Can you smell it? That intoxicating blend of corporate America, young Hollywood and mall food courts wafting around town today — that’s from one Selena Gomez, who is indeed back home in Dallas today, promoting the two fairly major projects on her immediate horizon, her FOX studio film called Monte…
It’s no surprise that basketball is reigning king around town these days — a fact clearly not lost on Dallas rapper Dorrough, who, in the wake of the Mavericks clinching a trip to the NBA Finals in late May, released a Mavericks-centric version of his new single, “Bounce Dat.”This week,…
If you sat around yesterday waiting for Arrows and Anchors, the new Fair to Midland album, to go on sale, you no doubt ended up disappointed. The three-years-in-the-making album from the area progressive metal act has seen release was pushed back once more, this time to July 12. No worries,…
On Saturday night, as you no doubt already know, John Congleton’s new band, The Nighty Night, made their live Dallas debut with a performance at the Double Wide. It was quite the stirring display, too — about which we’ll have plenty more in this week’s print edition of DC9. We’ll…
After stopping off at the LIV nightclub in Miami Beach on Sunday night (where Mark Cuban reportedly dropped $110,000 on drinks), the Dallas Mavericks and the Larry O’Brien Trophy continued its whirlwind tour last night, as NBA Finals MVP Dirk Nowitzki, Mavericks owner Mark Cuban, Brian “The Custodian” Cardinal and…
After a year and a half spent working as talent buyer for the Gilley’s Complex on South Lamar, focusing on South Side Music Hall, The Loft and the Jack Daniel’s Saloon, Kris Youmans has announced today the formation of his own, independent talent buying agency. In addition to shows at…
Speaking of awesome free parties, we here at DC9 have one of our own for you to indulge in this week, too. On Thursday night, our monthly Locals Only! series returns to the Jack Daniel’s Saloon at Gilley’s on South Lamar Street. And our guests this week are two of…
Well, we’ve known for a while now that the 2011 Vans Warped Tour will be kicking off right here in Dallas at the end of the month — on Friday, June 24, to be exact — at Gexa Energy Pavilion and its surrounding parking lots.We’ve known, too, that, the day…
With Coachella and Bonnaroo now past us, it’s safe to say that we’re officially smack dab in the middle of summer music festival season. Unfortunately, this being Texas and all, and that meaning that it can get pretty warm around these parts, the well is rather dry as outdoor festivals…
Those poor, poor Miami Heat players just can’t catch a break. First, they lose the NBA Finals. Then they become the laughingstock of Twitter — for the second time this week, actually. Back on Tuesday, you may recall, the Twitterers of the world joined forces to mock Lebron James’ receding…
True Widow, The Nighty Nite and Joey KendallDouble WideJune 11, 2011Better than: killing a litter of kittens.A few minutes before acclaimed area rock producer and former Paper Chase frontman John Congleton took to the stage at the Double Wide with his new band, The Nighty Nite, for their much-anticipated live…
For two years now, Juan and Oscar Salinas, the Dallas-based production duo known as Play-N-Skillz, have publicly and repeatedly claimed that they had never received payment for their work on the 2009 Grammy-winning T-Pain and Lil Wayne collaboration, “Got Money,” from Lil Wayne’s Tha Carter III release. Yesterday, they took…
Speaking of Bad Sports: Back in January, you may recall, we told you the story of how Portland’s Dirtnap Records became the go-to label for Denton punk rock — a tale that dates back to 2003, when Dirtnap main man Ken Cheppaikode first came across the patriarchs of the current…
Paul Collins’ Beat, Bad Sports, Occult Detective ClubRubber Gloves Rehearsal Studios, DentonJune 9, 2011Better than: a night filled with powerless pop. Power-pop, generally, is a young man’s game. It takes a certain vigor, a certain snottiness and a certain youthful energy to pull off chugging, three-minute takes on young love…
No, Mark Abuzzahab, the new program director at KXT-91.7 FM (and their very first, by the way), isn’t here yet. Won’t be for a few more weeks. He’s still down in Austin, finishing up his stint as the music director at KGSR-93.3 FM Radio Austin. Then the Minneapolis native will…
If this poster were an NBA Draft prospect, Jay Bilas and Hubie Brown would go on and on about its impressive length. Probably its upside, too. But we here at DC9 just think it’s purdy…
Twenty-one years ago today, Wilson Phillips’ “Hold On” shot all the way up the Billboard charts to become the No. 1 song in America. Somewhat adorably, the honor came 25 years after two-thirds of the vocal group’s father, Brian Wilson, scored his own No. 1 hit with the Beach Boys’…
After a 12-year run as one of the most exciting bands to ever spring from Dallas, The Paper Chase announced this spring that they’d be going on an indefinite hiatus. Makes sense: Keys man Sean Kirkpatrick bolted the band in 2010 to focus on his own act, Nervous Curtains; original…
Do you guys like Red Bull? Because we here at DC9 really like Red Bull. We drink Red Bull all the time. Helps us keep up with the crazy hours of the gig. Red Bull, in our humble opinion, has always been “the best.” Red Bull, Red Bull, Red Bull…
In retrospect, the show we all should have been at this past week happened on Friday night at the Loft, as Japanese punk rockers Guitar Wolf headlined a bill that also featured Nashville’s Cheap Time and Dallas’ own Missile. Our photo-snapping pal Mike Brooks was there, and his field report…
Beirut, Twin SisterSouth Side Music HallJune 6, 2011Better than: arguing over whether it’s called “beirut” or “beer pong,” which is a conversation had way too often in college. A few songs into his performance before a crowded, adoring crowd at the South Side Music Hall last night, Beirut mastermind Zach…
Back in April, Chelsea Upton caught up with Bowling For Soup frontman Jaret Reddick in the wake of Denton band releasing its whopping 11th album, Fishin’ For Woos. The disc also serves as the band’s first release since splitting from its major label home of 10 years at Jive Records…
