Montreal

Sean Watkins of Fiction Family Shuffles His iPod For Us

Sean Watkins has been kicking around the music biz for many years now. As perhaps the least-heralded member of the now-dormant roots group Nickel Creek, he shared the stage with his sister, Sara, who is now enjoying solo success and the recently crowned "genius," and mandolin virtuoso, Chris Thile, ... More >>

The Five Best Concerts In Dallas This Week, December 3-6

Revolutionary Pants Fundraiser with Yells at Eels Monday, December 3, at Texas Theatre, $25 Revolutionary Pants, a local DIY organization which focuses on creative urban development and city planning in Dallas, is hosting a fundraiser to fund the cost of filing for 501(c)3 non-profit status, and its ... More >>

Godspeed You! Black Emperor at Granada Theater

Chef Nathan Tate and Brooks Anderson of Boulevardier on Their New Home in Bishop Arts District

Boulevardier is the new French bistro-inspired restaurant in Oak Cliff, which is a collaboration of Veritas owners Brooks and Bradley Anderson and chefs Randall Copeland and Nathan Tate of Ava in Rockwall. This spot opened on the last day of July and nary a negative word has been cast against its wa ... More >>

Preview: Plants and Animals at Dada

Sunday, May 27, at Dada

The Strange Allure of Chloe Lum's Obituary for the Underground

Preview: Of Montreal at Trees

Tuesday, March 13, at Trees

A Spelling Bee for Strippers: Find Out Who's Really "Saving for College"

The idea for this Sunday's Stripper Spelling Bee at Baby Dolls was first created in Montreal a few years back and didn't include professional dancers as contestants. Strip spelling's father, scientist and medical illustrator Sherwin Tjia, just kinda thought it would be fun. His contest operated unde ... More >>

BRAIDS' Raphaelle Standell-Preston Explains How To Start a Band Over a Blueberry Muffin

BRAIDS' members are young -- all four members are in their (very) early 20s -- but the Canadian band is already earning quite a bit of critical buzz for their cool and collected, and heavily influenced by Animal Collective, brand of experimental pop. Led by the talented Raphaelle Standell-Preston, ... More >>

Giveaway: Three Pairs of Tickets to Tonight's of Montreal Show at the South Side Music Hall

There are a lot of different things one could say about of Montreal -- like, say, for starters, that the band isn't from Montreal at all, but from Athenes, Georgia. Furthermore, trying to pin a genre on them is a challenge; they've flip-flopped between a multitude of different sounds over the past 1 ... More >>

Elephant Six Holiday Surprise Tour

Tuesday, March 1, at The Loft

Wolf Parade's The Closest We're Gonna Get to Neutral Milk Hotel

Poster of the Week: of Montreal and Janelle Monae at the Granada Theater

​Huh? Is that Prince? Why, yes. Yes, it is.

Giveaway: Two Pairs of Tickets to Tomorrow Night's Frightened Rabbit Show at The Loft

It's a tough week to make a case for a rock show--what with some baseball team clogging up most locals' night-time plans and all--but The Loft's got a compelling argument tomorrow night when it hosts Frightened Rabbit in its friendly confines. The Scottish indie rock outfit made quite the splash wit ... More >>

Giveaway: A Pair of Tickets to See Land of Talk and Suuns Tomorrow Night at The Nightmare

Montreal-based Land of Talk is an alternative indie rock band with dreamy vocals provided by jazz trained vocalist/guitarist Elizabeth Powell. The trio formed in 2006 and provide an amazingly dense sound that is both clear in its soundscape and technically proficient in its execution. The group sup ... More >>

Suuns, Land of Talk

Saturday, October 16, at The Nightmare

Staff Trax: Black Mountain, of Montreal, Miranda Lambert, Rhys Chatham, Daniel Lanois & Bambi Lee Savage, Grinderman

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 ou ... More >>

In the M Streets This Morning, Pit Bulls Attack Man Out on Walk -- And DPD Attacks Back

Not one of the dogs in question. But you get the idea.​[Update: After the jump, further information from city of Dallas spokesman Frank Librio.]If you live in the M Streets and woke up this morning to what you thought might have been gunfire, well, you were right. At approximately 6:30 a.m., accor ... More >>

Plants & Animals Evolves Naturally.

Q&A: Former Paste Scribe Steve LaBate and Filmmaker Scott Sloan Tell Us Why You Might See Cameras At The Granada Tonight...

