Neutral Milk Hotel

Jeff Mangum at the Majestic Theatre: The Recluse Plays a Perfect Show

Last night's Jeff Mangum show at the Majestic was really a very special event. After a pleasant, relaxing, warm bath of a set from The Tall Firs, Mangum shambled unassumingly onto the stage, clad in a hat that shaded his eyes from view and an impressive beard. From the first swish of a chord, herald ... More >>

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 >>

Jeff Mangum

Sunday, January 20, at The Majestic Theatre

Eight of This Week's Top Show Announcements: Jeff Mangum, Morrissey and More

Morrissey Monday, February 18, at Palladium Ballroom, $39.50 We were really looking forward to road-tripping to Wichita Falls to see Moz at the end of the month, but since some of his U.S. tour dates were postponed, we'll just have to throw roses at him in Dallas. Tickets go on sale this Friday at 1 ... More >>

Your Comprehensive Guide to Band Names as Food

Using the Schrodinger equation, in conjunction with a quantum harmonic oscillator to efficiently fuse two non-sentient objects together, we here at DC9 at Night have created a  giant-ass list. Please be cautious when reading, as prolonged exposure can lead to headaches, extreme diaphragm tensio ... More >>

35 Denton Releases Second Round of Bands, Including the Raincoats

​ North Texas music festival 35 Denton, which takes place March 8-11, may be young in age, but its lineup is far from novice. The fest announced today it will bring British post-punk rockers The Raincoats to Texas for the first since the band's inception in 1977. The female four-piece from Lo ... More >>

All-Time Top Five: The Devil Makes Three's Favorite Albums

It's not inconceivable to figure that curious folks of the next few decades will look into the music and movements that surged just beneath the surface of the glossy mainstream in this millennium's first decade. Those would-be students of music history won't have to dig through too many virtual copi ... More >>

Avi Buffalo

Friday, August 5, at Dada

Giveaway: Five Pairs of Tickets to Tonight's Elephant 6 Holiday Surprise Show at The Loft

​There's been a lot of talk about the upcoming Elephant 6 Holiday Surprise Show that's going on at The Loft tonight -- and most of it is about the possibility of Neutral Milk Hotel's Jeff Magnum showing up and adding to the "surprise" factor, a rumor that's persisted in light of his appearance at ... More >>

Tonight, Tonight: Elephant Six Holiday Extravaganza at The Loft, Ice Cube at House of Blues, Eisley at Good Records and Kevin So at Poor David's Pub

A very eclectic Tuesday evening of music is on hand tonight -- one that features some serious old-school rap and an all-star band nearly too big for its venue, along with a local favorite playing a free show and a quality Nashville songwriter stopping by for the night.

Elephant Six Holiday Surprise Tour

Tuesday, March 1, at The Loft

Show Announcements: Elephant 6 Holiday Extravaganza Tour 2011, Flogging Molly, STYX, Mini Mansions, My Chemical Romance, Kool Keith, Smith Westerns, Yann Teirsen & more

Christmas in March. Thanks Elephant 6!​Over the weekend, at a loft venue in Brooklyn called The Schoolhouse, Jeff Mangum, the man behind the Elephant 6 record label and the band Neutral Milk Hotel, performed a rare surprise set for about 75 onlookers. At the performance, which can be heard over at ... More >>

Giveaway: Two Pairs of Tickets To Tonight's Wolf Parade Show at the Granada Theater

In this week's paper, Hannah Levin lays down some serious praise to Wolf Parade, placing the band's 2005 release, Apologies to the Queen Mary, in the esteemed company of Neutral Milk Hotel's 1998 opus, In the Aeroplane Over the Sea, exclaiming that Wolf Parade's work is likely as close as we'll ever ... More >>

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

Bonus MP3: Sherri Dupree (of Eisley) -- "Two-Headed Boy, Pt. 2 (Neutral Milk Hotel Cover)"

Sherri Dupree Bemis​For whatever reason, we've been thinking a lot about Eisley lately--maybe it's the whole all of them being married thing, dunno. More likely, we're just getting antsy waiting around for new material, which, hey, this post from family band's patriarch, Boyd Dupree, says is still ... More >>

Good Friday: RTB2, Fair to Midland, Robert Gomez, Guy Forsyth, The Bravery, Green River Ordinance and Spindrift.

