There’s a quick little Dallas dig buried deep in this online MTV News round-up piece (mainly about Aretha Franklin not being so into Beyonce’s Grammy performance). In an item about the upcoming Radiohead tour, the piece reads: “The last confirmed venue/date is May 18 at the awesomely named SuperPages.com Center…
Rakim said it best: “It ain’t where you’re from, it’s where you’re at.” And, on that note, starting after this, my second-ever post to DC-9, you’ll be getting fed a steady streamline of Dallas music news/notes/anecdotes/whatnot from me on this page. But, for now, a little history. As you may…
Lovie will be the opening act for a special benefit performance of The Vagina Monologues. The UTD Rat PAC (their student performing arts collective) and the Galerstein’s Women Center are presenting the play with proceeds benefiting Victims Outreach, an agency that provides services for battered women. Andrea Roberts from The…
So, as of three minutes ago, we know where and when Radiohead will play locally: at the Starplex Amphitheatre on May 18. (Fine, the Superpages.com Center — like you’ll ever call it that.) And, courtesy Radiohead’s PR reps, we also know when tickets go on sale: this Thursday at Radiohead’s…
Sleezus Fist and the Latter Day Taints. (Tricia Kay Photography)Rock ‘n’ Rumble Episode 3 led us to a surprise. We have to admit we didn’t have much stock in rockers Black Tie Vendetta. Nothing against the band either. BTV just seems to register with a lower blip on the local…
While our reviewer didn’t have a great time at the Wakarusa Winter Festival, these ladies were having a great time. (Melanie Gomez) We hit up a couple decent shows (Gazelles, Darkest Hour), a lame one (Wakarusa Winter Festival) and heard some good news. Dive in: Wakarusa Winter Festival at Club…
The South by Southwest folks finally released the giant list of bands playing this year’s fest. Dallas, Denton and Fort Worth are all representing. So if you were looking for another reason to spend the $600 (that price ends today, then it jumps to the door price of $650) for…
Steve Poltz is a Canadian-born singer-songwriter currently based in San Diego. Perhaps best know for co-writing “You Were Meant for Me,” the No. 1 hit for Jewel (and having a brief fling with her), Poltz’s songs are filled with satirical lyrics and simple melodies that often endear themselves to the…
Paco Estrada chatting it up with DC-9. (Angela Berg) Immortalized in Dallas rock history by its charming single “Dear Claudia,” its torrid and ultimately disappointing affair with MCA Records and its massive amounts of devout fans, SouthFM scorched the scene with lightening velocity. And, then, vanished into the sad, crowded…
And now for some shameless self-promotion. Our peeps over in marketing gave us the go-ahead to announce our plans for St. Patrick’s Day. You know we love the green day so much that we go and have a parade and then partake in drunken debauchery the rest of the day…
Pikahsso filled us in on what he calls Pikahss-O-Vision, and this is worth taking a look at. You might recall he hosted a birthday party that was a benefit for the homeless and it looked like quite a turnout. D210, “a cutting edge, fast paced video/magazine show,” caught the party…
”This festival is designed to promote unity in the music scene that desperately needs it. Dallas, Fort Worth and beyond. I hope it helps.” That’s how Wanz Dover, the guy behind the Stereo on Strike blog, is describing the sixth Melodica music festival, a three-day fest held in five venues…
We didn’t make it out to last Friday’s Super Furry Animals show at the Granada (though, one of the DC-9 writers did, and he loved it). From the looks of the video the Granada just posted, we missed out. Check it out, and if you’re still aching for some Super…
Dallas battle rapper Kris Misfit made it to the top 10 of a Vibe magazine video rap battle, Vibe Verses, in which emcees rap over free tracks and create their own videos. You can watch Kris Misfit’s entry below. Also, if you’re a Vibe Rap Battle Community Member (and who…
Flogging Molly (Side One Dummy)This weekend we caught a few fun bands and a funny guy Friday night, got our Irish punk on Sunday and mourned the loss of a great Dallas DJ. Angels and Airwaves at Palladium Ballroom Tom Delong’s Angels and Airwaves kept the Palladium crowd’s spirits lifted…
DJ Frantic, R.I.P.On Saturday, the Dallas Dance Music Forum posted the following: R.I.P. DJ Frantic Texas just lost one of its best DJs. Just got the word from Big J he passed away in a car wreck last night. My regards go out to all of his friends and family…
If there was ever a band that defined eclecticism it is Super Furry Animals. The Welsh band has been around for 15 years and remains as unclassifiable as ever, putting forth psychedelic rock and electronica-laced pop with equal aplomb. Irreverent, political, occasionally danceable, but always reliably eccentric, the sound of…
“Hey dude, you going to Superpages to see Rush?” That doesn’t sound too rock ‘n’ roll but that’s the official new name of the Smirnoff Music Centre as of yesterday. Actually make that Superpages.com Center, which signed a multi-year contract with LiveNation for the venue. LiveNation regional president Bob Roux…
The Jonas Brothers’ have fanned the tween love flames in Dallas. Nokia Theater had to institute special rules for parents purchasing tickets to the boys’ February 28 show. The day the tickets went on sale — January 19 — the boy band took to the rooftop of Nokia and offered…
Rocky Athas with the Lightning Strikes.Rocky Athas has been playing the blues for almost 40 years. The Oak Cliff native grew up with another legendary string bender, Stevie Ray Vaughn. Athas’ band, Lightning Strikes, was an area blues/rock mainstay and Athas recently re-cut their debut for a European label. Athas’…
The Hourly Radio is down one member as guitarist Ryan Short announced his departure. In a letter sent out via the band’s mailing list, Short stated he “… realized that as great as this was and as much I believed in where we could go from here, it was just…
Erv Karwelis over at Idol Records announced that they will be hosting their own official showcase at South by Southwest March 14 at The Wave. Expected to play are label artists (duh) Black Tie Dynasty, The Crash That Took Me, Mitra, Glen Reynolds, Watershed and P.P.T. Karwelis also mentions that…
