Big D’s Forever The Sickest Kids are one of four bands up for Yahoo! Music’s “Who’s Next” monthly competition. Back in September 2007, The Rocket Summer nabbed top honors in the same Yahoo! Music contest. For the current round, FTSK are up against Paddy Casey, Tristan Prettyman and Lady Antebellum…
Decent sound. Minimal obstruction. Up close. And it all comes from the British Sea Power show at The Loft on Friday. Ch-ch-check it out: And the guy who shot it also shot a whole lot more. Pretty much the whole set from the looks of it. –Pete Freedman…
So, I alluded to this earlier today… …and, of course, it was only a matter of time before it ended up on Youtube. –Pete Freedman…
Brad Bevill, guitarist for old-school area punkers, Greyskull, is currently working for a digital marketing/advertising agency in Finland. But Bevill promises to return to town in July with some new music in tow. Apparently, when not learning how to con honest folks out of their money overseas, he’s has been…
If you’re an e-friend of John Freeman–or his defunct DIY venue–chances are you recently received a bulletin item letting you know that you can still donate toward Sloppyworld’s outstanding legal fees. We spoke to the Dutch Treat today, and he clarified (again) that Sloppyworld will not reopen. Even if he…
Uke can do it, put your back in to it. Jake Shimabukuro is something of a marvel. He doesn’t play a traditional instrument (he plays the ukulele), and he doesn’t sing (all his songs are instrumental). And yet he’s been able to make a name for himself in the music…
Another beauty from Nevada Hill. Shows from spastic rockers Eat Avery’s Bones have been few and far between since bassist Meggie Boner shipped off to Austin for school last fall. But the band returns to play on Saturday at Strawberry Fields in Denton. Though the admission charge is rather exorbitant…
Sneed’s back in town. (Wade Griffith) After a whirlwind national tour opening up for and playing alongside Kristy Kruger, Dallas-based singer/songwriter Dylan Sneed will make his first local appearance in quite some time at Bend Studio this Saturday. Seems that being out on the road with the talented Kruger really…
Youtube user TOADIESSuperfan just uploaded a third video of the Toadies working in a studio… Our reaction? A) The Toadies are definitely recording a new record. (But we kind knew that already.) B) The Toadies are clearly in on the making of these videos. C) We were crazy for even…
The Thorn Vs. Side guys are branching out. (Dustin Cromer) Nick Nowell, frontman for local metal band Thorn vs. Side might have a few too many irons in the fire. Besides leading his band and teaching seventh grade English (where, in order to work, he must remove his countless body…
A new book called A Deeper Blue: The Life and Music of Townes van Zandt by Robert Earl Hardy was released this month. And, according to the inside cover, it’s “the first serious biography of a man widely considered one of Texas’–and America’s–greatest songwriters.” How serious is it? Well, Hardy…
In case you were just dying to see the full line-up for Richardson’s 16th Annual Wildflower! Arts and Music Festival, well, we’ve got the goods for you. And, by “goods,” we clearly mean early 2000s flashbacks, celebreality stars and jokes from Saturday Night Live:…
Dude-rockin’ to the Stanley Cup? With the NHL playoffs officially underway, sports commentary site BleacherReport.com has decided to offer up its theme song choices for each team’s run for the Stanley Cup. Bleacher Report’s pick for the Stars? The Rasmus’ “In The Shadows.” Um, OK. Why, exactly? “Marty Turco’s a…
Nothing’s Shocking by Jane’s AddictionWe were a little surprised yesterday when we (a handful of DC-9 writers) realized just how many albums we owned with topless women on the covers. As we were finishing up the list of favorites for our slideshow featuring 18 of the best topless album covers…
Power to Badu’s people. Someone at Idolator has been reading Soulbounce, apparently, as both outlets are currently ga-ga over the prints that poster artist Emek has created for Eykah Badu’s world tour. We’re not all that surprised–we told you not once, but twice, how cool these posters were–but we’ve got…
James Dante Kings was 17 years old. It looks like it’s going to be some time before anyone really knows what happened to James Dante Kings in the early morning hours of Friday, March 28. Austin officials have yet to determine who it was that struck Kings on I-35; they…
Looks like local eccentric Wanz Dover’s latest music project, The Frenz, has submitted an entry to the Radiohead Remix project. Anyone can enter the competition. Here’s how it works: Contestants purchase components of the track “Nude” (from the band’s In Rainbows), add or delete various elements as desired, and then…
So, the latest in the Punk Goes… series just came out, and it includes a track by The Secret Handshake. What did Luis do for Punk Goes Crunk? A cover of Skee-Lo’s “I Wish.” You read that right. It’s up on The Secret Handshake’s MySpace, iTunes (99 cents and it’s…
Admittedly, this flew under my radar until this afternoon, but it looks like Lil Wil isn’t the only local rapper making national waves. Dallas-based rapper Fat Pimp has been getting his share of national love, too–and he has been for at least seven weeks or so according to this Billboard…
Ft. Worth garage rock wonders The Cut*Off are finally coming home after a couple of months spent touring places far beyond their normal haunts. Out supporting the impressive new effort Packaged Up For Beginners, the Cut*Off headed to Chicago after SXSW and even ventured across the border for the first…
It’s nothing unusual for The Door to host a battle of the bands event. The club seems to have at least one a month whether here (May 16) or in Fort Worth (this Saturday). But come April 26, The Door’s battle takes a different angle. Bands wanting to become almost…
Austin blues musician Black Joe Lewis came to town over the weekend. Those who didn’t make the show — myself included — should check out the video the Granada posted to YouTube of Black Joe Lewis keeping things lively at the April 5 show. — Chelsea Ide…
