Arcade Fire

10 Top Acts With Dual Drummers

Tonight, The Melvins will perform at Trees. While perusing the Internet in search of photos, I realized the band has two drummers. I thought about how pointless and excessive it is to actually employ two drummers to support a band, but then I considered how powerful the result can be. Two drummers s ... More >>

The 20 Best Concert Photos of 2011

Mike MezeulBroken Social Scene at the House of Blues​The number of good shows and exciting, inspiring, heartbreaking moments in the Dallas music scene this year were, to put it SO very mildly...numerous. It probably can go with out saying. Except we're going to say it. We're going to talk about it ... More >>

Austin City Limits Goes Mainstream

Last Night At ACL: The Arcade Fire Bids the Crowd Farewell "For a Couple of Years"?

Arcade Fire Austin City Limits Music Festival September 18, 2011 Better than: having to sit through an Eagles set at the end of ACL. James BrickerArcade Fire at ACL​​On Sunday Night at Zilker Park, the largest crowd of the weekend converged on the Bud Light stage, where Arcade Fire wa ... More >>

Ten Things You Can Expect to See At Austin City Limits 2011

Kanye West, Stevie Wonder, Arcade Fire and Coldplay Highlight 2011 Austin City Limits Bill

​We had some fun yesterday trying to guess the bill for the 2011 Austin City Limits Musical Festival -- and, hey, we were right about Kanye West, if nothing else. Early this morning, the folks behind the festival announced for full lineup for their end-of-summer offering. And, as expected, the 10t ... More >>

Over The Weekend: Arcade Fire and Okkervil River at Gexa Energy Pavilion

Arcade Fire, Okkervil RiverGexa Energy PavilionApril 30, 2011Better than: any other show you've seen in 2011.All photos by Sara KerensArcade Fire's Win Butler. For more photos, check out the slideshow.​More than five years have passed since Arcade Fire last played Dallas -- something of which the ... More >>

Can't Decide Between Arcade Fire and Edgefest 21? This Venn Diagram Should Help.

Sure, it's the Canadian Edition. Still.​Kind of a tough choice going tomorrow night here in the Dallas area, as two intriguing concert options go head to head. On the one hand, you've got KDGE 102.1-FM The Edge's Edgefest 21 show at Pizza Hut Park in Frisco, featuring performances from Jane's Addi ... More >>

Okkervil River's Will Sheff Talks New Album, Showing Up Arcade Fire and New Music Trends.

For over a dozen years at this point, Austin's Okkervil River has been making intelligent, defiantly lyrical indie rock. And next week, after a few years out of the spotlight, the band will return to bask in it, thanks to the release of their sixth full-length studio effort since 2002, I Am Very Far ... More >>

Good Friday: Arcade Fire, Edgefest 21 and The Rest of This Weekend's Awesome Shows

Arcade Fire's Win Butler is so pissed at Edgefest.​We've got a full weekend, with loads of shows ahead. Most notably, of course, is the Arcade Fire show at Gexa Energy Pavilion, which is up against Edgefest at Pizza Hut Park in Frisco. Check out Pete's breakdown of the two events here.But, hey, if ... More >>

Edgefest vs. Arcade Fire: Who wins?

Breaking Down The Sights and Sounds of Saturday's Dueling Shows.

Best Of SXSW Saturday-Day: Owen Pallett, Rock Screams and Rumors

Nick RalloAh, remember 35 Conferette? Good times, good times.​The final day--and night as Rocks Off discovered--of SXSW was a long one. After perusing an absolutely epic line for Rachel Ray's Feedback Party at Stubb's (yeah, you read that right), we ventured over to Peckerheads to meet Dallas-fr ... More >>

Obligatory Edgefest 21 Bill Announcement Post

​On Friday afternoon, the folks at KDGE-102.1 FM The Edge announced the bill to the 21st edition of their recurring Edgefest concert series. And, after years of disappointing bill after semi-disappointing bill, this one, finally, packs an actual punch.At Pizza Hut Park in Frisco on Saturday, April ... More >>

The Grammy Awards: My Top 10 Observer-ations

​10. Was it just me or did Puff Daddy/P. Diddy/Sean Combs sound just like Mike Tyson? 9. Acceptance speeches are always fascinating. Last night Lady Gaga thanked Whitney Houston and Arcade Fire thanked all of Canada. But strangest of all, Train lead singer Pat Monahan gave a shoutout to Howar ... More >>

Arbitrarily Grading The Year That Was: A Look Back At The Major Music Happenings of 2010.

Not quite an A . But 2010 was still a pretty good year for music.​If the '00s were dominated by hip-hop, this decade looks as if it's being dominated by electronic music. While electro-pop has had some resurrections over the years, it's now a mainstay of popular music. Look no farther tha ... More >>

Our Critics' Year-End Top Tens: Daniel Hopkins Hails The Walkmen's "Less Is More" Approach on the John Congleton-Produced Lisbon

In this week's paper, you may notice a piece including some of our DC9 writers' choices for best albums of the year. But, space being limited, we couldn't run all of our writers' lists. So, thanks to the power of the Internet, we're doing just that, right here.​Clubs ed ... More >>

The Best National Album Releases of 2010

Listomania: The Top Music Videos of 2010

This dude knew a thing or two about music videos.​The death of Michael Jackson in 2009 seemed to prompt a lot of artists to rediscover the art of music videos in 2010. Some, like Lady Gaga and Kanye West, took the artistic merit behind mainstream music videos from acts like Michael Jackson and Pri ... More >>

