In next week’s dead tree version of DC9, we’ll be running our review of the new Jay-Z disc, The Blueprint 3. (Spoiler alert: Meh.)Of course, we won’t be the first to wax poetic about the disc; early returns elsewhere see the disc as something of a failure, with reviews lambasting…
Since there was such a clamor yesterday over the early Amazon mp3 download figures for Danny Balis’ solo debut, Too Much Living, a quick update: Last night, the disc crack the site’s top five downloads in the folk genre (coming in at No. 4) the top 10 n the country genre…
Those looking forward to checking out Neon Indian’s live debut, at J&J’s Pizza in Denton on Thursday, are gonna have to change up their plans: Yesterday, local music blog WeShotJR announced that the show, which it is hosting and promoting, will be moved one day up, from Thursday to Wednesday. Fix…
It’s still more than five months, but plans are already in motion for the weekend of February 12 through February 14–or, as we’ve already called it, the most important weekend in Dallas hip-hop history–when the 2010 NBA All-Star game rolls through town.So far, at least one hip-hop party plan is…
With the summer heat dying down and letting outdoor shows become enjoyable once again, a couple pairs of free tickets seem in order for this year’s September to Remember showcase from Third String Productions, which, now in its third incarnation, is being held in an outdoor facility for the first…
Back in the spring, the latest single from Norwegian electronica duo, Röyksopp, “This Must Be It” started making rounds within the dance blog circuit, thanks in part to the plenty-adored act’s clout, but also to the song’s heavy, danceable sound.Well, today comes news that the single still won’t see its…
Got an excited call last night from one Danny Balis. Mostly, Balis–he of The King Bucks and formerly of Sorta–was flabbergasted by what he was looking at on his computer, and he pass along to share some good news on a day in which he needed some.Checking in on how…
As promised, St. Vincent stopped by Jimmy Kimmel Live last night, again offering up a phenomenal take on “Marrow” for the cameras. Among those joinging her in this performance, Kimmel’s house band leader, Cleto Escobedo III. In other news, Annie Clark is still the coolest. Clearly…
The welcome thread of a newish trend runs through the biggest show for each of the next two weeks—and, apologies to Neon Indian, headlining act for the farther off of these shows, that trend isn’t GorillaVsBearcore. (That’s the half-joking term some used to describe the synth-heavy, lo-fi, retro dance-pop that…
Far as I can tell, there’s no real rhyme or reason behind Cross Canadian Ragweed’s hosting a festival in Fort Worth’s Stockyards. And if there is, well, I’ll be damned if it explains how the Oklahoma-based band has been able to host this ordeal now for four years in a…
…and as for the YouTube, well, there’s that link now too.At last week’s DC9 in SPACE taping, the only five-month-old Richardson-based folk act The Fox and The Bird stopped by the studio, and showcased a level of performance well beyond what one would expect from such a new act. In…
Fort Worth’s The Burning Hotels are on a serious roll of late, what with their Bandslam performance and their song appearing on the movie soundtrack and all that. And now come the perks. As the song “Stuck in the Middle” appears on the soundtrack, in the movie, and on the…
Indeed, Dallas native Annie Clark will be on Jimmy Kimmel Live tonight performing, one would guess per the protocol of these things, to close out the show. Were I a betting man, I’d say the song we’re going to hear tonight is “Marrow,” the rousing song track Clark stunningly performed…
In this week’s dead tree version of DC9, Darryl Smyers checked in with Fruit Bats leader Eric Johnson about a number of things, but mostly about how his own band differs from the other bands he plays in, a list that includes Vetiver and The Shins. And Johnson’s thoughts on…
In fact, they filed the suit against the drug company that produces the stop-smoking drug Chantix yesterday, it turns out. Robert’s got all the details over on Unfair Park, including a quick discussion with Carter’s father, Ken, on why he waited two years to file the lawsuit.Just a warning before…
A week from today, the Beatles catalog will see a digitally remastered release, and to celebrate, starting at 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Good Records will be throwing a party, complete with a “megamix” screening of Magical Mystery Tour, Yellow Submarine, Help, Hard Day’s Night, and Anthology, a Rock Band: Beatles…
Really can’t say I know too much about the Southern Entertainment Awards–well, not much other than that the site hasn’t updated its main page since 2007. But the site has updated its voting page more recently–today, in fact, since this marks the start of the voting process in its sixth…
According to this press release, Dallas-based company PlayApp is looking to replace the current process of publishing music in compact disc and mp3 form with doing so via individual program applications–y’know, as in, “There’s an app for that.” The idea? As opposed to even mp3s, the music applications the company…
More headaches for Kelly Clarkson today, as fans of the original American Idol are pretty pissed that the Burleson native canceled her Minnesota State Fair performance just two hours prior to her scheduled performance time, leaving fans who’d paid to enter the fair just to see her show feeling pretty…
At 9 p.m. tonight, downtown Dallas will get a much-needed kick in the ass, as the San Francisco-based drone rockers in Sleepy Sun perform on a bill with True Widow at the City Tavern. In this week’s paper, contributor Paige Richmond offered up her take on the headliners:Everything you want…
