Email Author Pete Freedman

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• 2009 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published November 27, 2008

  "Swagger Like Us"

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2008 Stories by Pete Freedman

• Last Night: The Gourds At The Granada Theater

  published Dec 31, 2008

  The Gourds, Two Tons of Steel, Hosty DuoGranada TheaterDecember 30, 2009 Better than: Spending the night before New Year's Eve shelling black-eyed peas with my relatives. Mike Alves In its annu... More >>

• Today In Music News: Kanye's Upset, Katy Perry's Undressed and DMX Is Sentenced.

  published Dec 31, 2008

   Your daily dose of national music news for the last day of 2008... It seems that all it takes to ruin Kanye West's vacation is to write something untrue about him. There was talk of... More >>

• Matthew and The Arrogant Sea Gets Some More Love...

  published Dec 30, 2008

  Barn sides are the new brick walls. (Trevor Paulhus)Nope, we're definitely not the only ones digging MATAS' Family Family Family Meets The Magic Christian disc. Just spotted this little bit o' love to... More >>

• "Just to prove not all major dailies are out to lunch ... :)"

  published Dec 30, 2008

  The title of this post is ripped right from an email that popped up in the inbox yesterday afternoon in the wake of this post--and, lo and behold, yep it's from Preston Jones of the Star-Telegram, sha... More >>

• Could Big Chief Be The Superstar The D-Town Boogie Needsr

  published Dec 30, 2008

  Over on the dfwhiphop.com forums today, there's some doom-and-gloom talk about the state of Dallas hip-hop. Take it with a grain of salt, though: It's largely coming from hip-hop artists, producers an... More >>

• Today In Music News: Zooey Deschanel's Engaged, Axl's Touring, Bands Need Beds and Jay-Z Got A Problem

  published Dec 30, 2008

  Your daily dose of national music news for Tuesday, December 30, 2008... My life is over. Yes, it's over. The indie powerhouses known as Zooey Dechannel (She & Him) and Ben Gibbard (Death Cab Fo... More >>

• The Gourds' Kevin Russell Doesn't Understand Why People Like His Music Or Why He Has To Share The Spotlight With The Rest Of His Band. (Only He's Not As Sensational About It.)

  published Dec 29, 2008

  Tomorrow evening at The Granada Theater, The Gourds will perform its annual night-before-New Year's Eve concert in Dallas. Seems the band likes playing its hometown of Austin on December 31st, so we g... More >>

• Is New Amerykah Pt. 1 The 'Token Urban Album' Of '08r

  published Dec 29, 2008

  Speaking of Erykah Badu: Much like we're doing in this upcoming week's paper, Stereogum today asked some of its favorite artists of '08 to name some of their favorite artists, albums, songs, etc. of ... More >>

• The DMN Offers Up It's Year-End List--And, Yep, It's A Doozy.

  published Dec 29, 2008

  The pop music coverage over at the Dallas Morning News after its most recent round of layoffs and buyouts (which saw longtime critics Mike Daniel take a buyout and Thor Christensen laid off) has been,... More >>

• Today In Music News: DJ AM Sues, Diddy Woos, and Dubai Believes In A Thing Called Love...

  published Dec 29, 2008

  Your daily dose of national music news for Monday, December 29, 2008...DJ AM got into the Christmas spirit a little early this year. On Christmas Eve, he not only sued Goodyear, Learjet and the charte... More >>

• The Best 15 Venues In DFW For Your Up-And-Coming Bandr Epic Fail.

  published Dec 24, 2008

  Today, over at MadeLoud.com--a site that claims to "serve the bands", but probably not in a sexual way, I'm guessing--someone's decided that, sure, the bands in DFWd could use a little help in trying ... More >>

• Pop Quiz, Music Snobs!

  published December 25, 2008

  OK, hotshot. Think you know your music? Think you followed the national headlines fairly diligently these past 12 months? Think you know the... More >>

• Today in Music News: KRS-One's Still Anti-Violence, Kurt Cobain's Still Worth It, Stereogum's Got The Goods And Wayne Coyne's Feeling The Spirit...

