New Order (Band)

The Coachella 2013 Awards

The brunette in the backward pink mesh trucker hat and booty shorts grabs a megaphone and addresses her fellow campers. "WECOME TO COOOOACHEELLLA." The congregation of twenty 20-somethings lustily applauds. It's Thursday night, a dozen hours before the festival officially begins, and the rules ar ... More >>

The Best of Coachella: Weekend One

Karen O's Outfit Karen O's wardrobe on Friday night was bad ass. The Yeah Yeah Yeah's front woman appeared on the main stage in a technicolor cape draped over a suit that looked like it was made of mercury. The vibrant collage was topped with a headpiece that Liberace might have worn had he ever bee ... More >>

One Thirty Productions' Greater Tuna Melts your Heart, Makes You Laugh

Jeff Ryan, Drummer for Sarah Jaffe, St. Vincent and Others, Releases a Solo Album This Week

You might not recognize Jeff Ryan's name, but you've probably heard his drumming on a number of acclaimed releases in the past few years. Playing on albums by Sarah Jaffe, St. Vincent, Pleasant Grove and Crushed Stars, he's also had time to do an ambient side project called Myopic. Myopic's second r ... More >>

Coachella Lineup 2013: Old Legends Going Solo and a Double Dose of Nick Cave

The 2013 Coachella Lineup is here! In case this is your only source of music information (what else could you possibly need, really?), the headliners are The Stone Roses, Blur, Phoenix and the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Why yes, we do live in a world where New Order gets out-billed by Phoenix. Check out ... More >>

At Night on New Order, and Why Music Sounds Better at Night

We caught up with the relatively new At Night, who opened for George Quartz a few weeks ago, and asked about their musical firsts. Who inspired you to pick up a musical instrument? Was it a parent, sibling or band? Jack Gallegos (vocals/guitar): For myself, I would have to say music was deeply em ... More >>

Ten Concerts We Can't Forget in 2012

Ten of the Best Concerts of 2012

There were too many great performances this year, in venues big and small, by acts local and national, to thoroughly cover within the confines of a blog post. This year's DOMA showcase (self-indulgence alert!) provided some transcendent local sets, we had a wealth of great festival acts to consider, ... More >>

The Five Best Concerts In DFW This Week, December 10-13

Bloc Party, The Burning Hotels Tuesday, December 11, at House of Blues, $30/$35 Bloc Party are coming to town after the release of their fourth full-length earlier this year, appropriately titled Four. The band reverts back to the guitar-centric sounds of its past, recreating the same feel as their ... More >>

The 10 Best Halloween Shows in DFW

Perhaps the pressure of planning your witty political costume have driven you to write off Halloween 2012 altogether. Don't throw in the towel just yet! There are plenty of great shows around DFW this weekend and on Halloween night that will put you in the festive spirit, even if you've opted for je ... More >>

New Order - Palladium Ballroom - 10/12/12

New Order, Ishi Palladium Ballroom Friday, October 12 The lead-up to Friday night's sold-out New Order show was dense with social media's critical musings, especially that this was not the real New Order, due to the absence of bassist Peter Hook. There were claims it would never be as good as the b ... More >>

Ten Fall Concerts You'd Be Crazy To Miss

Ten Movie Moments That Were Made By The Music

Last week saw the limited release of Paul Thomas Anderson's The Master, and the director is currently receiving the type of media love reserved for those who rarely misstep and whose work is hailed as classic the moment it's released. What's always interested me about Anderson is his ability to perf ... More >>

Ten of the Best Fall Concerts

See also: Six of the summer's best concerts With this recent open-window weather comes the pitter-patter of the fall concert season, tugging at our sleeve and asking us to pleeeaaase hold it. There's plenty to teethe on in Dallas over the next three or four months, including bigger festivals like ... More >>

Ten Awesome Show Announcements: Father John Misty, A$AP Rocky, New Order, Deerhoof and More

Father John MistyTuesday, October 16, at House Of BluesJosh Tillman's debut as Father John Misty, Fear Fun, is already penciled in many music critics' 2012 best-of lists. Reports about his May show at Sons of Hermann Hall were excellent. We can only expect this show to be just as solid.

New Order Announce Dallas Show on October 12

For the first time in seven years, New Order will tour the U.S., which will include a Dallas show on Friday, October 12, at the Palladium Ballroom. According to Rolling Stone, the Dallas show is one of only seven announced. No word yet on ticket information, other than the assumption that they will ... More >>

Farewell to Fallout Lounge

Marina was her name. She had a short, dark mod haircut, and knew how to bring out her blue eyes with layers of teal scarves. We were Myspace friends. Still are, I think. But I never knew what became of her. Last I heard, she went north to try her luck in New York. Some of the best times of my life h ... More >>

Starck Contrast

Another new documentary on the Starck Club revisits the storied Dallas nightclub of the '80s

Empty House? Perhaps It's Time To Chuck Pandora and Check Your Play List.

