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Weekend Round-Up: The Edgefest 19 Edition

I just spent way too long on Youtube searching for videos from this past weekend in area concert-going (apparently our spring semester interns' last days have come and gone), and all I came up with were videos from Edgefest 19 up at Pizza Hut Park this past weekend.But beggars can't be choosers I gu ... More >>

Magnetic Subtraction | Classic Schlock

I just spent way too long on Youtube searching for videos from this past weekend in area concert-going (apparently our spring semester interns' last days have come and gone), and all I came up with were videos from Edgefest 19 up at Pizza Hut Park this past weekend.But beggars can't be choosers I gu ... More >>

Taking it to the Streets | Classic Schlock | Roadkill

I just spent way too long on Youtube searching for videos from this past weekend in area concert-going (apparently our spring semester interns' last days have come and gone), and all I came up with were videos from Edgefest 19 up at Pizza Hut Park this past weekend.But beggars can't be choosers I gu ... More >>

Catch Up On A Slew Of Recent, Interesting Local CD Releases

I just spent way too long on Youtube searching for videos from this past weekend in area concert-going (apparently our spring semester interns' last days have come and gone), and all I came up with were videos from Edgefest 19 up at Pizza Hut Park this past weekend.But beggars can't be choosers I gu ... More >>

Picture Show: Lupe Fiasco and B.o.B. at House of Blues

Kevin TodoraLupe Fiasco headlined the House of Blues last night.​ Skate rap icon Lupe Fiasco, who, if nothing else, might boast the coolest name ever, rolled through the House of Blues last night. And with him? Atlanta rapper B.o.B., who, last week, hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts with h ... More >>

Giveaway: Two Pairs of Tickets to See Erykah Badu, Janelle Monae and B.o.B. at the Verizon Theatre on Monday Night

Listen: I'm not gonna waste your time or mine explaining the greatness that is Erykah Badu. For one, if you're reading this, you presumably live in Dallas and already should know about the Queen and all that she brings to the table. If not, well, you can read this blurb I wrote previewing the show i ... More >>

Bonus MP3: Dorrough -- "Get Em Live"

Dorrough gets big and live.​In this week's paper, Ben Westhoff chats up Dorrough, or as he calls himself, Mr. D-O-Double-R, in advance of the release of the Lancaster-based rapper's sophomore effort, Get Big, which hits stores on Tuesday. Seems there are two roads before the 23-year-old born Dorwi ... More >>

Five Things Dallas Hip-Hop Could Learn From The Rest of The Dirty South Movement

​[Editor's Note: On Thursday night, Ben Westhoff, a frequent contributor to our print edition and a sometime contributor here on DC9, will be stopping by Cliff Notes in Oak Cliff for a reading and signing session to promote his new book, Dirty South: OutKast, Lil Wayne, Soulja Boy, and the Souther ... More >>