Silver Jews

The liner notes to Dave Berman’s sixth full length outing with his Silver Jews come complete not only with lyrics but with friggin’ guitar chords. It’s a strange touch, but an appropriate one, as Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea might be the tightest and most sing-along friendly set he’s crafted yet…

Bonus MP3: Lisa Mickelsen — “Uncle Roy”

Dallas singer/songwriter Lisa Mickelsen’s playing the Tipperary Inn tomorrow night, cramming another live set into her fairly busy daily schedule, which consists of homeschooling her daughters and volunteering at the Unitarian Church. And, actually, that’s a pretty odd chore list, considering that Mickelsen writes dark and intriguing blues/folk numbers–stuff that’s…

Last Night: Death Cab for Cutie at Nokia Theatre

Death Cab for Cutie, Rogue Wave Nokia Theatre, Grand Prairie June 17, 2008 Better Than: getting stuck in traffic on I-35E on the way home. There were two bad accidents, so it took 45 minutes to get to Nokia, but one hour and 45 minutes to get home… Is that…

Norah Jones Welcomes Your Little One Into The World

Idolator heps us to the fact that Dallas’ own Norah Jones’ “Sunrise” (see above video) has been included on the March of Dimes benefit CD, Stork Tunes, a disc that aims to relax soon-to-mothers as they go through labor. Awesome! No, it’s not as cool as, say, Rockabye Baby!: Lullaby…

Get Your Badu Gear On The Cheap…

Power to Badu’s people. Yeah, when Erykah Badu released New Amerykah: Part One a few months back, we were pretty high on the music. But we also dropped our jaws pretty hard for the artwork (designed by Emek), too–if not more. And that’s why we’re pretty stocked about this news:…

Bonus MP3: Eef Barzelay — “I Love The Unknown”

Eef Barzelay hits Dan’s Silverleaf in Denton this Thursday and one could do much worse than check out the former leader of Clem Snide. Lose Big, Barzelay’s second solo effort, comes out tomorrow and it’s a conflicted/confessional mess of a record that should come across well at a cozy venue…

Local Percussionist Dies In Wreck

We just received the sad news that the Dallas drumming community lost one of its spiritual leaders on June 6, when Eric “Stu” Stuer and his wife died in a single-vehicle wreck on I-49 south of Shreveport on their way home from RhythmWeb drum circle engagements in Mississippi. Stuer, 55,…

Micah P. Hinson Gets Stereogum Nod

Abilene-based country-tinged crooner Micah P. Hinson, whose played more than his fair share of DFWd gigs over the years, got himself a write-up on Stereogum’s The ‘Gum Drop today. Check it. –Pete Freedman…

Last Night: Rilo Kiley at the Palladium Ballroom

Rilo Kiley The Palladium June 15th, 2008 Better Than: Anything thing else happening on a sweltering Sunday night. Almost a year since the release of 2007’s Under the Blacklight, the Los Angeles based indie-pop gang, Rilo Kiley, stopped through Dallas last night on the final leg of their North American…

Playback: The Week (6/6/08 – 6/13/08) In Review

What you missed this week on DC9 as our nation collectively poked its noses way too far into the Hogan family’s business… – We rocked out with Robert Smith and The Cure. Or was it The Joker and his henchmen? – We got schooled at Booker T. Washington’s homecoming event…

Nice Package! (Praising The Outer Beauty: June 13, 2008)

These days, when so many of us get much of our music digitally, it’s easy to overlook interesting album artwork and innovative packaging. To commend musicians, artists and record labels that create a good reason to buy a hard copy, we’re spotlighting their work in this randomly recurring feature…

Forever The Sickest Kids Were On Conan Last Night. Whoa? Oh?

Forever the promotional push. (Evan Hunt) Dallas’ own Forever the Sickest Kids, who are about to head out on the road as part of this summer’s Warped Tour, performed on Late Night with Conan O’Brien last night… … I know. Believe me, I know. We’ll have the video as soon…