Flickr user Heather Clemons​Picture this. You've just sat down at one of Dallas' fine dining establishments. Your date looks stunning. The service is cordial. Wine is delivered. And then a sumptuous basket of bread. You use a butter knife to shave some beautifully salted butter and ... "Hey ... More >>

Over The Weekend: Ishi, The Burning Hotels and Air Review at Trees

Ishi, The Burning Hotels, Air ReviewTreesJune 24, 2011Better than: Twitter beef.Dylan HollingsworthThe former co-vocalists of Ishi.​In usual fashion, Dallas came out on Friday night to dance. It's just what's happened around these part for the past year and a half: When Ishi headlines Trees it has ... More >>

Insanity Plea: 40 Songs That Will Make You Feel Like You've Chugged Seven Red Bulls

More or less the amount of Red Bull consumed at DC9 HQ on a daily basis.​Do you guys like Red Bull? Because we here at DC9 really like Red Bull. We drink Red Bull all the time. Helps us keep up with the crazy hours of the gig. Red Bull, in our humble opinion, has always been "the best." Red Bull, ... More >>

Return to Return to the Starck Club

"Warriors Of The Discotheque" Trailer from simile productions on Vimeo.There is no pinned-down time line for The Official Release of Michael Cain's The Starck Project, his long-in-the-works look at Blake Woodall's opened-in-'84 dance-dance-danceteria on McKinney. "Let's say late 2011, early 2012," w ... More >>

DC9er Mixtape, Vol. 37: Hulon Pate

​Hulon Pate has a lot of love for house and techno tunes -- so much, in fact, that he spends most of his time on the look out for the next hot thing to drop at Absinthe Lounge, where he currently has a residency, Deep After Dark. Pate's has been DJing for nearly 20 years now, and considers himself ... More >>

Over The Weekend: Wild Nothing, Abe Vigoda and Soft Environmenal Collapse at Sons of Hermann Hall

Wild Nothing, Abe Vigoda, Soft Environmental CollapseSons of Hermann HallFebruary 5, 2011Better than: enduring another day cooped up at home and off work because of the icy weather. Abe Vigoda, the band.​There was very little between-song banter from any of the acts on Saturday night's bill at Son ... More >>

The Daily Fail: Tribute Bands

Tribute bands... ugh. From Jason Bonham's Zeppelin Experience to Peter Hook's, I guess, Joy Division Experience, the tribute band is a big sad ball of has-been. Or in Bonham's case, a never was.

Wine Me, Dine Me, 69 Me

Small Black, Class Actress, Sextape

Saturday, October 30, at The Cavern

DC9er Mixtape, Vol. 25: DJ Sean Michaels

Having grown up in the '80s, DJ Sean Michaels gives credit to the era for the his diverse taste in music, and he claims that much of his inspiration came from the time period as well."My music pallet is not just one type of music," he says. "Some of my favorite stuff was the '80s alternative stuff l ... More >>

Rock 'n' Taco Can't Quite Hit the Power Chords

​What do tacos, LED light installations, and douchebags wearing graphic T-shirst all have in common? They were all present Thursday night when we visited the latest addition to the taco joint trend, Rock 'n' Taco. Occupying the space that was once Rocco's Pizza, Rock 'n' Taco is the first res ... More >>

LCD Soundsystem

This Is Happening (DFA/Virgin)

Over The Weekend: Butthole Surfers, Peaches, MEN at The Granada Theater

Butthole Surfers, Peaches and MEN Granada TheaterOctober 30, 2009 Better than: Not too much--especially since it was my birthday. Butthole Surfers​ About this same time last year, the original conglomeration of the Butthole Surfers came to Dallas to perform for the first time in over a decade. ... More >>

Sarah Jaffe, Neon Indian Earn Rolling Stone Blog Mentions For ACL Performances

​OK, so, admittedly, we're a little behind on this note (been busy with our own coverage, sorry), but it still bears mentioning: Both Sarah Jaffe and Neon Indian found themselves earning positive reviews over the weekend as part of Rolling Stone's blog coverage of the Austin City Limits Music Fest ... More >>

Paul van Dyk Is On A Mission

New actors freshen up old fave, Greater Tuna; no bite in Kitchen Dog’s contest winner

Erasure

Other People's Songs (Mute)

Doves

The Last Broadcast (Capitol)

Kylie Minogue / Sophie Ellis-Bextor

Fever (Capitol) / Read My Lips (Polydor UK)

Best of the Best

This pretty much speaks for itself

Scene, Heard

Check out the, uh, interesting artwork on Lift to Experience's debut album

Parker right there

Out There

The Chemical Brothers
Moby

The music man

Lenny Waronker is a rock-biz legend, but is that enough to make DreamWorks Records a success?

Roadshows

Events for the week

He stole the soul

Afghan Whigs' Greg Dulli exposes his big Black heart

Fifteen nailsin the coffin

Or: Rock and roll isn't dead, it just doesn't smell bad

Mekons, you Rhett

A rock great lends his support to the Old 97's