Denton folk five-piece Seryn truly has had a remarkable year, earning praise left and right, and everywhere else for that matter, on the strength of their actually pretty great, uplifting full-length debut, the January-released This Is Where We Are.What’s most impressive, though, is that the positive words about the band…
Back in June, we got word that an interactive-app-as-music-video for the Polyphonic Spree’s first single in four years, “Bullseye,” was en route. And, indeed, said app comes today, the first single on frontman Tim Delaughter’s recently relaunched Good Records Recordings label via Louisiana’s Moonbot Studios.It’s a charming little app, too,…
Welcome to My First Show, where we give bands a chance to talk about the first shows they ever attended — no matter how uncool and embarrassing those tales may be. When he isn’t recording, tour managing, or running sound for other bands, Matt Barnhart has Tre Orsi going. And…
Still no word from the folks either at the American Airlines Center or concert promotion conglomerate Live Nation about what, if any, accommodations will be made for the Rihanna fans upset that their Friday night concert experience was cut shot after a fire broke out above the performer’s stage. Update…
Last Thursday, we caught wind of a publicity stunt being pulled by Drowning Pool member Stevie Benton. And, of course, we took the bait. He announced via Facebook that he and fellow Drowning Pool member, drummer Mike Luce, would be tending bar at his newly purchased and reopened club The…
Spring and summer mean many things to many people. To the DC9 reader, we assume, the sun-soaked days and humid nights in the middle of the year mean it’s time to catch some outdoor music performances.Maybe it’s the larger, high-dollar festivals, like Austin City Limits Music Festival, for which you…
Course Of Empire undoubtedly stands as one of the most notable acts to ever grace the Dallas music scene. Still today, 13 years after the band called it quits, you can still occasionally hear the name drifting through the cavernous Deep Ellum clubs they used to play.The end of the…
Back in February, just as revered area folk-rock duo The O’s were gearing up to release Between The Two, their much-anticipated second release, Taylor Young and John Pedigo released a music video for their album’s lead single, “We’ll Go Walking.” The clip, we were told at the time, was to…
Here we are at the midway point of the year, or something. The heat’s at blow-torch temperatures, The Rapture’s well on the way (not the 2012 one), and DOMA’s gonna rear it’s wicked head soon.In honor of this half-year-ish thing, we’d like to share with you our favorite concert shots…
Rihanna, J. Cole, a goddamn fire American Airlines July 8 2011 Better than: The Voice. Wait, does The Voice have fire? Four spotlight displays and a rounded widescreen highlighted the swanky American Airlines Center stage setup for Rihanna’s set last night. And it was all meant to draw attention to the…
There are some pretty big shows coming to town this weekend — massive ones, actually. But you’ll be hard-pressed to find a more important singer than Americana legend Steve Earle, who will perform at Billy Bob’s Texas on Saturday night.He’s not the only legend playing in town this weekend, though…
When it comes to the ups and downs of Dallas’ electronic music scene, DJ Cyberina Flux, host of KNON-89.3 FM’s “Rocket Radio,” has seen it all. Her industrial/gothic/electronica show has graced the KNON airwaves every Friday from midnight until 4 a.m. for a decade now. And, hey, 10 years on…
Quite the hullabaloo here on DC9 over the past few days, namely in regards to this post that we ran last week on The King Bucks, and our reviewer’s somewhat controversial opinion that they lack a certain amount of necessary on-stage showmanship.It happens, I guess. Musicians tend ***SWEEPING GENERALIZATION ALERT!***…
Deep Ellum is in many ways the music capital of Dallas. Yes, the area has had its ups and downs. No, it hasn’t always been the center of the music scene, especially with Denton consistently pumping out artists at a rapid rate. But, fact is, without a doubt, Deep Ellum…
Today marks a milestone of sorts: On July 8, 1958, the RIAA issued its very first gold record. The recipient of this gold record? The Oklahoma! soundtrack. Not as exciting as other music being produced at the time, but, hey, people liked it. And people bought it. Musical soundtracks were…
Centro-matic, Sarah JaffeJuly 7, 2011Dan’s SilverleafBetter than: listening to old-timers go on and on about the “glory days” of local music. It’s abundantly clear at this point: Sarah Jaffe is a big deal around these here North Texas parts. She’s a local darling, and rightfully so: Riding high off of the…
Unlike the subject of Beyonce’s new single, “Best Thing I Never Had,” we’re thinking that it hardly sucks to be Dallas’ Own Symbolyc One right now.It was back in April that the local product, also a member of The Cannabinoids and Strange Fruit Project, revealed to us that, in addition…
Not all posters turn out the way they were initially intended to look…
Dwight David Yoakam, the modern savior of the Bakersfield-style of electric country music, is actually a native of Kentucky and he’s now been a staple of Hollywood productions for years. Such a quizzical mélange makes sense, really. Give a listen to the way in which Yoakam has blended so many…
Vinyl records are an interesting phenomenon. Those who are into collecting vinyl are especially passionate about it. And Bill’s Records, now in its fifth year on South Side on Lamar, is one of the few places in Dallas where vinyl-philes can find rare recordings. “[Bill]’s got almost a million pieces…
It appears that Drowning Pool bassist Stevie Benton is fully committed to his new post as owner of The Boiler Room in Deep Ellum.When we spoke to him a few weeks ago, just after he had reopened the Deep Ellum bar, he told us he’d basically opened for business the…
…says Billboard, at least. This week, the Disney starlet, from straight outta Grand Prairie, took over the No. 1 slot on the trade magazine’s launched-in-December “Social 50” chart, which combines all sorts of web-centric information — Twitter followers, Myspace listens, YouTube views, etc. — into some sort of tangible thing…
