…y’know, what with all the drama and all, then you might as well turn in to Late Night with Jimmy Fallon tonight. Why? Well, ’cause you might spot a familiar face or two: Justin Pate, keyboardist for Fort Worth’s The Orbans, will be among the the backing players performing in…
Wilonsky swears Roky Erickson was born in Dallas, and, hey, that’s enough of an excuse for me to pass along this fine little bit of news this morning: For the first time in 14 years, the Father of Psychedelic Rock will release an album of new material. The album, called…
Your daily dose of national music news for Tuesday, January 12, 2010…Raekwon, Ghostface and Method Man have started a side project… but, need a little help with the name. Maybe, Wu Lite?Somewhere today, Thom Yorke has to be incredibly upset that a member of a boy band is incredibly pissed…
Kinda been an all-over-the-map day here at DC9. Not sure exactly what we’re supposed to make of it, either. All this D-Town Boogie and mall punk news? Plus high schoolers and Willie Nelson? Hey, I guess we had some sort of hand in making this bed. Might as well lie in…
Dallas Cowboys offensive linemen Leonard Davis, Marc Columbo and Marc Proctor’s band, Free Reign (which pairs the trio with guitarist Justin Chapman), has announced the released date for its debut EP. The five-song disc from the nu-metal footballers, called (fittingly?) Tragedy, will be released on January 26, via the Australian-based…
If there’s one regret we have, looking back on our list of the 40 best songs of 2009, it’s that, somehow, we completely forgot about Robert Gomez’s rather brilliant 2009 release Pine Sticks and Phosphorus and, specifically, “The Hunting Song.” How? Because, well, sometimes, we’re idiots. And by “we,” I…
Your daily dose of national music news for Monday, January 11, 2010…M.I.A. found a unique way to make sure her Internet and cable connection stayed up… let Verizon workers sing on your album.Lady Gaga is the new Chief Creative Officer at Polaroid. Why?Looks like Michael Jackson’s cardiologist is will face…
Once upon a time, she was just Carmen. Then, after realizing that the single-name thing wasn’t her style, she extended it out to her full name: Carmen Rodgers. And, on her 2004 release Free, Rodgers showcased a surgary-sweet indie soul coo and rightfully earned her a couple DOMA nominations in…
British-based Fact Magazine recently released it’s best albums of the decade list (everyone’s doing it!) and here’s an interesting inclusion of note: Coming in at No. 21 on the taste-making mag’s list is Dallas-based electro artist Gerard Hanson, who scores with the 2006, self-titled album he release under his Convextion…
Last year’s performances at Lola’s Sixth in Fort Worth marked the first time the improv/experimental music No Idea Festival came to the North Texas area. This year the event will be held in Dallas at a far grittier venue, the home base of the non-profit art- and music DIY collective…
Up to this point, we really haven’t heard too much from 16-year-old Dallas rapper Lil Twist. We knew a few things, of course: Namely, that he’s a member of Lil Wayne’s Young Money crew and stopped by to join the man on stage at Wayne’s American Airlines Center performance back…
Your daily dose of national music news for Friday, January 8, 2010…The Pogues’ Shane MacGowan says he doesn’t sleep for seven days while he goes on booze benders. That still doesn’t explain his teeth.When recording an album about the downfall of America, there is really no one better to “get”…
Well, we knew there’d be some debate on the matter of our Best Area Albums of the ’00s list in this week’s paper. We even acknowledged as much in our introduction to the piece: No doubt we’ve forgotten a handful of worthy contenders; no doubt you’ll call us out for…
Congratulations to the soulful area hip-hoppers in Dem Southernfolkz, who this morning saw their video for “The Message” get MTV’s approval for rotation on its MTV Jams channel. It’s the band’s first video to earn airplay on one of the cable station’s many subsidiary channels–but, if the band has its…
We kinda figured we wouldn’t be the only ones to dig on some of the Denton-based Bryce Isbell’s latest work under his FUR moniker: Just over an hour ago, Pitchfork offered up its take on FUR’s collaboration with Neon Indian frontman Alan Palomo, “Black Castles,” a song we offered up…
Your daily dose of national music news for Thursday, January 7, 2010…Lil Wayne has been cast as the voice of Jesus in the cartoon Freakniks. I didn’t think Jesus liked syrup…The Rock And Roll Hall of Fame is considering cutting the time for induction from 25 years to 20 years…
Do you “dig music”? Can you write worth a lick? Are you a college student willing to work in exchange for credit and what will surely be a life-changing experience (maybe) instead of cash? Yeah? Really? Cool, ’cause we’re all ears: We’re currently accepting applications for spring semester interns here…
Mayhaps you noticed this post earlier today on Unfair Park. Then again, maybe you didn’t. Either way, it sure bears repeating: Damien Weighill, the man behind the oh-so-awesome video for Giggle Party’s “Jason Bought a Hatchet” will be stopping through town at the end of the month, putting his art–which…
We thought this was already settled.But apparently there’s still some dispute as to who is the Honky Tonk Champion of Dallas. So the Boys Named Sue and The King Bucks–both frequent “Best Country” Dallas Observer Music Awards nominees, with the Bucks taking the honor last year–will square off Saturday, January…
Local alt-country singer-songwriter Nicholas Altobelli has just completed work on The Regulator, his third effort, due out in April of next year. Besides finishing off the new album, though, Altobelli’s been busy scheduling shows and other appearances throughout January to help promote the release. Beyond a slew of shows around…
Your daily dose of national music news for Wednesday, January 6, 2010…Bret Michaels has joined the cast of Celebrity Apprentice 3. I hope they have a job selling hair extension or wigs, ’cause he will totally own that one. Here is all you need to know about being a country…
We’re big fans of what John Iskander is doing around town with the shows that he’s booking under his Parade of Flesh moniker. But you already knew that.What you might not have known, however, is that Iskander’s been planning another post-SXSW bash–as he’s been known to do in the past…
