Like Sarah Jaffe before him, Doug Burr has been enlisted this morning by Magnet magazine to make a mixtape aims at helping the magazine’s online readers get a feel for the Denton folk hero’s music. Also: The site’s offering two free mp3’s from Burr’s great new disc, O Ye Devastator–two…
Early last week, we introduced you to Steve LaBate, formerly of Paste magazine and half the duo behind the upcoming 40 Nights of Rock & Roll documentary, which is currently filming and rolled through North Texas for a few stops last week. And, earlier this week, LaBate and his partner…
A huge thanks to the Friend of DC9 who emailed this morning to pass along a note he’d noticed while scoping the Pixies’ MySpace page today: This morning, the Pixies announced via a blog post on the social media site that they will be touring again come the fall, hitting…
It’s no secret: Local folktronic favorites Ishi boast quite the draw around town these days–and rightfully so. As you can see in the above clip, filmed by Rene Coronado on location at the band’s Sons of Hermann Hall CD release show on Saturday, May 15, the band can turn any…
Frontman James Murphy’s been pretty adamant in saying that This Is Happening, LCD Soundsystem’s third disc, will also be its final. Seems somewhat tragic, given just how great an effort the album truly is. Then again, perhaps that’s what makes the disc such a treasure—especially considering that, within it, a…
It’s a shame, but a truth: Commercially, Midlake’s February-released The Courage of Others has been a disappointment. Still, as affecting albums go, the disc remains a monumental achievement—something of a depressing, ’70s British folk-inspired one, but an impressive one nonetheless. There’s no way around it: When listening to Courage, it’s…
Just before launching into the final song at his album release performance on Saturday night, Oak Cliff rapper/producer Dustin Cavazos stood alone onstage at Maximedia Studios in Farmers Branch, appearing on the verge of tears. Sentimental and a little flustered, he reached into his pocket and pulled out a list—a…
It was back in January that we passed along word of the return of the third annual Dia de Los Toadies festival, which this year will take place on August 27 and 28 at Whitewater on the Horseshoe in New Braunfels. Then, back in March, we passed along word of…
Interesting note in ye olde New York Times yesterday about Dallas’ very own influential taste-making music blog, Gorilla Vs. Bear: In an article detailing the latest moves of growing Internet conglomerate BuzzMedia, which owns some three dozen entertainment-based web sites (among them Stereogum), the Times reports that the company has…
Stampede, HELLYEAH!’s follow-up to its self-titled 2007 debut is still on pace for a July 13 release, but, this weekend, some new revelations came out on the disc’s details. Turns out the disc will be available for purchase in three formats: standard, “deluxe” and “super deluxe.”The standard, naturally, contains just…
The National Basketball Association’s free agency period doesn’t start for another month, which means that, yessir, we’ve got a whole ‘nother 30 days to appreciate the greatness that is “C’mon LeBron,” the come-on from Dallas radio hosts Ben & Skin of KESN-103.3 FM ESPN Dallas to would-be NBA free agent…
Elvis Costello with the DSOMorton H. Meyerson Symphony CenterMay 28, 2009Better than: tuning in the shine on the light night dial doing anything your radio advised. There wasn’t a lot of room for the 55-year-old Elvis Costello to gallivant about on stage at the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center on…
We’ve been championing Dustin Cavazos’ thoughtful rhymes and creative beats since first stumbling on his work back when his hip-hop-meets-hardcore Scuba Team Go outfit was making the rounds around the local club circuit. And while that band’s backed off from regular gigs around town (but is hardly defunct; Cavazos promises…
Featuring members of long-running North Texas country outfits Cowboys & Indians and Texas Gypsies, Shoot Low Sheriff recently released its debut album, an album called The Mockingbird Sessions, which, as Kelly Dearmore described a few weeks back, finds the scene vets trumpeting the same old influences–and to great effect.This collection…
A few weeks back, Kelly Dearmore gave Fate Lions’ recently released Good Enough For You a few spins and offered up his thoughts on the offering from the Dallas-based quintet. In short: He liked what he’d heard. Wrote Dearmore:Over the course of its thirteen songs, Good Enough For You negotiates…
In this week’s paper, Darryl Smyers previews the Devin The Dude show coming to the Granada Theater tomorrow night, recalling the man born Devin Copeland’s hazy, smoke-filled 20-year career and lauding him for taking pedestrian topics like marijuana and the state of hip-hop and keeping their discussions fresh and interesting…
Well, we did it. Just minutes ago, we reached 300 followers on Twitter for our @DOMATweets account. Which means, as promised, it’s time to reveal the ballots.After the jump, feel free to peruse the ballot for your 2010 Dallas Observer Music Awards. And, in the comments, go to town on…
Imagine a line stretching down the block from Trees, one filled with patrons just dying to enter the storied Deep Ellum venue. Or, well, don’t. Because, really, there’s no need to imagine it at all: Last Friday night, that scenario was real. It was palpable. It existed. Yes, in godforsaken,…
Just got off the horn with Telegraph Canyon’s Chris Johnson for a little follow-up on this here Fort Worth Weekly item that says–hey now!–might he be dropping the guitar and harmonica for a new electronic-based project he’s setting up to work on with Mike Sempert of San Francisco’s Birds &…
Earlier this month, in a review of Delmore Pilcrow’s sophomore release, Keep An Eye, Kelly Dearmore got to the heart of the band’s sound right at the start of his take:If The Strokes are considered a garage-rock band, and Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears are regularly labeled as a…
Yesterday, over on his The Boca Libre blog, budding videographer, Oak Cliff resident and Kid Robot employee Josh Obama posted the above, beautifully presented clip, which Obama is calling his first official documentary short. It’s not a bad first go, either: Featuring the long-revered-around-town DJ Sober, the short goes “behind…
Maybe you already follow @DC9atNight on Twitter. Maybe you don’t. You should though. For obvious, mostly awesome reasons. But, whatever. That’s not the point of this post. Rather, this is: If you’ve been following @DC9atNight intently, you probably also already know about the new Twitter account we’ve got up and…
