This week’s booking announcements comprises a pretty long list and features a few out-of-mind national acts–including A Flock of Seagulls, Live, and that band with the one-armed drummer. SXSW bookings are still coming in too, with a venue change for the Whispertown 2000. And, to top it all off, Lola’s…
Speaking of the 97’s, news comes today via Billboard that Rhett Miller’s fourth solo record will see release on June 9. The self-titled affair, which Miller recorded over the past two months at Salim Nourallah’s Pleasantry Lane studios, also features a whole bunch of familiar names backing the 97’s’ frontman:…
Alright. We did this once before, and they went in less than ten minutes, so let’s do it again now…Wanna see the Old 97’s, Eleven Hundred Springs, The Drams and The O’s on Saturday… for free? OK, then. Email me right now with the phrase “Four Leaf Clover” in the…
Estelle, Solange House of BluesMarch 9, 2009Better than: Catching up on the TV shows backlogged on my DVR. As someone who admittedly knows very little about Solange’s singing career, I just have to say: The girl gives it her all. Her black-suited, shaggy-haired band played a particularly funky rendition of…
Your daily dose of national music news for Tuesday, March 10, 2009…It looks like biopics with hip-hop icons are now officially in fashion in Hollywood. N.W.A. is the latest hip-hop group to have a biopic based on its story. And it looks like Big Daddy Kane could be next.Former Richardson…
It says on iTunes that Carter Albrecht’s solo album Jesus is alive … and living in London has been available since February 9. Carter’s father, Ken, and Robert Jenkins, whose Summer Break label is co-releasing the disc in conjunction with the Carter Albrecht Music Foundation, say that’s wrong, and that…
Southern Culture on the Skids brought their time-tested surfabilly sound to Sons of Hermann Hall Saturday night, with frontman Rick Miller strutting around the stage–like a Foghorn Leghorn-Colonel Sanders mashup who’s just here to party–and bassist Mary Huff deftly balancing her beehive ‘do through the entire set.We’ve got photos from…
Ah, yes. ‘Tis that jolly, drunken time of the year. And this year, at our annual after-party, we’re going the all out alt-country route with the Old 97’s, The Drams, Eleven Hundred Springs and The O’s. Should be a yee-haw time, if that makes any sense (I know; it doesn’t)…
Ready to take your weekly trip into the rockin’ world of this past weekend’s music? Bust out those headphones and let’s do it! Remember, all videos come courtesy of your friends and mine, those camera-wielding folks at the front of the club. They press on, despite tired arms, so that…
There’s really nothing for me to add to the story about Atlanta rapper Gorilla Zoe’s trip last week to Dallas’ Pearl C. Anderson Junior High School that hasn’t already been said. Except, I dunno, that maybe instead of parents and teachers getting annoyed by the fact that the rapper passed…
Cut Copy played the Granada Theater Saturday night, while Matt & Kim used the stage more like their own personal orienteering course. First, be sure you check out Doug Davis’ Last Night review for more on the show.For shots of the bands in action, though, Caity Colvard has you covered,…
Lance wasn’t the only member of our team who waited out Kool Keith’s fashionably late start (and fashionably brief performance) Friday night at the Loft — photographer Rachel Parker stuck it out and came back with a slideshow of photos from the show.You can check them out here…
Your daily dose of national music news for Monday, March 9, 2009…Miley Cyrus, is like, sooooo mad at being snubbed by Radiohead at the Grammys that she’s going to “ruin” them. Right. I’m sure Thom Yorke and Co. not wanting to meet Miley has nothing to do with her being…
Cut Copy, Matt & KimGranada TheaterMarch 7, 2009 Better than: anything that someone who originally found Matt and Kim’s cheeriness to be a little annoying could ever expect their stage show to be. Matt and Kim Yesterday was Kim Shifino’s happiest day ever. Or, rather, it sure seemed that way…
Dr. Dooom vs. Dr. OctagonThe LoftMarch 6, 2009 Better Than: Getting to the show when the doors open, only to wait three-and-a-half hours for to Keith actually get on stage. I thought I was playing it safe when I arrived at The Loft close to 10 o’clock. As I got to ticket window,…
It’s Friday, everybody, case ya didn’t know. An, as such, it’s time to look at the weekend calendars and plan out your, um, plans. Let’s do this. First, the shows we’ve always talked on…Tonight, there’s the Dr. Dooom vs. Dr. Octagon show at the Loft and that apparently hotly anticipated…
Giggle Party’s Jason Reichl and Katrina Michie plan to open the doors to their home, at 824 Exposition Suite 8 near the Amsterdam Bar, as a DIY venue. Writes Reichl in an e-mail: Not only will we be having shows but also special events. As you know Denton has a…
Maybe you’re like me (God help you). Maybe you heard some of PlayRadioPlay’s stuff in the past and thought, “Hey, this is interesting stuff, especially condsidering it’s coming from some kid from Aledo. If only he turned down some of that vocoder…” Well, over on his Myspace page, a couple new…
Didn’t take Pitchfork too long to follow up on the interview it ran with St. Vincent earlier this week. Today, the influential music site offers up a free mp3 of the first single from Actor, her upcoming release. We’ve already heard “The Strangers” performed live, but this, my friends, is…
Last Wednesday night, per a report from Pegasus News (which they, in turn, got from via V’s Vibe Spot), Erykah Badu, who was celebrating her birthday, stopped in to say hey at the weekly Jam Session held every Wednesday night at the Prophet Bar. And, after the crowd sang “Happy…
It’s been, um, a couple weeks since we’ve podcasted here at DC9. Sorry if you’ve been eagerly anticipating the next installment (stop lying), but we’ve been busy on some other fronts, like with the print edition. And this here blog. What, two mediums aren’t enough for you? Thanks, guys. It’s…
Last month, we told you that Sarah Jaffe was heading down to Austin to film a performance for Austin City Limits’ new web-exclusive performance show, ACL Stage Left. Well, the fruits of that labor are starting to show. Check out the above clip of Jaffe and her backing band performing…
