Ross Cashiola, leader of the fascinating unit known as Hotel Brotherhood, splits his time between Chicago and, of all places, Marfa. But one could hardly think of a better environment for Cashiola to create his innovative mix of Nick Drake and Giant Sand. The sculptor/songwriter accepted an internship with an…
For some, an assiduous 10-year music career can lead to red-carpet debauchery and self-congratulatory Letterman interviews. For true-Texan country star Pat Green, his acclaimed and earnest performing pilgrimage has compelled him to produce a tangible hard-covered assemblage of gratitude: Dance Halls & Dreamers – due out February 13 by University…
The Heavy Circles.Local diva Edie Brickell is trying something new. The New Bohemians singer-songwriter has joined up with Harper Simon (Paul’s kid) to start The Heavy Circles. The band is stylically different than Brickell’s previous work, and we dig it. The duo will release its debut on February 12. Until…
The enigmatic Dave Grohl. (Matt Mueller)Foo Fighters January 23, 2008 American Airlines Center Better Than: According to Foo Fighters’ frontman Dave Grohl, it was better than their last Dallas gig. “I think this may be the biggest show we’ve had here,” he said. “I think the last one was with…
A friend of DC-9 made it out to the whole Paris Hilton shindig at Ghostbar last night* and offered up some pictures from her phone to share. Paris was partying it up at the deejay booth with her entourage. Imagine that. Turns out Terrell Owens made it to the party…
Tiger Army Granada Theater January 22, 2008 Better Than: listening to the Stray Cats while waiting for your videotape of Happy Days to rewind. With his dark hair modeled into place and his sleeveless T-shirt showing off his tattooed guns, Tiger Army’s charismatic front man Nick 13 hit the stage…
Bill Frisell Trio played to a sold-out crowd Tuesday night in Denton. (Melanie Gomez) We know it was hard to get tickets for last night’s Bill Frisell Trio show in Denton. The line of people hoping to get into Dan’s Silverleaf without advance tickets winded down the block. So, for…
As we explained last month, sometimes we need more than a Q&A when it comes to talking about our favorite local bands. So, each month we’re offering up a video segment on one DdFW band. DC-9 videographer Jonathan Finley hit up the Eleven Hundred Springs show at the Granada earlier…
Bring on the flying scorpions, guys! (Lee Setty) Dove Hunter has been slowly gaining a reputation as one of the Dallas area’s best new bands, despite having only a few unmastered demo tracks on its MySpace page. But with members hailing from defunct-but-still-beloved local acts like Mandarin, Doosu and Sub…
We want to know Where in the World is Osama bin Laden?Sure, we did our normal local rounds this weekend, including seeing DJ Shadow’s latest project over at the House of Blues, but we also had a staffer out at the Sundance Film Festival (actually, he’s still there). Dive in:…
The Hard Sell? Only a little. (Jessica Walker)DJ Shadow and Cut Chemist Jan. 19, 2008 House of Blues Better Than: When I drink too much Shiraz and play classic ’80s records for my friends for hours and hours and hours… Wand-ed down once again for another live music extravaganza at…
A DC-9 reader alerted us to a list of the Top 79 Music Videos of 2007 over on Shots Ring Out. While it’s clear the music blog heavily leans to indie, folky and artsy bands, some of our favorites made the list. Plus, at No. 61 is Dallas’ own St…
Michael Ian Black at Dallas’ House of Blues Thursday night. (Angela Berg)Michael Ian Black House of Blues January 17, 2008 Better than: Tivo-ed American Idol premier featuring our proud Dallas wannabes. He has one of those faces that makes you scratch your noggin and say, “I know that guy…what has…
Foo Fighters. (Ben Watts) Probably not a surprise, but we’ll be at the January 23 Foo Fighters show at American Airlines. Want to be there, too, (and not spend any cash)? E-mail me by 3 p.m. with the subject line “Foo Fighters Tickets.” We’ll draw two names at random and…
If you enjoy those daily marathons of America’s Next Top Model on VH1, you’ve probably been prone to the relentless airing of the channel’s You Oughta Know bits. Profiling artists on the rise, they pretty much shove new musicians down your throat at every commercial break. And if you know…
If you’d asked two years ago, I would have said that the only reason for a cover band to exist is to make money and watch the crazy shit that goes down at weddings, and that’s coming from someone who’s been in one. Yeah, I admit it—the Ronnie Dobbs Band…
It’s hard to believe that anyone, let alone a member of the Foo Fighters, takes the Grammy Awards seriously. But bassist Nate Mendel says he’s honored that his band has been nominated. And he’ll be damned if Kanye West wins Album of the Year. At the 50th Annual Grammy Awards…
From Texas to Canada, even from beyond the grave, traditional country music endures across decades, borders and genre reclassifications. These four releases went sadly unnoticed in 2007. Here’s hoping that the new year will bring them some overdue recognition. Gram Parsons called what he did “Cosmic American Music,” and when…
Even though he recorded most of the songs in 2006, Dallas’ own John Sprengler, the one-man band behind the name It is Well, keeps remixing and adding new songs to this debut EP, basically reissuing it at his discretion, usually whenever a performance is on the horizon. Since Sprengler hit…
It’s been more than a decade since Maggie, Terre and Suzzy Roche released a new album together, but you wouldn’t know it from listening to Moonswept. The sisters’ distinctive harmonies still lock together so precisely that a younger listener might naturally assume them to be a result of technology as…
Although the name induces thoughts of hardcore porn of the anal variety, Back Door Slam are actually the newest in a long line of British boys infatuated with the blues. Consisting of teenagers Davy Knowles, Ross Doyle and Adam Jones, the band’s 2007 debut, Roll Away, has drawn quite a…
Though some believe Chicago’s Lupe Fiasco is too smart for mainstream rap, that’s not exactly true. Most of the lyrics on sophomore release Lupe Fiasco’s The Cool are pretty basic, clichéd stuff, right down to the CD’s opening monologue: “They thought it was cool to tear down the projects and…
