Reggae music is all about the good vibes. Unless you’re Buju Banton. In his case, the vibes being sent his way by the LGBT community? They’re quite bad. The reggae star has been inciting the ire of the gay community for decades–ever since the release of “Boom Bye Bye,” which…
Your daily dose of national music news for Monday, October 19, 2009…The ghost of Jim Morrison has allegedly been caught on film. I’m not sure if this is a good idea or not, but what better band to do it: The Flaming Lips have recorded a track-by-track “reimagining” of Pink…
A funny scene from last night’s Universal Rehearsal Studios-housed run-through for tonight’s Red Bull Soundclash event at Victory Plaza featuring Erykah Badu, The Cannanoids and Shiny Toy Guns: Shiny Toy Guns vocalist Sisely Treasure had just helped Badu run through the lyrics and vocal intonations of STG’s “Ghost Town,” which…
Marky Ramone, the only living member of the longest-running Ramones line-up (which lasted for 15 years) is going to be chatting about all things punk rock this afternoon with Richard (Big Dick) Hunter on 1360 AM.Besides touring with his new band, Marky Ramone’s Blitzkrieg, he’s currently hosting Marky Ramone’s Punk…
Your daily dose of national music news for Friday, October 16, 2009…Looks like Lady Gaga isn’t letting the whole canceled-tour-with-Kanye-West thing keep her down” She’s hitting the road anyway.In news that will make most of middle-America shake with joy, Garth Brooks is unretiring!A-Ha has broken up. I know this comes…
In case you missed it: Over on Unfair Park yesterday, Robert posted U2’s official behind-the-scenes video about setting up the stage for Monday night’s show at Cowboys Stadium. In it, the crew reveals that it tooks “months of planning” to figure out how to make the stage work in the…
Your daily dose of national music news for Thursday, October 15, 2009…Leona Lewis took a right hook to the dome–for literacy–when a “fan” punched her in the head at a book signing.Care to know what the Editors are up to in London? Check out their very own Google Earth.Sufjan Stevens…
In case you were still curious about how the Toadies fared at ACL this year–and our own coverage wasn’t enough–well, you might wanna check out the above video. You’ll get some footage of the band’s Sunday afternoon performance on the festival’s main stage, and a few glances at the massive…
I perfectly understand Daniel Hunter’s frustration. Really, I do. As PlayRadioPlay!, the Aledo native did get lumped into the mall-punk scene by a lot of people–us here at DC9 included. But, upon going back and listening to the still super-young 20-year-old’s debut, Texas, which was released on Island Records shortly…
Though the footage from the event won’t air until October 27, the 2009 BET Hip-Hop Awards were filmed Saturday. And though he was up for three nominations at the awards show, it doesn’t appear as if Dallas-based rap phenom Dorrough, famous for his nationwide hit single “Ice Cream Paint Job,”…
More big news from Mike Snider today–this time about an upcoming string of shows scheduled between Christmas and New Year’s Eve at Sons of Hermann Hall. In short: Longtime favorite local alt-country outfit the Old 97’s has been booked to play four consecutive nights at the Deep Ellum ballroom, from…
Your daily dose of national music news for Wednesday, October 14, 2009…Sorry kids: Pavement won’t record any new material when they reform and tour next year.L.A. punk pioneer Brendan Mullen has died.Carly Simon is suing Starbucks for failing to properly promote her album This Kind of Love on its Hear…
It might not be “Best New Music,” but, regardless, congratulations to True Widow, one of our favorite area rock outfits here at DC9, as Aquarius Records, the oldest independent record store in San Francisco, has named the band’s 2008, self-titled release its record of the week, starting off seven paragraphs…
Probably should’ve seen this coming: Today, Pitchfork honored Neon Indian with its much-sought-after “Best New Music” tag, giving the album an 8.6 on its 10-point scale. As for the review itself? It’s loving enough, namedropping some pretty heavy hitters–LCD Soundsystem, Daft Punk, Kevin Shields, Atlas Sound–just to make its point…
Your daily dose of national music news for Tuesday, October 13, 2009…The lovable lunk-heads from Anvil are hoping for an Oscar nomination for their documentary “Anvil: The Story of Anvil.” Hopefully it will go better than their music career did.Julian Casablancas says he and his The Strokes bandmates are halfway…
“Chasing Pirates,” the first single from Norah Jones’ upcoming The Fall, started making the rounds on the Internet this morning. Check it out right here.It’s no “Don’t Know Why,” but given the list of collaborators Jones has enlisted to help her with this release (Ryan Adams, Okkervil River’s Will Sheff),…
Your daily dose of national music news for Monday, October 12, 2009…Soulja Boy was arrested for obstruction of justice while filming a music video at an abandoned house.Amy Winehouse figured the best way to get a fresh start on her music career was with breast augmentation. Here’s a novel idea:…
Grapvine’s own The Rocket Summer–or pretty much the person we all have to thank for the success that all the mall-punk acts of the region have been having in recdent years–dropped some big news earlier this week, announcing two new records set for release in the near future. Later this…
Surely, a good number of you are already aware of this–after all, it was announced in an ad in this week’s dead tree edition of DC9 (page 48 to be specific). But, then again, seeing as how few of our regular DC9 readers seem to realize that we produce some…
Your daily dose of national music news for Friday, October 9, 2009…U2 would like their own version of Rock Band, just like The Beatles. Would you get more points for preening like Bono?Do you want to be on the new Does It Offend You Yeah? album? All you need to…
Your daily dose of national music news for Thursday, October 8, 2009… Have you ever sat around, wishing you could buy a tuft of Elvis’ hair? Well now is your chance! What’s the deal with London getting all the band residencies lately? The Pixies kicked off their residency by playing Doolittle…
Stumbled across the above clip recently, which features one Robert Gomez offering up his take on The Theater Fire’s hilariously named “The Testicle Song” and giving the most beautifully arranged song we’ve ever heard about genitalia an even more subtle, almost dainty undertone. We highly recommend you check it out–and…
