Exploding Plastic Records, the new Idol Records art-pop imprint, is almost ready to go with its first release, Little Black Dress’ Snow In June, which is set for a May 5 release.You may recognize a few members of Little Black Dress’ lineup–namely frontman Toby Pipes, also of Deep Blue Something,…
In this past week’s print edition, Observer dance music junkie Catherine Downes checked in to say this about Crystal Castles:A mishmash of borrowed and new, topped off with a trendy garnish, Crystal Castles’ synth-thrash is unpredictable and, at times, sporadic–but most definitely worth checking out. As is the band’s equally…
A friend of DC9 passed along a link to this news story this morning, which, within it, mentions that a Rockwall man purchased the plaster impressions of Tiny Tim’s top and bottom teeth on eBay earlier this week from a seller in Methuen, Massachusetts. Even more odd? He paid the…
Happy Good Friday, everyone! Wait–is this a happy holiday? Hell if this Jew knows. Oh well. Onto the weekend!First, the shows we’ve already hyped…Tonight, the big ‘un is happening over at the Palladium, where the legendary Moz is set to croon the masses at around 8:30 or so. Not feeling…
Yesterday, we mentioned an item we came across that said that the members of the New Hampshire-based Wild Light were robbed in Dallas when the band stopped through to play Club Dada. Today, Wild Light multi-instrumentalist Seth Pitman checks in to explain what happened.”Getting robbed in Dallas capped off about…
About two weeks back now, we told you where you could find yourself a free download of the new St. Vincent single and kinda-title track off her new Actor disc, the song “Actor Out of Work”. Now you can watch the video for the song, as Annie Clark has done…
Your daily dose of national music news for Friday, April 10, 2009…What does it take to deflate Kanye West’s ego? Or at least to put it in check? South Park, apparently. After being skewered on the iconic cartoon on Wednesday night, Ye has decided it’s time to back off the…
At the beginning of the month, when Good Records announced its lineup for its day-long party in celebration of both the record store’s 9th birthday and National Record Store Day, people no doubt noticed the Cannabinoids’ presence on the bill and wondered–giddily, I’m sure–if Erykah Badu would be joining her…
Well, the image pretty much sums it up, I think…
Back in late January, the Arcade Fire cred-boasting, New Hampshire-based rockers in Wild Light stopped through town to play an opening slot for Tapes ‘N Tapes at Club Dada. It was a pretty good set from the band, even if its high point came quite obviously during the performance of…
Baltimore-based soundsmith Dan Deacon’s got himself a reputation for putting on one hell of a crazy live show, as the above photo certainly more than indicates. And his music’s got a fine reputation, too–especially his most recent disc, Bromst, which is earning adoring reviews all across the land. But, turns…
The folks at Life In Deep Ellum are pretty deep into the throes of preparing its second annual Mokah Music Summit and Showcase–or M2S2 for short. This year’s free event, set to take place on Saturday, April 25, will feature 12 local acts, a performance from the students of Zound…
So, yeah, maybe Leslie & The LY’s are a little gimmicky, as the above video shows. But, still, kinda interesting in a bizarre way, no? No? OK. Well, thankfully, on tonight’s Granada bill, Leslie is joined by a couple of other, more traditional veterans of the dance circuit: Stereo Total…
The original lineup of Dallas punk rock legends The Nervebreakers have reformed (just as had been suggested on DC9 by an anonymous commenter a few weeks back). But it’s not just for a couple Austin gigs during SXSW and an April 11 gig at Club Dada. No sir. See, there’s…
The Sex Pistols, The Ramones, The Clash, The Police, Roky Erickson. Pick one to match your musical flavor, ’cause, no matter, there’s a Nervebreakers connection to each; the Dallas proto-punk outfit opened for every one of those legendary acts, as each made its first—and in some cases, only—travels into North…
We’ve already gone on record as saying that The Paper Chase’s Someday This Could All Be Yours, Vol. 1 is one of our most anticipated records of the year here at DC9, and it’s not just because we’re aching for new material from John Congleton, Sean Kirkpatrick, Bobby Weaver and…
It was about a month ago that the upcoming Man Man show at The Lounge on Elm Street on Friday, April 24, was first announced and a lucky DC9 reader won a pair of tickets to the show. Well, today, the band has released a new video for its song…
Two quick follow-ups to yesterdays items on Jessica Simpson, then back to talking about things that actually matterFirst, according to MSNBC, a source close to Jessica said Simpson saw Eminem’s “We Made You” video yesterday and was none too pleased. Shocking, I know. “Of course Jess finds it annoying,” the…
For a few weeks now, we’ve pretty much known that U2 was coming to the new Cowboys Stadium in Arlington at some point in the coming months. Now we have the date: Monday, October 12, 2009. Which, in case you don’t have a calendar handy, is Columbus Day. Go figure!Oh,…
First, she gets slammed by Eminem. Now it looks like she’s getting cut from her label. These things usually come in threes, though… so, uh, Tony, the floor is yours?[Tip o’ the cap.]…
If, say, you are a high schooler in Burleson–and that’s clearly our target demographic here on DC9, I think–and you’re about to, say, bring a flare gun to school and get yourself slapped with a Saturday detention, may I suggest you do so on the week of April 27?’Cause, on…
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…
