Explosions in the Sky

Caspian Wants to Body-Slam Your Ears

Phil Jamieson, who mans the keys, synth and guitars for instrumental rock act Caspian takes the "post-rock or just rock" questions with a great deal more understanding than many of his more celebrated, non-singing peers. In fact, some guitar-intensive acts get downright pissed when confronted with t ... More >>

Matthew Hittle of Auxiliary Voice Talks Seeing Van Halen, Playing Extreme's "More Than Words"

Auxiliary Voice's Matthew Hittle has had an interesting ride, musically. Long before he formed the ambient post-rock band with Justin Young, he had to deal with living in a house where secular music was hard to find. Hittle recently sat down with us and talked about his first musical experiences and ... More >>

The 15 Best North Texas Releases of 2012

In a year when Kickstarter efforts have ballooned from humble requests to egocentric slaps in the face, the recording, funding and distribution of albums has taken on a different hue, as the chasm between what you can do "yourself" and what labels are offering gets wider and deeper. A few of the art ... More >>

Godspeed You! Black Emperor at Granada Theater

The Six Best Concerts In Dallas This Weekend

Check out more of this weekend's shows via our shiny new concert calendar Afghan Whigs, Centro-matic Sunday, October 14, at the Granada Theater Within the bowels of the '90s reunion machine, Ohio's Afghan Whigs are one of those bands you never really expected to be spat out again. Their 1993 LP, Ge ... More >>

Welp, It Looks Like Justin Bieber's Coming To Town

Justin BieberMonday, October 29, at American Airlines Center, $52.71-$103.90Though he's one of the most disliked artists in the world, I predict this show will sell out quicker than it takes load the video for "Baby." Of course, Dallas has a special place in Biebs' heart. His girlfriend Selena Gomez ... More >>

Becki Howard: "I've Learned That Booking Only Bands You Love Isn't Always the Most Fiscally Responsible Thing To Do!"

Becki Howard's role might be more behind the scenes nowadays, but she's done her fair share in the spotlight over the years, playing violin on three Paper Chase albums, and performing live with The Crash That Took Me, Sarah Jaffe and, more recently, Bethan. It's likely her passion for performing, ... More >>

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 >>

10 Awesome Concert Posters at SXSW's Flatstock 33

​Flatstock is a dangerous place to be with a credit card. This year, Flatstock 33 (presented by the American Poster Institute) featured over 100 artists with enough completely badass concert posters to drain your checking account dry. No, seriously: five minutes of walking around the Convention Ce ... More >>

Over the Weekend: Explosions in the Sky, Burning Hotels at the Winspear Opera House

Explosions in the Sky, Burning Hotels Winspear Opera HouseOctober 28, 2011 Better than: living in Odessa Explosions in the Sky​When they attempted to perform at the outdoor Strauss Square in Dallas last month, the persistent rain prevented Explosions in the Sky from playing. To prevent any recurr ... More >>

Ghostland Observatory, Anthrax, Wild Flag and The Rest of This Weekend's Best Shows

Pace yourself this weekend. Lots of good shows to see.​Halloween is on Monday, so there should be a good handful people in costume out and about this weekend -- kind of like the zombies at the Dallas Observer Music Award Showcase. And there will be many opportunities to get out and about this week ... More >>

The Five Best Math- and Post-Rock Bands That Claim They're Neither Math- Nor Post-Rock.

​Genre labels are fascinating tools in the overall study of popular music. Even the term "popular music" can be misleading, for heaven's sake. Metal gods Anthrax are popular -- but they're certainly not pop. Kesha is certainly pop -- but not popular with people, y'know, who like music to not be th ... More >>

Over The Weekend: Carolina Chocolate Drops at the Granda Theater

Carolina Chocolate Drops, The Fox & The Bird, Mikldrive Granada Theater September 16, 2011 Better than: having my concert hopes dashed due to rain (Sorry, Explosions in the Sky ticket-holders).Carolina Chocolate Drops​ When at their best, concerts are far more than a simple equation of an arti ... More >>

Good Friday: TV On The Radio, Broken Social Scene, the Rest of This Weekend's Shows

TV On The Radio​This weekend, Dallas benefits heavily from the Austin City Limits Music Festival spillover effect, which has some of the best bands in the world looking for a place to play in and around town. There are a whole bunch of these shows, as well as a few others, making this weekend an e ... More >>

Explosions in the Sky Grow Without Their Heads Getting Too Big

Explosions in the Sky's Munaf Rayani Forgot To Bring His Amp To His Band's First Dallas Gig

Explosions in the Sky returns to Dallas this week for its first area performance in a few years. In turn, it's looking like one of the most-anticipated shows of the year -- mostly because, yes, with the instrumental, four-piece Austin post-rock outfit playing the outdoor Strauss Square in the AT& ... More >>

Explosions In The Sky at AT&T Performing Arts Center and a Ton of Show Announcements

