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Does Neutral Milk Hotel Suck? A Debate Involving the Merits of "Elephant 6" as a Safe Word

Jeff Mangum plays the Majestic Theater on Sunday, January 20. Gavin: You know how we always say Kiernan should publish our gchats? WELL GUESS WHAT! WE'RE IN THE MONEY! Jaime: Wait, we're going to talk NMH? Gavin: Yes. And how you think they suck, and then as a follow-on topic, how you are wrong. ... More >>

Anthony Bourdain's Playlist: Sippin' on Gin and Juice, and That Better Be Fresh-Squeezed

Anthony Bourdain recently created an iTunes Celebrity Playlist. And what does a playlist say about a person? Everything. It's their soul on paper. Bourdain isn't necessarily shy though, case evidence being his current media scuffle with Paula Deen. So it's no surprise that the unruly Ramones hea ... More >>

Night Three of Austin City Limits '11: If You're Gonna Go Out, You Better Go Out With a Bang.

Pete FreedmanArcade Fire played a familiar set to end Austin City Limits 2011. But it was still thrilling.​ The hot sun from the morning of Day Three at the 2011 Austin City Limits Music Festival persisted well into the afternoon and evening at Zilker Park. But with the festival end looming and pl ... More >>

Over The Weekend: Gorilla Vs. Bear Festival at the Granada Theater

Gorilla Vs. Bear FestivalGranada TheaterJuly 23, 2011Better than: being in a confined space where an actual gorilla and an actual bear are fighting.Mike Mezeul Grimes was a highlight among Gorilla Vs. Bear Fest's offerings. For more photos from the night, check out our slideshow.​On Saturday night ... More >>

Q&A: Koo Koo Kanga Roo is a Kid's Band for Adults

Koo Koo Kanga Roo are two guys name Neil and Bryan (first names only, please), who together are the epitome of the love them or hate them musical act. Hailing out of Minneapolis, Neil and Brian first began fusing their twisted hip-hop and dance music with kindergarten memories about four years ago. ... More >>

Into Downtown's Tunnels, A Horror Story

From time to time we've revisited the damage done to downtown Dallas by Montreal urban planner Vincent Ponte, who proposed in the June 1968 issue of Esquire that downtown Dallas bury its businesses underground -- a decision then-Dallas Mayor Laura Miller referred to in The New York Times in '05 as " ... More >>

Barney's Version Gives Mordecai Richler a Downgrade.

Q&A: Formerly Dallas-Based Electro Artist Maceo Plex Tells Us Why He Moved To Spain, And How The Euro Scene Compares To Ours.

Eric Estornel, best known as Maetrik, is a formerly Dallas- and now Valencia, Spain-based producer who left the US for the northern Spanish beach city in 2009. After years of the same very legitimate complaints that many Dallas techno producers had about not being understood or appreciated in their ... More >>

Anyone Wanna Buy a 111-Year-Old Downtown Building? Good Location With Great History.

Justin Terveen​Built in 1900, 1516 Elm Street has been on and off the market for years; about six years back, it was even offered as part of a package that included 807 Elm, which is coming down any second now. The for-lease sign has been a constant, but every so often it trades hands; not long ag ... More >>

Modern Love

Among The Latest Adds To The Growing 35 Conferette Bill: Dr. Dog, Big Freedia, Dan Deacon, White Denim

​After last week's adds to Denton's upcoming 35 Conferette in March (Jessica Lea Mayfield, A Place to Bury Strangers, Nit Jewel) and the round of added performers announced prior to that one (Mavis Staples, Royal bangs, Reggie Watts, Damien Jurado) our take on the growing lineup card, as you might ... More >>

Unexpected Influences: Rapper galleryCat Talks About Loving The Cure, Taylor Swift and Folk

Welcome to a new recurring feature here on DC9 where we talk to musicians about the music no one expects them to like. We're calling it Unexpected Influences -- because, we hope, that's what it will show.​Dallas rapper galleryCat is known for his multi-instrumental live affairs, which often end up ... More >>

Giveaway: Three Prize Packs For Stars' Granada Theater Show on Saturday, November 20

Montreal-based indie-pop act Stars comes from a rich community of creative musicians up north. Namely, its members split their time between Stars and Canada's Broken Social Scene. And their wide range of style, sweetly sung melodies, and energetic performances isn't a far cry from what their other ... More >>

