Audio By Carbonatix
Not too long ago, we at DC9 took a look at the value of supporting music with the local tag. It’s tempting to apply the tag to anyone with any ties to North Texas, but how often is it accurate? Two notable releases will be widely, and perhaps wrongly, deemed local in the coming weeks.
The self-titled fifth record from former Dallasite Annie Clark, better known to most as St. Vincent, came out earlier this week to universal raves, and indeed it sounds even better than her stellar previous releases. Also, Denton-born Eli Young Band’s latest, slick dish of modern country, 10,000 Towns, hits the street next week, and all signs point to it being a chart-buster for the former Mean Green-ers.
These two headline-grabbing records merely provide us a chance to set some things straight. There are plenty of well-known, beloved examples of acts we should both stop considering completely local, and continue to appreciate as fully local. The time has come, area music lovers: The definition of what makes an artist or band “local” needs to be reexamined.