Explosions In The Sky​From the looks of things, the AT&T Performing Arts Center is trying its hand at rock and roll. On Friday, September 16, Explosions In The Sky will perform the venue's first ever ticketed rock show at the adjacent Annette Strauss Square, an outdoor grassy plaza with about ... More >>

Over The Weekend: Monotonix at The Loft

Monotonix, Joan of Arc, J. Roddy & The BusinessThe LoftNovember 5, 2010 Better than: going to a concert and not getting a trashcan thrown in my direction.Danny FulgencioMonotonix... and friends! Want more pictures from Friday's show? View the slideshow.​A Monotonix concert took place at Th ... More >>

Giveaway: Two Pairs Of Tickets For Boris Tonight At The Loft

​Tokyo avant-garde hard-n-heavy rockers Boris are making a highly anticipated tour stop tonight at The Loft in Dallas. That's reason enough for excitement, but the icing on the cake is that Chicago's Russian Circles are also on the bill, adding some slow-building, heavy-riffing instrumental madnes ... More >>

Giveaway: Three Pairs of Tickets to See Eluvium, Sleep Whale and Benouit Pioulard at The Loft on Sunday.

Eluvium combines minimalist electronic, piano and shoegaze music. Among mastermind Matthew Cooper's connections to the area is a remix of "So Long Lonesome" by Explosions In The Sky. Cooper's latest album Similies, which was released on Temporary Residence, includes more traditional songwriting and ... More >>

Giveaway: Five Pairs of Tickets to See Mono, Balmorhea at The Loft Tomorrow Night

Japanese ethereal post-rock act Mono has been to Dallas a few times this past decade. Andrew Claymen gave his take on the run up to the band's set at Hailey's in 2007:Like their crescendo-loving peers in Explosions in the Sky, Japanese post-rockers Mono lay down soundtracks for the Oscar-worthy epic ... More >>

Good Friday: Blue October, Le Cure, Drawn by Jaymz, Boys Named Sue, The Fox & The Bird, Mono, Dosh, Hello Lover

This is happening, folks.​As you're probably already aware, we're embarking on the mother of all weekends. That's right; Edgefest is upon us. By now, you might have tried your luck at winning one of our ticket giveaways--after all, what self respecting Limp Bizkit fan wouldn't? But if trying to ... More >>

Shapes Stars Make

These Mountains Are Safe (Dreamt)

Gig Alert: Straylight Run and a Bunch of Other Folks Tonight at The Prophet Bar

Straylight Run​Despite the cold and wet weather, the fine folks at The Prophet Bar are offering up a crowded and fairly consistent line-up of moppy rockers to hopefully not add to your rainy day blues.On tonight's bill are Straylight Run, Dangerous Summer, Mansions, Brian Bonz and David Melillo. F ... More >>

This Will Destroy you Sets Out To Make A Name For Itself In One Way Or Another

Octopus Project, This Will Destroy You, Ume

Saturday, May 23, at the Granada Theater

Developing: Either Some Austinites Or Some Malaysians Are Going To Be Very Disappointed

DC9 at Night contributor Jeff Liles passed along this interesting note: Erykah Badu is scheduled to perform in Malaysia tonight--Saturday, March 21--opening up for Korn alongside N.E.R.D. Or so Dallas native and Korn keyboardist Zac Baird (formerly of Billygoat, Edie Brickell and Liles' own C ... More >>

Fry Street Ain't What It Used To be

SXSW Announces First Round Of Scheduled Performers For '09 Fest

OK, so there's a clause at the bottom of the press release we just received--y'know "The list is subject to change" blah, blah blah--but lo and behold, here it is: The first round of announced performers for the 23rd SXSW festival, schedule to take place this year March 18-22. After the jump, the c ... More >>

Norah Jones Kicks Off New ACL Season

Photos: Wall of Sound Festival at LaGrave Field

Good Friday: Wall of Sound, Doug E. Fresh

Walled In

The Wall of Sound undercard examined

Mom

Little Brite (Pancakes for Mattie Records)

Interpol

Our Love to Admire (Capitol)

Wild 'n' Out

The latest on summer fests, a CD release and a Party party

Mono, World's End Girlfriend, Grails

Wednesday, May 2, at Hailey's, Denton

Same Difference

With EITS and the Paper Chase, the song doesn't remain the same

By Now, You Should Be One Of Them

Chairmen of the Board

Erik Wofford and John Congleton on the art of production

The Paper Chase to Appear on NPR; Promises to Speak in Dull Monotone And Beg for Money

Explosions in the Sky

All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone (Temporary Residence)

Bits and Pieces

Greenville gets a boost

This Will Destroy You

Friday, January 26, at the Door

Drift Away

Take in some Texarkana space-pop

Austin City Limits: You Read It Here First

Mono

Friday, March 11, at Hailey's

Explosions in the Sky

Friday, October 29

Explosions in the Sky, Fridge

April 12

Chamy's Eleven

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