Denton band Darcy is Grammy winner Eric Delegard’s latest project. (Darcy)Hidden in a rural niche in Denton is a russet, brick office building that looks vacant. The only identifying feature is the oversized 2408 above the door, but even that is brown and uninviting. But as any after-school program will…
Reunited: Fever in the FunkhouseClub Dada’s Amanda Newman just gave me the official word for her club’s New Year’s Eve plans. In fact, she was so excited about it that I’ll let her tell it herself: “So…after lots of back and forth and phone calls…New Year’s Eve at Dada will…
Apparently, local musician Darlington likes to sleep around. At least he admits that in Monday’s Washington Post article about musician mom, Barbara Jones. If you’d like him in your bed, ask him this Friday at the Darkside Lounge where he performs with Greyskull, Poster Boy Material and Responsible Johnny where…
Hey, they aren’t called Lovie for nothing. (Ange Fitzgerald) Talk about a smackdown, in DC-9’s first Rock ‘n’ Rumble, Handclaps and Harmonies bitch-slapped Handshakes and High Fives all the way back to Granbury (where High Fives hail from). Nineteen out of 21 comments sided with the Rhino Records-ready band, and…
Dare to dream that a Footloose sequel would be filmed but if it was the case, filmmakers might consider Argyle High School, northwest of Dallas in Denton County. According to the Wall Street Journal, school superintendent Jason Ceyanes has a problem with freak dancing. What is freak dancing you say?…
Can someone explain to me why I keep hearing Third Eye Blind on the radio? My iPod battery died on the way into work this morning, so I flipped around and landed on 102.1 KDGE and caught the tail-end of “Graduate.” In the last couple weeks I’ve come across both…
Remember Ms. Erykah Badu? We didn’t forget her soulful vocals and enchanting beats. Well, we’re in luck, because the Dallas native just released her first single, “Honey,” from her forthcoming album — tentative title Kahba — which will hit stores on her birthday, Feb. 26. The new track, featuring beats…
Those in Dallas who are digging Foo Fighters’ new disc Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace are getting first crack at seeing the band perform the tunes live in the U.S. The band just announced its first North American tour in support of the disc, which came out in September, and…
Wow. You guys are on top of stuff. I’ve been getting emails this morning wanting to know when I was going to blog about Jonanna Widner leaving the Observer. I was waiting until everyone at the office was in the loop, but, hey, the cat’s out of the bag. Things…
Local hip-hop/R&B artist Ulises let word out his songs can be downloaded for free via his MySpace page. There’s something kind of Prince about this guy. He’s completely rough around the edges, but he has drive and with his audacious pics and assertive self-campaigning, I wouldn’t be surprised if he…
The Red Blood Club has suffered quite a bit in a short amount of time lately. With the SUP stress and last weekend’s stabbing, it is under a major black cloud. It doesn’t help that its liquor license has been suspended while the incident is under investigation. Manager Justin Powers…
Our buddy Jesse Hughey gave DC-9 the heads up that Picnic from Dallas’ P.P.T. co-produced Houston’s Coughee Brothaz new disc Waitin Our Turn. The Brothaz are Devin the Dude’s group project these days. While the disc hit bins in September, it just got a nod on Pitchfork. We haven’t had…
If the success of locals-hitting-it-big Fair to Midland means anything, it’s that constant touring and publicity bombardments can sometimes work. Of course, so can dense, smart proggy guitar work. In this case, the combination of all these elements has shoved FTM to the top of the list of what the…
Cheer up, Big Tuck — you’re in Vibe!The latest issue of Vibe, which isn’t online, has a regional round-up of hip-hop’s most happenin’ scenes — and Dallas is included. But it’s good news-bad news stuff — isn’t it always when Vanilla Ice crops up in the second freakin’ graf of…
If you’re into heartbreak and Swedes (and who isn’t?) Jens Lekman headlines the Granada Theatre tonight. Local lovely songstress Sarah Jaffe opens. Do try and make it out. I’ve already plugged the show in our print version but, as somebody once said, “Writing about music is like dancing about architecture.”…
Found this footage of the Lizard Lounge on YouTube a minute ago (many people have asked why we started this music blog–it’s because it’s a good excuse to surf for goofy videos instead of reading copy on deadline day), and it cracks me up. The whole thing is so dark,…
(Photo illustration by Krissi Reeves)With behemoth machines like Big Buck Hunter and Golden Tee monopolizing our bar fun-time, can you blame a gal for lamenting the days of pinball machines and joysticks? And…and!… the most recent abolition of a classic vending machine by its hi-tech counterpart is, by far, the…
Ever so prolific, our favorite Outkast-ian hip hop star Pikahsso has produced yet another bit of badassery. Check his video with eight versions of the funky Sly/P-Funk sounding jam “Verb.” Eight different versions, each touching on a different genre, each matched by different videos with different directors. Our fave is…
Jam goes indie: Meet the men of Fight Song. (Melanie Gomez) When we heard a group of indie all-star musicians were going to have a jam performance in Denton, we couldn’t resist. Fight Song features Midlake’s McKenzie Smith, History at Our Disposal’s Jason Reimer and Brian Vandivier, Centro-Matic’s Scott Danborn…
DC-9 can’t resist pondering rumbles between bands or even classical music gangs. In fact, instigating them might even be more fun, but possible lawsuits just didn’t sound like something we wanted to deal with. Thus, in no way do we intend our fantasy fights to cross the line into actual…
The Gazelles are giving it away. (Luke Lanter)A few local music tidbits overheard this week: 1. Denton’s Gazelles know how to make us happy. They’re making their new songs all available for free for download on MySpace. Frontman Adam Bertholdi explained it all in a blog post. “Since it’s been…
Last week I wrote an column pointing out how Deep Ellum, while not exactly in the midst of a comeback, is still supported by a number of strong pillars—Kettle Art, Club Dada, Darkside, Double Wide, etc. Look, Deep Ellum is gonna be different, I think most rational people know that…
