For whatever reason, we’ve been thinking a lot about Eisley lately–maybe it’s the whole all of them being married thing, dunno. More likely, we’re just getting antsy waiting around for new material, which, hey, this post from family band’s patriarch, Boyd Dupree, says is still coming, and soon. Says the…
The folks up at WeDentonDoIt just keep on killing things with their steady stream of impressive video offerings, this time doing so with a clip of one of DC9 HQ’s favorite new area bands, Sundress, performing a new song out in the woods. Called “Bloom” the song takes the band…
Well, this above clip is a nice treat. Featuring Dallas’ own Ben Curtis and his School of Seven Bells bandmates the Deheza sisters, this nicely shot piece shows the New York-based three-piece on tour Down Under, going even farther under, performing an acoustic take of its song “Dust Devil” in…
The often-controversial, sometimes provocative local music blog WeShotJR, notorious around town for a few reasons, not the least of which has always been its writers’ insistence on keeping their identities anonymous, announced today in a post penned by head honcho “Stoned Ranger” that its five-year run (the site launched in…
Followers of Dallas rapper Dorrough, the man behind “Walk That Walk,” “Ice Cream Paint Job” and “Get Big,” on Twitter were treated to an onslaught of retweets on Thursday from the fast-rising performer’s account, most of which centered around a rumor that the Lancaster native’s cell phone was stolen and…
Listen: I’m not one to get into too many Internet flame wars. Especially not inter-city ones. (We’ve got plenty of petty bullshit to put up with here, thanks.) But, OK, since these dudes think I should say something about the post written yesterday by our pals at the Houston Press…
On Sunday night, the Daptone Records-backed, instrumental Afro-beat purveyors in The Budos Band will roll through town for a gig at the Granada Theater, supporting its just-released, third studio full-length, the oh-so-cleverly-titled The Budos Band III. Should make for a good, relatively trippy, smoke-filled time.And, perhaps, a free one, too…
We here at DC9 have been salivating over Kanye West’s new single, “Power,” pretty much all summer long. Why? Well, for a few reasons–namely, because the song is a beast, one of the best hip-hop tracks we’ve heard all year, but also because, yessir, it was produced by Dallas’ own…
Last we spoke with Sarah Jaffe, the prodigious local singer-songwriter spoke excitedly about the new material she was already hard at work on–songs that would take her music in a more lo-fi, perhaps more aggressive direction, the singer warned. Given the first insight we had into that direction–a second take…
River City Extension may call New Jersey home, but their music is far less Springsteen-influenced, and far more Appalachian in nature. With, OK, a little bit of indie-pop thrown in for good measure. Borne on the back of lead songwriter Joseph Michelini, this sextet’s frenetic indie-folk seems as likely to…
For the past few weeks, we’ve been beating the same old drum, telling you over and over again that a great image is moot if the text sucks. Well, uh, nevermind…
Less than a week from now, on Wednesday, August 25, at the Palladium Ballroom, the electro-funk masters in Chromeo will roll through town, bringing with them Brooklyn’s Holy Ghost!, and, surely, the same tongue-in-cheek attitudes that have served them so well since bursting on to the scene with their 2004…
We’ve known for some time now that the new disc from the Old 97’s, The Grand Theatre, Volume One, was being prepared for a Tuesday, October 12, release. But as for any coinciding performances with that release? Well, on that front, the band’s calendar’s been rather dark. Until now.Yesterday, we…
The NBA’s love affair with hip-hop is nothing new. And, really, neither is seeing NBA stars do hip-hop dances–or, even more specifically, Dallas-born dances. At the 2009 NBA All-Star Game in Phoenix, NBA stars LeBron James, Kevin Garnett, Shaquille O’Neal and Nate Robinson all flashed either the Dougie or the…
It’s unavoidable: Eventually, you grow up. Your tastes change. Your priorities shift. Mostly, though? You become tired of the same old, same old. In turn, you want something new. In 2010, that inevitability has hit the local mall-punk scene—and hard, too. No longer featuring a cast of teenage brats looking…
Exit 380’s intentions aren’t always clear–and, really, let’s face it, the band’s recent EP release, Cities Townies EP earlier this year didn’t really help matters. Are they trying to be the next Alice in Chains? Or are they trying to head down a more country/folk rock path better suited to…
Well, this is pretty much priceless. The above clip features noted former Dentonite Corn Mo and his band .357 Lover covering Katy Perry’s “California Gurls” and tossing a little Van Halen “Panama” into the mix for good measure. It’s kind of like a mash-up, but mostly, it’s just a good…
More often than not, when bands break up, they do so in a blaze of glory–or, at the very least, with one final show to milk out every last bit of interest that they can. But, as one Frenemy of DC9 noted in the comments yesterday, pretty much the whole…
We’re admittedly a little late on this, but, a week ago today, DFW.com Ink, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram’s answer to the Morning News’ Quick in Tarrant Country, broke the news that Foe Destroyer, the band that formed in the wake of Oso Closo’s breakup and featured four of that original…
Big news out of Eisley camp this month: Stacy DuPree, lead vocalist, keyboardist and youngest of the three Tyler-dwelling sisters who make up the backbone of the band, got married earlier this month to Darren King, drummer for the band Mutemath. You may remember King from his guitar work in…
The Associated Press reports this morning that Erykah Badu paid the $500 fine imposed upon her by the Dallas Police Department’s disorderly conduct charge on Friday–a fine that came in the wake her “Window Seat” video’s film shoot, which saw the native R&B star stripping until nude at Dealey Plaza,…
Back in 1999, Observer music writer Christina Rees saw the future of Dallas music. But she didn’t find it in the traditional, booming rock venues of Trees and the Curtain Club. Rather, she found it down the road, at Adair’s Saloon, in the form of four former area rock musicians…
