If the success of locals-hitting-it-big Fair to Midland means anything, it’s that constant touring and publicity bombardments can sometimes work. Of course, so can dense, smart proggy guitar work. In this case, the combination of all these elements has shoved FTM to the top of the list of what the…
Cheer up, Big Tuck — you’re in Vibe!The latest issue of Vibe, which isn’t online, has a regional round-up of hip-hop’s most happenin’ scenes — and Dallas is included. But it’s good news-bad news stuff — isn’t it always when Vanilla Ice crops up in the second freakin’ graf of…
If you’re into heartbreak and Swedes (and who isn’t?) Jens Lekman headlines the Granada Theatre tonight. Local lovely songstress Sarah Jaffe opens. Do try and make it out. I’ve already plugged the show in our print version but, as somebody once said, “Writing about music is like dancing about architecture.”…
Found this footage of the Lizard Lounge on YouTube a minute ago (many people have asked why we started this music blog–it’s because it’s a good excuse to surf for goofy videos instead of reading copy on deadline day), and it cracks me up. The whole thing is so dark,…
(Photo illustration by Krissi Reeves)With behemoth machines like Big Buck Hunter and Golden Tee monopolizing our bar fun-time, can you blame a gal for lamenting the days of pinball machines and joysticks? And…and!… the most recent abolition of a classic vending machine by its hi-tech counterpart is, by far, the…
Ever so prolific, our favorite Outkast-ian hip hop star Pikahsso has produced yet another bit of badassery. Check his video with eight versions of the funky Sly/P-Funk sounding jam “Verb.” Eight different versions, each touching on a different genre, each matched by different videos with different directors. Our fave is…
Jam goes indie: Meet the men of Fight Song. (Melanie Gomez) When we heard a group of indie all-star musicians were going to have a jam performance in Denton, we couldn’t resist. Fight Song features Midlake’s McKenzie Smith, History at Our Disposal’s Jason Reimer and Brian Vandivier, Centro-Matic’s Scott Danborn…
DC-9 can’t resist pondering rumbles between bands or even classical music gangs. In fact, instigating them might even be more fun, but possible lawsuits just didn’t sound like something we wanted to deal with. Thus, in no way do we intend our fantasy fights to cross the line into actual…
The Gazelles are giving it away. (Luke Lanter)A few local music tidbits overheard this week: 1. Denton’s Gazelles know how to make us happy. They’re making their new songs all available for free for download on MySpace. Frontman Adam Bertholdi explained it all in a blog post. “Since it’s been…
Last week I wrote an column pointing out how Deep Ellum, while not exactly in the midst of a comeback, is still supported by a number of strong pillars—Kettle Art, Club Dada, Darkside, Double Wide, etc. Look, Deep Ellum is gonna be different, I think most rational people know that…
Kettle Art’s Frank Campagna was kind enough to forward me the Deep Ellum Enrichment Project MySpace blog that updates the status of the Specific Use Permit requests under review for many Deep Ellum clubs and bars. I have some more to say about this, kids, but it requires some reporting,…
As Austin boys Spoon tour our fair country, I got a chance to chat with the band’s drummer and studio mastermind Jim Eno. The soft-spoken percussionist was upbeat and at ease discussing topics from knob twirling to latest release Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga to performing on Saturday Night Live…
OK, if you were getting all excited about seeing Billy Corgan and Co. stage again this Saturday, we have some bad news. DC-9 just got word the Smashing Pumpkins show scheduled for Saturday, November 3, has been rescheduled. The concert has been moved to Sunday, November 18, at Nokia Theatre…
The Old 97’s want to be your New Year’s Eve date.We’ve caught wind of a couple local music tidbits that may be of interest. 1. If you’re already sick of seeing winter holiday gear in stores, then you probably aren’t planning your New Year’s Eve yet. However, for the Old…
Poor David’s Pub just sent out word that it’s the site for the first Barack Obama Dallas fundraiser hosted by the North Texas Democrats. The only word as of now is that The Ackermans will be performing and they are hoping for a phone-in from the potential presidential candidate. So…
Very, very sad news today, as Dallas has lost one of its greatest jazzers and finest people: Marchel Ivery. His wife confirms he died this morning at Presbyterian Hospital, just one day after checking in. He’d had a fever for two days and was diagnosed with pneumonia; he died around…
DC-9 photographer Jonathan Finley hit us up about a video he shot at this year’s Dallas Observer Music Awards. It follows Black Tie Dynasty, who we recently interviewed, around the August event. Those who were happy to see the BTD piece will enjoy this vid; those who weren’t so keen…
We happen to have a pair of tickets to the Smashing Pumpkins show at Nokia on Saturday, Nov. 3. We love you guys, so we thought we’d share the wealth. I’m a Halloween nut, so we’re having a little Halloween-themed contest. Below is a picture, compliments of a DC-9 friend,…
What follows are several items we overheard whilst spending a good part of the pre-Halloween weekend trolling the streets in search of spirits, of both the goblet and goblin variety: “Dude, you know why I’m wearing this costume? Because I fucking hate emo, that’s why.” “Vietnam! Yeah! Vietnam!” “Have you…
Big ups to the big man on the Observer campus, Robert Wilonsky, for pointing out that the November issue of Spin magazine, which hits newsstand tomorrow, has a meaty little review of Midlake’s recent Chicago show. The article’s author, Josh Modell, does a fine job of describing the Denton band’s…
Once again, we’re helping you relive the weekend in an effort to make Monday that much more bearable. 1. Voodoo Music Experience in New Orleans Crossing the state line was worth it this weekend to catch the killer bands on this festival’s bill. We particularly enjoyed seeing Mute Math’s (pictured)…
Out of Sync, the new memoir from former ‘N Sync member, failed cosmonaut and gay American Lance Bass, comes out on October 23. (It’s surprisingly good.) Over the phone from New York – where he’s living while starring in Broadway musical Hairspray as Corny Collins — and speaking in a…