Similar, but different.​Seeing 40 concerts in 40 different cities over the course 40 consecutive nights. Sound cool? Sure does. While such a trip would be an unrealistic fantasy for most of us, former senior writer from Paste Magazine, Steve LaBate and his good friend, filmmaker Scott Sloan, decid ... More >>

The Besnard Lakes

Thursday, May 20,at the Granada Theater

Oh, Danny Bhoy

Lilith Fair To Return This Summer With Local Artists And A Dallas Stop

This logo wasn't lying. ​In yet another sign that the '90s are back, or perhaps never really ended, Lilith Fair is returning this summer with a 33-city schedule (including Dallas) revealed so far. Even better news: the lineup is strong enough that you won't have to promise your boyfriend a blowjob ... More >>

Fun Fun Fun Fest Recap in Photos: Neon Indian, SSION, Lucero, Of Montreal and More

Photos by Patrick MichelsSsion's Cody Critcheloe works the crowd Saturday afternoon. Check out more photos in our slide show.​ For the second straight month, a big music event opened in Austin last weekend to fine weather and revelers decked out in their festival finest. Then, as with October's AC ... More >>

Fun Fun Fun Fest Day 2: Astronautalis, Metallagher, Broadcast, HEALTH, Crystal Castles, GZA, Of Montreal

Patrick Michels​Some people attribute weather changes, fortunate or otherwise, to God. The Riverboat Gamblers' Mike Wiebe thought someone else was responsible for the all-day drizzle and showers that turned Waterloo Park into Mudderloo Park. "Someone said, 'It was sunny yesterday, I'm surprised it ... More >>

Pairing Off: Dunkin' Donuts

Patrick Michels​Each week, Pairing Off attempts to find just the right bottle of wine to go with ordinary food.Back in 1982 I took off with a friend on summer long road trip up and down the east coast, from Montreal to Atlanta and many, many points in between.It was a good trip. We walked the rout ... More >>

Next Week, The Riverboat Gamblers Will "Go Crazy" For Purple Rain

On Tuesday of next week, Spin will unleash Purplish Rain, a tribute record, quite obviously, for Prince's Purple Rain, released in conjunction with an oral history of the disc that the magazine is also putting out next week. And it's not just anybody on the disc: There's contributions from Sharon J ... More >>

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

Gig Alerts: Clues Tonight at The Loft; Stardeath and White Dwarfs at Good Records

Yet another quirky, off-kilter pop band from Canada, Montreal's Clues recorded its eponymous debut at Arcade Fire's Petite Eglise studio late last year. Which makes sense, since Clues' multi-instrumentalist Brendan Reed was an early member of Arcade Fire, playing drums and singing on that band's deb ... More >>

Please Stop Listening To Classic Rock

Today In Music News: The Libertines Are Probably Reuniting, T.I. Gets Less Time, and Of Montreal Gets Naughty

Your daily dose of national music news for Wednesday, May 19, 2009... According to Babyshambles drummer Adam Ficek, his singer Pete Doherty will definitely reunite with his first band The Libertines... at some point. Makes sense since they have already partially reunited once this year. T.I. has re ... More >>

Today In Music News: Zooey Deschanel's Engaged, Axl's Touring, Bands Need Beds and Jay-Z Got A Problem

Your daily dose of national music news for Tuesday, December 30, 2008... My life is over. Yes, it's over. The indie powerhouses known as Zooey Dechannel (She & Him) and Ben Gibbard (Death Cab For Cutie) are apparently (read: allegedly) engaged. He apparently popped the question on Christm ... More >>

Bonus MP3: True Widow -- "Sunday Driver"

Steve VisneuDallas' own True Widow has, well, basically come out of nowhere in the past couple months to fill the surprisingly heavy void within the city's shoegaze/slowcore/dirge-rock scene--and fill it quite capably, thanks. We reviewed the band's just-released self-titled debut a few weeks back, ... More >>

Weekend Roundup: Of Montreal, Aspersions, B.B. King

The old gypsy woman peered into her crystal ball Friday afternoon. “I am seeing for this weekend a very boring time, not much happening,” she said in a low and ominous voice. “I am seeing cold, hibernation, few video postings.” “Yeah, yeah whatever. What about my fame? My fortune? How ab ... More >>

North Dallas is Good for the Jews

Car Stereo (Wars), Sydney Confirm, Genova Vs. Indo

Saturday, May 10, at The Cavern

Strings of Red

Mahteo

The NuWave Republic EP (Scotoma)

Cadence Weapon, Final Fantasy

Friday, November 2, at Hailey's, Denton

Tegan & Sara

The Con (Vapor/Sire)

Backtrackin'

A few things you may have missed the first time

Julie Doiron

Woke Myself Up (Jagjaguwar)

A-Trak

Thursday, May 25, at the Gypsy Tea Room

Wolf Parade

Apologies to the Queen Mary (Sub Pop)

Sam Roberts

Friday, October 1

Chaos Theory

The hypnotic Maelström is full of good-natured twists

Flash Fame

A supermodel flies high and falls fast in Arcand's witty, stylish Stardom

Ghost story

A heartbroken politician sets about Waking the Dead

Screen tests

Usual suspects, small wonders, and the new Bertolucci at the Montreal and Toronto film fests