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A Better Way on the Trinity Highway

Let's build a road on the river, not a wall.

There's a Design Contest to Connect Downtown and the Trinity River. You Should Sabotage It.

When I read a story in The Dallas Morning News this morning about a contest for ideas to link the Trinity River to downtown and saw that the contestants were required to include the city's stupid underwater proposed toll road on top of the river in their submissions, my first temptation, of course, ... More >>

Free Food Alert: Jack is Hitting the Road with Free Jumbo Jacks

Jack's Burger Truck, also called the Munchie Mobile, is in town, and you might be like, "Yeah? So what? I can go to Jack in the Box anytime my little clogged heart wants." Well, burgers from Jack's truck are free. On Friday the truck will be passing out free Jumbo Jack's with cheese before the Ran ... More >>

Six Acts to Catch at this Weekend's Index Festival

Six Acts We're Excited For At This Weekend's Index Festival

With the arrival of fall, we're knee-deep in festival season, and Spune Productions is testing its fest powers in the heart of Deep Ellum with this weekend's first-ever Index Festival. The roster features a handful of locals (Yells At Eels, The Cush, Datahowler, The Angelus, Telegraph Canyon, A.Dd , ... More >>

The Best Texas Country/Red Dirt Songs of the Past 15 Years

The 15 Best Songs From the Past 15 Years of Texas Country/Red Dirt/Whatever It's Called

As we look upon the massive machine Texas country has made chug along over the past several years, it's easy to see 1997 as a pivotal time. In college towns and major metropolises alike, the masses were demanding more music from people that shared their pride, enthusiasm and thirst for something dif ... More >>

Funny Thing Is, Before She Resurrected Dallas For TNT, Writer Cynthia Cidre Wasn't a Fan

I'll be honest with you: I don't know squat about Dallas. Or rather, I don't know squat about Dallas, the long-running, oil-drenched, big-haired, family-feuding epic that may still color how a lot of outsiders think about our city. When I found out some eight months ago that I'd landed this job and ... More >>

It's Only Life Sends a Singing November Valentine

Theatre Too romances tunes of John Bucchino; KDT takes dull journey with 26 Miles.

Holy Ghost! Frontman Alex Frankel Talks About Being Labeled a Singles Band

Holy Ghost!​Brooklyn-based electro-pop act Holy Ghost! had both an instant and gradual rise to fame. The electro-pop duo Alex Frankel and Nick Millhiser began releasing remixes of acclaimed indie songs such as MGMT's "Of Moons, Birds and Monsters" before debuting their first piece of original mat ... More >>

And Now a Word with Brett Hull: Stars VP, St. Louis Lover, and Total Foodie

​With the Cards and Rams in town this weekend, we asked ourselves: "Who in our fabulous city is from St. Louis and could shed a little light on the food scene up there?" Perhaps, we thought, our most esteemed transplant from that so-called Gateway to the West, Hall of Famer Brett Hull, who p ... More >>

Watch: Kelly Clarkson, Astronautalis, Memphis May Fire, My Brightest Diamond and The O's All Release New Music Videos Worth Watching

No, that's not a new Astronautalis music video in the clip above. That's just a snippet of the rapper's oh-so-impressive performance at the Homegrown Music and Arts Festival back in May. But the clip does feature the SMU grad born Andy Bothwell debuting to Dallas audiences his song "Contrails," whic ... More >>

This Morning's Reading Assignment: The Dallas Stars Bankruptcy Court Filings

​A Friend of Unfair Park asks this morning if we've gotten our hands on the Dallas Stars bankruptcy docs, which were filed, as expected, in a Delaware court at the end of the day yesterday. Why, as a matter of fact: On the other side you'll find a Tom Wolfe novel's worth of legalese, including, fo ... More >>

Last Night: Japandroids and Bass Drum of Death at Bryan Street Tavern

Japandroids, Bass Drum of DeathBryan Street TavernSeptember 7, 2011Better than: staying in and playing the Republican Debate Drinking Game.Japandroids​Hyped as 'a big bill in a tiny venue' by promoter Parade of Flesh, last night's Bass Drum of Death and Japandroids bill turned out to be more of a ... More >>

Yeesh: Kings of Leon Cancel Remaining US Dates, Including Dallas, Houston Reschedules.

Group mug shot? Not quite. But almost!​ If there was a silver lining to the fact that Kings of Leon had to cut their Friday night set at Gexa Energy Pavilion short because lead singer Caleb Followill was "overheated" (right...), it was this: The band's promised rescheduled performance set for Sept ... More >>

Chuck Greenberg Wants to Own Another Metroplex Sports Team: Your Dallas Stars

​Just talked to a National Hockey League source who confirmed what the News reported last week: that former Texas Rangers' CEO Chuck Greenberg is seriously interested in buying your Dallas Stars. The Stars have been for sale since Tom Hicks' sports empire went kaput, and for a long time it ... More >>

Clang, Clang, Crunch: The Truth About Streetcars

Why should Dallas build a tiny, inefficient streetcar line when it's broke? Because trolleys are groovy.

