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The 10 Weirdest Members of Congress

House of Cards' Netflix Bow is Just Another Way for Pop Culture to Pretend it Unnerves Us

It's been nice to watch TV--fresh off House of Cards's Netflix premier--deal with the same questions people have been addressing about music since Napster or iTunes or Spotify, depending on which iteration of the issue you remember best. Specifically: Now that Netflix can create programming based on ... More >>

Uproar Festival - Gexa Energy Pavilion - 9/16/12

Uproar Festival Gexa Energy Pavilion Sunday, September 16 See also: The tattooed fans of Uproar Festival "Buttrock: a term to identify a band trademarked with cheap, unoriginal song lyrics; the vocalist hiding his lack of vocal talent by producing a deep and 'raspy' voice (i.e. Nickelback, Creed) ... More >>

Soviet and The Longshots On Their First Shows: "There's Still Nasty Dreadlock Hair Tangled All Through The Pegs"

Usually, we only interview one band for this feature, but given the chance to interview members of Soviet and The Longshots, to hell with regulations. Both bands will open for Pujol tomorrow at Dada, certainly one of the better shows this week. John, what can you remember about the first Soviet sh ... More >>

Justin Young: "We Played This Place Called Club Nowhere in Fort Worth, That Was Opened By the Bouncer From the Apollo"

At some point in the near future, Justin Young might end up playing in every active band in Dallas. He recently filled with Menkena while also finding time to play with J. Charles and the Trainrobbers, Auxiliary Voice, Arm Tha Homeless and the beloved Hall & Oates cover band, The Rich Girls. Just a ... More >>

Rock of Ages Posits Tom Cruise as a Hair-Metal God and Hair-Metal as Something Un-Awful

This Weekend's Best Concerts: KXT's Summer Cut, Meltdown Music Festival, the Avett Brothers, Japanther and More

Summer Cut w/ The Flaming Lips, St. Vincent, Fitz & The Tantrums and moreFriday, June 1, at Gexa Energy PavilionHere we are, fully immersed in this year's summer festival season, and we're already peaking. It's going to be hard to outdo The Flaming Lips, St. Vincent, and everyone else KXT 91.7-F ... More >>

Allen Epley of The Life and Times Talks Barbecue and Setting His Amp to 12

Originally from Kansas City, Missouri, trio The Life and Times makes a wonderful racket while creating dense, sonically challenging compositions -- real rock songs hidden under waves of noise. Speaking from his home in Chicago and in anticipation of tonight's show at Dan's Silverleaf, frontman and ... More >>

[DARYL] Reunion at Sons of Hermann Hall, and This Weekend's Best Shows

Daryl at Sons of Hermann Hall​There are lots of big shows this weekend, and the one about which much ado has been made is the [DARYL] reunion at Sons of Hermann Hall tonight. Since the band broke up several years ago, members have continued playing around town in various other capacities. Tonight, ... More >>

3 Doors Down's Chris Henderson Saw 3 Doors Down Before He Was Even In The Band

3 Doors Down​Love 'em or hate 'em, 3 Doors Down have been around since the mid-'90s, with five albums in their canon. They're currently touring on last year's mega-selling Time of My Life, but you can still hear songs on the radio from their debut album. Led by vocalist (and the band's original dr ... More >>

News and Notes: [Daryl] Reunites, ZZ Top Gets Covered, Badu Gives Birth (Kinda) and More!

That two-year-old listening to KKDA-104.5 FM K104 in Dallas (local tie!) in the clip above is cooler than all of us. But we've got some cool news to share about some artists with local ties -- among them Erykah Badu, ZZ Top, Kelly Clarkson, [Daryl], Teenage Cool Kids and Big hud -- so that's a start ... More >>

Today In Music News: Brit Government Digs XX, People Want Weezer To Split And Weezy Goes To The Hole

Your daily dose of national music news for Thursday, October 7, 2010...Apparently even the British government digs xx. A new online campaign has been set up urging Weezer to split up.  That' a little harsh, no? They could've at least gone after Nickelback. Lil' Wayne was put in solitary conf ... More >>

Vampire Weekend Doesn't Suck.

