Last Wednesday night, per a report from Pegasus News (which they, in turn, got from via V’s Vibe Spot), Erykah Badu, who was celebrating her birthday, stopped in to say hey at the weekly Jam Session held every Wednesday night at the Prophet Bar. And, after the crowd sang “Happy…
It’s been, um, a couple weeks since we’ve podcasted here at DC9. Sorry if you’ve been eagerly anticipating the next installment (stop lying), but we’ve been busy on some other fronts, like with the print edition. And this here blog. What, two mediums aren’t enough for you? Thanks, guys. It’s…
Last month, we told you that Sarah Jaffe was heading down to Austin to film a performance for Austin City Limits’ new web-exclusive performance show, ACL Stage Left. Well, the fruits of that labor are starting to show. Check out the above clip of Jaffe and her backing band performing…
No? Weird, ’cause MTV apparently is. Yesterday, the music network checked in with some of the area’s hip-hop heavyweights–or, possibly, just the ones it still had email addresses for in its “Dallas Week” Rolodex–to hear their thoughts. Play-N-Skillz seem OK with it…”I think the Cowboys will be good with or…
I think it was two weeks back now that the above song, “Song I Hate”, was announced as the second single to be released from the Toadies’ No Deliverance record (the first single, remember, was the title track). So that’s not new news, necessarily. But this is kinda new (assuming…
Tonight, down a ways on I-35, Cut Copy, Matt & Kim and Knightlife are playing a sold-out date at Stubb’s. But there are still tickets available to tomorrow night’s show, when the three danceable acts make their way to the Granada here in Dallas. As Observer contributor Doug Davis mentioned…
Over at NX35.com, which is, fittingly, the home page for the inaugural Denton debut of the former North by 35 South by Southwest day party–but on a much larger scale–the festival’s organizers have released the performance and speaker schedules for its four-day jaunt around the Denton Square. Nothing scheduled for…
Stumbled upon this press release about local music instructor Mike Ellis this morning, and figured it might raise a few eyebrows. Ellis, whose been teaching music in the Dallas area for 35 years (he’s supposedly tutored worked with well-respected artists like Chuck Rainey, Greg Bissonette and Christopher McGuire and once…
It’s been a little over a year now since Dallas rapper Tum Tum released Eat or Get Ate, the breakout album that saw the man who also calls himself Tumzilla (or sometimes just Zilla) score a moderate national hit with the song “Caprice Muzik”, and though we still haven’t seen…
I’ll be honest. I was somewhat underwhelemed by THe BAcksliders’ 2008 release, You’re Welcome. It was weird, I thought. Here’s this raucous, straight up rock ‘n’ roll band–one that’s pretty darn great live, and here’s this disc that just shimmers in crisp, clean, shiny production. Something didn’t really jive.But today,…
Per a House of Blues press release: Katy Perry’s Dallas performance has been moved back from March 21 to May 11. Tickets purchased to the original date will be honored at the new one. Per an EMI press release that showed up seconds later: The entirety of Perry’s 50-city world…
“Death, Metal,” by Pete Freedman, February 26 RIP, Abb My best weekends were spent in that club [Joe’s Garage]. Every weekend, no matter who was playing, my future wife, three or four friends, and I would overload my little Nissan car and make the long trek to Joe’s from McKinney…
It’s not exactly a secret that Dallas hip-hop is enjoying a serious high at the moment. Hell, turn on your televisions. Last week, the almighty MTV ran a series of news segments touting the city’s finest efforts of late, laying down some serious praise for Grammy-winning area producers Play-N-Skillz and…
OK, one last post for the day (for real this time): Dallas’ own Vanilla Ice has finally stepped up to the plate, by officially apologizing for “Ice Ice Baby”. No, seriously: Check it out in the clip above. Unfortunately, it appears to be part of some viral scheme with little…
Kinda a slow day round the way here at DC9. Not too too much going on. Actually, that’s not true. There’s a lot, but not necessarily enough to constitute entire blog posts. Also, our blogging system was down for a bit before. Oh well. On that note, let’s end the…
And this time, it’s with a feature on an artist that pretty much everyone–Fader, Connect magazine, the Billboard charts, us to a degree–agrees could be the Next Big Thing out of Dallas, Big Chief.In other news, “Dallas Week”, which I think is just slang for “whenever we finish up with…
Totally meant to post something about this earlier today. Unfortunately, I totally forgot.Which makes for a perfect transition, actually: Tonight at Good Records, every stoner’s favorite psych/folk/soul project, Brightblack Morning Light, stops by the Greenville Avenue record shop for an in-store performance. Also on the bill: BBML’s tourmates and fellow…
In last week’s paper, I reviewed The Kül’s new release Soul 4 Gold, a disc that blends a whole mishmash of funk, psychedelic and even stoner rock influences into a disc that, at various points throughout its listen, recalls Jimi Hendrix, Sly Stone, Prince, Gnarls Barkley, TV On The Radio…
Yep. An international songwriting competition quite cleverly named the International Songwriting Competition, in fact. Anyway, as the header implies, six locals made the cut to get a “finalist” nod from the ISC. Who? For what songs? In what categories? And, just for good measure, where are these people from? Funny…
Over on Pitchfork today, you can read an interview the site has posted with Dallas native Annie Clark (aka St. Vincent), whose upcoming disc we’re quite excited about ’round here. And, actually, it’s quite the lovefest of a piece: Interviewer Ryan Dombel calls Clark a “disturbingly gifted new talent” without…
Surely, I can’t be the only one who’s heard the latest Boogie song to take over local radio airwaves: T-Willz’ “Nature Walk”. In fact, I know I can’t be. Because, like I said, it’s all over the radio.But, man, c’mon, I can’t be the only one shaking his head, right?…
Rockwall’s Jason Castro, of American Idol fame, releases his debut single today. And, sure enough, that’s the song, “Love Uncompromised” in the video above, performed by Castro and friend during an Idol wrap-up show on the TV Guide channel. Rumor has it he could be performing this track on tonight’s…