​First off: Let's all say a prayer for Bret Michaels.Now let's take a gander at what's in store for this weekend. First, the shows we've already discussed.Saturday sees our poster-winning show from The Slider Pines, Kirby Brown and Glen Farris coming to life at the Double Wide. But, for the most p ... More >>

Giveaway: Two Pairs of Tickets to Tomorrow Night's Rural Alberta Advantage Show at The Cavern

In this week's paper, Annie Zaleski extols the virtues of the Toronto-based Rural Alberta Advantage, comparing the three-piece to everyone from Yo La Tengo to The Mountain Goats and Arcade Fire to Neutral Milk Hotel. Heady company indeed. Continues my esteemed colleague from St. Louis:As might be e ... More >>

The Rural Alberta Advantage

Saturday, December 12, at The Cavern

Circulatory System

Signal Morning (Cloud Recordings)

Apples In Stereo

#1 Hits Explosion (Yep Roc)

Stardom Was Never Los Campesinos!’s Intent. But, Hey, You Take It When You Can Get It.

Major Changes In Store For PlayRadioPlay?

Maybe you're like me (God help you). Maybe you heard  some of PlayRadioPlay's stuff in the past and thought, "Hey, this is interesting stuff, especially condsidering it's coming from some kid from Aledo. If only he turned down some of that vocoder..." Well, over on his Myspace page, a ... More >>

Loney Dear, Matthew and the Arrogant Sea, Sunnybrook

Wednesday, February 11, at Hailey's, Denton

Jesus Christ! This Year's Nine Worthwhile Christmas Discs

Gig Alert: Check Out Sleeping in the Aviary at Rubber Gloves Tonight

Yes, the weather outside is indeed frightful but, if you're done shopping, I can't think of anything better than heading to Denton and catching Sleeping in the Aviary tonight. The Madison band's core of Elliott Kozel (guitar/vocals), Michael Sienkowski (drums) and Phil Mahlstadt (bass), recently add ... More >>

Dallas' Best Music

Five loyal local music writers pick favorites

Beirut

The Flying Club Cup (Ba Da Bing Records)

Ladybug Transistor

Can't Wait Another Day (Merge)

Guitar Wizards

Harry and the Potters are here to school you

A Hawk and a Hacksaw

Saturday, January 13, at Rubber Gloves, Denton

A Hawk and a Hacksaw

The Way the Wind Blows

'70s Glam-Disco Party

Of Montreal proves there's life, funk and creativity after Elephant 6

Pernice Brothers, Phosphorescent, The Cloud Room

Saturday, September 10, at Dan's Silverleaf

Smells Like Indie Spirit

Music that made the world safe for the word "alternative" again.

Apollo Sunshine

March 27

The Misfits

The fantastic, the majestic...the Decemberists

The Impossible Shapes

February 9

Around Hear

The best in local music

The Decemberists

Her Majesty the Decemberists (Kill Rock Stars)

Mr. Misunderstood

If you stumble across Fishboy's third album, consider yourself lucky

Bright Eyes

April 16

My Morning Jacket, John Vanderslice

March 15

The Microphones

It Was Hot, We Stayed in the Water (K Records)

Scene, heard

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

Art for God's sake

For local artist James Michael Starr, God is in the details

Dream weaver

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

Macha men

More than a decade after fronting one of Dallas' first new-wave bands, Joshua and Mischo McKay go out of this world

More Top 10 lists, sort of

Listen up

1998 was not a very good year, but it's still worth the bother

Emotional rescue

There's paradise found and innocence regained in the music of Neutral Milk Hotel