Local Punks Warcola Release New EP

Although it’s been out a month or so, I’m just now getting around to the killer new EP from local punks Warcola. Parlaying punk of the old school hardcore variety (Minor Threat, Bad Brains), Matt, Oscar (no last names = real punks) and the rest of Warcola have been spitting…

Want The Beatles In Mono Box Set? Good Luck.

Just how dedicated are local Beatles fans? Well, at least one has already agreed to pay $500 for a rare copy of The Beatles In Mono–about $200 more than the set’s $299.99 list price. The mono set is part of the big 9-9-09 marketing blitzkrieg, which also included the release…

Norah Jones Titles Upcoming Album, Sets Release Date

​We knew a new album was coming in November, but, this week, UNT and Booker T. Washington alum Norah Jones released a few more details pertaining to her upcoming fourth studio record.The album will be released on November 17, and will be called The Fall. And, furthermore, common sense would indicate that…

The Guardian on Bosque Brown’s Mara Lee Miller: “Quite A Voice.”

Looks like Telegraph Canyon’s not the only Fort Worth-based act garnering some serious praise from a respected out-of-town outlet today: This morning, the UK-based daily The Guardian honored Bosque Brown as its “New Band of the Day.” Perhaps the nod comes somewhat in preview of the band’s upcoming gig in…

Play-N-Skillz Launch Label, Sign Local Artist

Yesterday, two-time Grammy-winning Dallas hip-hop production duo Play-N-Skillz announced a deal it has signed with Universal Music Group urban imprint SRC/Universal to launch its own imprint, which will be called G4 Muzik. After the jump, the full press release announcing the deal. But, in short, it’s a pretty sweet one…

Rolling Stone Thinks Telegraph Canyon’s Pretty Neat.

Over on its Rock & Roll Daily blog today, Rolling Stone writer J. Edward Keyes gives Fort Worth’s Telegraph Canyon some serious praise in a feature called Hype Monitor, where the band gets mentioned alongside longtime bubbling-under acts Bryan Scary & The Shredding Tears and HEALTH.The band’s songs, Keyes writes,…

Entrance Music: The Texas Rangers Have Hits and Ice Cream.

Over on his Sportatorium blog this morning, Observer sports columnist Richie Whitt checks in with the head of the Texas Rangers’ in-game entertainment, Chuck Morgan. Uh, why care? Well, ’cause of this: Morgan’s the guy who runs the music at the Ballpark, and he helps the players decide what songs they’re…

Could Play-N-Skillz Have Saved The Blueprint 3?

In next week’s dead tree version of DC9, we’ll be running our review of the new Jay-Z disc, The Blueprint 3. (Spoiler alert: Meh.)Of course, we won’t be the first to wax poetic about the disc; early returns elsewhere see the disc as something of a failure, with reviews lambasting…

Neon Indian Live Debut Moved From Next Thursday To Next Wednesday

Those looking forward to checking out Neon Indian’s live debut, at J&J’s Pizza in Denton on Thursday, are gonna have to change up their plans: Yesterday, local music blog WeShotJR announced that the show, which it is hosting and promoting, will be moved one day up, from Thursday to Wednesday. Fix…