A little background: Craze is the only solo DJ in history to claim the World DMC Champion trophy three times consecutively. How cool is that? And Craze was at the Lizard Lounge this weekend, offering up a smoking dance party. Check out the slideshow by the Lek Brothers here…
Feargal McKinney and his partners at Old Monk, BlackFriar and Idle Rich quietly opened a new restaurant and pub in Uptown over the weekend, and with the help of booking agent Chelsea Callahan will bring a welcome breath of fresh air to the area in the form of music that…
Broads & Panties presented a devilish burlesque show at Trees this weekend, and our very own Lek Brothers were there to capture it (and get third degree burns). Check out the rest of the fiery strip-slideshow here…
Folks really are crushing on Bryce Isbell’s FUR as of late. And, this morning, the Dentonite has once again landed on Pitchfork–only, this time, his experimental electronic project garnered a full-on track review for “Clears Throat.” And, the track from FUR’s split EP with Detroit’s Coyote Clean Up did pretty…
Speaking of radio station-hosted events, KBFB-97.9 FM The Beat’s been rolling the lineup for its 6th Annual Custom Car Show & Concert, which takes place at Fair Park on Sunday, March 21. There’s still some more names to come, the radio station, promises, but, so far it too is actually…
On May 1, at Pizza Hut Park in Frisco, KDGE-102.1 FM The Edge will hold its 20th Edgefest concert since 1992. And, believe me, it feels a little weird saying this, but, unlike the disappointing lineups of recent years past, the lineup the station announced yesterday evening ain’t looking all…
Your daily dose of national music news for Tuesday, March 9, 2010…The man behind Garbage helms Foo Fighters “heaviest album yet.”It’s official: Paul Simon and that other guy are set to tour again.Aziz Ansari starts a beef with the only person he can possibly beat up: Justin Bieber…
Hint: It’s not Nick Jonas. And it’s not Kevin Jonas, either. Spoiler alert: It’s, like, totally Joe Jonas! O! M! F! G?Anyway, catch Vampire Weekend at the House of Blues on April 11. Sucker’s already sold out, though. So, if you ain’t already in, you’re probably not getting in. Unless,…
Brandi Carlile busted out some goosebump-inducing folk at the House of Blues last night, and our photographer Mattie Stafford was there. There were unplugged guitars, a Simon & Garfunkel cover, and some really cool vests. Check out more shots here in our slideshow…
The folks at NPR have gone and done everyone a solid, listening to all the bands playing the official parties at SXSW so you don’t have to and–better yet–trimming down that list to a much more palatable list of 100 bands you should check out in Austin (if you have…
The Starck Club embodied the myths of club debauchery in 1980s Dallas. The fact that a 1986 raid on the club propelled it to national notoriety as an ecstasy hub probably helps.The club closed its doors in the Summer of 1989. I guess the eccentric European architecture from the guy…
Listen: I get that there’s a buzz around the term “chillwave” (nee GorillaVsBearcore). Really, I do. It’s fun. It’s hip. It’s the coolest of cool.But there’s pretty much nothing about FUR’s instrumental songs that evokes the term. Not to us here at DC9 HQ, at least. It’s not especially dance-y…
The above video here features the two youngest members of Lil Wayne’s Young Money Entertainment crew, Lil Chuckee and Dallas’ own 16-year-old member of the troupe, Lil Twist. Released just this past week as yet another single from Young Money’s We Are Young Money album, the video’s for the tandem’s…
The above video comes courtesy of The Melting Season, which you no doubt recall, is Bruce Blay’s offshoot of Sleep Whale. Posted over the weekend to Sleep Whale’s Twitter feed, the clip’s an oddly alluring pairing of old, and yes awkward, aerobics dance video clips with what turns out is…
Falling may feel like flying, but surely this must, too: At last night’s 82nd annual Academy Awards ceremony, Fort Worth’s own T Bone Burnett and Austin’s Ryan Bingham, as expected, took home the Oscar for Best Song for their work on the song “The Weary Kind” as part of the…
Your daily dose of national music news for Monday, March 8, 2010…Sparklehorse’s Mark Linkous has committed suicide.My Chemical Romance has told its drummer to hit the bricks.Gene Simmons thinks the greatest part of U.K. music is the Gallagher Brothers. Maybe it’s because they say things like this…
Earlier this week, Arlington’s Man Factory released for digital download Street Fight!!! Round Two, the second installment in its planned power-pop opera trilogy based on the popular Street Fighter video game series. Fans of Round One had been waiting patiently for the past two years to find out how the…
Maybe it’s selfish to think like this, but I’m kind of glad this weekend’s looking pretty slow. NX35 is right around the corner, only to be followed by SXSW, then Parade of Flesh’s spillover showcase Bro Fest, and then, come April, the MusInk festival. All I’m saying is this: We’re…
Last week’s DC9er brought you behind the booth with disco-guru Schwa, but, this week, we’re going to slow it down a notch and coast into the atmosphere with 24-year-old, Denton-based DJ Five Easy Pieces. With an extensive music background not limited to spinning tracks, Five Easy Pieces, a.k.a. Nick Amendola,…
My guts were wrong, folks. I know, given my wrap-up from Tuesday night’s show, that I may have gotten you all stressed out (not really) and worried (only if you’re related to them) that Todrick or Tim could be kicked off of American Idol this week. Alas, no North Texas…
For over 12 years, Sound Tribe Sector Nine (or STS9 as the band is commonly referred to by fans) has been criss-crossing the country, dispensing its technically impressive, instrumental blend of funk, jazz, hip-hop and psychedelic rock. While building a strong fan base, the band has also involved itself in…
Readers complained last week that my critique of “We Are the World 25” came too late. Well then explain this to me, readers of the musical vanguard: How is the music industry still finding Black Eyed Peas hits to play from an album released last summer, as it did with…
