Well, here we are, just days away from the launch of the third annual 35 Conferette (nee the North by 35 Conferette) in Denton, and get this: The prices for wristbands, despite speculation (at least on our part, and mostly in our heads), haven’t increased. Quite the opposite, in fact…
Less than two weeks after the premiere of their debut music video (for their lead When Pigs Fly single “Likeamug”), Dallas-based hip-hop duo A.Dd+ once again has the Internet on fire today, with various hip-hop-focused sites posting download links for the just-leaked second single from the group’s debut album, a…
Before there was “Ben & Skin,” the local morning sports radio talk show on KESN-103.3 FM ESPN Dallas, there was Jeff “Skinny Fresh” Wade and Ruben Ayala, who made up Hydroponic Sound System. And, in a 2001 issue of the Observer, former music editor Zac Crain profiled the duo, who…
The Walkmen, The Head and The Heart, SerynSaturday, March 5, 2011Granada TheaterBetter than: sitting at home listening to great vintage records. Looking at the members of The Walkmen during their performance at Granada Theater on Saturday night, they hardly looked like a rock ‘n’ roll band. Far from it, actually…
The Trashcan Sinatras, Salim NourallahThe LoftMarch 4, 2011 Better than: looking for closeout deals at the Borders in Uptown and Highland Park. There are shows where you completely forget about the pains of the day, like the rising price of gas, job woes, or the risk of getting the flu…
After kind of a dud last weekend, we’ve got a pretty solid list of shows to see this weekend. And topping the list for some of us here at DC9 headquarters is The Walkmen concert at The Granada Theater on Saturday night. In this week’s paper edition, we ran a…
DJ NVS got his start spinning records 15 years ago. “I have always been around music, and had a few friends that were already DJing,” he says. “One day, I said to myself, ‘Hey, I can do that!'” So, he did. And now the California native has made a name…
The wee small RySea stunned us all last night by announcing that 40 million votes had been entered for the 10 audience-selected spots in the American Idol finals. That’s what we refer to in the industry as a pant-load, people. And, during the unnecessary two hours of last night’s show,…
Just back from the band’s first tour of Europe, Seattle’s The Head and the Heart are currently making their way across the U.S. opening up for The Walkmen. Interestingly, the two acts couldn’t be more dissimilar. But that dichotomy should mostly result in a beautiful blending of styles. Playing soft-spoken…
This morning, it was announced that The Walkmen’s highly anticipated show at the Granada Theater this weekend has finally sold out. Not all that surprising, really, considering the amount of acclaim their latest album, Lisbon, has received. And deservedly so: Lisbon’s quiet take on classic American rock ‘n’ roll is…
Try this out. Let’s say we project the future of indie rock out into the future as a straight line disappearing way off over the horizon of time. Everything that’s ever going to happen in indie rock, it’s out there somewhere.Then we go over to the other side of the…
In this week’s paper, Daniel Hopkins brings our attention to the show that Glasgow-based pop band Trashcan Sinatras will be playing tonight at The Loft to promote their latest acoustic album, Brel. In the article, he describes the band’s quick rise in popularity with their 1991 debut album, Cake –…
It doesn’t seem to matter what’s going on in Libya, Egypt or even Washington D.C.; somehow, a pretty mediocre actor’s personal life has been managing to lead every newscast and dominate discussion on every talk radio show throughout the past week. In some ways, though, the media’s Charlie Sheen obsession…
Perhaps, back on Monday, you caught my recap of last Saturday night’s Wanda Jackson show at the Kessler Theater in Oak Cliff? Yeah, y’know, the one I referred to as “a once-in-a-lifetime offering”? Uh-huh. That one.Well, now, courtesy of the folks over at KTCK-1310 AM The Ticket, and the lads…
One touring show and a ton of great local talent highlight this evening’s musical options…..
Well, it’s about time we gave some love to the Dallas-based music blog Gorilla vs. Bear’s visual aesthetic…
In this week’s paper, I take a close look at the new release from Arlington death metal quartet The Famine, called The Architects of Guilt, an album that, as early looks and listens revealed, is as technically proficient as it is brutal. In other words? It’s kind of what you’d…
This past summer, when Denton art-rock outfit Shiny Around The Edges released their most recent effort Denton’s Dreaming, we shared with you all a free download of their song “Socially Awkward,” from which the album culls its title. And we bring all this up again now because, this week, the…
I’ve been thinking for a while, trying to pin down what I like and loathe about Eminem’s writing. I think I finally got it…
Linkin Park, Circa Survive and Paper TonguesMarch 2, 2011American Airlines Center Better than: an SMU frat party. From across the state and even across state lines, more than 12,000 fans amassed inside the AAC last night to witness the spectacle that is Linkin Park. And nowhere else could one witness…
Damon G. Riddick, aka DâM-FunK, is a modern funk producer and session musician from Los Angeles who stands as one of this generation’s most vocal champions for funk music. Ever the showman, his synthesizer-heavy live show and rare vinyl-heavy DJ sets have earned much acclaim from fans and critics –…
Dallas hasn’t always been synonymous with underground hip-hop, but, as the culture of area hip-hop has grown, DJ EZ Eddie D, born Eddie Murphy, has been there to witness it all.Since 1987, the KNON-89.3 FM “The Voice of the People” radio personality has served as the host of the station’s…
