Dennis Gonzalez of Yells At Eels put together this week’s winner. This was a controversial winner, by the way. Music editor Pete Freedman much preferred Nevada Hill’s poster for the same event, saying the Saharan scene Gonzalez used reminded him of the vaguely Middle Eastern artwork hanging at his Hebrew…
It’s good to be Play-N-Skillz right now. The song you produced for Lil Wayne’s Tha Carter III, “Got Money (feat. T-Pain)”, was kind of a big deal, and it certainly didn’t hurt the disc on its way to becoming the best selling disc of ’08. And now, the song’s been…
Amanda Fogarty This holiday season has been busier than most. Still, with the historical election and the tanking economy taking priority over most things musical, it’s easy to overlook the plethora of cool bands making their way to our area. Case in point: Los Angeles’ El Ten Eleven making its…
The 2009 Grammy nominations were announced last night, which means, yep, we’re being INUNDATED with press releases from ecstatic and eager publicists touting their clients’ successes.Like we have any say in the matter. Yeah, right.But, by my count, DFWd’s doing OK here. Here’s a breakdown of area artists who received…
I missed a ton of good shows around town last week–Thanksgiving with the folks in Boston, y’know–but the one I’m probably most disappointed about missing, which probably says a lot about me, is the nerdcore show at the Double Wide on Saturday. MC Lars? MC Frontalot? ytcracker? These guys are…
“Get in my belly!” Fat Bastard exclaimed. “…then do da stanky legg?”Gotta give credit where it’s due: The Fader (which, interestingly enough, has just combined advertising and sponsorship forces with Pitchfork media) was early to the Dallas hip-hop game, letting Play-N-Skillz, Tum Tum and Lil Wil showcase their side of…
Lucinda Williams can get very personal on her recordings, for better or for worse. Last year’s West was a melancholy collection about the loss of her mother. It was also a rather downtrodden buzzkill if you weren’t in the mood for it. With Little Honey, Williams lightens up a bit,…
The Mighty Underdogs is a Bay Area supergroup that adds up to less than the sum of its parts. Featuring Quannum Projects vets Gift of Gab from Blackalicious and Lateef the Truthspeaker of Latyrx plus producer Headnodic of Crown City Rockers, the crew simply tries too hard to sound playful…
How has T-Pain done it? He’s not attractive, his fashion sense leaves much to be desired (at least for those lacking Dr. Seuss/LSD fetishes), and his voice is nothing special without the benefit of the computer program Auto-Tune. And yet, considering his hip-hop and R&B radio dominance, critics can’t argue…
In the last year or so, something shifted within St. Louis’ Gentleman Auction House. The change was so subtle that only those who had followed the septet since its June 2005 inception probably even noticed. Gentleman Auction House found its groove. And Alphabet Graveyard, the band’s latest release, does an…
Most indie-rock groups of today seem to have forgotten the importance of piano in their compositions. The instrument is practically absent in much of the music on MTV today, but when you listen to Secondhand Serenade’s popular tune “Fall for You,” what really sticks, aside from its romantic lyrics, is…
In a way, The Chat Room Pub will come full circle Saturday night when The Theater Fire and Peter and the Wolf take their places on the Oriental rug that serves as an improvised stage along the bar’s painting-festooned back wall. The Fort Worth bar had built a devoted clientele…
When you think of “political” artists, folk troubadours like Steve Earle or sloganeering punk rockers like Anti-Flag most often come to mind. Indie-rock icons Death Cab for Cutie don’t fit either of those molds, but, over the past decade, the group has become increasingly politically active. Death Cab toured alongside…
To celebrate the birth of the Savior, Dallas’ two commercial modern rock radio stations are throwing three big concerts in the next few days. KDGE-102.1 FM “The Edge” will have two “How The Edge Stole Christmas” shows. Night 1 includes Blue October, Hoobastank and Deep Ella on Thursday, December 4,…
In the future, one Web site will serve all our music-purchasing needs, including Digital Rights Management-free downloads, ringtones, concert tickets and band merchandise. Streaming music will still be available free. Three of the four majors will take part: Sony BMG, Warner and Universal. Bands will continue posting videos and other…
With its 19th-century church pew booths and Gothic-arched windows, The Abbey Inn Restaurant & Pub in Denton seemed like an appropriate place to meet with Doug Burr to discuss his newest release The Shawl. Despite being a talented songwriter himself, Burr plucked the lyrics for each song on the album…
The weather outside is weather, which means, yep, we’re being absolutely inundated with Christmas albums and compilations here at DC9 HQ. Anyone want not one, but two brand-new Brian Setzer Orchestra seasonal delights? Seriously, ask me for them. They’re yours….What, no takers? Oh well…That being said, it’s not all complete…
Eager to know what Centro-matic’s Will Johnson is looking forward to this upcoming holiday season? Well, don’t fret: Your curiosity will be satisfied! Yesterday, Johnson took part in My Old Kentucky Blog’s “2008 Holliday Interview Series.” And it includes some interesting tidbits–like how he apparently loves the marathon of A Christmas…
Welcome to This or That, a new weekly segment here on DC9 where we’ll 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…
Bassist Aaron and drummer Stefan Gonzalez, who play together as grindcore duo Akkolyte and with their father, Dennis, in jazz trio Yells At Eels, have yet another brotherly collaboration coming up. The two will provide music at 9:30 p.m. Friday for the closing party of the eNeRGy exhibit at Kettle…
Holly Robison Super cool, local, retro rock outfit Tiger Moth had supposedly (and sadly) called it a day a while back. But drummer, and The Lounge on Elm Street co-owner, Glenn Jackson says the band’s death has been greatly exaggerated. “We took a few months off after the singer [Cheyenne…
Since we’re on the topic of CD release parties already: You may recall a few months ago when I wrote about this local, young, up and coming alt-country singer/songwriter, Nicholas Altobelli. Basically, I stumbled, quite literally, into The Cavern one night and was taken aback by Altobelli’s way-beyond-his-year’s lyrical musings…
