Hey Speedealer: Looks like you’re owed some money. Well, you and thousands of other artists, according to this story. A Nashville-based entertainment lawyer says he’s got a list of 7,874 artists that are owed money from Sound Exchange, a company that’s supposed to collect royalties for artists, but claims it…
…just by going to the band’s web site. You have all week. –Pete Freedman…
Wow! Apparently there weren’t scores of noteworthy performances at this weekend’s 28th Annual Denton Arts & Jazz Fest–because so far the only performance uploaded to Youtube is this kid’s solo: . Slightly more entertaining, the video of the “Freeze Mob” organized by the Denton-based group United Aid:…
Sorry, guys, but there was no way I was heading to Pizza Hut Park yesterday to see Edgefest 17. A festival headlined by 3 Doors Down and Puddle of Mudd doesn’t really tickle my fancy. And it wouldn’t have in 2002, either. Apparently, though, DC9 photographer Roger Caldwell didn’t get…
Well, if this review from our sister paper in San Francisco is to be believed, tonight’s Caribou/Fuck Buttons show at The Loft isn’t to be missed, if only to see Fuck Buttons perform its “downright menacing” knob-twiddling in person. And, just a reminder, in case you can’t make it to…
High on music, man. Maybe it’s a coincidence, but not long after we totally harshed on DFW NORML’s mellow about the terrible bands that perform at the organization’s events, they announced a party with music that approaches tolerability. Well, at least it’s not rap-rock. Reform-minded folks in more than 200…
The rumors ran rampant through the crowd at the Palladium Ballroom on Thursday night as people settled in to watch Ghosthustler perform the opening set at Quick’s Big Thing awards show. Was it true? Was this the final time we’d see Ghosthustler perform? Turns out, yes–to an extent. The band’s…
Nicholas Altobelli (Shawn Hannon) Local alt-country singer/songwriter Nicholas Altobelli (Italian descent, you think?) has just released his debut, Streetcar Visions, and he’s cautiously optimistic about the release. “The record is not perfect,” he says, “but I’m proud of the songs even though I’m trying to stay away from the country…
A good cause at Dada on Saturday. It’s nights like this upcoming Saturday night where I really wish I could be in more than one place at a time. But alas, I’m just a man, and I haven’t been bitten by a radioactive anything. I guess there’s still time… Anyway,…
Had a lot of music for you to download for free here on DC9 this week. So, in case you missed any of it, here’s your catch-up: Stumptone — “Halfforgotten” Broken Teeth — “Roll Over”, Does It Offend You, Yeah? — “We Are Rockstars” The Shackeltons — “Your Movement” Plus,…
Don’t look down on Stumptone. Next week in the Observer, you’ll see our take on Stumptone’s psyched out new disc, Gravity Suddenly Released (sidenote: all this “gravity” talk today is purely coincidental, I swear). And while I won’t tell you exactly what the review says, I will pass along an…
Just came across this short, little behind-the-scenes Youtube doc on the Old 97’s’ soon-to-be-released disc, Blame It On Gravity, which includes interviews with Rhett, Murry, Ken, Philip and even the band’s locally-based producer, Salim Nourallah. Says Rhett: “We’re back, man. We’re in Dallas. I keep thinking of this record as…
Aspiring rappers, DJs, producers and urban fashion models might want to keep their last weekends in August open: The Sixth Annual Texas Summer Music Conference will be held at the City Center Westin Hotel in Dallas on Friday, August 29, through Sunday, August 31. The TSMC is intended to educate…
At his recent album release party, local MC Versatile opened his short performance with an energetic freestyle. The rhymes came fast and furious, and the effort clearly took a lot out of Versatile, who was out of breath by the time he ended the spectacle a few minutes later. It…
With Daft Punk, Justice, Chromeo and a host of other electro-dance outfits rising to mainstream prominence in recent years, there’s obvious reason to fear an upcoming logjam in the genre. Does It Offend You, Yeah?’s debut record, You Have No Idea What You’re Getting Yourself Into, hardly signifies that end,…
OK, I’ll just come out and say it: Last weekend kicked some serious ass. Between Good Records’ eighth birthday/National Record Store Day celebration on Saturday and the Mokah Music Summit & Showcase (M2S2) on Sunday, anyone with a little up-and-at-’em in their step could’ve caught 30 or so of the…
James Dante Kings was 17 years old. The Austin American-Statesman reports today that James Dante Kings’ family is offering a $4,000 reward for “leads to the arrest and conviction of the motorist who failed to stop” after striking Kings on I-35 in Austin at around 2 a.m. on Friday, March…
If you find yourself in Ft. Worth this weekend and–somehow–in need of some really bad ’80s-inspired hard rock music, you’ll find your fix at Rock Star Sports Bar, where Austin rock quintet Broken Teeth will perform on Saturday. Broken Teeth’s sound is everything you’d expect from an act booked to…
….then you might want to head over to Kidd Kraddick’s studios in Irving. Here’s why: Kraddick, host of the nationally syndicated radio show Kidd Kraddick in the Morning (heard locally on 106.1 KISS-FM), thinks he’s found a gem in a a young unsigned artist he found named Freddy Wexler. Kraddick…
The members of White Arms of Athena, a progressive metal act from Mesquite, are checking out studios in order to complete their debut recording. “The full-length will be called Astrodrama and it shouldn’t take longer than a month or two to complete,” says guitarist Colin McDonnell. The band just played…
Seekers of Knowledge, take heed. Sixty Second Ape Magazine presents The Return of Knowledge tomorrow night at the Liquid Lounge in Deep Ellum. From 2001 to 2005, Knowledge was a regular hip-hop showcase run by the Nice People collective. After taking a break to focus on recording and starting up…
Only a handful of people have so far watched this Youtube clip of the Women’s Chorus of Dallas performing “Istanbul (Not Contsantinople)”: Let’s fix that; this is a damn fine performance. Well done, ladies. –Pete Freedman…
