Poor Kelly Clarkson Just Can’t Catch A Break.

Speaking of Kelly Clarkson: Burleson’s own just can’t seem to catch a break. After notoriously getting into a spat with Clive Davis and her record label over her last album, My December, Clarkson is again having it out with her label, claiming that she never really wanted her new single,…

Bonus MP3: Foo Fighters — “DOA (LehtMoJoe Remix)”

We’ve brought up LehtMoJoe a few times now on DC9, mentioning Grand Prairie native Vincent Sliva’s various remixes, and marveling at his production rate–and, specifically, how he planned to release a new remix ever week leading up to the release of his solo album, Spaghetti Western. Well, on Friday night,…

Download: The Official Kixpo 2009 Mixtape

Tonight marks the start of Dallas’ third annual sneakerhead indulgence weekend, as sneaker and streetwear expo Kixpo kicks off its 2009 rendition with an official pre-party concert at The Lounge on Elm Street, with performances from Jabee and Playdough, and DJ sets fron A-One and Sober. But that’s just the…

Neon Indian’s New Music Is The Best New Music.

Over at Pitchfork today, area sun-drenched retro-pop outfit Neon Indian (side project of Vega, your DOMA-winning Best Dance/Electronica Act) has been awarded a Best New Music tag for its song “Deadbeat Summer.”Writes reviewer Richard Armitage, while giving the song a score of 9 out of 10: “Here the project really…

DC9 in SPACE, Ep. 12: Chameleon Chamber Group

…and for those of you of the Youtube persuasion, your link is right here. Last week’s guest at DC9 in SPACE were Paul Slavens, Audrey Easley, Tamara Cauble and Rachel Yoder, who, when their powers combine, join to form the neo-classical electro-chamber orchestral outfit Chameleon Chamber Group. Unsurprisingly, at least…

Booker T. Alum Roy Hargrove Prepares For His Emergrence

The Waco-born and Booker T. Washington-educated two-time Grammy Award-winning jazz trumpeter Roy Hargrove has announced the details of his next album, a disc called Emergence, which will see the light of day a month from tomorrow, on August 25.The disc is a little bit of a departure for Hargrove, but…

DOMAXXI: Video, Audio and, Of Course, Some Photo Booth Love…

The above clip is one man’s take–this “one man” in question being Pugs & Kelly producer Eric Marc–on Tuesday night’s Dallas Observer Music Awards ceremony. Warning: There is puke involved. (To be fair, I never promised it was gonna be a classy party…)But others are still talking DOMA in the…

Listen: Doug Burr’s New “Topeka” Demo

Seems demos really are all the rage around town this week. The above clip, aside from featuring photos from the great Allison V. Smith, features a brand new demo track from area folk hero Doug Burr, written exclusively for the upcoming independent film, Topeka–which, wouldn’t you know, is written and…

The Spree Demo Spree Continues, With No Signs Of Slowing…

So it really looks like Tim DeLaughter is going to keep up with his streak of posting a new Polyphonic Spree demo on his blog every day–for the foreseeable future, at least–which is pretty incredible, if not a little overwhelming.Anyway, the two latest offerings over at The Fragile Army are…

Foreigner Loves Texas Motor Speedway, Apparently

Preston Jones of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram is reporting that, go figure, it looks like Foreigner has kinda, sorta, maybe named its upcoming three-disc release, Can’t Slow Down, as a nod to Texas Motor Speedway, where the band played its first NASCAR gig.Either that or the band’s just playing… wait…

Picture Show: DOMAXXI House Party/Photo Shoot Slideshow

Last week, we shared a slideshow of images caught by Wheeler Sparks at the house party we through threw as a photo shoot for this year’s DOMA print package.And though you can see a bunch of photos Allison V. Smith took at the party for our cover package in today’s…

Check Out Bowling For Soup’s Large, Prosthetic Penis

I’d say that congratulations are certainly in order for Denton’s Bowling for Soup this week. Why? Well, quite a few reasons actually. For one, the band’s tenth studio release, Sorry For Partyin’, is getting prepped for release on Jive Records. And, secondly, the band’s already debuted the first single from…

Dallas Observer Music Awards

Last year, at our 20th annual Dallas Observer Music Awards, there was a distinct theme of tradition behind all the festivities. And rightfully so: 20 years is indeed a long time. Countless great acts have passed through and risen up in Dallas during that time period. But there’s just something…