Phil Collins

The Fifteen Worst Make Out Records Ever

It's a classic Valentine's Day dilema -- you've planned ahead, made the sweeping gestures, made eyes across a white tablecloth and now you're ready to express yourself with some good old fashioned parts-rubbing. Whatever you do, don't play any of these records.

Beat Connection on the Spice Girls, Raffi and Heartbreak

Seattle's Beat Connection pay Dallas a visit tonight on the heels of their 12-song debut, The Palace Garden. We talked with members Reed Juenger and Jarred Katz a few weeks ago about the first time they bought a CD, the first time they toured, and what they expect from their first show in Dallas. W ... More >>

10 Top Acts With Dual Drummers

Tonight, The Melvins will perform at Trees. While perusing the Internet in search of photos, I realized the band has two drummers. I thought about how pointless and excessive it is to actually employ two drummers to support a band, but then I considered how powerful the result can be. Two drummers s ... More >>

The Top Ten All Time Best Replacement Lead Singers in Rock and Roll

The Misfits' Michale Graves​Nothing pisses rock fans off worse than the lead singer of their favorite band being replaced. This happens across genres, but it's most common within hard rock -- pop, country and R&B vocalists' departures are usually a precursor to their solo efforts; very rarely ... More >>

For Bastrop: 10 Songs About Putting Out Fires

​The wildfires raging through the greater Austin area have everyone on edge. The Forest Service has stated that they're taxed to the limit, Rick Perry briefly abandoned his presidential run to focus on the blaze and the smoke is causing breathing problems as far north as Waxahachie. Meanwhil ... More >>

Ten Songs That Will Maybe, Hopefully, Possibly Help Us Get A Little Rain in North Texas, Please.

​According to the National Weather Service, Tropical Storm Don is headed for Texas. Although this forecast sounds like something to be happy about -- Dallas could use some much-needed rain from Don's periphery -- CBS is reporting that North Texas will most likely see no effects from the storm, ... More >>

Mom's Greatest Hits: Ten Songs Mom Jammed While Driving

​With Mother's Day almost upon us, we can't help but look back on the days when mom schlepped us kids around in the station wagon, minivan or what-have-you. While we were in the backseat losing french fries in the seat creases, getting chewing gum stuck to the back of mom's headrest and picking on ... More >>

At 16, Ben Gold Was A Video Arcade Legend. But Only Now, 27 Years Later, Is He Being Recognized For It.

Game Boy

Today In Music News: Will Smith Gets Down With The Roc, Klingon Opera Comes To Earth And Phil Collins Need Help

Your daily dose of national music news for Monday, September 13, 2010...Jay-Z is helping out Will Smith and Jada Pinkett-Smith as they seek total entertainment domination. Is the world ready for a Klingon opera?Phil Collins revealed he has to tape his drumsticks into his hands to be able to actually ... More >>

Staff Trax: Kris Kristofferson, The National, David Garza, Fear and Phil Collins

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 >>

S-S-Seriously, Phil Collins Is Coming to Hall of State at Fair Park Next Month to Talk Alamo

Bill Chemerka, co-author of Music of the Alamo: From 19th Century Ballads to Big-Screen Soundtracks, with Phil Collins​Not making that up -- the press release that just landed in the Unfair Park in-box follows. But long story short: The Genesis singer-drummer is a ginormous Alamo fetishist -- so m ... More >>

Staff Trax: Bonjay, Tommy Keene, The Helio Sequence, Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti, Derek and The Dominoes

May TruongBonjay​Bonjay -- "Gimmee Gimmee"I was fortunate enough to catch these guys, completely at random, this past week at SXSW--and they impressed the heck out of me with their high-energy performance, and an eclectic, beat-heavy, R&B-tinged sound. Bonjay, which calls Toronto home, release ... More >>

Alan Palomo Scores With Neon Indian's Hazy Sounds

The W. Stands For Wicked

Flashback Friday: Genesis's Moody Blues

​I have some hazy memory of my slightly older cousin going to SMU in March 1977 to see Genesis, then touring behind A Trick Of The Tail, the band's first album with Phil Collins as lead singer. My cousin -- who, earlier today, threatened a libel suit if I printed his name -- also has a vague recol ... More >>

Echoes and Reverberations: When 'The Summer of Love' Meant Sex In a Club

"Are you one of the beautiful people? Is my name on the list? I want to be with the beautiful people... I wanna feel like I'm missed..." Eels - "Guest List" I went to high school with a kid named Greg Holman. His father was a painter named George, who lived in the old Expo Park space that l ... More >>

How To Put Together A Valentine's Day Mixtape

Back In Time

The Meyerson hosts Huey Lewis

Louder Than Karaoke

No, not that Phil Collins

Almost Famous

It's never been easier to start your own (fake) band.

Metrosexual Cowboy

Keith Urban plays the AAC

Brightblack Morning Light

Tuesday, April 17, at Hailey's, Denton

Undercover of the Night

Violent shoot-outs and dangerous love in Mann's visceral cop-series update

The Beatdown

Chase and Status leave their mark--not their tags--on the global DNB scene

Lost Generation Concert Series

Big Not-Easy

Thought the RIAA was bad when they sued downloaders? You ain't heard nothin'.

Trick or Dog Treat

Stop the Presses

Martin Frost is a Democrat?

Julia Fordham

Friday, August 20

Twist at the End

Sometimes the worst movies have the best soundtracks

Anatomy Lesson

At Kitchen Dog, Hedwig proves size does matter; Flower Drum Song sounds lovely at Fair Park

Harlem Nights

Single sisters shouldn't settle?

Adam and the Ants

Antbox (Columbia Records, UK)

Scene, Heard

Another drummer steps to the mike

The men who would be queens

Animated buddy film gets Road hard and put up wet

Billy Joel

Vine art

Disney's Tarzan still swings, but he's a bit too tame

Out Here

Small apologies

Eddie Van Halen doesn't really care if you like the "new" Van Halen

Roadshows

King of the mild frontier

Adam Ant's back, so unplug the jukebox and do us all a favor