Mudhoney

This Week's Top Show Announcements: Depeche Mode, Crystal Castles, Cyndi Lauper, The Jonas Brothers and More

Hell. Yes. I've always heard that Depeche Mode is a thrilling live band, and since they're touring with lo-fi electro duo Crystal Castles, that gives you one more reason to pee-pee in your electro-loving pants. I figured DM was sure to spring a tour announcement on us at some point, but I didn't thi ... More >>

Vinnie Kircher of Jaill On Driving To Denton And Not Puking

Milwaukee-based trio Jaill comes back to Dallas at Bryan Street Tavern this Friday, with the Coathangers and Sealion, in support of their latest album, Traps. We caught up with singer Vinnie Kircher last week while the band was in the middle of an eight-hour drive, and he shared plenty about the fi ... More >>

Trophy Wives' Tony Ash: "Fugazi Was Actually My First Show Ever"

Louisville, Kentucky four-piece Trophy Wives are giving DFW a treat this week. Not only are they playing Andy's Bar in Denton tonight with Bad Design, they're also playing Double Wide on Thursday with Nervous Curtains and Descender. They'll be previewing material from their album Old Scratch, so don ... More >>

Collect All 10: Some of Your Favorite Denton Musicians In Stat Form

They make our drinks, run our sound, teach our kids, ring us up for our takeout, serve our coffee and share bills with international rock stars. They are the face of the Denton music scene and the reason why our town gets written about. Here's a small sample of our many fine representatives and thei ... More >>

Dallas Distortion Music, Turning Common Ground Into Community Action

Bad Design's First Time, Plus the Premiere of Their New Video For "Stained Glass"

Remember when we said it was a busy week for Bad Design? Add the premiere of their new video for "Stained Glass," directed and shot by Christopher Bryan and starring Ally Hoffmann, both of Denton's Peopleodian. In this week's print edition, a shorter version of the My First Show Q&A appears due to ... More >>

Dallas Distortion Music Is In the Front Row

​Welcome to Local Music 'Mericans, where we get to know the people behind the scenes in Dallas/Fort Worth music. It blogs. It books cool local music shows. It's a must-follow Facebook and Twitter page. It promotes bands, free of charge. So what is Dallas Distortion Music, exactly? Essential ... More >>

Listomania: Ranking the 10 Best Seattle Grunge Bands of the '90s

​On December 31, 2009, when Chris Cornell tweeted that the "Knights of the Soundtable" would "ride again," fans assumed 2010 would become known as the year of Soundgarden, finding the '90s grunge legends reforming and regaining their once dominant form. Disappointingly, they were only half right; ... More >>

Justin Townes Earle Could Live up to his Legacy, but He's Not Promising Anything.

Early Man Play Metal The Old-Fashioned Way.

Bonus MP3 and Gig Alert: Check Out "Mouthbreather" by The Bled and Catch the Band at The Prophet Bar Tonight.

The Bled​Tuscon's metalcore heavyweights The Bled stop through town tonight for a gig at The Prophet Bar, and these guys incorporate just enough of the classic sludge/noise from the likes of Mudhoney and The Jesus Lizard to keep the indie folks interested.Also, seeing that our weather has taken a ... More >>

Staff Trax: Roadside Graves, Goo Goo Dolls, Jimi Hendrix, Little Dragon, Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin, Alice in Chains, Fan Death and Beth Orton

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 >>

Last Night: Fruit Bats, Death Vessel at The Loft

Fruit Bats, Death VesselThe LoftSeptember 1, 2009 Better than: Staying at home watching the Rangers sweep a double-header from the Blue Jays.   With temperatures hanging blissfully in the upper 70s, the deck of The Loft was certainly a nice place to spend a Tuesday evening. The view was ... More >>

Q&A: Candlebox Frontman Kevin Martin Is Still Miffed Over His Band's "Grunge Lite" Tag

Rarely has a band's hometown been held against it, but that's definitely the case with Candlebox. Forming in 1990 and hailing out of Seattle, Candlebox was compared, for better and worse, with bands that were a part of the then burgeoning grunge scene. With more in common with classic rock acts such ... More >>

Last Night: Mudhoney At The Granada Theater

Dirty Talk

Twenty years later, the godfathers of grunge in Mudhoney still remember their roots

Making the Cut

Cowtown's favorite psychedelic/garage combo hits its stride

Welcome

Sirs (Fat Cat)

These Bands Are Your Bands

Dan's Silverleaf hosts the ultimate tribute

The Cut*off

Saturday, October 14, at the Wreckroom

Electric Eel Shock

Tuesday, June 20, at Rubber Gloves

Mudhoney

Under a Billion Suns (Sub Pop)

Proficient Slackers

Fort Worth's The Cut*Off plow the fertile ground between part-time and professional

Mark Sandman and Morphine

Sandbox (Hi-N-Dry)

Detroit Champs

DKT/MC5 returns to remind us how jams are supposed to be kicked out

The Catheters

Sunday, June 13

Cult Classic

Enter the temple of Holly Golightly

What's Mine

Former Velocity girl Sarah Shannon strikes out on her own

Best Alternative Club

Trees

Band Aid

Ronald Reagan was president, Michael Jackson and Phil Collins ruled the charts, and a bunch of little rock bands were changing lives

Your Bruises

Death Cab for Cutie is just trying to stay healthy long enough to pay for a broken windshield

War in peace

Skip Spence recorded one brilliant album, then spent the next 30 years dying in obscurity. Now, a tribute album is giving him life again.

Nerves

More Oar: A Tribute to the Skip Spence Album

Various artists (Birdman Records)

My Adidas

Limp Bizkit are the new kings of rock. Why?

Killer rock stars

Sleater-Kinney are too good to admit to being rock's best, last hope

The accidental star

Elliott Smith on his new album, the Oscars, and why he needs a new favorite shirt

Centro-matic for the people

Will Johnson's new adventures in lo-fi

Sells like teen spirit

Hype! dreams and other bull about grunge, Seattle, and Sub Pop

Out There

He stole the soul

Afghan Whigs' Greg Dulli exposes his big Black heart

Love indie style

The new Caulk album signals make-or-break time for Aden Holt's One Ton label

Fight the power

Reprise Records president defends the rights of his artists against the Right and the wrong

Roadshows

Noise annoys

Compilation of "experimental music" skirts the line between art and nausea

Thanks for the mammaries

Sexploitation pioneer Russ Meyer revels in the permissiveness he helped create