Jim James

Ten Must-See Concerts in DFW This Week: May 2-8

Ringing in your first week of May is a week of music that's as diverse as it gets. We've got everything from Rodriguez, the legendary musician and subject of the Oscar-winning documentary Searching for Sugarman, to the Dwarves, a group of disgusting punk badboys. Get a taste for them by watching cli ... More >>

The 12 Best Things About SXSW 2013

This year, Dallas Observer music blog DC9 at Night and Houston Press music blog Rocks Off teamed up to bring you only the greatest moments from last week's SXSW madness. Here are the 12 best shows and moments we saw. See also: -There's an App to Get You Laid at SXSW, But You Absolutely Don't Need t ... More >>

The Nine Worst Things About SXSW

This year, Dallas Observer music blog DC9 at Night and Houston Press music blog Rocks Off teamed up to bring you dispatches from the SXSW madness. Here are the nine worst things we saw. See also: -There's an App to Get You Laid at SXSW, But You Absolutely Don't Need the Help -The 50 Commandments of ... More >>

Dawn Richard Makes Local Appearance and Reaches Top 10

This is not your everyday Billboard chart. Each week, we'll tell you which bands are selling in the fine record shops in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex, where we consumers of music have impeccable taste. Lance Price, CD Source owner, was exhilarated to have Dawn Richard make an appearance at his s ... More >>

Father John Misty, Jim James, Cannibal Corpse and More of This Week's Show Announcements

Father John Misty Monday, May 6, at Granada Theater It's no news that J. Tillman has had many musical past lives, including a short-lived stint with the Fleet Foxes, but after the release of Fear Fun last summer, the first album under his moniker Father John Misty, he's perhaps never been more at ho ... More >>

Will Johnson Looks Inward with a New Solo Album

Will Johnson Looks Inward with a New Solo Album

On September 11, Will Johnson will release Scorpion, his first solo full-length record since 2005. It comes after a four-year stretch in which Johnson has seen his profile heightened by collaborations with Monsters of Folk (Jim James, M.Ward, Conor Oberst, Mike Mogis), New Multitudes (Jay Farrar, An ... More >>

Somebody's Darling on Being Whipped in the Face By Jim James' Hair

Country four-piece Somebody's Darling has a new record ready to go called Black Eyes and Alibis, but we have to wait until the summer to hear it. As a preview of what's to come, the band headlines Dada on Friday night. Frontwoman Amber Farris and guitarist David Ponder took the time to tell us abou ... More >>

Will Johnson Is the Where's Waldo of Folk Supergroups

Yesterday, various social media outlets were literally on fire with the news of Centro-matic singer Will Johnson's "supergroup" with the Kadane Brothers and Pedro the Lion's David Bazan. That almost made us forget about his other other band, New Multitudes, which features Jay Farrar, Anders Parker ... More >>

My Morning Jacket, Delta Spirit

Last Night: My Morning Jacket, Delta Spirit Verizon Theatre December 7, 2011 Better than: Watching My Morning Jacket on Palladia's Storytellers while your neighbor's dog barks nonstop. Mike BrooksMore in the slide show​ My Morning Jacket has been praised as one of the best live bands current ... More >>

My Morning Jacket's Tom Blankenship on Record Stores: "We Need That Sense of Community"

​ Few bands have risen from the stale, beer-stained stages of America's dingiest dives only to entertain majestic crowds at some of the world's largest festivals more naturally than My Morning Jacket. Formed in Louisville in 1998, the Jim James-fronted group has undergone a series of personnel ... More >>

My Morning Jacket, Delta Spirit

Wednesday, December 7, at Verizon Theatre in Grand Prairie

Centro-Matic's Will Johnson to Join Jay Farrar, Jim James on Album of Woody Guthrie Songs

Woody Guthrie and Will Johnson kinda look alike, amiright?​As far as collaborations go, it's hard to imagine that Centro-Matic's Will Johnson would be able to top his stint in Monsters Of Folk, with whom he backed up Conner Oberst, Jim James, M. Ward and Mike Mogus, on the drums. But this morning ... More >>

Evan Johnson Gets His Musical Fix By Playing Bass In Projects of Every Possible Genre

Musicians are undoubtedly influenced by the music they listen to. An artist's musical selection can sometimes even foretell what a next album might sound like. So if you've ever wondered what the artists who grace your stereo are getting funky to, here's your chance to find out. Every week, I'll ask ... More >>

Ruby Jane Gets Inspired

Last Night at ACL: My Morning Jacket Got a Little Weird, But Still Rocked

My Morning JacketAMD Stage -- Austin City LimitsSeptember 17, 2011Better than: about 99 percent of any other concerts I've ever seen.Jim BrickerMy Morning Jacket. More photos of the fans in our slide show​Is My Morning Jacket the best live band on the planet? In the universe? They sounded like it ... More >>

