Well, the guy’s got the facial expressions down. (Casey Trahan Photography) Could we have a famous singer-songwriter local on the cusp of making it big? Or is it even fair to assume a song appearing on MTV’s The Hills warrants a music superstar in the making? Today’s issue of Amarillo…
Because that’s what these videos, posted to Youtube by a user named TOADIESsuperfan, would have you believe… They’re very stalkerazzi-esque clips, posted to Youtube early last month. But what do they mean? Are the Toadies recording or are they just messing around in a studio? We’ll look into it and…
You may have already heard that local folk/pop duo Smile Smile was signed to local label Kirtland Records earlier this week. Not a huge shocker–Smile Smile’s a talented act. See for yourselves on that front, though; Kirtland’s hooking DC9 readers up with a free download of “Sad Song” (from of…
Trust us. You’ve seen this guy taking shots around town before. In a break from his nightly photography expeditions to music clubs and smoky dive bars, Scotty “Crazy Picture Guy” Mankoff has been hitting the red carpet to cover the AFI Dallas International Film Festival. Last night, Mankoff shot local…
Pet Hospital is a young and promising local act. It’s also the reason Lion Dog Records was launched. (Stephanie Alexander) Lion Dog Records is the newest label in the DFW area, and it started for one very specific reason: to put out Pet Hospital’s first EP Dry Bones. I wrote…
The skinny on Fats? He’s in the Hall now. No, not that one. The one in Oakland. Proof that Dallas’ blues scene still has some clout in the world: The late Dallas-based blues and R&B singer-songwriter Ferdinand “Fats” Washington was inducted into the West Coast Blues Hall of Fame in…
Hey, AA Bondy doesn’t look sick in this staged press photo! (Clara Felice) Bad new for those of you inspired by the glowing AA Bondy write-up in this week’s paper to the point where you bought tickets just to see this man perform his opening set for the Weakerthans at…
Salim the dream, in the flesh. Dallas’ own Salim Nourallah gets a nice little write-up over on popmatters.com today–to the tune of 4,281 words, in fact. It’s part of the site’s “Now Hear This!” feature section, which aims “to provide a featured space for performers who truly deserve a closer…
Dove Hunter, trying out for Pants Off Dance Off. (Lee Setty) Two Stuart Sikes-produced local discs were showcased at The Barley House on Friday night when Dove Hunter and Fort Worth’s Calhoun shared a bill, playing to a fairly packed house. The big news wasn’t the performance, though. Rather, it…
Lots of Youtube uploads of shows that happened around DFW this past weekend. Didn’t get a chance to go out yourself? Well, watch these and maybe you act the part to your friends. Mount Righteous’ Spree-like “throw a ton of people on stage and just be a visual spectacle” gag…
…although the News does report that Kings, who was found dead in Austin on Thursday night/Friday morning, was… – 17 years old, not 19. – a percussionist. – supposed to perform at 9 a.m. the next day. – recently awarded a four-year scholarship to attend the Manhattan School of Music…
James Dante Kings, who was either 17 or 19 (we’ve got conflicting reports…) and a member of Booker T. Washington’s Latin Jazz Ensemble, was found dead on I-35 in Austin last night at around 2 a.m. after what authorities believe was a hit-and-run. According to a report by ABC CBS-affiliate…
Shooter Jennings is country royalty, folks. Plan your weekend well and you could have yourself a stellar, varied slew of music performances to take in this weekend. Here’s a head start. Dove Hunter, Calhoun 10 p.m. Friday, March 28, The Barley House I’m making a beeline to The Barley House…
Word over on the dfwhiphop.com message boards is that Lil Wil’s “My Dougie” got played on BET’s “Rap City” show on Wednesday afternoon. (We clued you into this video about a month back.) Say what you want about the track itself, but if that airplay rumor is true, it’s a…
Rhett Miller wanted to talk today — with, yup, a clarification regarding his recent comments to Billboard, to which we paid some attention earlier this week. Because, see, Rhett doesn’t want anyone thinking 2004’s Old 97’s album Drag It Up wasn’t up to snuff because “I took a total step…
This is Soulja Boy. This is not Flavor Flav. This is not another Public Enemy post. Don’t get the header for this post? Well, you’re clearly not down with the kids these days. Or with Soulja Boy, who, as it turns out, will not be playing Dallas anytime soon. The…
Oddball indie-poppin’ Denton act Fishboy has been getting some legit blog love of late. For the second day in a row, the eclectic act, which is signed to HHBTM Records out of Athens, Ga., has found itself mentioned on aggregation blog The Hype Machine’s radar. Today, the Another Form of…
What? Wrong Sue Ellen? It seems to have been fairly quiet over in the Cedar Springs strip since we mentioned their apparent identity crisis. But our buddy Rick Espaillat over at Caven just gave us the heads about our favorite lesbian bar, Sue Ellen’s. (Don’t worry, Buddies II, we love…
In case you haven’t been paying attention to Unfair Park of late, Wilonsky’s been gettin’ all amped up about a blog he came across that’s been hosting some lost live bootlegs of old Bedhead sets (which, Robert points out, includes early versions of some The New Year songs). Head on…
It didn’t make any sense. Last Thursday, in the wake of four—yes, four—music venues and clubs closing in Deep Ellum and Exposition Park within the span of a month, the residents of the region were…celebrating? Couldn’t be. Yet, during a benefit party held at The Amsterdam Bar for the Deep…
As South by Southwest approached earlier this month, the folks in Denton-based rock quartet Record Hop faced quite the predicament: Would their soon-to-be-released self-titled album be shipped to them in time to be distributed during the band’s showcase? The band was supposed to receive each element of the packaging—discs included—just…
Still sudsin’. According to Alison Welsh of the Deep Ellum Association, both July Alley and Bar of Soap passed their SUP hearings today. While no one truly expected much opposition to these establishments’ applications, the official word certainly comes as good news to Deep Ellum’s advocates and proprietors. — Pete…
