John Congleton

Dirty Projectors and Wye Oak

Friday, August 3, at the Kessler Theater

Amanda Palmer and Neil Gaiman Cover Leon Payne's "Psycho"

Amanda Palmer and Neil Gaiman's Violitionist Session is finally up, and it includes a cover of San Antonio country singer Leon's Payne's oft-covered "Psycho," which recounts a series of violent acts by the narrator, who, at the end of the song, claims his "mind just walked away." Gaiman does a fine ... More >>

Girls Rock Dallas Gets a Little Help From Amanda Palmer, Goes IndieGoGo

Last night, Dresden Dolls singer Amanda Palmer was in town, mixing her new album with the ubiquitous John Congleton. Not only did she do a Violitionist Session with Neil Gaiman (yes, Neil Gaiman was in Denton, let that sink in), she also donated money to Girls Rock Dallas. They've declared today Ama ... More >>

The Boom Boom Box fights against the robots

Five Best and Worst Album Covers of 2011

The actual artistry of the album cover has been making a comeback. Of course, over the years, the cheesy head shot has gradually (for the most part) faded away and been replaced by, well, art. Go figure. Anyhow, 2011 was a particularly good year for the album cover. Well, there were a few examples w ... More >>

Over The Weekend: Octopus Project & Analog Rebellion at the Kessler Theater

Octopus Project, Analog RebellionNovember 12, 2011The Kessler TheaterBetter Than: Having Octopus Project play at your house party and having to clean up the mess. Mike BrooksOctopus Project​If limited to a single word regarding the live performance of Austin's Octopus Project, that word wou ... More >>

Get To Know Your DOMAXXIII Nominees: Best Cover/Tribute Act, Best Label, Best Producer

​Welcome to our 2011 Dallas Observer Music Awards breakdown, wherein we'll use the weeks leading up to the DOMA showcases on Saturday, October 15 (which is also when voting ends), to explain the nominees in each category Today, we look at the nominees in the Best Cover/Tribute Act, B ... More >>

Explosions in the Sky Grow Without Their Heads Getting Too Big

With Neon Indian, St. Vincent and Bryan Street Tavern, Dallas Takes Over Today's Blogosphere

​It's a beautiful day in the blogosphere for Dallas artists. First of all, Pitchfork is tossing out "Best New Music" like parade candy, and North Texas natives are scooping it up. It seems St. Vincent's much-anticipated third album, Strange Mercy, hit a home run on the music site, w ... More >>

Picture Show: The Nighty Nite Make Their Live Dallas Debut at the Double Wide

All photos by Steve VisneauJohn Congleton and the live Dallas debut of the Nighty Nite on Saturday at the Double Wide.​ On Saturday night, as you no doubt already know, John Congleton's new band, The Nighty Night, made their live Dallas debut with a performance at the Double Wide. It was quite the ... More >>

True Widow, The Nighty Nite, Joey Kendall

Saturday, June 11, at the Double Wide

John Congleton Talks The Paper Chase's Tragic First Show, The Nighty Nite's Early Goings.

Michael BriggsJohn Congleton​John Congleton is a name you've long associated with his roles as a producer and as the leader of The Paper Chase. But be ready to hear more from his new band, The Nighty Nite, in the coming months.As the band, which also features Jason Garner of the final Paper Chase ... More >>

New John Congleton Band The Nighty Nite Releases EP, Free Download Of First Single

Merritt MartinJohn Congleton and a cat.​Back in March, The Paper Chase's mastermind and frontman, John Congleton, gave us the scoop: His old band was all but dead. But a new one, called The Nighty Nite, was coming up to replace it. As for what people could expect: "I don't think anybody's going t ... More >>

Watch: Astronautalis Freestyles About Ron Washington, Blows Minds at Homegrown Fest

Yeah, but you're from around here when it counts, Andy.​Astronautalis may actually call Jacksonville, Florida, his home base, but, as he told the crowds before during his Homegrown Festival performance on Saturday, he's always considered Dallas a home, too. And, hey, we're proud to call him our ow ... More >>

Jessie Frye

Fireworks Child (Self-released)

Between Production Work With St. Vincent and David Byrne, Paper Chase Mastermind John Congleton Launches New Band Nighty Night

John Congleton​Just a few minutes ago, local producer John Congleton confirmed to DC9 that he is indeed currently producing St. Vincent's third, as-yet-unnamed album at his Elmwood Recording Studio in Oak Cliff. No surprise there: Congleton played a major role in Dallas native Annie Clark's sophom ... 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 >>

