Watch: The Rocket Summer — “You Gotta Believe”

Yesterday, Grapevine’s own Bryce Avary (aka The Rocket Summer) released the new video for the lead single and title track from his recently released You Gotta Believe EP–which, you might recall, has already spent some time atop the iTunes Alternative charts in it’s just-over-a-month-long shelf life.Here, The Rocket Summer again…

Good Friday: Salim Nourallah, Vic Chesnutt, Bridges & Blinking Lights, 311, Grooms, 100 Damned Guns, Air Review, Deathray Davies, Eric Hutchinson, Trivium, and Knights In Satan’s Service.

Well, the weekend’s here, thank the Lord. And, as always, we’re here to present you with your concert-attending plans. First, as always, the shows we’ve already hyped…Tonight, Bill Callahan stops by the Granada Theater, Colourmusic pops on in to The Cavern and The Edge Steals Christmas out at the Nokia…

Looking For More Insight Into Midlake’s The Courage of Others?

If so, Midlake’s Tim Smith has got you covered. The Denton-based band’s frontman just-releaed this Lala playlist of songs that the band says inspired its upcoming album’s “obscure” and “British folk” influence. And, uh, it’s obscure alright. Can’t say we here at DC9 are all that familiar with the names…

Giveaway: A Pair Of Tickets to Tonight’s Colourmusic Show at The Cavern

Michael Roberts doesn’t take long to explain the backstory of Colourmusic in his write-up in this week’s Observer. In fact, it just takes him one sentence:.The first concept that sounded equally interesting to both [of the band’s founders] involved writing songs inspired by colors–a notion reflected in the name of…

Neon Indian Gets Its Very Own Daytrotter Session

It was bound to happen sooner or later, I guess. So don’t act too surprised by this news: This morning saw the release of Neon Indian’s Daytrotter Session. These sessions, you’ll recall, are live performances at the Rock Island production studio of the same name–and they’re available as free downloads…

FADER Catches Up With Play-N-Skillz

Credit where it’s due, FADER: Your D-Town Boogie coverage? It’s really been phenomenal. Seriously! You lack the benefit of being in the thick of it all–like, say, us, for better or worse—watching these artists on a day-to-day basis. And yet, unlike so many other national media outlets, you’re not ignoring…

The Question of “The Dallas Sound.”

It’s right there on the packaging sticker—the only thing on Rachel Bazooka’s head-spinning, 97-minute, double-disc debut release, Colorbl nd, that features any words at all—and it reads quite clearly: This CD, unlike any before it, boasts the so-called “Dallas sound.” Wait. The what? Never heard of it. It’s not exactly…

Norah Jones Remixes Have Started Leaking…

I’m not quite as undersold on Norah Jones’ The Fall as, say, Wilonsky is. But, hey, to each their own, I guess. I can, however, say that the first two leaks from Miss Jones’ forthcoming Chasing Pirates Remix EP aren’t wowing me. Shame, too, as there’s some big names involved…

Bonus MP3: Damaged Good$ — “The Great Escape”

Another month, another new track from Damaged Good$–which, sure enough, you can expect to be a regular occurrence as part of Theodore Beard and Coool Bully’s on-going promotion for their upcoming Spread Love, Not Germs disc. The song’s something of a banger–and, better yet, showcases a bit more of the…

T Bone Burnett Stays Busy (Big Surprise) With New Movie, TV Pilot

Speaking of movie trailers, check the above one for Crazy Heart, which will earn its release on Wednesday, December 16. The movie, which stars Jeff Bridges, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Robert Duvall and Colin Farrell, features Bridges in the starring role as Bad Blake, a down-and-out country singer looking for a new…