Last Night: Slowride at Elm Street Tattoo

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…

Dovetail

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 Celebrates Six Years With A Bang

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…

DC9 in SPACE, Ep. 24: The Rocketboys

…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…

Watch: N’Dambi Performs For The FADER‘s Suite903

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,…

Analog Rebellion (formerly PlayRadioPlay!) Announces New Album Details

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…

Old 97’s To Play Four Consecutive Nights At Sons of Hermann Hall

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…

Pitchfork On Neon Indian: “Best New Music”

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…

Last Night: U2, Muse at Cowboys Stadium

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…

Hear The First Single From Norah Jones’ The Fall

“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),…