Jeff Beck

If it seems like you’ve seen a lot of Jeff Beck the last few years, that’s because you have. After decades of lengthy periods away from music, broken up by sporadic releases or tours, Beck seems to have finally come to enjoy being back in the spotlight. It’s curious, too,…

Chris Cornell Has One Weakness, Turns Out.

During his time fronting Soundgarden, Chris Cornell helped to pioneer the grunge sound of the early ’90s that brought national attention to the Seattle scene. As a member of Audioslave, he was part of the first American rock band to ever perform an open-air concert in post-revolutionary Cuba. As a…

Freddie Gibbs, Big K.R.I.T., A.Dd+

With his deep-voiced delivery, rough-hewn honesty and laid-back swagger, rapper Freddie Gibbs offers the perfect amalgam of his Midwest roots and latter-day L.A. residence. As Gibbs’ single “The Ghetto” declares, he was raised in “the ghetto, the ghetto-ghetto” (in case there was any question) of Gary, Indiana, where corrupt law…

Akron/Family Lets Their Freak Flag Fly High

Some bands content themselves with girls. Their songs are a predictable patter of love and heartache, finding, losing or leaving their beloved to music driven by commensurate conventionality. Akron/Family are the other end of the spectrum. Their songs dig toward the core of human experience and spirituality—not with a shovel,…

Download Soviet’s DOOM Full-Length For Free

We’ve been high on fresh-faced local garage-punk upstart Soviet since, well, pretty much the second we first heard of them. And our appreciation of the band’s aggressively slackerish approach has only increased in the weeks since, bolstered by the band’s fiery, and sometimes confrontational, live displays since upgrading to a…

Bonus MP3: Kirby Brown — “No, MY Generation”

In the paper version of DC9 that will be distributed around town later today, Daniel Hopkins takes a long, hard look at Child of Calamity, the two-years-in-the-making debut, full-length release from folksy local roots rocker Kirby Brown, who will celebrate the release of his new disc on Friday night at…

Watch: “PETE FREEDMAN’S A B*ITCH THE MUSIC VIDEO”

Today’s a proud one for me, as — finally! — my likeness has been immortalized in music video form, courtesy of an anonymous YouTuber who goes by the username “DallasOdserver” and whose interests include “Exposing Pete Freedman and everything bad about Dallas Texas [sic].” The point of the above video?…

Watch: Eisley — “Better Love (Acoustic)”

Seems the Sisters Dupree in Eisley were especially busy two weeks back at Austin’s South by Southwest Music Conference: In the days since that ordeal, not one but two sites have posted videos of sisters Chauntelle, Sherri and Stacy performing private, acoustic takes of their new song “Better Love,” off…

Listen: LARRY g(EE) — “Yo Momma”

It’s been a while since we’ve heard any new material out of Larry Gayao, former frontman for equally adored and despised Odis, which called it quits in April of lat year. We here at DC9 HQ had some fun at that band’s expense, sure, but our stance was never that…

2011 Vans Warped Tour to Kick Off in Dallas

This morning, we received a press release from the skateboarding folks at Vans Warped Tour headquarters. Turns out that this year, the 16th year of the tour’s existence, The Vans Warped Tour will launch right here in Dallas on Friday, June 24 at Gexa Energy Pavilion. Tickets will go on…

Picture Show: Bret Michaels Rocks Out at Fair Park

After more than 14,000 runners racked up 13.1 miles on Sunday morning as part of the Rock ‘n’ Roll Dallas Half Marathon at Fair Park, they were met with a Bret Michaels performance. Michaels followed Candy Coburn (that’s who he’s hugging after the jump) in serenading the runners’ tired limbs…