Beck (Musician)

The 15 Greatest Original Film Scores From the Past Decade

Established musicians composing film scores is nothing new. Some of the best scores of the last 50 some odd years have come from pop stars: Dylan's score for Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid, Danny Elfman's whole career and Queen's legendary Flash Gordon score. With the rise of various indie studios worl ... More >>

Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks

Tuesday, February 21, at Granada Theater

Esquire Says You Didn't Hear Sarah Jaffe's Cold War Kids Cover This Year. Well, Just in Case ...

​A couple of months back, good ol' what's-his-name noted that Sarah Jaffe's latest, The Way Sound Leaves a Room, featured her take on Cold War Kids' "Louder Than Ever." And it's a very nice take at that, as you can hear for yourself below courtesy the button below that'll launch the MySpace music ... More >>

Last Night: The Horrors and Stepkids at Prophet Bar

The Horrors, StepkidsProphet Bar -- Big RoomSeptember 20, 2011Better than: unpleasant surprises.The Horrors​The Horror's new, third album, Skying, is hardly revelatory. But it's decent enough. The same can be said of their live show, which came to the Prophet Bar's big room in Deep Ellum last nigh ... More >>

Three Shows Worth Seeing in Dallas Tonight

Not a bad Tuesday night coming at you this evening. After the the jump, we highlight the three best.

Menkena

With You I'll Travel (Jolly Roger Music)

Watch: What Would Happen If Pitchfork Ran Hollywood Soundtracks?

​According to IMDB, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World cost about $60 million to make. Critics adore it, it has a certain cult following and word is it's on the short list to get an Oscar nod for best visual effects. To date, however, the film's grossed only about half its budget. Which is a little sad, ... More >>

Crowded House, Lawrence Arabia

Thursday, August 5, at House of Blues

Listomania: The 50 Best Local Songs of 2010.5

Check out these jams!​In last week's paper, I listed my picks the eight best local album releases of the year. Mostly because, well, it's been a hell of a year. From expected delights from Erykah Badu to unanticipated treats from The Beaten Sea, yes, the first half of 2010 has been an incredibly f ... More >>

Tracklist: The Local Hang with Playlister P, Vol. 10

​Another month, another Local Hang at the Libertine, where, every first Monday of the month, bar owner Simon McDonald lets me take over his room's P.A. and fill his patrons' ears with nothing but local music. And, despite an especially long, trying weekend of partying, people still showed. Go figu ... More >>

For Your Weekend Listening Pleasure: David Bowie and Stevie Ray and the Tour That Wasn't

​I had intended to provide as this week's aural audio the entirety of Beck's redo of INXS's Kick, which features on guitar and vocals none other than Lake Highlands' own Annie Clark, or St. Vincent. (The formerly Dallas Observer Music Awards-nominated St. Vincent, Pete asks me to remind you as I d ... More >>

Today In Music News: Dre/Hova Collab Hits The Web, People Love Them Some Drake And Thurston Moore Decides To Be Cool

Your daily dose of national music news for Thursday, June 17, 2010...The Dr. Dre/Jay-Z "collabo" has leaked to the interwebs.  From the sounds of it Dre has been listening to a lot of Paul van Dyk lately.Is Drake really "riot worthy?" Apparently some people think so...Thurston Moore is workin ... More >>

MGMT, Tame Impala

Tuesday, June 8, at House of Blues

Staff Trax: Rusko, INXS, Big Dumb Face, MIracle Legion, Glass Candy, Rival Schools

​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 ... More >>

New Norah Jones Record To Be Remixed By Beck, Beastie Boys, Santigold, Others...

Miss Jones, if you're nasty.​Pretty kickass Norah Jones news today via Entertainment Weekly: In order to satiate the demands of media outlets in desperate need for extra content, Norah Jones' new record, The Fall, will have its tracks remixed by the Beastie Boys, Santigold and Beck, among others.S ... More >>

Why do Mexicans like the Doors?

Heck, why does anybody?

Shop Till You Bop at Forever Young Records

Not to drop hints or anything, but Xmas is coming, and Forever Young is open, sooo...

Hot Burrito No. 2

Chris Hillman visits Dallas

On the Download

Some of the best music of 2006 wasn't exactly officially released (wink, wink)

Cex

Actual Fucking (Automation)

Puddy Good

Oishii is a culinary adventure

Gang Starr

The Ownerz (Virgin)

Locked and Loaded

Gomez likes to have a good time all the time

The Notwist

Neon Golden (Domino)

Scavenger Hunt

The best was hard to find, harder still to ignore

Sondre Lerche

Faces Down (Astralwerks)

Jimmy Fallon / Andy Dick & the Bitches of the Century

The Bathroom Wall (DreamWorks) / Andy Dick & the Bitches of the Century (Milan)

Nickel Creek

This Side (Sugar Hill)

Cornershop

May 1

Mary Lou Lord / Mark Eitzel

Live: City Sounds (Rubric) / Music for Courage & Confidence (New West)

The Beta Band

March 31

One, Two, Three, Gag

Rebound and Gagged chokes on its own familiar, formulaic cuteness

Tenacious D

Tenacious D (Epic)

Timo Ellis

The Enchanted Forest of Timo Ellis (Records and Tapes)

Various Artists

Off-Centre: A Riot on Old Street (BBE), Beats & Pieces Volume Two (BBE), Funk Rock (BBE)

Red Dawn

Moulin Rouge brings to light a deliciously garish Paris

Out & About

Richard Buckner

Out & About

Jon Spencer Blues Explosion

Across the Bar

Sock Monkey's anniversary; a few rock shows you should be aware of

Out There

Broadcast

Scene, heard

One Ton brings the discipline; Vogler takes the Azz; Zac makes some corrections

Freaks of the industry

A guide to music on the Web that the RIAA isn't worried about

G. Love and
Special Sauce

You Beta, you bet

The elusive Beta Band turns cuckoo clocks and laser gunshots into definition-dodging sounds that -- somehow -- make perfect sense

Out There

Major Mistakes

Signing to a record label can be bad for a band's health. So why do they keep doing it?

Letters

The great Pumpkin

With Adore, Billy Corgan has finally made a record as good as he thinks it is

Economies of scale

Cake hopes that cutting a deal won't interfere with keeping it real