Last Night: Frightened Rabbit, Plants & Animals and Bad Veins at The Loft

Frightened Rabbit, Plants & Animals, Bad VeinsThe LoftOctober 19, 2010Better Than: How most people spend random Tuesday nights. Frightened Rabbit​Scott Hutchinson, the lead Scotsman for Glasgow-based indie band Frightened Rabbit, is one sensitive dude. Sure, it doesn't take a brain surgeon t ... More >>

Last Night: Miike Snow, Canon Blue at the Granada Theater

Miike Snow, Canon BlueGranada TheaterJune 7, 2010Better than: Seeing Neil Young at the Meyerson. Just sayin'. Miike Snow​Before they left the stage last night at the Granada Theater, openers Canon Blue ensured the capacity crowd that they would be "in for a real treat visually and aurally." This e ... More >>

Show Announcements: Iron Maiden, Chicago, Doobie Brothers And Sting Coming To Dallas

Proof that Sting sucks.​Summer, that season when old farts get back in the tour bus to milk a few more million bucks out of nostalgic fans, is just around the corner, as evidenced by three big Superpages.com Center concert announcements this week. First, Iron Maiden will open its The Final Frontie ... More >>

Neon Indian hits the national scene

Away We Go: Dave Eggers' Debut Screenplay is a Staggering Work of Not-Genius

Good Friday: Ludo, Derek Trucks, Brave Combo, Awkquarius, Screaming Red, The Southern Sea, Southern Culture On The Skids, Jessie Frye, Darktown Strutters, Plants & Animals, The Make Believers, Inner City All-Stars, White Tie Affair, Brent Best

Learn how to handle your liquor, chump.It's Friday, everybody, case ya didn't know. An, as such, it's time to look at the weekend calendars and plan out your, um, plans. Let's do this. First, the shows we've always talked on...Tonight, there's the Dr. Dooom vs. Dr. Octagon show at the Loft and ... More >>

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 >>

Spencer Krug Lends Wolf Parade, Swan Lake and Sunset Rubdown A Unique Voice

Forty Years Ago, A Man Had a Plan for Downtown Dallas ...

Foreign Relations

Condoleezza Rice has nothing on this girl

This Week's Day-By-Day Picks

Girly Man

Bleep Bloop

Buzzed

SXSW 2005: The crowds, the hype bands and all the Shiner Bock you can drink

Come Home

A family dysfunction

Ben Lee, Pony Up!

Wednesday, November 3

Breast in Show

Angelina Jolie stars in Taking Lives, but the filmmakers are the real boobs

Freaky Lindsay

A Teenage Drama Queen with sass and style, go figure

Rémy, Hero

With The Barbarian Invasions, Denys Arcand's cinematic alter ego goes out with an emotional bang

Decent Folk

Summer Hymns' summer hymns define the purdy South

Hollow Man

Billy Bob comes close to nothingness in the curiously titled Levity

Paradise Lost

Letting the Yanomamö speak for themselves

Don't Look Back

Destroyer's Dan Bejar hit the road for This Night and found a great album at the end

Botched Job

David Mamet plots and schemes, then blows his own Heist

Push the Panic Button

The Rangers have their worst season in years. The reaction? Ho hum, wait till next year.

Searching for Gold

Like other past Olympic stars, local gold medal winners often have trouble keeping track of them

Girls, girls, girls

The Kids (in the Hall) are still quite all right

Scene, heard

Centro-matic docs; Daisy Radio rocks; North Texas Music Festival drops; The Groobees cop; And so much more

Dream weaver

Olivia Tremor Control rustles through the Black Foliage for the perfect sound(s)

The house that Mickey built

Anywhere but here

1998 was a great year for sports...just not in Dallas

Getting the business

With the new Jesus Hits Like The Atom Bomb, Tripping Daisy has made the best record of its seven-year career. So what took so long?

The Lizard king

David Yow's got balls--he just doesn't want to show them to you anymore

Night & Day

April 30 - May 6, 1998

Shake your mantra maker

Kula Shaker: Brit-pop with an Indian twist

Sex as a weapon

Kids and Love and Human Remains rattle us with apocalyptic sensuality

Ghosts in the machine

When the vinyl jukebox dies, so will a little piece of the music it played