Lil Wayne to Play Allen Event Center on January 7

The Allen Event Center opened just last month–and, no offense to Reba McEntire, who (just as she had at Cowboys Stadium) opened the joint, or to Charlie Daniels, who’ll play there with his band on December 19–but we haven’t exactly felt all that compelled to go to the new venue…

Beginning Thursday, Gutterth Offers Compilation Two Free

As if making year-end lists wasn’t hard enough already, Thursday will herald the release of the second Gutterth Productions compilation, featuring 34 tracks from 34 Gutterth-affiliated acts. It’s an excellent showcase of the quality music the Denton label and promotion company champions. But Compilation Two is also, with the partial…

Looking For More Insight Into Midlake’s The Courage of Others?

If so, Midlake’s Tim Smith has got you covered. The Denton-based band’s frontman just-releaed this Lala playlist of songs that the band says inspired its upcoming album’s “obscure” and “British folk” influence. And, uh, it’s obscure alright. Can’t say we here at DC9 are all that familiar with the names…

Neon Indian Gets Its Very Own Daytrotter Session

It was bound to happen sooner or later, I guess. So don’t act too surprised by this news: This morning saw the release of Neon Indian’s Daytrotter Session. These sessions, you’ll recall, are live performances at the Rock Island production studio of the same name–and they’re available as free downloads…

FADER Catches Up With Play-N-Skillz

Credit where it’s due, FADER: Your D-Town Boogie coverage? It’s really been phenomenal. Seriously! You lack the benefit of being in the thick of it all–like, say, us, for better or worse—watching these artists on a day-to-day basis. And yet, unlike so many other national media outlets, you’re not ignoring…

Norah Jones Remixes Have Started Leaking…

I’m not quite as undersold on Norah Jones’ The Fall as, say, Wilonsky is. But, hey, to each their own, I guess. I can, however, say that the first two leaks from Miss Jones’ forthcoming Chasing Pirates Remix EP aren’t wowing me. Shame, too, as there’s some big names involved…

Show Announcements: Brave Combo Family Christmas Bash, More

Denton’s own Grammy-winning, Simpsons-appearing, Bob Dylan-inspiring, nuclear polka-creating Brave Combo will brave the elements 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday, December 12, for an outdoor poolside performance at the Belmont Hotel. But the real star of the Belmont and Smoke Family Christmas Bash will appear an hour earlier, when Santa…

T Bone Burnett Stays Busy (Big Surprise) With New Movie, TV Pilot

Speaking of movie trailers, check the above one for Crazy Heart, which will earn its release on Wednesday, December 16. The movie, which stars Jeff Bridges, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Robert Duvall and Colin Farrell, features Bridges in the starring role as Bad Blake, a down-and-out country singer looking for a new…

Club Dada to Re-Open? Maybe. But No Lease Has Been Signed Yet.

Since the shitstorm that was the entire month of July for Club Dada–a month so brutal, in fact, that the lights in the revered Deep Ellum venue went dark and haven’t been turned back on since–I’ve been working on-again and off-again about a story about the venue’s demise. And that…