The morning after playing a party for his high school graduation, Josh “Reverend” Peyton woke up with severe pain in his hands. Doctors thought that Peyton, who had been playing guitar for five years, would never play again. “For almost two years, I didn’t play,” Peyton says. “I ended up…
Kevyn Green, the mastermind behind Denton’s Dharma, is an intelligent young woman—something that, along with her eccentricities, one might notice during casual conversation. What could be surprising to the uninformed passerby, however, is the confidence, command and certainty with which she captivates during live performances. “It’s fun to play,” Green…
Tonight’s docket first seemed a pretty drab one. Then we caught wind of who got booked to be the secret performer at Elm Street Tattoo’s annual Christmas affair at Curtain Club tonight…
[Over the next few weeks, we’ll be presenting our favorite local songs of the year, counting down from No. 25 to No. 1, one track a day. Today, we take an in-depth look at song No. 13 on the list — and, please, feel free to click after the jump…
No strangers to cover songs, the his/her duo of Smile Smile’s released at least two this year by our count. The first? That came back in October, when the band passed along our way its version of Blink-182’s “Dammit” for DC9 reader consumption.Earlier this week, meanwhile, the band released a…
Welcome to a new recurring feature here on DC9 where we talk to people of interest in the metroplex about their taste in music, including likes, dislikes, and guilty pleasures. We’re calling it Pedestrian Playlist — because, hey, everyone listens to music. The Dallas Mavericks are off to another great…
Welcome to a new feature here on DC9 called 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.If you’ve heard Taylor Young and John Pedigo perform as The O’s before,…
The folks up at the festival formerly known as NX35 have today announced a few more of the acts they plan on hosting in Denton as part of their four-day, pre-SXSW bash in mid-March. And a couple of them are pretty big — especially if you’ve been paying any attention…
Fresh off the release of yet another critically acclaimed album Forgiveness Rock Record, Broken Social Scene is planning a North American tour that will pass through Dallas at House Of Blues on Saturday, February 19. The aptly named band, a revolving door of Canadian indie-rock all stars (Feist, Stars, Metric),…
2010, again, proved a big year for The Dougie, the Dallas-born dance that has effectively taken over touchdown celebrations and dancefloors alike, and thrust the Dallas hip-hop scene into the international limelight. Thank Lil Wil’s “My Dougie,” which paid homage to Doug E. Fresh and the movie Paid in Full…
Tuesday evening brings a couple of decent triple-bills and a tandem of sensitive singer-songwriters to our area for your musical enjoyment. Which is as good an excuse as any to leave the house tonight…
[Over the next few weeks, we’ll be presenting our favorite local songs of the year, counting down from No. 25 to No. 1, one track a day. Today, we take an in-depth look at song No. 14 on the list — and, please, feel free to click after the jump…
If his last Facebook and Twitter status updates are to be believed, then, at this very moment, Alan Palomo is holed up somewhere in Helsinki, working on a follow-up to Neon Indian’s 2009 breakthrough debut, Psychic Chasms. And, furthermore, he’s currently enjoying a radio silence, cutting himself off from the…
A few weeks ago, our ears perked up when we first heard that former Lift To Experience frontman Josh T. Pearson is planning to release his long awaited solo debut Last Of The Country Gentlemen on Mute Records in March of 2011.Sure, it’s been years since Pearson lived in town…
Speaking of Erykah Badu: Some big news out of the Queen of Neo-Soul’s camp today, as it’s been announced that, on Friday, December 17, starting at 9 p.m.at the PM Lounge in downtown Dallas’ The Joule hotel, the Dallas icon will make her DJ debut, performing under the name DJ…
[Over the next few weeks, we’ll be presenting our favorite local songs of the year, counting down from No. 25 to No. 1, one track a day. Today, we take an in-depth look at song No. 15 on the list — and, please, feel free to click after the jump…
The strong bond between Dallas’ Own Erykah Badu and Philadelphia’s The Roots has been cemented for years — since back in 1996, actually, when Badu enlisted the would-be Best Band in Late Night for work on her debut release from 1997, Baduizm.Why Badu wanted to work with The Roots? Well,…
Welcome to a new recurring feature here on DC9 where we talk to musicians about the music no one expects them to like. We’re calling it Unexpected Influences — because, we hope, that’s what it will show. Very few bands can claim to have ever walloped Dallas year as heavily…
On this somewhat slow Monday night, you can go check out a decent touring show, particpate in a holiday-themed event or take in a weekly performance you might otherwise skip on a busier night. We’ll get into specifics after the jump…..
The death of Michael Jackson in 2009 seemed to prompt a lot of artists to rediscover the art of music videos in 2010. Some, like Lady Gaga and Kanye West, took the artistic merit behind mainstream music videos from acts like Michael Jackson and Prince, and made those aesthetics all…
The sometimes-area-based wordsmith known as Astronautalis is celebrating his birthday today, and is doing so with the release of a brand-spanking-new music video for the song “The Wondersmith and His Sons,” off of his still-great 2008-released album, Pomegranate. It’s kind of a chilling watch, this new video, too, as SMU…
With apologies to Robert Earl Keen, Devin the Dude, Cake, Hayes Carll and the multitude of also-rans filling up the regional concert calendar in these final weeks of 2010, it’s safe to say, I think, that, with Friday night’s Wu-Tang show at the Granada Theater, the year in live music…