Idol Rich: The NTX2 Prove Not So Inspirational

​It's a big week in Idol World. Tonight marks the almost annual star-studded Idol Gives Back charity episode, and, no matter how hard-hearted you are, you have to admit that the show is an emotional, feel-good, do-good piece of prime-time. Celebs of every level will grace the stage and screen with ... More >>

Weekend Roundup: Shinedown, Wilco

Shinedown, Palladium Ballroom, Sunday, Oct. 11Shinedown, the band Pete claims he can't pick out of a lineup, played at the Palladium last night. I'll admit it: I thought Shinedown's hit "Second Chance," otherwise known as that "Hailey's comet song the EDGE plays over and over again" was Nickelback's ... More >>

Live Nation Keeps The "No Service Fee Wednesday" Train Going With Deals Today On 4-Packs. Also, A Giveaway!

Just as it did last Wednesday and the Wednesday before that, national booking/concert promotions conglomerate Live Nation is back today with another "No Servive Fee Wednesday" promotion, this time removing all service fee charges on its 4-Pack ticket bundles, which allow ticket-buyers to save 17 pe ... More >>

Radio, Radio: Ayo Says Adios, While We Look at Just What Passes for "Quality Rock"

Two follow-ups in this particular radio round-up. First, I exchanged a few messages with Alan Ayo via Facebook, and the long and short of it is, he's not at all upset that Clear Channel gave him his walking papers yesterday. Writes the former midday host and music director at KDGE-FM:I'm feeling rat ... More >>

Weekend Roundup: Morrissey, Jonathan Tyler & The Northern Lights, Nickelback, Plain White T's, The Beach Boys and Damaged Good$

Morrissey @ Palladium, Friday, April 10 The Smiths, largely due to Morrissey's emotionally-fueled lyrics, are credited with bringing a fragile side to alt-rock in the early-'80s. But make no mistake, dude ain't afraid to make a statement! The Moz has been stirring controversy, causing feuds and ta ... More >>

This or That: 311? Or Just Another Crappy Local Band?

Welcome to This or That, the weekly segment here on DC9 where we stream an unmarked song and ask, simply enough, "Is this [POP BAND X] or just another crappy local band?" Why? Because we don't think you'll be able to tell the difference between the real thing and the crappy, cheap knockoff.Summery s ... More >>

Nickelback

Dark Horse (Road Runner)

Worst Lyrics of 2008

And now it's time for the "I love you like a fat kid loves cake" memorial Worst Lyrics of 2008, March Madness-style tournament, this year a terrifying mélange of appalling oral-sex requests, bargain-bin philosophies, grammatical atrocities, and cringe-inducing pillow talk. To elevate the drama, I p ... More >>

This or That: Nickelback? Or Just Another Crappy Local Band?

Welcome to This or That, a weekly segment here on DC9 where we stream an unmarked song and ask, simply enough, "Is this [POP BAND X] or just another crappy local band?" Why? Because we don't think you'll be able to tell the difference between the real thing and the crappier, cheaper knockoff.Since e ... More >>

Evil Ways

Santana smooths over Dallas

Getting to Know Edgefest Bands Via Haikus

Poetry about the acts on Edgefest 17's bill? It's music to our ears.

Last Night: Billy Joel at American Airlines Center

Paddywhack

This band can mash up its own singles

American Idiot

All caps and fist pumps

It's Snowing Crap

Dirty Talk

The Hidden Cameras play Polyphonic Spree-esque church rock, with a naughty twist

Roll Out the Barrel

This cowgirl has a need... a need for speed (but not too fast)

Modern Rock Spirits

Worst Concert Ever?

C'mon, it's Chicago and Huey Lewis

Texas Toe Jam

The days of great summer music festivals in Dallas are history. Aren't

Star Factory

At Septien Vocal Studio, anyone can make it in music. But you've got to be cute. And a million bucks would help too.

Carrie Underwood | Bo Bice

Some Hearts (Arista Nashville) | The Real Thing (RCA)

God Save the Scene

Plus: Smells Like Indie Spirit

Smells Like Indie Spirit

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

Chomsky

Let's Get to Second (Aezra)

Jibe, Space Cadet and Dana's Fast

February 28

Nickelback and Trapt

October 16

Various Artists

Music from the Motion Picture Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (Columbia/Sony Music Soundtrax)

Fallen Angels

Charlie's high-flying heroines kick ass, but not the sequel syndrome

3 Doors Down; 30 Seconds to Mars

December 5; December 7

Cat Scratch Fever

Plus: Good to The Bone, Eat Your Heart Out, Do the Perp Walk

Edgefest 11

June 1

Break Away

There's more to ...And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead than wrecking stages. No, seriously.

Crit & Shap

You wanted the worst--you got it!