Subject: Indie Rock and Indie Pop

• Bloc Party, Deerhoof, J versus K

  September 20, 2007

• Cryptacize, Fishboy, Shiny Around The Edges

  June 26, 2009

• Ben Kweller, Jones St. Station

  June 26, 2009

• St. Vincent, Pattern Is Movement

  June 18, 2009

• Bonnaroo: Peace, Love, Music... and Anarchy

  June 18, 2009

• Suburban tweeners rock out to mall punk, DFW's hottest musical export. No, really.

  June 11, 2009

• Distant Gig Alert: Dinosaur Jr. and Built to Spill at the Granada Theater on October 22

  We've gone a few weeks now without our (once) weekly Show Announcements posting about, go figure, upcoming shows that get announced each week. Sorry for the lapse there, folks--it'll make its way back soon enough, promise. In the meantime, let me use this post as an excuse to spread the word that, on Thursday, October 22, at the Granada Theater, Built to Spill and Dinosaur Jr. will be rolling through town for a show for which the theater has yet to start selling tickets. Which is awesome because

  June 29, 2009

• Does Amarillo Have Better Radio Than Dallas?

  Making my way back to Big D after a week spent camping in Utah and Arizona, I stumbled upon KWTS 91.1 FM out of Amarillo. Broadcasting from the West Texas A&M University campus, this little oasis of deep indie rock kept me locked in until the signal finally diminished just outside of Wichita Falls. For those couple of hours, though, and on a Sunday afternoon, no less, my family and I were serenaded by the likes of Los Camesinos!, The Ting Tings, Benjy Ferree, Vetiver, Mates of State, Woodpig

  June 30, 2009

• How To Succeed As An Indie Rock/Dance Punk Duo, With Matt And Kim

  July 9, 2009

• Discovery

  July 16, 2009

• Today In Music News: Bright Eyes Retires, Sufjan Gets His Movie On and RZA Get Philosophical

  Your daily dose of national music news for Thursday, July 23, 2009... Conor Oberst is allegedly retiring his Bright Eyes moniker. I would like to suggest a new name: George Taylor. Sufjan Stevens is set to release a CD/DVD set for his movie The BQE. No word yet on a set of wings coming with the combo set. RZA is set to release his second book The Tao of The Wu.  It covers philosophy and spirituality and possibly how to talk with marbles in you mouth.

  July 23, 2009

• Good Friday: Tori Amos, Tomorrowpeople, CKY, Phoenix Project Benefit, Les Americains, Happy Bullets, Tim Sweeney, Yanari and More

  It's Friday! Party time! Excellent! After Tuesday's festivities, it almost feels redundant to have an actual weekend. But there are plenty of musical reasons not to waste the weekend catching up on all the things that hangover kept you from finishing on Wednesday. As for stuff going on Friday, we've already told you about Kixpo (which kicks off [sorry!] with a pre-party Friday before the Saturday event and afterparty), Magnolia Electric Co. at Rubber Gloves in Denton, Jack's Mannequin at St

  July 24, 2009

• Giveaway: Five Pairs Of Tickets To Friday Night's Broken Social Scene Show

  ​Remember all that drama back in late January/early February when Broken Social Scene had to cancel its House of Blues gig because band founder Kevin Drew fell ill? Dallas fans took to Broken Social Scene's web site to spit some hate at the band for canceling, and, in turn, the band fired back, with BSS' Brendan Canning telling Austin Town Hall that "anyone who wrote anything negative can seriously go fuck themselves. Those are obviously just ill informed little dweebs with too much time on th

  August 4, 2009

• Bonus MP3: Kill The Dance Floor -- "Stare"

  ​Last year, brothers Mick and Raul Espinoza were plying their new wave craft under the moniker Mahteo. They even recorded a pretty cool debut album, The NuWave Republic. Although that record mined the classic '80s influences of Joy Division and The Cure a little too blatantly, it nevertheless had its moments--enough so, at least, that the future of the band looked pretty bright in my eyes. Yet, less than a month later, the band's named was changed to Kill the Dance Floor and the Espinozas hire

