Critic's Notebook

…and, I say, “Get Live” is a good ‘un from the Waco crew. –Pete Freedman…

Ain’t nothing wrong with Carrie, Darryl. Next weekend’s three day-Country Thunder USA Festival in Waxahachie has been abruptly cancelled. Planned to take place May 30 though June 1, the event was to feature such acts as Pat Green, Tim McGraw and Carrie Underwood, along with dozens of other local and…

On The Huffington Post today, hip-hop producer Jermaine Dupri discusses the question of the Youtube phenomenon as it pertains to musical talents. Specifally, he wonders how it pertains to a Dallas artist named Dondria (nicknamed “Phatfffat”), who Dupri found on the Internet (and later signed) after having been told of…

If you’ve got some spare time on your hands and you really enjoy watching 400 pixel by 330 pixel videos, well, you’ve come to the right place, my friend. First up, over on Unfair Park, Robert bends the rules a bit and posts this music item: a trailer for the…

Doesn’t this look like the patch Mr. Miyaga gave Daniel-san to wear on his gi at the All-Valley Karate Championship? (Nevada Hill) We always appreciate it when visual artists and musicians collaborate, whether it’s by putting on a big event, holding a concert in a gallery or museum, or complementing…

Charlie Sexton. Charlie Sexton once served as the poster boy for what could have been. Way back in 1985, when he was only 15 years old, Sexton was the guitarist de jour, an Austin wunderkind who parlayed his striking good looks and impressive chops into a quick ascension towards stardom…

You are now free to move about the country. (Jason Upshaw) Almost three months after its early March release, Airline’s Farewell Republica is starting to get some love on the college radio circuit. According to a Myspace bulletin just sent out, the band’s been receiving airplay of late on the…

White Rock Lake after midnight will be the ideal environment to contract a virus this weekend. Aaron Gonzalez, bassist for grindcore duo Akkolyte and his father’s free-jazz combo Yells At Eels, will direct Midnight Madness tomorrow night. The project is an ensemble of experimental musicians that include Jon Teague (Great…

Denton’s Fishboy is playing a free show tonight at J&J’s Pizza. But, please, hold the anchovy jokes (although, J&J’s does have a fresh supply for tonight’s show though…we phoned to check.) Fishboy, just off a recent East Coast tour promoting the new album Albatross: How We Failed To Save The…

Looks like DC9 commenter Gaby was spot-on about the exchange between Thom Yorke and his heckler on Sunday night. Here it is: (Thanks, Gaby.) –Pete Freedman…

Baboon strikes at the jugular. Here’s some make-your-day news: Baboon just sent out a Myspace bulletin alerting fans to the fact that it has digitized the cassette recordings of its first-ever release, 1992’s ed Lobster. And, even better, the band’s giving the raw, punk-influenced 8-track cassette-recorded album (on which Centro-matic’s…

…minus the second guy from the right. Summertime is nearly upon us and that can mean only one thing: The annual parade of rock and roll has-beens coming through our area. What’s worse is that most of these bands are missing key members, so fans are paying big bucks to…

The Tomorrowpeople of yesteryear. (Stephanie Bohn) You could tell something was different at The Double-Wide on Saturday night. The crowd was better dressed. Older, too–that’s true. Mostly, though, they were excited. You could sense the anticipation in the air on the Double-Wide’s patio. These people–The Angelus, be damned–were here to…

Club Dada’s front facade. Club Dada’s added a staff member: Ben Tapia. Tapia, who has been booking acts to the City Tavern for the past year or so (and will continue to do so), will help Dada co-owner Amanda Newman in booking local bands to Dada’s stage. Newman will continue…

If (like a few of the DC-9 writers) you weren’t lucky enough to go to the Radiohead show Sunday night, we’ve tried to help you imagine how magnificent it was with Merritt’s review and a slideshow. But we realize that reading the review really just left people dying to see…

Interested in joining in the big party this Saturday at the House of Blues for Forever The Sickest Kids’ CD release? Well, I’ve got a pair of tickets for the big show up for grabs. Shoot me an e-mail with “Forever The Sickest Kids Tix” in the subject and your…

…or so Black Tie Dynasty bassist Blake McCorquodale said at Saturday night’s Tomorrowpeople show. No slight to the Black Tie Dynasty guys, but I’m guessing, after hosting a few bigger name in-game performances already, Stars management wasn’t exactly expecting to make it this far in the series… –Pete Freedman…

Jonny Greenwood last night at Starplex. (Michael Insuaste) My checking account is empty. My ears are still ringing. My stomach and head are arguing over who’s in more pain from last night’s excesses. But if Radiohead were playing anywhere within a five-hour drive tonight, I’d seriously consider applying for a…

The radio program Texas Music Matters on KUT in Austin had The Old 97’s in studio for a performance last week and the powers that be behind the show at least partially used that gig as an excuse to talk some Dallas music. And that’s where I come in to…

St. Vincent’s got a different kind of 401k. (CLASH Magazine) …OK, not really. But Dallas-bred singer-songwriter Annie Clark does make that joke in this lengthy New York Times Magazine piece about (inset epic reverberating voice-over) “The Return of the One-Man Band!” The piece, written by John Wray for yesterday’s NYT…

We first fell in love with Mount Righteous after the band wowed us with their performance at Good Records’ eight birthday bash. Since then, we’ve taken in their debut disc, When The Music Starts, and we’ve interviewed 10 of the band’s 11 members for an upcoming story on the disc’s…

What you missed on DC9 this week as you wondered, “Are they or aren’t they?” and collectively dumbed down the entire region… -We saw The New York Times waaaaaaaaay overestimate the amount of fans UNT football has. -We got all “OMFG” about Lisa Loeb’s appearance on Gossip Girl. -We got…