Laryngitis Forces Adele To Cancel Remaining U.S. Tour Dates, Including June 15 Dallas Stop

Hope Adele's break-up songs have helped y'all learn how to cope with loss, because this one might hurt a little bit: After already having canceled five shows (Minneapolis, Salt Lake City, Vancouver, Seattle, Portland) due to problems with laryngitis, the singer, who is straight destroying the Billb ... More >>

Erykah Badu to Join My Morning Jacket As Guest For Streaming Tuesday Night Concert

Once-in-a-lifetime events sometimes happen more than once, turns out. Next Tuesday night, when My Morning Jacket performs in its hometown of Louisville, Kentucky, to celebrate the release of their new album, Circuital, they will be joined on stage by one Erykah Badu, just as they so memorably were t ... More >>

Falling Stars: Dallas Earns Its Early Vacation

​So who crumbled worse Sunday: Rory McIlroy at Augusta or your Dallas Stars in Minnesota? Hours after McIlroy ruined a four-shot lead with an 80 at The Masters, the hockey team fanned on a tap-in and missed the NHL Playoffs. After the Chicago Blackhawks lost at home to Detroit earlier in the d ... More >>

Quick Wins, Bold Ideas, Talking Points Abound at Downtown Dallas 360 Plan Roll-Out

Photos by Patrick MichelsDowntown Dallas, Inc. President John Crawford conjures a vision of bright lights and walkable streets in the heart of Dallas.​Today, of course, as we mentioned over the weekend, marks a fair-sized milestone in the city's rich and storied tradition of urban plan unveilings, ... More >>

In Trinity Trust News: Calatrava Party Plans! And, the Promise of a "More Humane City."

Last night I espied this billboard in a TV trailer for Country Strong, which clearly takes place in the distant future. The Dallas Trinity Arena can be found next to Ray's Sporting Goods. Or Austin, home of Hornitos.​The Trinity Trust this morning sends further details concerning the grand opening ... More >>

My First Show: The Posies' Jon Auer Saw Jimi Hendrix--Sort Of

Welcome to a new feature here on DC9 called My First Show, where we give bands a chance to talk about the first shows they ever attended -- no matter how uncool and embarrassing those tales may be. Julian Ochoa ​ Jon Auer and Ken Stringfellow have (save for a couple years apart) kept The Posi ... More >>

Tonight at the Belmont, Larry Beasley to Update Plans for That West Dallas Makeover

Click to enlarge: Sketches resulting from February's two-day design charrette concerning West Dallas and Oak Cliff development​Back in October, the Trinity Trust ponied up $2 mil for the creation of the City Design Studio, to be based out of Dallas City Hall and run by, among others, bcWORKSHOP's ... More >>

Staff Trax: Roadside Graves, Goo Goo Dolls, Jimi Hendrix, Little Dragon, Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin, Alice in Chains, Fan Death and Beth Orton

Welcome to Staff Trax, the weekly feature here on DC9 where we shed some light on the music we've been enjoying of late, regardless of the touring or album release schedules that tend to bear the focus of most of our coverage. Consider it a chance for you readers to get some more insight into ... More >>

Spune, Weekly Tape Deck And Gorilla Vs. Bear Announce SXSW Day Party Lineups

​Spune just announced the details of its 2010 South By Southwest free day party, set to begin at 11 a.m. Saturday, March 20, at J. Black's (710 W. 6th St., Austin). It's a strong, if not especially surprising, lineup featuring some of DFW's usual rootsy, folky suspects (Doug Burr, Telegraph Canyon ... More >>

Border Poet

Border Poet

Gig Alert: Neon Indian at Rubber Gloves Rehearsal Studios

No need to be shy, Alan.​At the risk of beating you over the head with this information, it seems worth our while to remind you that tonight marks the much-anticipated debut of Alan Palomo's newest project, Neon Indian, which has garnered praise from outlets far beyond us and the normal local musi ... More >>

What It Was Like: U-N-I, Gil Mantera's Party Dream, Funeral Party, Efterklang, Yelle, The Pack A.D., Bosque Brown, Pete Philly & Perquisite, Bobby Bare Jr.

Patrick Michels Yelle turned her Emo's performance into an all-out dance party on Saturday night.Act: U-N-I, a backpacker hip-hop duo from Inglewood, California.Where: SpeakeasyWhat It Was Like: Stumbling into a nice surprise. There's a high energy feel and definite grittiness to U- ... More >>

Echoes And Reverberations: Hitchhiking Along Post-Industrial Boulevard

Noise is not for everybody. Some people hear a jackhammer on the street corner and promptly cover their ears; others hear a subsonic melody and random harmonic movement in the staccato repetition of mechanized machinery. “Industrial music” is the umbrella term used to describe artists who e ... More >>

Coming Together, Falling Apart

This past week was a big one for Booker T. Washington High School—and an abysmal one for local hip-hop

Booker T. Washington Brings Out The Stars--And We've Got Their Shine

Destroyer

Trouble in Dreams (Merge)

The Broken Promises of NAFTA

Welcome To Hicksville

Oh, Canada

Great white Deep Ellum

Pink Mountaintops

Axis of Evol (Jagjaguwar)

Primal Fur

Disney parades its pooches through the frigid Eight Below

Body Rock

Thor smashes rock 'n' roll conventions with a foam hammer

Chin Up

Bruce Campbell on making love and screaming brains

Big Shucking Deal

Do different oysters really taste different?

To: Broadway

Elledanceworks doesn't dance around reality

Timeless Flight

L.A.'s twangy, trippy Beachwood Sparks ascends with a white-soul masterpiece

Sushi unplugged

With sushi restaurants multiplying like fast-food joints, a good sliver of fish is hard to find

McFugue, no cheese

Beethoven and the Dead European Males clean up a notorious street corner

Indie, outie

Hurst-based BottleCap Records declares a declaration of independents

Hot Dish

The death of sports?

Fandom isn't a hobby; it's an addiction

Rushes