Because I’m a huge loser and clearly a major sucker for pop culture slop, yes, I still watch The Real World–even this so-far atrocious Cancun season. (Don’t judge me. Please.)And, in last week’s episode, I thought I noticed a few familiar notes–oh, and you may recognize them, too–playing in the…
1. God damn, Texas is hot in July.Even with cloud cover and a bit of a sprinkle, walking around Superpages.com Center on Sunday was like strolling with Dante through Hell. Outdoor festivals in the middle of summer just don’t seem like the brightest of ideas.2. Bikini tops should only be…
At least in the confines of my office, where the above song gets played, on average, twice a day (a low estimate), this comes as pretty exciting news: Dorrough’s debut abum, Dorrough Music, will see its official release on July 28.More reasons why you should consider this something of a…
Your daily dose of national music news for Monday, July 6, 2009… Americans can sleep easier tonight: President Obama still has Michael Jackson songs on his iPod. Now, how about that universal health care, sir? Kanye West now has something else he’s the best in the world at: being a…
Like a poorly played game of Telephone in elementary school, there’s been a lot of erroneous information passed along about Club Dada in the past few days–a lot of it generating from a story we ran here on DC9 that has somehow become mangled up by a few other organizations…
There’s gonna be a whole lot of barbecuing and pool-hopping this weekend, if common sense is any indicator for what we should expect to go down on this Fourth of July weekend. Course, there needs to be a soundtrack to it all…So, on that note, here are a couple DC9-approved…
Your daily dose of national music news for Wednesday, April 29, 2009… Looks like Rihanna is looking for a second career as a tattoo artist. You know, in case the whole international pop star thing doesn’t work out. Aerosmith’s Joe Perry is letting his fans decide the title of his…
Maybe you’ve seen some of the to-do surrounding Neon Indian? Perhaps on another Dallas-based blog? They’ve got a pretty cool sun-drenched sound–kinda like the audio equivalent of the visuals in Soundgarden’s “Black Hole Sun” video, only not as nightmarish and much poppier than that description would imply.Anyway, the “secretive” group’s…
Waco rapper/producer Symbolyc One of Strange Fruit Project is one of Texas’s most under-appreciated hip-hop talents, flying largely under the radar despite working with Erykah Badu, Little Brother and others. Seems he’s kinda embracing his place in life right now, though: Yesterday, S1 released a new mixtape, fittingly called Still…
After the Warped Tour stops through town on Sunday, a handful of the bands on the tour–Dance Gavin Dance, A Skylit Drive and Hit The Lights–will be stopping by Denny’s, because, hey, why not?According to the press release announcing the after-party, “These select bands will hang out with fans while…
According to Club Dada co-owner Ben Tapia, last night’s visit from the TABC was “just standard protocol,” and came as the result of someone “tipping off the TABC,” claiming that the long-running club was going to be pouring drinks from unlabeled bottles as the result of financial difficulties, which Tapia…
Rarely has a band’s hometown been held against it, but that’s definitely the case with Candlebox. Forming in 1990 and hailing out of Seattle, Candlebox was compared, for better and worse, with bands that were a part of the then burgeoning grunge scene. With more in common with classic rock…
Your daily dose of national music news for Thursday, July 2, 2009… Sorry ladies, Kevin Jonas is like, so engaged now. He’s 21… so I give it five years. Looks like Michael Jackson’s body will not go on public display after all. Q-Tip’s long shelved album Kamal/The Abstract will finally…
Two representatives of the City of Dallas fire marshal office and four Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission officers stopped off at Club Dada within the past hour–and are still there at the time of this posting–saying they are undergoing an “investigation” and “following up on a complaint,” although the TABC officers…
VEGA’s Well Known Pleasures EP–you know, the one that was “soon-to-be-released” back in January–is supposed to be available online today from Vogue College Records, though I’ll be damned if I can figure out where to download it. Maybe VEGA mastermind Alan Palomo spent too much time working on his Pre…
Your daily dose of national music news for Wednesday, July 1, 2009… Vibe is the latest victim of the recession. Michael Jackson’s body will be on public display at Neverland Ranch. Kanye debuted the only thing bigger than his ego: His new stage for his tour–now with gold plating! …
Making my way back to Big D after a week spent camping in Utah and Arizona, I stumbled upon KWTS 91.1 FM out of Amarillo. Broadcasting from the West Texas A&M University campus, this little oasis of deep indie rock kept me locked in until the signal finally diminished just…
Over on Wired.com, there’s a pretty cool story up, detailing the specs of the new stage set-up for U2’s impending world tour, which kicks off tonight in Barcelona. Probably right about now, in fact.Anyway, it’s a massive undertaking with huge screens and elaborate mechanisms. The idea, basically? To somehow turn…
Your daily dose of national music news for Tuesday, June 30, 2009… A hacker broke into Britney Spears Twitpic account and stated she had died. But, turns out, she’s alive and well and sure to bust out the crazy sometime soon. Eddie Van Halen married his girlfriend of three years, Janie…
…to the tune of 844 words, no less. Justifying the ’cause? The fact that 12 Cowboy teammates apparently showed up to the band’s House of Blues gig on Saturday night to show their support, including Tony Romo–although, if we’re being honest, his taste in music is suspect, at best (saying…
Congratulations are in order for Dallas-based production duo Play-N-Skillz, whose work on Lil Wayne’s “Got Money” was honored, along with 12 other 2008 rap songs, as the tops in its genre at this year’s ASCAP Rhythm & Soul Music Awards on Friday night.Granted, it was just one of four songs…
Your daily dose of national music news for Monday, June 29, 2009… In what shouldn’t surprise anyone, Michael Jackson could take the number one spot on the Billboard charts this week. Eminem, Flaming Lips and Jane’s Addiction have been added as headliners at Voodoo Festival. Apparently Art Brut isn’t big…