Wolf Parade's The Closest We're Gonna Get to Neutral Milk Hotel

Listomania: The Best Songs to Listen to During a High-Speed Chase

High speed car chase at DC9 HQ, y'all!​Just a few minutes ago, the not-so-high-speed chase that happened in Dallas passed by the Dallas Observer offices. We cheered as the carjacking suspect led about six or seven cop cars down Maple Avenue, and we discussed his motive, his determination, his lack ... More >>

Today In Music News: Carlos D Hates Playing Bass, Kanye Working With Bon Iver? And Arcade Fire Show Indie Bands Can Make It

Your daily dose of national music news for Friday, August 13, 2010...Carlos D quit Interpol because he hated playing bass.  Bad choice of instrument to hate for a bands bass player.Are Kanye West and Bon Iver collaborating?Apparently Arcade Fire show us why you can still make it as an indie ba ... More >>

Today In Music News: Arcade Fire Get Reatarded, Free Radiohead Taken Down And Fake Daft Punk

Your daily dose of national music news for Wednesday, August 4, 2010...Arcade Fire paid tribute to the late Jay Reatard at it's Philidelphia show.So now bloggers can't host an album that was given away?Hey, did you download that new Daft Punk song from the Tron soundtrack? Too bad it's fake.

Staff Trax: The Apples in Stereo, Arcade Fire, Paul Brill, Built to Spill, Twin Sister and The Futureheads.

Welcome to Staff Trax, the weekly feature here on DC9 where we shed some light on the music we've been enjoying of late, regardless of the touring or album release schedules that tend to bear the focus of most of our coverage. Consider it a chance for you readers to get some more insight into ou ... More >>

Today In Music News: Spike Jonze Works With Arcade Fire, Godspeed You! Black Emperor Reunite And Andrew W.K. Was Possibly A Troubled Teen

Your daily dose of national music news for Monday, April 12, 2010...Spike Jonze is reportedly working on a short film with Arcade Fire.Godspeed You! Black Emperor will reunite and curate the UK All Tomorrow's Parties.A very young and very blond Andrew W.K. got himself slapped with a juvenile restrai ... More >>

Four Locals Look To Shine Bright at SXSW

Giveaway: Two Pairs of Tickets to Tomorrow Night's Rural Alberta Advantage Show at The Cavern

In this week's paper, Annie Zaleski extols the virtues of the Toronto-based Rural Alberta Advantage, comparing the three-piece to everyone from Yo La Tengo to The Mountain Goats and Arcade Fire to Neutral Milk Hotel. Heady company indeed. Continues my esteemed colleague from St. Louis:As might be e ... More >>

The Rural Alberta Advantage

Saturday, December 12, at The Cavern

Gig Alerts: Clues Tonight at The Loft; Stardeath and White Dwarfs at Good Records

Yet another quirky, off-kilter pop band from Canada, Montreal's Clues recorded its eponymous debut at Arcade Fire's Petite Eglise studio late last year. Which makes sense, since Clues' multi-instrumentalist Brendan Reed was an early member of Arcade Fire, playing drums and singing on that band's deb ... More >>

Today In Music News: Some Group Releases Chris Brown Diss Track, Kings of Leon Almost Didn't Release 'Sex on Fire', Lily Allen Puts Up With Lohan and Arcade Fire Teams With Pitchfork TV

Your daily dose of national music news for Monday, April 6, 2009...A hip-hop group named Smoke Jumpers has released a Chris Brown diss track. It's not that surprising--it's all part of "Hip-Hop 101" on how to raise your profile. I mean, did you ever hear of them before this? Didn't think so.Turns ou ... More >>

Today In Music News: The Beatles Get A Rock Band, Chris Brown Gets Charged, Eminem Doubles Your Pleasure, and Wayne and Win Are Beefing.

Your daily dose of national music news for Friday, March 6, 2009... The Beatles: Rock Band will hit stores on 9/9/09, at which point it will become the most overrated game ever. Yeah, yeah. Chris Brown got charged with felony assault.  Marshall Mathers is making up for lost time by ... More >>

Tapes 'n Tapes, Wild Light, Les Americains

Friday, January 30, at Club Dada

My Brightest Diamond Feels Good Covering Nina Simone.

No, nothing will ever, ever compare to this, the original version of Nina Simone's "Feeling Good". Nothing.And yet, somehow, this new cover of the song (via) from one-time Dallas resident Shara Worden (aka My Brightest Diamond) is a pretty decent effort in its own right--and certainly worth a liste ... More >>

Misery Mixtape for Those Bummed by the Recession

Is the recession getting you down? If misery loves company, this mixtape is for you

British Sea Power, Film School

Friday, April 11, at The Loft

Ra Ra Riot Steps Ahead of the Suddenly String-Heavy Indie Rock Pack

Strings of Red

Making a List, Checking It Twice

Andrew Bird, Arctic Monkeys Impress at ACL Day 2

Austin City Limits: On Fire!

Norah Jones Catches Arcade Fire

Bigfoot Strikes Again

Local luminaries leave a print or two at this year's Sasquatch! Festival

Arcade Fire

Neon Bible (Merge)

Red Monroe, New Frontiers, Quiet Company, Manchester Orchestra

Friday, January 12, at Sons of Hermann Hall

Straylight Run, Matt Pond PA, Kevin Devine

What Made Milwaukee Famous, The Lord Henry

Thursday, July 6, at Gypsy Tea Room's "Tea Room"

Wolf Parade

Apologies to the Queen Mary (Sub Pop)

Flotation Toy Warning

Bluffer's Guide to the Flight Deck (Misra)

Rilo Kiley, Neva Dinova

Sunday, May 8, at Trees

The Arcade Fire

Saturday, January 22, at Trees

The Arcade Fire

Funeral (Merge)