It was only officially released in late October, but one album that I’ve found myself returning to a couple times in these waning months of 2008 is School of Seven Bell’s Alpinism.The ethereal electronic rock act School of Seven Bells–or SVIIB, as the kids apparently abbreviate the act–you’ll remember, is…
It ain’t Rolling Stone or Spin. Hell, it’s not Bona Fide Darling or Subservient Experiment either. But, either way, sure, I’ll mention it: The blog It’s Hard To Find A Friend has named Centro-matic and South San Gabriel’s split double-album Dual Hawks as its third favorite record of the year…
Fans of The Paper Chase looking forward to catching up with the band on Saturday night (present company included) are in for some bad news: The band has pulled out of its scheduled show alongside Sarah Jaffe and The Boom Boom Box at Denton’s Rubber Gloves Rehearsal Studios, as lead…
Listen: It’s been a great year for DFWd music. It really has. And in the coming weeks, we’ll be offering our insight into the best and brightest discs we’ve seen from area artists over the past 12 months. But first: Can we just take a second right now to recognize…
Hey, remember that Dia De Los Toadies festival shindig back in August? Course you do–we gave away tickets. Anyway, Spin.com, a site that’s showed no shortage of love for the Toadies’ still-newish No Deliverance record, has another exclusive with the band today, this time of the band performing–get this–“Possum Kingdom”…
The New American tends not to be anyone’s first go-to source for arts and entertainment news, but, alas, that hasn’t stopped the magazine from taking the time to check in with Dallas native, blues guitar legend and Stevie Ray sibling, Jimmie Vaughan this morning.Why? Well, mostly because Vaughan’s not scared…
It looks like Dallas musicians are making a big splash on “Best of 2008” lists all over the world wide internet…For instance, Will Johnson isn’t alone in doling out some praise for Eryka Badu’s 2008 release. Today, the Dallas native’s album New Amerykah, Pt. 1: The 4th World War comes…
Pilot Point, Tioga and Aubrey teenagers who need something to do besides football games and the occasional country fair will have another option for weekend entertainment starting this Saturday. The Journey Pilot Point, an all-ages venue at Journey Church (972 W. Walcott St.) is holding its grand opening at 8…
As teased yesterday on the blog, in today’s paper, you’ll find yourself a nice little piece written by noted family man Jesse Hughey on a couple family-friendly holiday shows you can proudly bring your kids to, without worrying that a) you might fall asleep, or b) that you’re priming your…
Haven’t heard much from anyone who was at last Wednesday’s My Brightest Diamond show at the Granada–and I couldn’t make it myself, unfortunately. But, if that live set from one-time Dallas native Shara Worden (read Darryl Smyers’ story on her here) sounded anything like her phenomenal Daytrotter Sessions (which can…
I know that those who contribute to this blog–including me–have not been overly kind to bands of the emo variety. Sorry, but shows that start at 6:30 p.m. in Plano (especially on a Tuesday) just don’t seem to warrant the attention of a weekend event at a venue in Dallas…
Good news first: The I Rock Cleveland blog has leaked the song “Ditch” from The Marked Men’s upcoming record Ghost, which is due out in January on Dirtnap Records. It’s a fierce little two minute jaunt through in-your-face, straight ahead punk.And now the bad news: The blog incorrectly calls the…
OK. Question of the Day time: Ever heard of a rockabilly artist named Dennis Herrold?No? OK, good. Us either. Which is why we were intrigued to learn a little bit about him when we stumbled on this post about him while, actually, looking for something else entirely. But once we…
Yesterday, of course, was the fourth anniversary of Dimebag Darrell’s untimely death–which probably explains the large amount of information we keep finding about him and the biographies being written about him and whatnot of late. And, sorry we didn’t post this yesterday when it went up, but, to commemorate the…
Good news today for Evan Birdsong, the man behind the tangtrastic Blackbird Harmony: Hardwood Exits (which we quite glowingly reviewed back in October) has made the slowcoustic blog’s year-end top 25 albums list, coming in as the blogger’s choice for the 23rd best record of the year. Which is saying…
Looks like Play-N-Skillz took some time to speak with Billboard.com on Friday to discuss their most recent Grammy nominations for their production work on Lil Wayne’s hugely successful (on all fronts, really) album. Says Play:”This was a little bit more shocking than the last one. I wasn’t as surprised for Tha…
This should come as a surprise to absolutely no one: Natalie Maines, of the one-time Dallas-based Dixie Chicks, is in the news again, this time because she’s, like, totally getting sued by this guy who is upset at claims that Maines, who’s no stranger to controversy, once made that basically…
Roger Caldwell Ah, yes. What would a week be without another head-spinning look into the nutty world of book publishing–as applied to biographies about the late, great Dimebag Darrell. Sure, you already know about the so-called “controversy” surrounding Zac Crain’s book. And, if you’ve been up on your DC9, you…
Only 20 more shopping days until Christmas, so we at DC-9 wanted to help you find some ultra-cool, deep indie CDs as stocking stuffers for the music elitist in your family.These titles are so goddamn esoteric that you’ll need extra time for googling and waiting for the damn thing to…
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…
“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…
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…
