I imagine Future Audio’s equipment is more advanced than this. Just guessing. A Friend of DC9 clued us into this Craigslist ad this afternoon, which promises “one of Dallas’s [sic] top” and “first rate” recording studios in exchange for a cool two hundred grand. And, yeah, it made us curious,…
Make sure you grab your hard copy of the Observer tomorrow, folks. It’s kind of a big issue. Inside it, you’ll find our 2008 Dallas Observer Music Awards ballot. That’s right: We’re fast-approaching our 20th annual DOMAs. So grab your copy and send in your votes. Or follow the instructions…
Keven, with some dude name Roky. ‘member when we posted the new Old 97’s video for “Dance With Me” a few weeks back? Well, at the time, Robert promised us a Q&A with the video’s director Keven McAlester. And now he’s got it up on Unfair Park. Check it out…
So this may seem slightly promotional right now, but it’s for a bloody good cause. (Get it? Bloody! It’s a blood drive! Damn, we’re good.) Anyway, KZPS-FM Lone Star 92.5’s 34th Annual Blood Drive is in full swing. (And yeah, we know what you’re thinking: 34th annual?! Well, think back…
Literally, just last week, Noah Bailey and I were whining to one another about the lack of in-store performances at Good Records of late. Basically, it meant our weekend days had become really boring. Now, I can’t speak for Noah, but my weekend days had basically devolved into a weird…
The local pop rockers in Roy Bennett have just issued a new single and accompanying video–and both show a surprising amount of sophistication for a trio of slackers from Lake Highlands. Actually, Ben Templeton, D. Hayes Smith, and Collyer Spreen all work at area music studios as engineers, so it…
Tom Waits Palladium Ballroom June 23, 2008 Better than: Waiting out the post-show traffic. It was hot as balls, there was no opening act, the crowd was filled with braying jackasses and a single ticket cost ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS. So was An Evening With Tom Waits on his Glitter and…
Denton gothic folk-rock collective Pinebox Serenade has finally completed Let The River Take Them Home, the follow-up to the band’s 2005 self-titled LP, and the band has a little incentive for you to get your order in now. The album won’t be officially released until next month, with a July…
Patty Larkin. (Jana Leon) Last year, I got the pleasure of interviewing singer/songwriter/guitarist Patty Larkin. Besides being friendly and funny, Larkin was also unafraid of claiming equal status with some of the best (predominately male) guitar players. And her 11th CD, Watch the Sky, which was released earlier this year,…
Ruthie Foster popped onto the Texas music scene a few years ago with a powerful voice and an acoustic accompaniment. Her new album, The Phenomenal Ruthie Foster, diverges into soul music, complete with an all-star band. Will the change drown out her lovely pipes? Or will the album be a…
It’s the freakin’ weekend. And it couldn’t come quickly enough… So, let’s get started: It’s a particularly big weekend in Deep Ellum on Saturday night–biggest in a while, by my estimation–with a bunch of shows that we’ve already clued you into: Dove Hunter’s CD Release, the last Red Blood Club…
Here’s what you might’ve missed this week on DC9 as you poured one out for your boy Tim… – We mourned the loss of Eric and Deborah Stuer and found out about the upcoming benefit concert for their children. – We wondered why on earth France finds itself fit to…
The Morning News and this Shreveport TV station seem to have things fairly well covered on this front, so we’re not gonna add any more to the story, really, other than to point it out, in case you missed it. Here’s the bare-bones basics behind the Garland’s Zion Gate recording…
That sea…so arrogant right now…that sea… (Melanie Gomez) If you can’t wait until the October release of Family Family Family Meets The Magic Christian on Nova Posta Vinyl, you can hear Matthew and the Arrogant Sea tomorrow night at Sons of Hermann Hall, where they headline SEED, an Art Conspiracy…
The 2008 True Colors Tour rolls through town this weekend, and, yep, we’ve got tickets for you. Be warned, though, folks, these tickets are probably for the slightly older, more nostalgic set. Oh, and they’re lawn seats, which is unfortunate, too. But, hey, they’re free! And, all things considered, there…
Fort Worth’s The Theater Fire’s got itself a pretty awesome video up on its Myspace page, and–hey look!–it stars Jonathan Tucker, the guy who played the lead in the much-missed, shortly-lived, Paul Haggis-created NBC drama The Black Donnellys. Check it out after the jump:…
Fans who made it down to Hayden’s recent performance on the June 14 might have noticed that the House of Blues’ Cambridge Room, the spot that housed Hayden’s performance, is now called the Pontiac Garage…
This week, armed again with our discman, headphones and camera, we ambushed unsuspecting citizens at The Shops at Legacy in Plano, where we’ll be spending at least part of our weekend. We played our victims the song “(My Head)” by Times New Viking of Columbus, Ohio. The track is on…
Token “band in wooded area” shot! (David Belisle) Maybe you read Darryl Smyer’s piece on Grand Archives in this week’s print edition of DC9. Maybe you enjoyed it. Maybe you thought to yourself, “Heck yeah, I wanna go see this band.” Or maybe you’re still on the fence. Maybe the…
Kelly Christian can sing, we think. Although local electro lounge band Shock of Pleasure’s new album doesn’t hit the streets until mid-September, folks can get a (pricey) taste of the band tomorrow night when it performs at The Mansion on Turtle Creek. The band will be playing the bar of…
It’s one thing for Jakob Dylan to skip Dallas, and I know we get Tom Waits soon and Steely Dan in the near future, but this sucks: Legendary roots rock act Los Lobos has just released its upcoming tour itinerary, and the closest the band will come to the Metroplex…
You may remember about a month back when we mentioned Jermaine Dupri’s interest in a Dallas singer nicknamed Phatfffat, who, oddly enough, he found online. Well, I’ll have Sachse resident Dondria Nicole’s full Youtube-to-major label success story in my column next week, so keep an eye out for that. And…
