Portishead

The xx Counts Rihanna and Gossip Girl Among their Fans, Much to Their Surprise

No one sounds as taken aback by the success of the xx than the band's guitarist, Romy Madley-Croft. Even though she helped co-found the band in 2005, Madley-Croft remains skeptical of her own playing, but somewhat reluctantly admits that her band is evolving for the better. Speaking from a tour sto ... 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 >>

Radiohead - American Airlines Center - 3/5/12

Radiohead American Airlines Center Monday, March 5 Around 9:30 last night, the sold-out American Airlines Center was singing along to the climactic roar of Radiohead's 2003 single "There There": We are accidents / waiting to happen Here's the question: Who is Radiohead? Are they rock music's mos ... More >>

How I Learned To Stop Worrying About the Vibrator in My Mailbox and Love Myself

Nancy Drew and the Mysterious Case of the Vibrating Mailbox​When a vibrator mysteriously ended up in my mailbox recently, I got scared. I checked my apartment for video cameras and recording devices. I asked friends if they were pulling a prank on me. Had I "accidentally" ordered one in the ea ... More >>

Dildos, Missed Connections and More: Deb's Tips for a Great Solo Valentine's Night

The myth of Saint Valentine marrying young kids in the face of Claudius' imminent draft are nothing if not romantic. Yet Valentine's Day just isn't a real holiday. It's as tedious to loathe it as to love it. Those bemoaning their lack of roses or boasting of their pre-fixe dinner reservations are eq ... More >>

Novaak Makes Something Out of Nothing

Staff Trax: Matt & Kim, Dutch, Jimmy Eat World, Uncle Tupelo, The Verve, John Cale,

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 ou ... More >>

Today In Music News: Courtney Love Adds To The Crazy, The RZA Has A New Movie And Portishead Set For New Album

Your daily dose of national music news for Thursday, July 1, 2010...Another day, another Courtney Love meltdown at a show...Is it just me or does it look like the RZA's new kung-fu flick look like it was shot on free weekends for $50... and really, really bad.Well, at least we won't have to wait 11 ... More >>

Dallas-based Techno Artist Convextion Gets Named To Fact Magazine 's Best Albums of the '00s List

​British-based Fact Magazine recently released it's best albums of the decade list (everyone's doing it!) and here's an interesting inclusion of note: Coming in at No. 21 on the taste-making mag's list is Dallas-based electro artist Gerard Hanson, who scores with the 2006, self-titled album he rel ... More >>

Today In Music News: Them Crooked Vultures To Hit Austin, Beak> Releases Debut and Your Sad Sack Mixtape

Your daily dose of national music news for Wednesday, September 2, 2009... Supergroup Them Crooked Vultures has announced a small US tour and an ACL Festival appearance. Catch 'em while you can... Portishead's mastermind, Geoff Barrows, is set to release an album with side project Beak>.&n ... More >>

Bosque Brown Gets Its Baby Pitchforked...

Annie GunnKeep your head up, Mara Lee Miller.Over on Pitchfork this morning, Bosque Brown finds itself getting reviewed and such. The good news? Unlike the band's friends in the Theater Fire, Mara Lee Miller and Co. didn't have to wait seven months to get the treatment.The bad? Well... it's a 4.6. A ... More >>

2008 Should've Been The New Year's Year

One thing you can't expect every new year? Another record from Dallas' own The New Year—which is just part of why The New Year is such a crowning achievement.

Funky Big J Rocks the Party

Siouxsie

Mantaray (Decca Records)

Living Large

We love it when you call us Big Poppa

Robert Plant and the Strange Sensation

Mighty Rearranger (Sanctuary)

Bleep Bloop

Days of Future Passed

Sky Captain zooms back to a tomorrow that never was

Only a Mountain

Pleasant Grove prepares for its next challenge: the rest of the country

Various artists

Rock Against Bush Vol. 1 (Fat Wreck Chords)

Tweaker

2 a.m. wake-up call (Artist Direct BMG)

Just Can't Get Enough?

The most exhaustive--and exhausting--Depeche Mode collection ever

Tricky

Vulnerable Brown (Punk/Sanctuary)

Scavenger Hunt

The best was hard to find, harder still to ignore

Beth Gibbons & Rustin Man

Out of Season (Go Beat)

Rex Hobart and the Misery Boys; the Black Heart Procession; Joseph Arthur

October 22-24

Paul Oakenfold

Bunkka (Maverick/Warner Bros.)

Nathaniel Merriweather Presents...

Lovage: Music to Make Love to Your Old Lady By (75 Ark)

106.1 KISSmas Jingle Ball

December 7

He Scores

Ennio Morricone has written great music for good, bad and ugly films

Press On

Remember the Factory Press? Calla and Mercova do

Out There

Broadcast

Cibo Matto

Live from New York?

Saturday Night Live and DreamWorks Records team up for two not-ready-for-prime-time compilations

Solex

Out There

Out Here

Out There

A real pain

Mo Wax founder James Lavelle tries to explain UNKLE, the sort-of band behind one of the year's most flamboyant albums

Steady breakin'

Jeff K and Kelly Reverb put the needle on the record and dance, dance, dance

Nuclear family

The Terror Couple try to launch a revolution from the 'burbs

Risky business

Seventeen years after its advent, sampling remains mired in legal and aesthetic controversy

The nutty professors

Has the science of Stereolab gone too cool for its own good?

Reef's herbal remedy

Another sign of the end of the Brit-pop invasion?

Out There

Roadshows

Who gives a Hootie?

Farewell to 1995, a year in music we'd rather forget

Out There

Reviews

Dour times

Portishead creates a sad poetic sound that separates dreams from reality