  August 5, 2009

• Good Friday: VEGA, Til We're Blue Or Destroy, Pinebox Serenade, Record Hop, Ella Minnow, Matthew Gray Delves..., ST 37

  ​This is one of the biggest music weekends in recent memory, and it seems like there's something for everyone regardless of budget or musical taste. First up is the Bob Dylan/Willie Nelson/Johnny Cougar show at Quiktrip Park in Grand Prairie. There are still tickets available, according to the Airhogs Web site. Doors open, like, now. Brooklyn's The Wiyos open at 5:30 p.m., followed by Willie at 6:10, that "Jack and Diane" asshole at 7:35 and The Bob Dylan Band headlining at 9:10. Also tonight,

  August 7, 2009

• Last Night: Broken Social Scene at the Palladium Ballroom

  Broken Social ScenePalladium BallroomAugust 7, 2009Better than: The last time I caught Broken Social Scene in Vancouver.​ When Broken Social Scene frontman and co-founder Kevin Drew fell ill earlier this year, the band was left with no choice but to back out of its January 30 show at House of Blues, which left many BSS fans disappointed. And, yeah, some Dallas fans even turned bitter and spiteful, resorting to posting nasty remarks on message boards, local blogs and even on BSS's own website

  August 8, 2009

• Norah Jones Announces A November Release For Her Next Album

  ​According to a press release that apparently went out to every media outlet in the world today, Dallas' own Norah Jones has a new album coming out in November--her fourth overall, and first in two years. After the jump, the press release in full, since it features some Jones quotes on the new, as-yet-untitled release, as well as updates on what she's been up to in the past two years. No mention of El Madmo, though, oddly enough. Oh well.Anyway, before you jump, here's something of note: Among

  August 20, 2009

• Fruit Bats Frontman Eric Johnson Is Clear: His Band Is No Shins Side Project.

  August 27, 2009

• Weekend Roundup: Toadies, Depeche Mode, Peter Bjorn & John

  Dia de los Toadies at Rough Creek Ranch in Glen Rose Saturday, August 29The Toadies playing "Possum Kingdom" at Possum Kingdom is almost too much for my brain to handle, so it's probably best the second annual Dia de los Toadies headed away from that lake for this year's fest. No Toadies set is complete, though, without the crowd shouting along to the band's classic "Possum Kingdom"--and neither disappoints here.

  August 31, 2009

• Gig Alert: Fruit Bats' Free In-Store Performance At Good Records

  ​In this week's dead tree version of DC9, Darryl Smyers checked in with Fruit Bats leader Eric Johnson about a number of things, but mostly about how his own band differs from the other bands he plays in, a list that includes Vetiver and The Shins. And Johnson's thoughts on the matter?"What I do in Fruit Bats certainly doesn't sound like The Shins, Part II," Johnson says. "But I know that there's simply no way around people thinking of Fruit Bats as a Shins side project. So far, surprisingly,

  September 1, 2009

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

  September 3, 2009

• Throw Me the Statue, The Brunettes, Nurses

  September 10, 2009

• Sunnybrook's Paul North Follow's In His Big Brother's Foot Steps.

  September 10, 2009

• Ra Ra Riot, Maps & Atlases, Princeton

  September 17, 2009

• Watch: Beautiful Footage From Telegraph Canyon's Bass Hall Debut

  Yesterday, the folks at You and Yours Productions--the same people who've brought you the two latest videos from The Burning Hotels--released the above footage of Telegraph Canyon performing at Bass Hall, opening for the Old 97's, from a few weeks back. It was a special night--and the clip, which boasts multiple angles and four songs of Telegraph Canyon's performance ("Old Dark Hymns," "All The Good News," "Spinning Wheels" and "Shake Your Fist"), only reinforces as much. Highly recommended wat

  September 18, 2009

• The Airborne Toxic Event

  September 24, 2009

• Does ACL Actually Hurt Dallas?

