More Than A Feeler: Toadies Announce Impending Recording Of Another Album.

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…

Last Night: LCD Soundsystem and Holy Ghost! at the Palladium Ballroom

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…

Erykah Badu, B.o.B., Janelle Monae

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…

DJ Sober Brings The Vinyl Trend To The Cavern

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…

Voting Is Now Open For The 2010 Dallas Observer Music Awards!

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…

Watch: Party Boyz — “Daddy Stroke”

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…

Watch: The Orbans — “Like A Liar”

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…

Tracklist: Local Hang with Playlister P, Vol. 9

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…

Download: DJ Sober and DJ A1’s Automatic Mixtape

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…

Meet Spencer Stephenson, The Man Behind Abacus

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…

Watch: Neon Indian — “Sleep Paralysist”

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…