On their own, Thao Nguyen (known best for her work in Thao and the Get Down Stay Down) and Mirah are two of the more recognizable female voices in the indie rock scenes of the Pacific Northwest (Sna Francisco and Portland, respectively). For much of 2010, though, the two have…
In many ways, the Toadies’ announcement about the impending re-release and in-process re-recording of its “lost” 1997 album, Feeler, yesterday afternoon wasn’t very surprising. Hell, we guessed as much back in January. We also postulated that there’d be another disc from the Toadies in 2010 as well–this one comprised of…
In this week’s paper, Doug Davis checks in with Pete Shelley, frontman for legendary Brit punks the Buzzcocks, who, tomorrow night, stop through Dallas for a gig at The Loft–the second-to-last stop on the band’s two-year world tour. One of the original pop-punk acts, Davis extols the Buzzcocks’ efforts, calling…
A good show flier doesn’t have to utilize all the latest graphic design technologies and software. It just has to grab your eye. And, surely, this poster, promoting tomorrow night’s Dan’s Silverleaf affair with Austin’s YellowFever, Denton’s Bizarro Kids and Peopleodian, and Dallas’ Hormones does just that…
LCD Soundsystem, Holy Ghost!Palladium BallroomJune 9, 2010Better than: pretending to be too cool for this shit. For someone who’s made a career out of his cooler-than-thou persona, LCD Soundsystem frontman and mastermind James Murphy sure is a weird dude. But maybe that’s exactly what gives him such an aura of…
In 2008, with the release of her phenomenal album New Amerykah, Pt 1: 4th World War, Dallas’ own Erykah Badu proved herself as far more than just the Queen of Neo-Soul, as she’d been dubbed. By adding elements of electronica and hip-hop into her otherwise soulful cauldron, Badu launched herself…
When pressed, DJ Sober guesses that he owns somewhere in the vicinity of 3000 records on vinyl—maybe a few more, maybe a few less. But he knows quite well what’s contained within that collection. He starts listing some of his more obscure titles, almost as if he’s quizzing himself, before…
Some drop-boxes in and around Dallas may already have the dead tree versions DC9 loaded with our latest edition. Most of you, though, will have to wait until tomorrow, the issue’s official run date, to see the paper.Shame you’d have to wait, though. After all, isn’t it in this week’s…
I’m not gonna act as if “Daddy Stroke,” the follow-up single to the Party Boyz and DJ Mr. Rogers’ breakout hit, “Flex,” is anything special. It isn’t. And neither is its dance, which, far as I can tell, is just grinding and humping. But the video, directed, like pretty much…
Next Tuesday, The Orbans release When We Were Wild, their debut full-length and, if I may, quite the ridiculously infectious collection of country-tinged pop-rock anthems and hooks that hit you square in the gut. A perfect example? The band’s lead “single” off the album, “Like A Liar,” a song with…
South by Southwest was quite good to Dallas ex-pats Neon Indian this year–and, turns out, it was even better than the on-the-street buzz the band was getting that week in Austin may have originally implied. Today, Billboard reports that Neon Indian has signed a new record deal–the result of “speculation…
Many thanks to all who came out to the ninth rendition of the little monthly event I throw in conjunction with The Libertine every first Monday, The Local Hang. It’s been a good time since the jump–and last night was no exception. I mean, c’mon, a legit crowded room of…
Yesterday, on its MySpace page blog, soon-to-be-returning-to-the-spotlight buzz band Interpol (which is slated to release its fourth studio album, a self-titled release, in September) announced that it was adding two members to its live set-up–former Slint guitarist Dave Pajo and Secret Machines bassist/keyboardist/vocalist and Dallas native Brandon Curtis.Prior to forming…
There’s no such thing as too much publicity–and these days, Sarah Jaffe, who later this week kicks off her gig as the tour opener for Lou Barlow, is getting plenty. And the hits just keep coming: Today, in the wake of mentions in Magnet, Paste and elsewhere (including a four-star…
It’s that time of the month again. y’all. (No, the other one.)Yep: I’m at the Libertine tonight as I am every first Monday of the month, and I’ll be spinning nothing but local jams (the latest and the greatest) for your listening pleasure from 10 p.m. till closing time. Y’know,…
Chris Martins gets into Miike Snow in this past week’s dead tree version of DC9, acknowledging the many confusing elements of the band, but, more than anything, praising the act for its “infectiousness.” Check this excerpt:Strains of falsetto funk, airy pop and upbeat electronica mix freely in singles like “Animal”…
Well, we’ve got some good news and we’ve got some bad news. Bad news first: No DC9er Mixtape for you this week. Sorry ’bout that, folks.The good news, though? We might have something better. Last week, DC9er Mixtape alum DJ A1 and his frequent collaborator DJ Sober (who you can…
Dunno how I feel about these Hipster Runoff-aping posts, but I will say this: If there’s one thing that upstart Denton blog WeDentonDoIt is good for, it’s the site’s rock-solid video content, which, yes, we’ve linked to on more than one occasion in this space. And now, here we go…
On Friday, May 21, Doug Burr celebrated the release of his new album, O Ye Devastator, with a performance at Dan’s Silverleaf. it was quite the performance, too, featuring members of Austin’s Monahans (including O Ye Devastator producer Britton Beisenherz). But part what made the night such a treat–beyond just…
The above, poorly-lit clip finds concert promoter Kevin Lyman (he of Warped Tour creation fame) apologizing to the music fans in Dallas, Houston, San Diego and Phoenix for the fact that, due to low ticket sales, scheduled stops from his new Country Throwdown tour, which features Montgomery Gentry, Jamey Johnson,…
Seems there are some advantages after all to being signed up as part of the Mountain Dew-backed Green Label, as Denton/Dallas ex-pats Neon Indian were for the release of their post-Psychic Chasms, free-to-download single, “Sleep Paralysis.” Namely? Getting a budget to give the song, co-produced by Neon Indian mastermind Alan…
Back in December, in the months leading up to the release of Midlake’s The Courage of Others, perhaps the most important release in Denton history, clips like the above, which finds the band’s “Acts of Man” set to the 1927 silent film, Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans, started making…
