Jovial Baltimore titan Dan Deacon has made his name with a glowing green skull, a ratty Fred Flintstone T-shirt and a joyous one-man electronic arsenal combining pulverizing volume, deft rhythmic complexity and childlike elation—like Steve Reich scoring Looney Tunes. His daffy and thunderous 2007 breakthrough, the great-for-parties/terrible-for-hangovers Spiderman of the…
There’s no denying the convenience of iTunes or even Amazon’s online store. Or, for that matter, torrents and music blogs (at least when it comes to the pirates among us). The iTunes Store launched in April 2003—seems longer, no?—and lest there be any deluded observers out there doubting the long-term…
If you’re done with your taxes (unlike, say, me) there are a couple of shows worth venturing out for this deadline Wednesday…Local singer/songwriter Eric Neal headlines a nice local bill at Dada’s Listening Room. Back in August, Pete did a nice post on Neal’s Birthday Bash, also at Dada. But…
Maybe you caught the story in yesterday’s DMN about the demolition of Reunion Arena that starts up this week? Looks like that old warhorse of an entertainment venue should be completely gone by the end of September. I still have a lot of fond memories of the place, including The…
Missed NX35? Or, perhaps, you just wanna relive all the glory (or at least some of it)? Well, today’s your lucky day, hotshot, ’cause a Youtuber named wwunderful went and uploaded a whole slew of clips from the fest for your viewing pleasure, including the above clip of Telegraph Canyon…
A little over a month ago now, Merritt Martin offered up her praise for Shiny Around The Edge’s latest release, Holy Roller. This week, All Music Guide does the same, saying that the married Denton duo’s disc “might be the best ambivalently fierce album of its kind since Low’s underrated…
OK, so it’s not Good Records’ National Record Store Day party lineup–not even close, really–but Alrington’s Forever Young Records, a personal favorite of our own Noah W. Bailey’s, has announced its own little celebration for the two-year-old holiday, and it includes, among others, Austin’s Asleep at the Wheel.For the complete…
Happy Birthday, Bill!…
Yes, the Crystal Castles show at the Granada Theater last night–or lack thereof, actually–turned out to be something of a shit show. Between opening band VEGA being on the bill (then not on the bill) and the doors still not being open at 10:15 p.m. (and soon thereafter the show…
Like Erykah Badu? Alright, then! What about good causes–like the helping the blind? OK! We’re getting somewhere! Like art? Yeah, I know, I know–who doesn’t!?!?! Now, the easy part: Got a spare grand? Maybe more?(Crickets.)Oh, come on! Watch the above video and tell me that those Steven Lopez prints aren’t…
The Brian Jonestown Massacre played the Granada Theater on Monday night, hurling an intensely back-lit psych rock performance at fans who made it out for the night. If you missed it yesterday, be sure and check out our Last Night review, in which Lance emphatically proclaims the show not a…
…and, as a result, about 1,200 fans were left out in the lurch. What gives? We’re gonna makes some calls and try to find out what happened, from all angles. But, in the meantime, I’m guessing this story from WeShotJr doesn’t do the Canadian duo any favors. (Or is it favours?)…
Your daily dose of national music news for Wednesday, April 15, 2009… Eminem is back, and he felt like hip-hop was going downhill during his absence like music was “lacking substance.” Yeah, substance like jokes about Lindsey Lohan, Sarah Palin and Jessica Simpson. That’s substance. If you have an extra…
As promised, the Fort Worthians in Calhoun saw their song “The Earth Has Lost Its Hold” pop up in last night’s episode of NBC’s Chuck–twice, in fact. (Suck on that, The Bright!) Above, you can watch the whole danged episode. Or you can just skip right ahead to around the…
As if hot suburban soccer moms weren’t reason enough to hang out at Warren Sports Complex in Frisco this summer, the park will have free live music at 7:30 every Friday night in June. And one of the acts playing—OMG!– will be Joe Jonas. Yep, you read that right, 13-year-olds!…
This week’s announcements are a pretty short list, but over the last few weeks we’ve seen the early summer slots fill up pretty quickly. Can’t complain, though, when it includes an Iron Maiden tribute and the guys behind everyone’s favorite Snoop Dogg cover. Jump for the details…
The local rock trio known as Roy Bennett has just released a new video for its song “Alone,” and, hey, they actually got a semi-famous actress to star in it!Lead singer Ben Templeton met Farah White, who, among her credits, was one of the beauty pageant contestants in Miss Congeniality,…
It was 15 years ago last week when a landscaper found Kurt Cobain’s body sprawled out on the floor of his garage apartment. Time flies when you’re dead, huh? His suicide will always be a shining example of why an aspiration to celebrity is such a vacuous exercise in ego…
O! M! F! G! Guys! Because three times isn’t enough, really, the local musicians in The Bright got served another helping of being placed into an episode of The Hills last week, or so says a press release we here at DC9 received late yesterday evening. Turns out, the band’s…
Brian Jonestown Massacre, Flavor CrystalsGranada TheaterApril 13, 2009Better Than: attending a seance while rolling on ecstasy. If you noticed the bank of candles that greeted you as you walked through the Granada’s double doors from the foyer into the theater, you could tell last night’s show wasn’t going to be…
Your daily dose of national music news for Tuesday, April 14, 2009…In what should be a surprise to no one, Phil Spector was found guilty in his re-trial for the murder of Lana Clarkson. He could spend at least the next 18 years in prison.Billy Bob Thornton’s band The Boxmasters…
Exploding Plastic Records, the new Idol Records art-pop imprint, is almost ready to go with its first release, Little Black Dress’ Snow In June, which is set for a May 5 release.You may recognize a few members of Little Black Dress’ lineup–namely frontman Toby Pipes, also of Deep Blue Something,…