  October 1, 2009

• Arctic Monkeys, The Like

  October 2, 2009

• Last Night: The Get Up Kids at The Granada Theater

  [Editor's Note: Sorry this is being posted so late in the day. We had some technical difficulties in getting it your way. But, alas, here you go...] The Get Up Kids, Youth Group, Pretty & Nice Granada TheaterSeptember 30, 2009 Better than: seeing The Get Up Kids in 2004 opening for Dashboard Confessional. Get Up, Stand Up?​ For a reunion tour, The Get Up Kids are not taking the easy route by just playing fan favorites. Last night at the Granada, the band definitely played the songs th

  October 1, 2009

• ACL '09: Devotchka Warms Attendees With Its Wordly Charms

  All photos by Patrick Michels​Though Nick Urata, front man for Denver-based gypsy folk-rock outfit Devotchka, joked that the only reason his band had a draw worth mentioning during its set at ACL's indoor Wildflower stage was because of the rain, consider his words simply a matter of humility. Because, for the bulk of Devotchka's set, aside from a spattering of showers at its early evening start, the rain actually paused for the band's performance. No matter--the crowds still jammed the

  October 4, 2009

• ACL '09: The Rain's Stopped (For Now) As Crowds Wait For Pearl Jam--And Maybe The Toadies?

  ​The early outlook here on the Day Three of the 2009 Austin City Limits Music Festival isn't too bad. The sun has peeked out from behind the clouds here and there, and, for the time being, the rain has held off. Forecasts appear to indicate more rain as the day continues, though, and, surely, that will only add the the muddy mess that Zilker Park's grounds have become--a true shame, too, since everyone was raving about the fresh, gold course-like grass on Friday's beautiful afternoon. S

  October 4, 2009

• The Shaky Hands

  October 8, 2009

• Giveaway: Two Pairs of Tickets To See Dinosaur Jr. and Built to Spill on Thursday, October 22, at the Granada Theater

  We've been geeking out about the upcoming Dinosaur Jr. and Built to Spill double-bill at the Granada for months now (four, to be specific), and now that it's almost here, well, really, we can hardly contain ourselves--which, I promise, is meant to read far more honestly and less facetiously than it does.And we're pretty stoked about this, too: The Granada Theater's just hooked us up with two free pairs of tickets to hand out to a couple of lucky DC9 readers today--which very easily could be you,

  October 9, 2009

• The Rocket Summer Preps New EP, Announces Full-Length For Early 2010

  Bryce Avary​Grapvine's own The Rocket Summer--or pretty much the person we all have to thank for the success that all the mall-punk acts of the region have been having in recdent years--dropped some big news earlier this week, announcing two new records set for release in the near future. Later this month, on October 27, he'll digitally release a new EP, called You Gotta Believe, and in early 2010, he'll return with his second major label full-length released for Island Records with Of Men and

  October 9, 2009

• Colm C'iosoig Returns To Dallas With Hope Sandoval

  October 15, 2009

• Vivian Girls Turn And Face The Hype

  October 15, 2009

• Last Night: Vivian Girls, True Widow and The Uptown Bums at The Cavern

  Vivian Girls, True Widow, The Uptown BumsThe CavernOctober 15, 2009 Better Than: flying around in my mom and dad's homemade hot air balloon...Vivian Girls​ Vivian Girls started its first ever Dallas set Thursday night at the Cavern with a song consisting of four words: "Sound check one two." Ah yes, the classic, beguiling sound-check song that has every hipster moving until they realize what's really going on. After about 20 seconds bassist Kickball Katy broke the song up by sweetly announ

  October 16, 2009

• Over The Weekend: Erykah Badu, The Cannabinoids and Shiny Toy Guns' Soundclash at Victory Plaza

  The Cannabinoids feat. Erykah Badu and Shiny Toy GunsVictory PlazaOctober 16, 2009Better Than: a Texas-OU tennis match. Check out photos from the show here in our slideshow. Continuing the time-honored tradition of competition between Texas and Oklahoma, fans at Victory Plaza were treated once again to a duel between the states--only this one involved a battle of the bands. Sponsored by Red Bull, the unique Soundclash event pitted bands from opposite sides of both the musical spectrum and the

  October 19, 2009

• Giveaway: A Pair Of Tickets To Tonight's Hope Sandoval Show At Sons of Hermann Hall

