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…
Your daily dose of national music news for Friday, August 20, 2010…Conrad O’Brien is releasing two albums on Jack White’s Third Man label.So it looks like all those church stories about kids taking acid and thinking they could fly are true. Gigwise–well, their Twitter followers–declare the most overrated bands ever…
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…
Dallas Family Band cohort Jacob Metcalf is leaving town. But is he off to NYC, like Norah Jones or Neon Indian? Or, perhaps, he’s just fulfilling the old cliche and moving to Austin? Nope. But he is headed south.”I’m going to Guadalajara,” Metcalf says over the phone from his parents’…
Your daily dose of national music news for Thursday, August 19, 2010…The Haitian government pulled a Lee Corso when they told Wyclef: not so fast my friend!Sometimes a match made in hell isn’t meant to last.Kings of Leon turned down licensing their music to Ugly Betty and Glee in fear…
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…
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…
Nova Posta Vinyl, the record label that’s owned and operated by Midlake’s Eric Pulido and Robert Gomez, has been busy lately. Just last week, we found out that the Denton label will be re-releasing Midlake’s The Trials of Van Occupanther on vinyl. And now? They’re offering up a free download…
Your daily dose of national music news for Wednesday, August 18, 2010…OK, it’s one thing for Juggalos to go after Tila Tequila. But Method Man? Really? Juggalos need to respect the Wu.Two things you find out from Joaquin Phoenix’s documentary trailer: He seems to be really strange, and he’s got…
Not sure if the following news will create as big of a ripple in the music world as the time that Fat Joe left Atlantic Records, but it looks like Fort Worth-based pop-rock band Green River Ordinance has parted ways with Capitol Records. According to the band’s producer, Jordan Critz,…
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,…
Your daily dose of national music news for Tuesday, August 17, 2010…You do not mess with The Bieber, he will get his revenge on you via Twitter.Robert Wilson of The Gap Band passed away.Gareth, from Los Campesinos! shows how to fail at stage diving…
It wasn’t exactly a slow weekend for local tween pop tarts. For starters, Joe Jonas celebrated his 21st birthday onstage in Pennsylvania. His birthday wish? Not a nice wine glass full of Jagermeister. Rather, he asked for something sure to make his loyal fanbase of tween girls swoon: a puppy…
The red-hot promo train just keeps rolling for the North Texas-bred Neon Indian, whose next stop back here at home will take place on Tuesday, October 5, at the Granada Theater.On Friday, the band (Alan Palomo, Ronnie Gierhart, Jason Faries and Leanne Macomber) stopped by WNYC-93.9 FM in New York…
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You can’t help but like a band that puts its members’ blood types on their web site. So it’s sad news to hear that D’espairsRay canceled tonight’s tour stop in Dallas. The Japanese band’s fourth full-length album, MONSTERS, was released on July 28 and featured more of the industrial metal/glam…
Your daily dose of national music news for Monday, August 16, 2010…Sure, Tila Tequilla gets on my nerves as much as the next “reality” star, but, does she really need to be hit with Juggalo feces? But, why did she think a Juggalo festival was the best place to perform?Kenny…
It shouldn’t come as too much of a shock that DFW has an ever-growing, ever-awesome, music scene; we’ve sort of been shouting that for a while now. From Denton to Arlington, it seems to be a region of Texas supersaturated with talented musicians, dedicated fans, and supportive venues. But why…
