We’re aching for some new Old 97’s around here. The band’s new album — its first in four years — will be hitting stores in mid-May. That’s too long. Looks like the people at Hypeful agree. The site has posted an mp3 of Old 97’s new single, “Dance With Me.”…
Team Robespierre live.I’ll admit, I’m prepping for SXSW already. I’ve looked at some schedules and the like trying to decide what bands will need attention on this lovely blog. After watching our sister paper’s “Indie Cribz” segment today, I think Team Robespierre may need our love. In the flick, we…
The official spark starting the official battle royale between Jessica Simpson and Carrie Underwood could be starting here, no thanks to Tony Romo. As you may know, Simpson is planning on making the move to the country music scene and was apparently none too encouraged by her beau. Meanwhile, Romo’s…
During my 3 a.m. YouTube surfing early this morning, I came across a live performance of The Simpsons theme song. I assumed it would be something along the lines of watching that kid play the Super Mario Bros. theme song on his guitar. Totally not what it was. In this…
Every Time I Die will bring its metalcore style to the House of Blues this Wednesday. Between last week and the rest of this one, it feels like we’re in metal heaven here in Dallas. Everyone from Napalm Death to Every Time I Die to Through the Eyes of the…
Our lists are frighteningly similar. And I don’t know how I feel about it. John Norris, meanwhile, seems giddy about her choices. I don’t know how I feel about that either. I definitely know, however, that this a perfect example of why MTV News has become a huge waste of…
Eddie’s under the weather. Looks like the guitar god has fallen a bit ill. Per the press release we just got from Live Nation, the reason for all the Van Halen cancellations is a suspicious mystery medical ailment of Eddie’s: “According to Eddie Van Halen’s physician, he is undergoing a…
Can’t we all just get along? In case you haven’t been over to Unfair Park yet today, Wilonsky spilled the beans on the fact that tonight’s Van Halen show has gone the way of the two before it on this tour, just as we’d feared. Everyone’s got the story by…
So, leap day was busy. I know last week I asked who actually celebrates leap day, but there were lots of killer shows on February 29. We managed to get into the sold-out Marilyn Manson show (and brought our camera, of course), caught Dan Dyer’s two-hour set and witnessed a…
Sarah Jaffe is scheduled for 7 p.m. at the Springtime Halloween show at Strawberry Fields. (Sarah Jaffe)What’s with all the holiday-themed shows this week? Is it just that people can’t wait for St. Patrick’s Day, and need a reason to party? I have no idea, but two shows stick out:…
While we here at DC-9 will be down in Austin at South by Southwest mid-March, we know not everyone is dropping the big moolah for the festival. A great in-town alternative is the “South By So What?!” fest. (They’ll be more on the SXSW overflow shows and South By So…
Looks like, once upon a time in 1977, someone hoped to make a concert film out of a Genesis concert that, apparently was filmed here in Dallas. Now someone’s taken the liberty of posting the unreleased footage of the film, apparently called Seconds Out, onto YouTube. And we, in turn,…
The Redwalls (Patti Farfan) The Chicago-based band The Redwalls is currently touring the country in support of its self-titled album, which was release last October. With a sound that evokes British bands past and present and a look that does the same, The Redwalls are another in a long line…
The guys in Siren City just gave us a heads up that they’ll be playing a special show Friday, February 29, at The Max. Moving Atlas and Loaded Moses are on the bill, too. The show is 18 and over and starts off at 8 p.m. The Dallas rock band…
Langdon Jones, the smartass, hipper-than-you frontman/guitarist for local rockers Fracas, is just happy to have a band. After eight years spent toiling with false starts, personnel problems and learning how to write songs, Jones has finally assembled a seemingly secure lineup that includes bassist Nick Upperman and drummer Matt Chappel…
It’s Dave Chappelle…bitch! Quia’s gonna be checking in first thing tomorrow morning with a review of tonight’s Erykah badu show at the House of Blues, but before she does, we’ve got to mention something else of note: In addition to a slew of big names we already knew Erykah was…
No? OK then… If you’re not going to tonight’s House of Blues show, you’ll want to watch VH-1 Soul tonight at 8 to catch Ms. Badu’s Storytellers performance. After a write-up about tonight’s show for tomorrow’s blog, we promise we’ll stop might consider backing off Erykah for a bit. –…
Erykah Badu at Bill’s Records. (Hal Samples) The crowd was somewhere between antsy and bored in anticipation of Erykah Badu’s arrival at Bill’s Records last night. Then again, the crowd probably felt a bit out of place–it’d be tough to say for certain that any of the people in the…
My knees just got a little weak. The Mars Volta will be in Dallas April 8. I will be there. Sure, I don’t have tickets. Tickets don’t go on sale until Saturday, March 1. No matter. I’ll be there. The last time I saw The Mars Volta it was in…
So, yesterday we kept hearing that we needed to check out Lil Wil’s video for “My Dougie.” We’ve seen it now, and the video isn’t really all that it’s cracked up to be. But check the song and keep your eyes open for a handful of Dallas rap favorites. (Then…
Man, The Afters are getting some media love for today’s release of Never Going Back to OK. (See, Pete was totally on point with last week’s column. Seeeeeeeeeee?) Reuters has declared the band has beat the sophomore slump with the disc (I vote we wait to say that until the…
She couldn’t be the reason…right? With Van Halen scheduled to return to town for the second time in three months a week from today, we figured we’d pass along this juicy tidbit: The two legs just before the March 3 performance at American Airlines Center (in Charlottesville, Va., and Duluth,…
