Roy G. and The Biv Chats with LP33.TV

LP33.tv, a music site out of Santa Monica, California, recently interviewed the sometimes Denton-based electro-pop duo Roy G. and the Biv for a short featurette about the band’s jazz background, pop sensibilities and the “pretty solid” grasp the duo has of its futuristic, uh, future. Check it out in the…

Tree Wave Posts Free ‘Virtual 45 RPM 10-Inch’

Paul Slocum may be heading for New York, but he is leaving Dallas fans (and anyone with an Internet connection) with a parting gift: four free MP3s from his Tree Wave music project. Go to Tree Wave’s web site and you’ll be redirected to an FTP where you can download…

Bonus MP3: Foo Fighters — “DOA (LehtMoJoe Remix)”

We’ve brought up LehtMoJoe a few times now on DC9, mentioning Grand Prairie native Vincent Sliva’s various remixes, and marveling at his production rate–and, specifically, how he planned to release a new remix ever week leading up to the release of his solo album, Spaghetti Western. Well, on Friday night,…

Night Moves: Kick Off Your Shoes

Our nightlife crew began their weekend with the Kixpo pre-party at the Lounge on Elm Street Friday night, where DJs Sober and A1 spun and rappers Jabee and Playdough performed for the shoe-loving crowd.By Saturday night, at least some folks on the floor were ready to go shoeless as New…

Picture Show: Shots from Kixpo 2009

This year’s Kixpo at Life in Deep Ellum showcased the most impressive sneaker and streetwear collections in town, with music from DJ Love and Tyrone Smiley. There were shoes for the buying, cupcakes for the grubbing, a skate deck design contest and an afterparty at the Lounge on Elm Street…

Gig Alert: VNV Nation and War Tapes at the Granada Tonight

VNV NationListening to VNV Nation is reminiscent of listening to alternative music when it was a viable and legitimate form of music. The band isn’t something you’re going to hear on a traditional modern rock radio station; combining elements of electronica, dance music and a little bit of industrial for…

Last Night: Reel Big Fish and The English Beat at Gilley’s

Reel Big Fish, The English BeatGilley’sJuly 26, 2009 Better than: Going to bed early out of loyalty to a 9 to 5 job you don’t like anyway.”Hey, after the show, you wanna turn this energy around and ride the rollercoaster on the ceiling?” says Reel Big Fish frontman Aaron Barrett,…

Download: The Official Kixpo 2009 Mixtape

Tonight marks the start of Dallas’ third annual sneakerhead indulgence weekend, as sneaker and streetwear expo Kixpo kicks off its 2009 rendition with an official pre-party concert at The Lounge on Elm Street, with performances from Jabee and Playdough, and DJ sets fron A-One and Sober. But that’s just the…

Neon Indian’s New Music Is The Best New Music.

Over at Pitchfork today, area sun-drenched retro-pop outfit Neon Indian (side project of Vega, your DOMA-winning Best Dance/Electronica Act) has been awarded a Best New Music tag for its song “Deadbeat Summer.”Writes reviewer Richard Armitage, while giving the song a score of 9 out of 10: “Here the project really…

DC9 in SPACE, Ep. 12: Chameleon Chamber Group

…and for those of you of the Youtube persuasion, your link is right here. Last week’s guest at DC9 in SPACE were Paul Slavens, Audrey Easley, Tamara Cauble and Rachel Yoder, who, when their powers combine, join to form the neo-classical electro-chamber orchestral outfit Chameleon Chamber Group. Unsurprisingly, at least…

Booker T. Alum Roy Hargrove Prepares For His Emergrence

The Waco-born and Booker T. Washington-educated two-time Grammy Award-winning jazz trumpeter Roy Hargrove has announced the details of his next album, a disc called Emergence, which will see the light of day a month from tomorrow, on August 25.The disc is a little bit of a departure for Hargrove, but…

DOMAXXI: Video, Audio and, Of Course, Some Photo Booth Love…

The above clip is one man’s take–this “one man” in question being Pugs & Kelly producer Eric Marc–on Tuesday night’s Dallas Observer Music Awards ceremony. Warning: There is puke involved. (To be fair, I never promised it was gonna be a classy party…)But others are still talking DOMA in the…