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…
OK, our bad. We may be about six hours late getting you cheap concert ticket info, but hey, you still have six more hours to take advantage of it. For you country music fans, AEG Live sent out word that today only, tickets for the CMT on Tour show with…
In a perfect world, incredible bands with outstanding live shows and ceaseless work ethic become superstars of their own merit. Black Tie Dynasty is creating this world, one day at a time. In the cloistral confines of a black couch in a hallway at Arlington’s Universal Rehearsal, we dig deeper…
Whilst doing a little MP3 blog trolling over the weekend, we stumbled across a pleasant surprise: The night after DC-9 Park fave St. Vincent joined the likes of Peter and the Wolf, Doug Burr, Tame…Tame and Quiet and other notables at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, music blog…
Local rap group P.P.T. is in the running for a trio of 2008 Grammy nominations and now the members are just waiting for the final tally of votes to hear if they move on to the next round. So, are the nominated or not? It’s little bit confusing. That’s because…
Hey, quick scoop for ya’ll: The following is an exclusive press release from Dada/Bocatinta mistress Amanda Newman: “The Happy Bullets have new bandmates and a new music video. Joshua Warr (J.D. Whittenburg) is now on bass and James Porter (The Tah Dahs) is the new drummer. They’ll be making their…
Poet Michael McConnell becomes Draknastula at Dan’s Silverleaf. (Melanie Gomez)If you’re a little hungover, suffering from the early flu bug (damn near everyone in our office has dealt with it already) or just bummed to be sitting at your desk, DC-9 is happy to help you relive the weekend. Pre-Halloween…
In preparation for the Boys Like Girls and Forever The Sickest Kids show tomorrow night at The Rockyards in Fort Worth, we came across this video from the tour. Watch Jonathan from FTSK perform “Heels Over Head” with Boys Like Girls. We’d put money (not much, we’re music writers) that…
The Rocket Summer just got word its video for “So Much Love” is going to premiere on MTV’s TRL next Wednesday, Oct. 24. The video is only slated to show once, but then fans can bring it back. In a MySpace post the band (a.k.a. Bryce Avary) posted its excitement:…
Guess proves in his latest video, “Bounce 4 Me,” that all that is needed for an indie rap video is dancing chicks, pimped-out rides and a bunch of available friends. The video, also featuring Young Bleed, is the latest by Dallas-based label FhatCity Records. What could have been another throwaway…
So I’m drifting around Half Price Books last night because I like to, you know, read books, and flipping through the music writing section (Dude—how many books can there be about punk? I mean, we get it!), when I happily stumble upon a copy of George Gimarc’s Post Punk Diary,…
We were happy to see Pitchfork give the Polyphonic Spree a shout-out today, noting the Dallas band’s new single, a remix of “We Crawl,” off Tim D, et al’s latest disc The Fragile Army. — Jonanna Widner…
Dallas-based Deaf Pedestrians were played on prime time Tuesday night. The band’s song “Hail to the Geek” was featured in the new episode of the CW’s “Beauty and the Geek” (yeah that show with hot, but dumb women and socially awkward men). We’re happy for the Pedestrians. We’re scanning YouTube…
Fort Worth’s smartest, most animated, most illin’-est* hip-hop crew P.P.T. just sent out the video to its latest single, “Down South Girl,” from the group’s Idol Records release Tres Monos in Love. Waco hip-hop band Strange Fruit Project lent a huge hand to P.P.T. by producing the video and appearing…
Our much-loved locally-owned venue the Granada Theater just gave us even more reason to want to kiss owner Mike Schoder’s hemp shoes. The following is a MySpace bulletin sent via the Granada’s new MySpace page: How much do your friends care about you? Do you really know who your friends…
Sigh. We here at DC-9 would feel remiss if we didn’t post the just-breaking info about Kelly Clarkson’s new tour. And, rather than try to slather a thick layer of sarcasm on what really is already a parody, we figured we just be straight about it. So, Clarkson, according to…
Radiohead In Rainbows (Self-distributed) Conventional in every sense, save for how it was released: over the Internet, pay what you will, gratuities graciously accepted. It’s been a week since Radiohead’s smash-and-grab sale, and aside from wrecking the music biz with a disco ball and gold chain, all’s right with the…
Wow. I just stumbled upon a video of Dallas underground — way underground — MC Jimbo Jenkens flexing his crazy free-style skills. Aside from the rap itself, my favorite part is the occasional flash of the rake on the garage wall. According to his MySpace page, Jenkens is a poet,…
The Bat Mastersons’ Byron Lord and David DiPietro are welcoming guitarist Darrin Robinson (The Mumbles) into the group. The trio is rehearsing new tunes and, we’re told, will start playing shows in the Dallas area in the next few months. The Bat’s format isn’t going to be changing, though. The…
