Colin Quinn made a great point on Conan last week. I’m paraphrasing, but it went something like this: For all this talk of stopping bullying and cyber-bullying, America sure is willfully beating up a lot on Rebecca Black.The counter-argument, of course? That poor little Black is the one laughing, and…

Perhaps you recall the folks behind the Homegrown Festival’s attempts at viral video promotion for their inaugural deal last year? Well, no surprise, they’re at it again this year, as you can see in the clip above, which stars festival co-hosts Grant Jones of the festival-performing Grant Jones & The…

At the risk of giving too much attention to a song aimed at bringing me down, I feel compelled to speak on the matter of “Pete Freedman’s A Bitch” once more this morning, simply due to the fact that one enterprising area musician took the time to take me up…

This, I believe, is what you call karma: Earlier this week, photographer Mike Brooks of CommieBike.com was perusing our site and came across a promotion from our marketing department that was offering up a free pair of tickets to legendary guitarist Jeff Beck’s performance on Monday night with the Imelda…

Looks like some actual professional design firms want in on the Poster of the Week game here at DC9. Well, O&H Brand Design, welcome to the party. We’re happy to have you…

Surely, you know John Pegido and Chad Stockslager, each of whom stands alone as quite the player in the local music scene, the former for his work in The O’s and Boys Named Sue, the latter for his work in The King Bucks and The Drams. But perhaps you’re still…

It was a familiar springtime scene in Deep Ellum last weekend, with Main Street blocked off and big stages erected at either end of the Deep Ellum Arts Fest. But the acts booked to play these stages weren’t run-of-the-mill talents. They were honest-to-goodness ones, including local favorites The Marfalites, Whiskey…

The easiest comparison: The Black Keys. Almost obnoxiously so. Really: The undiscerning listener wouldn’t be blamed for mistaking each and every song on this album as a deep cut or B-side from Brothers, that duo’s hugely successful 2010 release. Surely, there are worse fates. Endless commercial appeal and festival circuit…

Houston transplant Greg Schroeder has never wanted for talented backing players: His last release, Songs for a Bluebird, featured supporting performances from members of Hayes Carll’s band; his new full-length, Schroeder, features most of Dallas’ revered King Bucks, among other talented performers. And it’s not hard to see how Schroeder…

At every opportunity, Kelly Upshaw and his backing band of Denton’s finest mercenaries in The Hope Trust—a lineup that includes Bosque Brown’s Jeremy Buller, RTB2’s Grady Don Sandlin and Andy Odom of Doug Burr’s pre-solo outfit, The Lonelies—seem to go out of their way to dispel the notion that they’re…

The Wailers, about whom you are no doubt familiar even if your Bob Marley knowledge is minimal, will be stopping by the Granada Theater this evening to do their whole reggae thing. But, it should be noted, there are actually two different Wailers bands floating about the country at any…

Today marks the release of Dallas punk trio Here Holy Spain’s sophomore album, Division, a disc that Daniel Hopkins called in this week’s paper, a “blistering, driving and tearing” release. And that was just in the lead. He also had this to say: [They] paint a pretty clear picture of…

Back in January, we told you about the launch of Gutterth Productions’ latest venture, a sort-of Daytrotter Lite project called Violitionist Sessions, albeit one with video content, too, and more of a North Texas bent. The site started strong, too, with 18 or so mostly local sessions already posted, including…

We already knew that he could barely fit his dick in his pants, but on last night’s episode of Celebrity Apprentice, Dallas’ Own Meat Loaf — born Marvin Lee Aday and educated at Thomas Jefferson High School and North Texas State University (now the University of North Texas) — showed…

It might not seem as if the wait for the music video for True Widow’s “Skull Eyes” was a particularly long one — their sophomore full-length and first for Kemado Records, As High As The Highest Heavens And From The Center To The Circumference Of The Earth, just earned its…