I will tune in to almost any television show, no matter how terrible or how outside of my interests, if it has something to do with Dallas. Usually this means production is set here and I can spend the hour going, "Hey, they are in downtown!" Or, "That's not Dallas, that's Fort Worth!" Do you want t ... More >>
Ben Folds Five Palladium Ballroom Sunday, September 23 For a band that hasn't toured together in over a decade, Ben Folds Five certainly didn't play like one last night. In the span of nearly two hours, the trio had plenty of random moments, flubbed notes, impromptu songs, and even a bathroom break ... More >>
Saturday, June 9, at the Cotton Bowl
If you're familiar with chaos theory, which in its basic form is the attempt to find patterns in the random acts of shit on Earth, then you may understand the difficulty that comes with describing a full day at SXSW. To break down the chaos, Village Voice Media's roving music editors have selected t ... More >>
Two project albums from prestigious hip-hop duos have been released this summer. Jay-Z and Kanye West, of course, released Watch The Throne last week. But, back in June, there was another: Eminem and collaborator-turned-enemy-turned-friend-once-more Royce Da 5'9" released Hell: The Sequel under th ... More >>
Tyler, The Creator seems like a nice young man.Just last week, DC9 ran a review for the Gorilla Vs. Bear Festival that took place at the Granada Theater. The show, which featured 10 acts -- from Shabazz Palaces to Preteen Zenith -- was pretty great. But a big hot-button topic surrounded the venue ... More >>
BeckYesterday Beck announced that he had been "recording some tracks" with country singer Dwight Yoakam. And yeah, we guess we could kind of see that, as Beck has run the gamut of styles during his career, touching on hip-hop, electronic, folk, and mariachi. But, even though it makes sense when ... More >>
Tonight, groundbreaking experimental rapper Kool Keith will be gracing The Loft with his presence. And we're hella stoked. Not only is the rapper one of our favorites, but his skill set is undeniable and his advancements in the "horrorcore" and "porncore" genres are fairly irrefutable. Plus. he's ... More >>
Your daily dose of national music news for Monday, October 4, 2010...A new movie about The Beach Boys is in the works that's not a biopic. I'm not exactly sure how that works, but, I'm sure it will be better than the VH1 movie about the band.Eminem is reportedly set to act in the movie 360 w ... More >>
EminemGuess what, folks. Slim Shady is back on the charts.
Your daily dose of national music news for Wednesday, April 28, 2010...Trent Reznor might be, maybe affiliated with a new project How To Destroy Angels. Maybe.Eminem gets all up "uplifting" with his first single off his new album. Tupac's mom has been arrested for felony drug possession.
Your daily dose of national music news for Thursday, April 15, 2010...Eminem scraps Relapse 2 album for fresher, newer album not named Relapse 2.It's time to start up the age old debate of the best concept albums against the worst concept albums. Guess which list KISS landed on...Soooo... if 5 ... More >>
One minute he's making fun of you; the next, it's a bona fide bromance. But one question: Was that Eminem talking to Tony Romo before yesterday's loss to the Chargers or Princess Leia? What up the headphones, Marshall?
Your daily dose of national music news for Tuesday, November 10, 2009...Joe Perry says that Steven Tyler has quit Aerosmith... "as far as he can tell." So, um, did he or didn't he?!!! drummer Jerry Fuchs jumped out of elevator and fell five-stories to his death. Eminem will star in a 3D horro ... More >>
Your daily dose of national music news for Monday, October 5, 2009... Liam Gallagher has joined a British campaign to save honeybees. He said if it weren't for honey, he would "have a rough voice." Maybe he needs to save an insect that can help him carry a tune? Elvis' grandson has reportedly ... More >>
Friday, July 24, at Hailey's Club, Denton
Your daily dose of national music news for Monday, June 29, 2009... In what shouldn't surprise anyone, Michael Jackson could take the number one spot on the Billboard charts this week. Eminem, Flaming Lips and Jane's Addiction have been added as headliners at Voodoo Festival. Apparently Art Brut is ... More >>
Your daily dose of national music news for Wednesday, April 29, 2009... In the day of instant access to anything-and-everything via the interweb musicians can't seem to keep anything under lock and key anymore. The video for Eminem's "Crack A Bottle" has hit the web waaay early. Good thing it's one ... More >>
Relapse (Shady/Aftermath/Interscope)
Your daily dose of national music news for Friday, May 15, 2009... Martin Scorsesse is set to direct a feature film biopic of a music legend: Frank Sinatra, baby. Kajagoogoo are reuniting for the first time in 25 years. Something tells me it's not to promote a greatest hit collection. Wanna taste ... More >>
Your daily dose of national music news for Wednesday, April 29, 2009...Booking residencies on late night talk shows has become quite the fad this year. But I think Eminem needs to figure out what a residency actually means. Like Prince did with Jay Leno, Eminem will perform for three nights on Jim ... More >>
Your daily dose of national music news for Friday, April 17, 2009...You remember the song "Hungry Eyes," right? Well the guy who crooned it out, Eric Carmen, is headed to jail for a DUI arrest.Apparently Eminem's five-year hiatus from rapping was due to a drug problem.Up-and-coming rapper Kid ... More >>
Your daily dose of national music news for Wednesday, April 15, 2009... Eminem is back, and he felt like hip-hop was going downhill during his absence like music was "lacking substance." Yeah, substance like jokes about Lindsey Lohan, Sarah Palin and Jessica Simpson. That's substance. If you hav ... More >>
Your daily dose of national music news for Tuesday, April 7, 2009... Eminem stars in a video pick-me-up for his beloved Detroit. Kanye West has his own Nike shoe: Air Yeezy I shit you not, that is what they are called. It's the first time a major musical artist has a shoe that is completely their ... More >>
I guess congratulations are in order this morning for Jessica Simpson and Tony Romo? Sure, why not? Dallas' most famous glossy rag pair are slammed right from the get-go in the new Eminem video that premiered at 6 a.m. EST today on MTV. And the hating, I guess, is kind of funny... but the video it ... More >>
Your daily dose of national music news for Friday, March 6, 2009... The Beatles: Rock Band will hit stores on 9/9/09, at which point it will become the most overrated game ever. Yeah, yeah. Chris Brown got charged with felony assault. Marshall Mathers is making up for lost time by ... More >>
Your daily dose of national music news for Wednesday, February 25, 2009... I guess Bono has forgotten he's in U2. Because, suddenly, he says he's afraid that Coldplay, The Killers and Kings of Leon are making better music than he is. Eminem's potentially landmark lawsuit a ... More >>
Your daily dose of national music news for Thursday, January 8, 2009... The alleged final version of Eminem's Dr. Dre-produced, "Crack a Bottle" has hit the world wide interweb. It features Fitty and Dre, each contributing a verse. The reclusive rapper even takes a jab at himself in reference ... More >>
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