  published Dec 24, 2008

  Your top national music stories for Wednesday, December 24, 2008: Remember back in '89 when no one knew we were in the midst of Hip-Hop's "golden age" and KRS-One schooled us on why non-violenc... More >>

• Today In Music News: Jeff Tweedy's Son Has A Blog, Kelly Clarkson Has A New Single, Glastonbury Has A Blurry Headliner, The Black Keys' Dan Auerbach Has A Solo Album

  published Dec 23, 2008

  Your top national music stories for Tuesday, December 23, 2008: Jeff Tweedy's 13- year-old son Spencer has a blog. There, you can read a 13-year-old tell you about the newest technology, politics an... More >>

• Another Local Makes Another National List: This Time, It's Darryl Lee Rush's Turn.

  published Dec 22, 2008

  Local alt-country rocker Darryl Lee Rush's latest album, Live from the River Road Icehouse, is one of the top 100 Americana CDs of the year as determined by the Americana Music Association.Rush's CD w... More >>

• A Pretty Adorable Take On The Spree, From Flute Player Audrey Easley's Big Sis

  published Dec 22, 2008

  Fact: The Polyphonic Spree has more members than your band. And, as such, it has more siblings of band members than your band does. And, as such, the Spree is much more likely to have a band member wh... More >>

• Today In Music News: Phish At Bonnaroo, Barenaked Ladies In Boxes, RIAA At Home and Lil Wayne In Trouble. Late Add: Michael Jackson Fighting For His Lifer

  published Dec 22, 2008

  Your top national music stories for Monday, December 22, 2008: It's never too early to start talking about the '09 festival season: It looks like a reunited Phish may headline two nights at Bonnar... More >>

• Last Night: Lil Wayne at American Airlines Center

  published Dec 20, 2008

  Lil Wayne, T-Pain, Keyshia ColeAmerican Airlines CenterDecember 19, 2008 Better Than: Listening to a whole bunch of records in which T-Pain and Lil Wayne are just the featured acts. Check out our ph... More >>

• Ladies and Gentlemen: Your Halftime Act For The Last Game Ever At Texas Stadium...

  published Dec 19, 2008

  ...is a metal band made up of 14-year-old high school freshmen called Crooked X. They've toured as openers for Ted Nugent. Were featured on CBS' The Early Show. Even had a song in Rock Band. All nice... More >>

• Even The Portland Trailblazers Are Doing The Stanky Legg. No, Seriously. Look.

  published Dec 19, 2008

  I stumbled across this the other day on Youtube, and, yep, that's right; it's the Portland Trailblazers' rookies, earlier this year, being hazed somewhat by the veteran players on the team and being f... More >>

• Better Late Than Never: Airline Wins Competition To Play RedGorilla Fest

  published Dec 18, 2008

  Jason UpshawI guess maybe I should've posted this on Monday morning, as I knew the news then, but for whatever reason, it slipped my mind: Congrats are in order for Airline, who, on Saturday night at ... More >>

• Roy G. And The Biv Offers Up Its Favorites Albums Of The Year

  published Dec 18, 2008

  Jason JanikDenton electro-dance act (by way of Boston) Roy G. and The Biv--which, in terms of abundant coverage and love, has pretty much been Quick's answer to our Mount Righteous--has offered up its... More >>

• Well, Actually, This Is A Little Refreshing: Forever The Sickest Kids Enters The End-Of-Year List Game

  published Dec 18, 2008

  Listen: We've done our fair share of Forever The Sickest Kids dogging here at DC9 over the past 12 months or so--sometimes for good reason, and sometimes because, well, we were just bored.But, fact of... More >>

• The Orphanage Benefit: Same Show, Different Order

  published Dec 18, 2008

  In the print edition of the Observer this week, I previewed Saturday's top notch bill of local acts at Double Wide who are playing to benefit the Fort Worth adoption agency The Gladney Center. Well, D... More >>

• The Secret Machines' Brandon Curtis Takes On Silent Night, Donations

  published Dec 18, 2008

  Over at The Secret Machines' web site this morning, you can listen to Brandon Curtis' pretty haunting (and borderline disturbing) take on "Silent Night". It's worth a listen, if for no other reason th... More >>