Before 1988, Bucks Burnett didn’t consider eight-track tapes particularly significant. Sure, he managed the eight-track section of the long-defunct Peaches Records on Lemmon Avenue in the late ’70s and early ’80s, but he didn’t own any eight-tracks—not a single one. To him, it was just another format, another means to…
Turns out that the Bilal video directed by Flying Lotus and starring Erykah Badu that we shared with you exactly a week ago today was, indeed, just a precursor to the anticipated music video direction that we’d anticipated Flying Lotus provide a Badu track. And “Gone Baby, Don’t Be Long,”…
Surely, you’re familiar with Sarah Jaffe at this point, if only through osmosis. Indeed, the young singer-songwriter and her rising reputation have benefited both from the boatload of press and critical adoration she received in 2010 following the release of her full-length debut, Suburban Nature — a treat Jaffe’s only…
A few weeks back, you surely recall, we passed along word that the Toadies would serve as the headline performers at this year’s annual, Observer-hosted St. Patrick’s Day concert, which, this year, will take place at the Energy Square Parking Lot on Greenville on Saturday, March 12.Now we can pass…
In Dorrough’s words, his day yesterday “started off fucked up.” But that’s just how things tend to go when your home earns an unannounced visit from the Drug Enforcement Agency.Yesterday morning, a group of DEA agents raided the Dallas rapper’s home on suspicions of drug trafficking. The rapper, who has…
We’ve been following the efforts of Dallas rapper Trai’D for some time now — since the summer of 2009, even, when he first caught our ears with his summer-loving jam “Summertime” and followed that single up with his local radio-enjoyed “Gutta Bitch.”These days, though, the G4 Muzik-affiliated rapper really seems…
It’s been almost a year to the date since we posted, for your viewing pleasure, the music video for Sore Losers’ “The Deadly Intro,” the song that served as the lead track on the hip-hop duo’s still-awesome late 2009 mixtape, Free Loaders: The Soundtrack.And, far as we’re concerned, 2010 was…
OK, so it isn’t quite like what Kanye West did with his “G.O.O.D. Fridays” series, where he released new music unto the public every week. No, the Old 97’s aren’t doing that. But they are, as they did a few times late in 2010 when they offered up some old…
We’ve been impressed with pretty much everything we’ve heard so far from Killa MC, the young Fort Worth-based rapper with a slacker drawl and a bevy a impressive beats courtesy of Sore Losers beatsmith Brandon Blue.A couple weeks back, you may recall, we shared with you a music video featuring…
This week, The O’s will release their anticipated sophomore effort, Between The Two, once again on Idol Records and, lest anyone forgot, also on eight-track via Bucks Burnett’s new Cloud 8 label. And, in the coming days, fans of the band will have three chances to mingle with O’s men…
Last we heard, Midlake was back at work, writing some material for a follow-up to 2010’s The Courage of Others, a disc that scored pretty much as highly as possible in Europe but gained little traction in the States. As intent as they may be on following up that release,…
Hey, the Big Day is here! And, with it, those highly anticipated music performances! It’s all so exciting. I’ll be honest: I didn’t pay too much attention to the pre-pregame stuff — meaning Maroon 5’s and Keith Urban’s performances in tents outside of Cowboys Stadium in Arlington. I caught some,…
Diplo, Cee Lo GreenAxe Lounge (normally Rio Room, formerly Suite)February 5, 2011Better than: hanging out in a lounge filled with Axe body spray. Fortunately, this sponsorship was in name only. Seems the scene at the Axe Lounge in Uptown was quite different from the one downtown at the Bud Light…
There was a whirlwind of press releases in the past few weeks leading up to tonight’s scheduled benefit featuring Prince and Erykah Badu. First, it was happening in a tent at the old Reunion Arena location. Then, it had been moved to the InterContinental Hotel. And then, just this afternoon,…
Lots going on today with tonight’s benefit concert for the Goss-Michael Foundation, featuring Prince and Erykah Badu. After initially being scheduled to take place in a tent that was to be erected at the old Reunion Arena location and moved to Addison’s InterContinental Hotel, a press release this morning announced…
Toward the beginning of last night’s show at the Palladium, as Daniel Huffman’s New Fumes project washed the slow-to-arrive Flaming Lips crowds over with his own, instrumental brand of psychedelic pop, Good Records, Polyphonic Spree and Tripping Daisy mastermind Tim DeLaughter was ambling about the floor, taking in all he…
We here at DC9 HQ were quite looking forward to Wednesday night’s shared bill between experimental musicians Yann Tiersen and Deerhoof at The Loft. But, like so many other events set to take place this week, the weather got in the way of its coming to fruition. Late on Wednesday…
The Flaming Lips, Neon Indian, New FumesFebruary 3, 2011Palladium BallroomBetter than: realizing that you have the most beautiful face. In many regards, last night’s performance from the Flaming Lips was exactly like the two previous ones we’d seen in the past year — first at NX35 2020 and again at…
There’s a lot to like about this crisp design promoting a killer bill on Friday night at 2826 Arnetic — a show that promises performances from some of the region’s finest up-and-coming rap talents…
The big news today about the Big Game’s halftime show, in case you haven’t yet heard, comes via an Associated Press story published early this morning by football writer Howard Fendrich, which quotes a “person familiar with the plans for Sunday’s halftime show” and claims that the Black Eyed Peas’…
The fact that the biggest song spawned by Dallas’ homegrown D-Town Boogie movement isn’t from Dallas at all, but rather from a group of performers out of Inglewood, California, has been an obvious point of contention in Dallas hip-hop over the past year or so. But it’s a truth: Cali…
Repeat after me: I will not bitch about the Super Bowl. I will not complain about the added traffic. I will not roll my eyes at that the influx of people who will make ordering a drink at my favorite watering hole that much more of an ordeal. I will…
