In a sly turn of self-deprecation, Greenville’s The Southern Sea launches its first full-length with a track called “These Things Always End Badly,” which lyrically bemoans the faulty set-ups of a local stage while the band admits that, as the crowd wants punk rock, “We play quietly/Our set’s too short…
On her 2007 debut, Marry Me, Annie Clark, a former Dallasite who cut her teeth as a backing musician for The Polyphonic Spree (and, later, for Sufjan Stevens), created her St. Vincent moniker and established herself as a singer whose vocals exceed her diminutive frame and a songwriter whose playground…
Though he may have “officially” moved from Dallas to Austin a few months back, let’s face it: Alan Palomo has never really left the region. Between live performances with his backing band of Jason Faries and Ronald Giehart (both formerly of Denton indie pop outfit Gazelles) and solo DJ sets…
Hey, not to be a dick or anything, but when did everyone around here stop being a dick? When did the DFW music scene lose its sense of entitlement? When did it stop demanding our attention—and start asking kindly for it? When did everyone around here start getting so…so…nice? I…
In this week’s print edition of the Observer (at some newsstands already, but on your Internet now), you’ll find a review of The Southern Sea’s Theoretically, Yes. Honestly, No. in our Home Grown CD review section, which, really, despite the thoughts of one quick-to-comment reader, is meant as quite the…
According to the press release that just popped up in my inbox, St. Vincent’s Actor had quite the nice debut last week, assuming Billboard numbers are still a fair way to judge release successes. In its first week on the charts, the album debuted at No. 90 on the Top…
The GS Boyz and their still-huge “Stanky Legg” song got some major love on last night’s episode of Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, as Fallon not only talked about the song before delving into a segment called the “Late Night Dance Challenge,” but also ended the segment by doing the…
You hear the Play-N-Skillz name dropped at the start of the Lil Wayne song “Got Money,” sure–which makes sense, as the local products produced the beat for the song–but word today is that, despite all the talk we heard in the past year about how much producing the track would…
“I Do Not Hook Up,” the second single from Burleson’s own Kelly Clarkson’s latest album, All I Ever Wanted album, is indeed a catchy little gem (written by Katy Perry, who stopped through town last night, dontchaknow). But unlike the first single, “My Life Would Suck Without You” which, along…
(Post updated at 4:34 p.m…see after jump)There’s a lot of interesting things you can learn while following Rhett Miller on his Twitter account. For instance, a few weeks back, Miller said it was likely that the summer’s upcoming Old 97’s tour is going to be an “An Evening With…” kind…
Yesterday afternoon, Good Records announced that, tonight, it would be hosting Elvis Perkins in Dearland for a 7:30 p.m., free in-store performance before the band heads over to the Pontiac Garage at the House of Blues for a gig later tonight.And, late notice aside, it should be worth your while…
If there’s one–and, I think, justifiable–problem that I have with local NPR affiliate 90.1 KERA-FM, it’s that there isn’t enough music on the station’s regular programming schedule (Paul Slavens aside). As stands, only two of the station’s weekly 168 programmed hours are regularly about music (big ups to Terry Gross…
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…
Renowned musician and Fort Worth native Stephen Bruton passed away on Saturday after complications from throat cancer. He was 60 years old.Over a nearly 40-year career, Bruton worked with the likes of Alejandro Escovedo, T. Bone Burnett, Bonnie Raitt, Johhny Cash, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings Kris Kristofferson and many, many…
We already reminded you once, but what the heck, let’s do it again: Sunday is Mother’s Day. Remember it. Write it in permanent ink on your hand. Don’t spend the next year in the doghouse with mom, because, really, moms rock. Now, onto some actual rock. As always, let’s lead…
It’s no secret that we love us some Black Joe Lewis around these parts. Got a soft spot for retro soul, I guess. Dig Lucero, too, because, really, there’s nothing wrong with whiskey-soaked alt-country–nothing whatsoever. And though the two might make for an interesting pairing because, well, they’re so sonically…
Tomorrow night, the local heroes of all things angst and angularity, The Paper Chase, will take to the stage at the Granada Theater to perform a pseudo-release show for its new (and quite fantastic) Someday This Could All Be Yours, Vol. 1, a disc Jesse Hughey dutifully and quite capably…
A major hurdle’s been cleared for former Firewater talent-buyer Clint Barlow in his efforts to re-open Trees come late summer: The City Plan Commission voted unanimously today to recommend that the city grant the club a two-year special use permit. In mid-June, the City Council will have the final vote…
Welcome to the newest weekly feature here on DC9, called, quite aptly, I think, DC9 in SPACE. (Pause for effect.)The concept is pretty simple: Every Wednesday night, we’re inviting a different act to play at Hal Samples’ SPACE Studio for an intimate, filmed performance. And it’ll be shot however the…
Thanks to his work with former Def Jux artists Hangar 18 and others, area beat maker, producer, and DJ Rob Viktum’s got a resume most area producers would love to boast–hell, the guy even (kinda) remixed “Jenny’s Song” for us back in September. So you know he’s a good sport,…
The venerable Preston Jones of the Star-Telegram checks in today with some crappy news over on the Fort Worth daily’s music blog: Calhoun appears to be calling it quits after its next gig, on Friday, May 15, at the Aardvark. Click the link for all the details on the likely…
I’m not going to pretend this is exclusive news or anything; I just wanted to say something. Over on Gorilla Vs. Bear yesterday, Chris Cantalini offered up his readers a free download of the latest VEGA track, a song called “No Reasons” (download after link), which should be included on…
