New Venue Gives Reason For Journey To Pilot Point

Pilot Point, Tioga and Aubrey teenagers who need something to do besides football games and the occasional country fair will have another option for weekend entertainment starting this Saturday. The Journey Pilot Point, an all-ages venue at Journey Church (972 W. Walcott St.) is holding its grand opening at 8…

Download: My Brightest Diamond’s Daytrotter Sessions

Haven’t heard much from anyone who was at last Wednesday’s My Brightest Diamond show at the Granada–and I couldn’t make it myself, unfortunately. But, if that live set from one-time Dallas native Shara Worden (read Darryl Smyers’ story on her here) sounded anything like her phenomenal Daytrotter Sessions (which can…

A New Track From The Upcoming Marked Men Record Has Leaked

Good news first: The I Rock Cleveland blog has leaked the song “Ditch” from The Marked Men’s upcoming record Ghost, which is due out in January on Dirtnap Records. It’s a fierce little two minute jaunt through in-your-face, straight ahead punk.And now the bad news: The blog incorrectly calls the…

The Curious Case Of Dallas Rockabilly Singer Dennis Herrold

OK. Question of the Day time: Ever heard of a rockabilly artist named Dennis Herrold?No? OK, good. Us either. Which is why we were intrigued to learn a little bit about him when we stumbled on this post about him while, actually, looking for something else entirely. But once we…

Dean Guitars Sets Up Online Dimebag Memorial

Yesterday, of course, was the fourth anniversary of Dimebag Darrell’s untimely death–which probably explains the large amount of information we keep finding about him and the biographies being written about him and whatnot of late. And, sorry we didn’t post this yesterday when it went up, but, to commemorate the…

Breaking Down The Grammy Nominations (Or: Hey, Some Love For DFWd!)

The 2009 Grammy nominations were announced last night, which means, yep, we’re being INUNDATED with press releases from ecstatic and eager publicists touting their clients’ successes.Like we have any say in the matter. Yeah, right.But, by my count, DFWd’s doing OK here. Here’s a breakdown of area artists who received…

The Fader Boogies On Back To Dallas, Offers Up A Free Fat Bastard Track

“Get in my belly!” Fat Bastard exclaimed. “…then do da stanky legg?”Gotta give credit where it’s due: The Fader (which, interestingly enough, has just combined advertising and sponsorship forces with Pitchfork media) was early to the Dallas hip-hop game, letting Play-N-Skillz, Tum Tum and Lil Wil showcase their side of…

My Brightest, Brownest Christmas Compilation

The weather outside is weather, which means, yep, we’re being absolutely inundated with Christmas albums and compilations here at DC9 HQ. Anyone want not one, but two brand-new Brian Setzer Orchestra seasonal delights? Seriously, ask me for them. They’re yours….What, no takers? Oh well…That being said, it’s not all complete…

“You’ll Shoot Your Eye Out, Will Johnson.”

Eager to know what Centro-matic’s Will Johnson is looking forward to this upcoming holiday season? Well, don’t fret: Your curiosity will be satisfied! Yesterday, Johnson took part in My Old Kentucky Blog’s “2008 Holliday Interview Series.” And it includes some interesting tidbits–like how he apparently loves the marathon of A Christmas…

Tiger Moth Reunites, Seeks New Singer

Holly Robison Super cool, local, retro rock outfit Tiger Moth had supposedly (and sadly) called it a day a while back. But drummer, and The Lounge on Elm Street co-owner, Glenn Jackson says the band’s death has been greatly exaggerated.  “We took a few months off after the singer [Cheyenne…

Celebrate Nicholas Altobelli’s CD Release This Friday in Grapevine

Since we’re on the topic of CD release parties already: You may recall a few months ago when I wrote about this local, young, up and coming alt-country singer/songwriter, Nicholas Altobelli. Basically, I stumbled, quite literally, into The Cavern one night and was taken aback by Altobelli’s way-beyond-his-year’s lyrical musings…

Check Out Eastwood’s Formal CD Release Gig On Friday

Allison V. Smith Let’s put a short guy in there for some perspective on all this height.You may recall a while back when we previewed the upcoming release from Dallas’ own Americana/Alt-country group Eastwood by offering up the band’s “Right Place, Wrong Time” as a free download. Well, now the…

The Bright Were Totally Featured On Last Week’s Episode Of The Hills

Uh-huh. True story: Dallas pop act The Bright’s song “Cemetery Street” aired approximately 17 minutes into last week’s episode of MTV’s faux-reality show The Hills, or so the glorious press release that just popped up in my inbox promises.The placement puts the uber-radio-friendly locals in the esteemed company of fellow…