Crushed Stars

Convalescing in Braille Simulacra Records

Giveaway: Five Pairs of Tickets to Tomorrow Night's Show at The Loft with Shearwater, Wye Oak and Hospital Ships

In this week's forest-killing version of DC9, one Cory Graves handles the task of catching us all up to speed on Austin's Shearwater, which comes to town tomorrow night with Wye Oak and Hospital Ships in tow for maybe the best top-to-bottom bill we'll see all weekend. Turns out Shearwater just dropp ... More >>

Shapes Stars Make

These Mountains Are Safe (Dreamt)

Bonus MP3: Mount Righteous -- "Eat Your Wife and Kiss The Barbecue"

The cover for Mount Righteous' new self-titled release... once you unfold it.​At 8 p.m. on Saturday evening, the acoustic non-marching punks in Mount Righteous will celebrate the release of their new, self-titled full-length at Good Records--with a little help from another mountainous outfit, Fort ... More >>

P.O.S., Astronautalis, Dessa

Saturday, February 27, at Hailey's Club, Denton

The Best Area Album Releases of the '00s

Bonus MP3: Mount Righteous -- "Sing to Me, Tiffany"

​It's been almost a year-and-a-half, if you believe it, since Mount Righteous first (quite adorably) burst onto the local scene, immediately charming area music fans with its clever, punk-ish, acoustic, marching band-ish and ever-cheerful sound. Of course, that was just the live show, though. 'Cau ... More >>

St. Vincent, Pattern Is Movement

Thursday, June 18

Poster of the Week: John Congleton and Joey Kendall at Dan's Silverleaf Tonight

Tonight at Dan's Silverleaf, the brains behind two of the region's most mind-blowing acts, John Congleton (of The Paper Chase) and Joey Kendall (of Mount Righteous), will join forces on a bill that features each of these intriguing minds performing solo sets.The above poster for the show uses an ae ... More >>

St. Vincent

Actor (4AD)

Giveaway: Five Pairs of Tickets To The Paper Chase at The Granada Theater Tomorrow Night

Tomorrow night, the local heroes of all things angst and angularity, The Paper Chase, will take to the stage at the Granada Theater to perform a pseudo-release show for its new (and quite fantastic) Someday This Could All Be Yours, Vol. 1, a disc Jesse Hughey dutifully and quite capably covered in ... More >>

The Paper Chase Avert Disaster with New Disaster Album.

Even In The Face Of Pitchfork, St. Vincent Remains Adorable

Over on Pitchfork today, you can read an interview the site has posted with Dallas native Annie Clark (aka St. Vincent), whose upcoming disc we're quite excited about 'round here. And, actually, it's quite the lovefest of a piece: Interviewer Ryan Dombel calls Clark a "disturbingly gifted new talen ... More >>

St. Vincent's Actor Set For May 5 Release

Annabel Mehran 4AD has announced the release date of St. Vincent's sophomore release, Actor, and, as the header to this post implies, we can expect the disc about two and a half months from now. The disc, produced here in Dallas by The Paper Chase's John Congleton, also features North Texas musician ... More >>

The Paper Chase Pulls Out Of Saturday Night's Rubber Gloves Show

Fans of The Paper Chase looking forward to catching up with the band on Saturday night (present company included) are in for some bad news: The band has pulled out of its scheduled show alongside Sarah Jaffe and The Boom Boom Box at Denton's Rubber Gloves Rehearsal Studios, as lead singer John Congl ... More >>

Good Records Announces Official Eighth Birthday Party Lineup

The Paper Chase, Micah P. Hinson and Shiny Around the Edges

Friday, February 15, at Sons of Hermann Hall

Astronautalis' New Disc Features Sea Chanteys and Patriotic Tunes

Headcases, Riddle of Steel

Sunday, September 9, at the Double Wide

Explosions in the Sky

All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone (Temporary Residence)

This Will Destroy You

Friday, January 26, at the Door

The Polyphonic Spree's Sonic Bloom

In 2006, the band's Wait EP helped build A Fragile Army and start a digital revolution

Polyphonic Spree

Wednesday, September 13, at the Granada Theater

Now They Are One of Us

Daddy-Daughter Day

The Appleseed Cast makes the best of death and horror in their latest post-emo record

Show Up, 6/6/06

Hide the Kitchen Knives and Reach for the Sun

Paper Chase, Make Believe, Chin Up Chin Up

Sunday, November 28

Come Together

Local bands unite!

Scene, Heard

Deep Ellum's club owners and retailers set aside egos in the name of charity

Scene, Heard

Disaster strikes. Or does it?

Scene, Heard

We've been trying to tell people for months