  Hope Sandoval​ In this week's print edition of DC9, you won't see an interview with Hope Sandoval. Rather, I think, you'll see something a little more interesting: an interview with the Mazzy Star singer's current musical and household partner Colm O'Ciosoig, better known to many as the drummer of My Bloody Valentine. Written by Observer contributor Doug Davis, the story focuses not on the shy Sandoval so much as it does on the similarly shy O'Ciosoig's work with her--something that's a far cr

  October 19, 2009

• Listomania: A Sountrack for Your Swine Flu Sickness

  So, lately, pretty much the only thing on the minds of, well, everyone seems to be ways of refraining from getting any small strain of any sort of sickness--especially the infamous H1N1. Those who haven't been infected, pat yourself on the back and keep soaking up the Purell. Those who weren't so lucky, here's a natural remedy of songs that are guaranteed to at least take your mind away from your miserable headache... 10. Band Of Horses - "The General Specific" The clapping throughout the song

  October 21, 2009

• Stream The Rocket Summer's New Single. If You Dare.

  ​As promised, Grapevine's own Bryce Avary of The Rocket Summer has gone ahead and debuted his new single, "You Gotta Believe," the title track to his new EP, over on the Alternative Press' Web site.And, according to Avary's label, Island Def Jam, it created quite the stir, apparently crashing the magazine's site not once, but twice as fans scurried over to listen to the stream. Or so goes the excuse the label used to justify the poor sound quality of the stream.According to Island Def Jam, the

  October 21, 2009

• Built to Spill

  October 22, 2009

• Built To Spill, Dinosaur Jr.,Lou Barlow & the Missing Men

  October 22, 2009

• Last Night: Built to Spill and Dinosaur Jr. at the Granada Theater

  Built to Spill, Dinosaur Jr., Lou Barlow & The Missing Men, Disco DoomGranada TheaterOctober 22, 2009 Better Than: a Thursday evening at home in your rocking chair.​ At his Good Records performance held earlier last night, Lou Barlow expressed his love for playing in the endangered venue of the record store. "I love playing record stores," he said. "It's like playing in a church--it's one of the only places where no one talks through the set." Well, Lou can add the Granada Theater to t

  October 23, 2009

• 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. Former Taking Back Sunday member John Nolan leads Straylight Run and his band has built a solid following around the country with its straight-forward, indie rock. Straylight Run is quite capable of su

  October 26, 2009

• Owl City: The Latest In A Long Line Of Rip-Offs

  October 29, 2009

• In A Piece Written For Paste, Lou Barlow Equates Good Records To A Church

  ​In case there was any doubt that Nic Hernandez was spot on about Lou Barlow's in-store performance at Good Records last week, Barlow himself confirmed as much today. While out on the road right now with Dinosaur Jr. and Built to Spill, Barlow, who is playing at least two sets a day on this tour (one with Dino and a second with a set own solo material opening each show), is keeping a diary of his experiences for Paste's Web site.And, just as Nic had quoted Barlow as saying in his review, Barlo

  October 30, 2009

• Atlas Sound, Broadcast, Selmanaries

  November 6, 2009

• Today In Music News: MGMT Says No To Jay-Z, Amazon.com Is In A Year-End Rush And Aerosmith Considers Replacing Steven Tyler

  Your daily dose of national music news for Friday, November 6, 2009...Even Jay-Z isn't cool enough for indie bands: MGMT said thanks, but no-thanks to a collaboration. At least he still has 30-something white dudes to lean on.Even though it's not even December yet, Amazon.com has named Neko Case's Middle Cyclone as the best album of '09.  Premature evaluator, much? I think there's a pill for that.What the what?!?! Aerosmith is thinking about replacing Steven Tyler?

  November 6, 2009

• St. Vincent And Neon Indian Named To New York Magazine Brooklyn Top 40

  ​I know, I know. You've had it with daily St. Vincent and Neon Indian updates. All that has to happen now is for St. Vincent to cover "Ice Cream Paint Job" and have Alan Palomo remix it, at which point DC9 would be thrown into a Boolean loop from which it would never emerge. But when I saw the two listed side-by-side on a list of New York Magazine's "The 40 Songs That Define The Sound" sidebar to this week's cover story about the Brooklyn music scene, I couldn't pass it up. St. Vincent's "Acto

  November 12, 2009