. Blakes this week. Pretty nifty...er...I mean sick man, sick!

This week's Skinizzle announces the addition of "Skinny Fresh's Gemini Disco Soul Party," a weekly Podcast with Quick's in-house Rap/Hip-Hop expert, Skin. The first episode kicks off in style with the incomparable Steve Austin. Click here to listen.

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Ayo's Five to See Live

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Cindy now blogs at The Fine Line.