Yesterday, we mentioned Trey Johnson, Danny Balis and Ward Williams songswap taking place tonight at AllGood Cafe, a sorta Sorta reunion, in a sense, as those three’s former Sorta bandmate Chris Holt will also be in attendance. Will there be Sorta songs performed? We can’t say. But four former members…
SlowrideElm Street TattooOctober 14, 2009Better than: going under the needle. It’d been some time since the fellas in Slowride had played an actual show together–but with an upcoming gig slated at local tattoo artist Oliver Peck’s annual Christmas party and with all members in town (thanks to bassist Rob Marchant’s…
Quite the bill at The Cavern tonight as Vivian Girls, who Daniel Hopkins caught up with in this week’s paper, stop through town for a gig that also features area favorites True Widow and The Uptown Bums. If there’s a common theme for the show, which kicks off at 10…
In case you missed it: Over on Unfair Park yesterday, Robert posted U2’s official behind-the-scenes video about setting up the stage for Monday night’s show at Cowboys Stadium. In it, the crew reveals that it tooks “months of planning” to figure out how to make the stage work in the…
The title track to Dovetail’s Love Is War EP opens the band’s seven-song debut quite well, first teasing listeners with quivering violins, then an undulating piano line. After that? Ah, that’s where Philip Creamer’s voice comes into play, effectively setting the tone for the debut EP from this local outfit,…
The Double Wide is many things. Ultimately, that’s the charm of the space. There’s the bar itself, where regulars stop by to hang in the authentically Texas environment with its kitschy, trailer-influenced motif. There’s the patio outside—one of the tops in town—with its ample seating (including old toilets lined up…
Well, it’s 6:27 p.m.–or three hours and 33 minutes before the secret reunion show we mentioned earlier today on Twitter is set to begin–which means we can now break the silence we promised the band and announce that, at 10 o’clock this evening, Slowride will play a reunion show at…
…and for y’all who are still stuck on Youtube, take your link.Austin’s The Rocketboys, once upon a time, were known as Homer Hiccolm & the Rocketboys, and, at that point, they were based out of Abilene. That alone, actually, makes them the best formerly-mispelled-October Sky-referencing band ever to come out…
Last Tuesday, Dallas-raised and L.A.-based soul singer N’dambi saw the release of her debut Stax Records-released album, Pink Elephant. And, to promote her new release, the one-time Erykah Badu back-up singer and co-writer stopped on by the offices of the new FADER-run soul music-centric site, Suite903, to perform some intimate,…
In case you were still curious about how the Toadies fared at ACL this year–and our own coverage wasn’t enough–well, you might wanna check out the above video. You’ll get some footage of the band’s Sunday afternoon performance on the festival’s main stage, and a few glances at the massive…
I perfectly understand Daniel Hunter’s frustration. Really, I do. As PlayRadioPlay!, the Aledo native did get lumped into the mall-punk scene by a lot of people–us here at DC9 included. But, upon going back and listening to the still super-young 20-year-old’s debut, Texas, which was released on Island Records shortly…
Though the footage from the event won’t air until October 27, the 2009 BET Hip-Hop Awards were filmed Saturday. And though he was up for three nominations at the awards show, it doesn’t appear as if Dallas-based rap phenom Dorrough, famous for his nationwide hit single “Ice Cream Paint Job,”…
More big news from Mike Snider today–this time about an upcoming string of shows scheduled between Christmas and New Year’s Eve at Sons of Hermann Hall. In short: Longtime favorite local alt-country outfit the Old 97’s has been booked to play four consecutive nights at the Deep Ellum ballroom, from…
For obvious reasons, a full-blown Sorta reunion just ain’t in the cards. But, tomorrow night at AllGood Cafe, fans of the DOMA-winning favorite are in for pretty much the next best thing, as four former Sorta members, (and some friends) are slated to share a performance stage once more…
It might not be “Best New Music,” but, regardless, congratulations to True Widow, one of our favorite area rock outfits here at DC9, as Aquarius Records, the oldest independent record store in San Francisco, has named the band’s 2008, self-titled release its record of the week, starting off seven paragraphs…
Probably should’ve seen this coming: Today, Pitchfork honored Neon Indian with its much-sought-after “Best New Music” tag, giving the album an 8.6 on its 10-point scale. As for the review itself? It’s loving enough, namedropping some pretty heavy hitters–LCD Soundsystem, Daft Punk, Kevin Shields, Atlas Sound–just to make its point…
U2, MuseCowboys StadiumOctober 12, 2009Better than: Half-time at the proper name spelling bee. The first thing everyone noticed, of course, was the much ballyhooed stage, a spider-looking contraption that house a circular inner stage, an outer-ring walkway, movable bridges that connected the two, and a 360-degree, high-definition screen suspended above…
I’ll be perfectly honest: I really can’t say I know too much about The Aggrolites, other than that the L.A.-based outfit purports its sound to be “dirty reggae” (according to a press release) and “feel good music” (according to its MySpace page). No complaints here, but, like I said, I’m…
“Chasing Pirates,” the first single from Norah Jones’ upcoming The Fall, started making the rounds on the Internet this morning. Check it out right here.It’s no “Don’t Know Why,” but given the list of collaborators Jones has enlisted to help her with this release (Ryan Adams, Okkervil River’s Will Sheff),…
Wait till right around the one-minute mark in the above clip and you’ll catch a familiar face backing Regina Spektor during her Saturday Night Live performance from this weekend: Denton-based Midlake and Fieros drummer McKenzie Smith. Neat-o!…
Wavves, Ganglians, El Paso Hot ButtonThe Lounge on Elm StreetOctober 9, 2009Better than: a show where you can hear every note played with precision. There was a definite, palpable energy flowing through The Lounge on Elm Street on Friday night. Maybe it was just all the booze; this show, after…
If years from now people talk about the 2009 Austin City Limits Music Festival, they’ll, without a doubt, start with Saturday. That was the day on which the rains came crashing down on the festival-goers at Austin’s Zilker Park, creating an abrupt roundabout from Friday’s ideal conditions and setting the…
