Hey there, sports fans! Would ya believe that I’ve been in town a whole year now writing about the local music scene? I mean, it feels like it was only this past weekend that I went to a show only to be confronted by a frustrated local musician who forced…
Given his penchant for wearing light-up Western suits onstage, it’s not entirely surprising Phosphorescent’s Matthew Houck would record an entire cover album of songs by Robert Redford’s co-star in The Electric Horseman. Sure, Willie Nelson has received his share of tributes before, from 1996’s grunge-heavy Twisted Willie comp to Carla…
The Me-Thinks nip any potential gripes in the bud by beating the would-be critic to the punch: The two CDs enclosed in this package from “Fort Worth’s Shittiest Band” (the band’s words, not ours) are titled “Worse” and “Worser.” Sure, the songs are dumb and simple, but they’re tight, witty…
After a year spent locked away in a sweltering practice space at a Garland steel mill, Andrew Strickland, James Layfield and Aaron Beaudrie, known collectively as The Semifinals, are finally ready to unleash their pent-up angst on an unsuspecting public. And, fortunately for us, the trio’s frustrations while serving time…
Welcome to This or That, the weekly segment here on DC9 where we stream an unmarked song and ask, simply enough, “Is this [POP BAND X] or just another crappy local band?” Why? Because we don’t think you’ll be able to tell the difference between the real thing and the…
Attention fans of quirky folk-pop: Joey Kendall of Mount Righteous will be playing a free show at the Boiler Room in Denton tonight. But, even if Mount Righteous’ acoustic marching-band-style pop music isn’t your thing (read: you hate them), don’t write Kendall off. Sure, he’s the guy credited with coming…
Word comes today that Polyphonic Spree strings player Rick Nelson (pictured right) has joined up with another musical outfit in addition to the Spree–this one called My Jerusalem–and, as the headline for this post details, it features a number of other experienced musicians, who’ve participated and contributed to projects as…
Play-N-Skillz, Big Tuck, Slim Thug, Pitbull, Paul Wall, Too $hort, morePlushWednesday, February 4, 2009Better than: Parking a filthy, body-damaged Scion Xb in a metered spot and walking two blocks to avoid using the valet service, all the while contemplating how out of place you are anywhere near a red carpet…
In last week’s print product, we spoke with M83 frontman, founder and brainchild Anthony Gonzalez about the major influences on his latest release, 2008’s stellar synth-heavy Saturdays=Youth.But what ran in the print issue was only a piece of the conversation–we also spoke with the Frenchman about his current role opening…
Yeah, we covered Los Campesinos! plenty last week, interviewing the band, reviewing the concert, posting a slideshow of the concert, and even ambushing your ears with, well, the same track you’ll hear in the video above, “We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed”. But John Iskander of Parade of Flesh passed…
…and in true Badu fashion, it’s a little eccentric: Erykah’s new-born baby girl is name Mars Merkaba. Again, just like Badu’s labor, the announcement came last night via Badu’s Twitter account. What’s pretty fascinating about all this isn’t that Badu is necessarily using technology to its fullest, but rather how…
Your daily dose of national music news for Wednesday, February 4, 2009…Oy vey! Q-Tip has signed on as the co-star in an independent movie about a young man from a Hasidic community who is caught importing and trafficking ecstasy into the States. Obviously, Tip won’t be the Hasidic character; he’ll…
There may be other renovations and remodels coming to Club Dada in the near future (we’ll wait to give you the formal details on those as soon as they’re officially confirmed), but, in the meantime, this afternoon saw construction workers entering the long-running Deep Ellum venue’s premises to start work…
We’ve said plenty about Daniel Folmer in the past few weeks by covering his new disc The Roaring Twenties in print, taking a slideshow of his Denton CD release party, and even talking about his new work in our debut podcast last week. But, I dunno, maybe you’d want to…
Next month, Denton’s own Shiny Around the Edges’ “debut album” Holy Roller will be released on Sounds Are Active–the same indie-imprint that’s released material by I Heart Lung, Castanets and The Weird Weeds. In anticipation of that release, the band was kind enough to send us the mp3 for “Come…
Besides possessing a great name, San Diego quintet Goblin Cock has the brains to go along with its ballsy brawn. Led by former Pinback frontman Rob Crow, the band has all of the subtlety of a pitbull–and that’s exactly what makes the band a wonder to behold. Channeling everything that…
…yep, the header pretty much sums up the whole post. Read the whole lineup here, if you don’t believe me. …
Speaking of MTV, the strictly music (and definitely not reality TV-based) cable network chimes in today with a recap of last night’s Silver Jews concert–purportedly Dallas native David Berman’s final show.Makes sense, as we’ve all seen how much love MTV has given artists like the Silver Jews prior to their…
…which is to say that Flight of the Conchords will be migrating to Grand Prairie that night. I mention this because foreplay is very important… in love…
Play-N-Skillz will be showing MTV around town this week as the network films for an upcoming special, My Block: Dallas, and you’ve got two chances to rub elbows with the Dallas rapper/producer stars.Tonight, the brothers are celebrating their Grammy nominations (for their production work on Lil Wayne’s Tha Carter III)…
In what can only be classified at this point as “non-news”, country music legend George Strait may or may not be booked to perform at the new Cowboys stadium at some as-yet-undetermined point this summer, the Morning News reports today, following up a report made on The Ticket this morning.Thing…
Your daily dose of national music news for Tuesday, February 3, 2009… First Guitar Hero gave us the ability to shred with our musical heroes. Now the makers of Guitar Hero will let unknown DJs move from their bedroom to the living room via DJ Hero. Yep, now you too…
