Jim Clark, an animator out of England, has done some phenomenal work here, taking the few existing photos of Robert Johnson and distorting them in time with his recorded tracks, making it appear as if the legendary bluesman is, indeed, performing the track on video (or close enough to it)…
Evan Callis, aka Rawdog, was a member of Criminal Habits We just got news that Evan Callis, who went by the name “Rawdog” when he performed with his hip-hop group Criminal Habits, died in the early morning hours of Saturday, February 9, in a manner eerily similar to DJ Frantic’s…
Someone posted a YouTube clip of Ashlee Simpson’s performance of “L.O.V.E.” at Purgatory from last Thursday. Tough to tell if she’s learned her lip-syncing lesson given the phenomenal camera work/angle here. (Yes, this was a blatant attempt on our part to get Google hits. Suckers!) — Pete Freedman…
I came across this excerpt from an upcoming documentary on blues music in Dallas over the weekend. From the looks of this clip from Dallas Electric: The Texas Blues Story, it’s going to be an interesting flick. The video offers a glimpse of Hash Brown delving into Dallas’ blues history…
After the passing of Freewill and DJ Frantic, there has been yet another death in the DFW hip-hop world, according to a post from Money Waters local female emcee Money420 over at DFWHipHop.com. Money420 posted the news that EZ Eddie D lost his son. Eddie has been a long-time supporter…
Kanye brings the good life to town on May 18 Given that we’ve been blowing up this space with Starplex show announcements of late (Radiohead, The Police with Elvis Costello), we’d be remiss not to mention The Glow in the Dark tour, which (no offense, Radiohead), has us most excited…
Saw a link to this interesting item on Sam Machkovech’s BigDlittled blog in case you were already pining for the days of yore a whole two weeks into my tenure here. Writes Sam: “You’ll be seeing a little more of me around these parts for a bit” Sure. The more…
Mark your calendars to see England’s The Cribs at our SXSW show. Seriously. Write it down.Oh, you read that right. We’re not just going to SXSW, we’re bringing some damn good bands together for those of you trekking it down to Austin. Here’s our lineup: The Black Keys Health The…
Everyone’s favorite local R&B/soul/neo-soul singer, Erykah Badu, has got a couple killer shows coming up in the near future. This one at the Ghostbar with Q-Tip looks cool: This one at the House of Blues, with ?uestlove, Pharoahe Monch, Bun B and others, looks even cooler: (Right-click images to see…
It’s crunch time, people. You’ve got just mere hours until meeting up with that “special someone” or “that hot chick” or “the boyfriend,” and if you haven’t figured out something rad for them yet, you’re not screwed. No. We encourage you to pilfer our list of 20 Songs for Valentine’s…
The Police. Lookin’ a whole lot younger. So, the Starplex has another announcement. Hot on the heels of all this Radiohead stuff that has you all so hot and bothered, we just caught wind of another sure-to-be-a-big-deal show coming ’round these parts: The Police, with “special guests” Elvis Costello and…
His name is Jason Castro and he calls Rowlett home. You might recognize him from the MTV show Cheyenne, in which he played love interest numero uno to Frisco’s Cheyenne Kimball. (This is a growing trend, apparently, that has a lot of AI viewers calling bullshit on this season–a whole…
There’s a quick little Dallas dig buried deep in this online MTV News round-up piece (mainly about Aretha Franklin not being so into Beyonce’s Grammy performance). In an item about the upcoming Radiohead tour, the piece reads: “The last confirmed venue/date is May 18 at the awesomely named SuperPages.com Center…
Rakim said it best: “It ain’t where you’re from, it’s where you’re at.” And, on that note, starting after this, my second-ever post to DC-9, you’ll be getting fed a steady streamline of Dallas music news/notes/anecdotes/whatnot from me on this page. But, for now, a little history. As you may…
Lovie will be the opening act for a special benefit performance of The Vagina Monologues. The UTD Rat PAC (their student performing arts collective) and the Galerstein’s Women Center are presenting the play with proceeds benefiting Victims Outreach, an agency that provides services for battered women. Andrea Roberts from The…
So, as of three minutes ago, we know where and when Radiohead will play locally: at the Starplex Amphitheatre on May 18. (Fine, the Superpages.com Center — like you’ll ever call it that.) And, courtesy Radiohead’s PR reps, we also know when tickets go on sale: this Thursday at Radiohead’s…
Sleezus Fist and the Latter Day Taints. (Tricia Kay Photography)Rock ‘n’ Rumble Episode 3 led us to a surprise. We have to admit we didn’t have much stock in rockers Black Tie Vendetta. Nothing against the band either. BTV just seems to register with a lower blip on the local…
While our reviewer didn’t have a great time at the Wakarusa Winter Festival, these ladies were having a great time. (Melanie Gomez) We hit up a couple decent shows (Gazelles, Darkest Hour), a lame one (Wakarusa Winter Festival) and heard some good news. Dive in: Wakarusa Winter Festival at Club…
The South by Southwest folks finally released the giant list of bands playing this year’s fest. Dallas, Denton and Fort Worth are all representing. So if you were looking for another reason to spend the $600 (that price ends today, then it jumps to the door price of $650) for…
Steve Poltz is a Canadian-born singer-songwriter currently based in San Diego. Perhaps best know for co-writing “You Were Meant for Me,” the No. 1 hit for Jewel (and having a brief fling with her), Poltz’s songs are filled with satirical lyrics and simple melodies that often endear themselves to the…
Paco Estrada chatting it up with DC-9. (Angela Berg) Immortalized in Dallas rock history by its charming single “Dear Claudia,” its torrid and ultimately disappointing affair with MCA Records and its massive amounts of devout fans, SouthFM scorched the scene with lightening velocity. And, then, vanished into the sad, crowded…
And now for some shameless self-promotion. Our peeps over in marketing gave us the go-ahead to announce our plans for St. Patrick’s Day. You know we love the green day so much that we go and have a parade and then partake in drunken debauchery the rest of the day…