Bright Eyes, Cults, Twin Sister and a Pretty Darn Good List of Other Show Announcements

Bright Eyes​Bright Eyes is the biggest band to come out of Omaha ever. Fronted by indie-rock icon Conor Oberst, around whom the entire city's scene more or less revolves, they're one of the most revered acts of the last decade. But that hasn't stopped them from trying their hands at some outside m ... More >>

Centro-matic Offer Up a Year-End Candidate

From The Magnix My Morning Jacket Live Recordings Archive, Dallas and Denton '02

MyMorningJacket.comMMJ at Trees in February '02​Was listening to some new My Morning Jacket yesterday when up popped some old MMJ on the iPod -- specifically, "One Big Holiday" from the band's March 15, 2002, Rubber Gloves stopover. A month earlier the band had played Trees. They came through here ... More >>

Erykah Badu to Join My Morning Jacket As Guest For Streaming Tuesday Night Concert

Once-in-a-lifetime events sometimes happen more than once, turns out. Next Tuesday night, when My Morning Jacket performs in its hometown of Louisville, Kentucky, to celebrate the release of their new album, Circuital, they will be joined on stage by one Erykah Badu, just as they so memorably were t ... More >>

Band of Horses, Midlake

Thursday, April 7, at Verizon Theatre, Grand Prairie

Black Mountain, Black Angels

Saturday, November 20, at Kessler Theater

The 15 Worst ...and Friends! Albums Of All-Time

​It's hard not to remember Santana's 1999 album Supernatural. Besides just the Rob Thomas collab "Smooth," which we've spent the past decade trying to erase from our memories, the album received a lot of attention at the time for being one of those records that featured a different collaboration w ... More >>

Staff Trax: Kris Kristofferson, The National, David Garza, Fear and Phil Collins

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 >>

Today In Music News: Shane MacGowan Needs Some Sleep, Stephen King Rocks Out And Jim James Starts Label

Your daily dose of national music news for Friday, January 8, 2010...The Pogues' Shane MacGowan says he doesn't sleep for seven days while he goes on booze benders. That still doesn't explain his teeth.When recording an album about the downfall of America, there is really no one better to "get" on y ... More >>

Will Johnson Joins Monsters of Folk, Preps Other Collaborations...

​Some interesting Will Johnson news pouring in this week, as the Centro-matic frontman's keeping  himself quite busy these days. Just a couple nights ago, in fact, a little birdie told me that Johnson, always the busy touring musician, is the newest addition to the Monsters of Folk lineup, jo ... More >>

Today In Music News: Prince Is In Pain, Trent Reznor's Done With Twitter, and Monsters of Folk Are Coming...

Your daily dose of national music news for Friday, June 12, 2009... Prince is apparently refusing to get a double hip replacement because of his religious beliefs. So, instead of having the surgery, he's "popping pain killers and hoping it will all go away." I think that's the same thing my un ... More >>

Dr. Dog Follows Its New Orders

Top Ten Americana Albums of 2008

In next week's paper, we'll unveil our national package on the best music of the year (the following week, we'll tackle the best in DFWd music). But, as a teaser, here's our paper's contribution to the national package: Noah W. Bailey's picks for the best Americana/folk releases of '08. Picking the ... More >>

"Good Karma And Circumstance" Got Badu Onstage With My Morning Jacket

Last Night: My Morning Jacket At Palladium Ballroom

Morning Wood

My Morning Jacket is the best live band in the world

My Morning Jacket

Evil Urges (ATO)

Fleet Foxes

Fleet Foxes (Sub Pop)

Ben Gibbard, David Bazan, Johnathan Rice

Monday, May 14, at the Granada Theater

Chairmen of the Board

Erik Wofford and John Congleton on the art of production

My Morning Jacket

Thursday and Friday, November 16 and 17, at Gypsy Tea Room

Living With Post-War

M. Ward's recipe for political change: Let's ignore the president.

M. Ward

Post-War (Merge)

Band of Horses

Everything All the Time (Sub Pop)

MySXSW

Austin's biggest music fest was anything you wanted it to be. Dallas acts made theirs a blast.

My Morning Jacket

Z (ATO/RCA)

Bright Eyes, Jim James, M. Ward

Friday, October 8

To the Limits

Elvis tanks, the Pixies rock and other tales from the 2004 ACL Festival

My Morning Jacket, Centro-matic

Friday, September 17

State Pen

My Morning Jacket is from Kentucky. Stop holding that against them.

My Morning Jacket, John Vanderslice

March 15