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Portishead

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    May 7, 2012

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    March 6, 2012

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    February 23, 2012

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    February 14, 2012

    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 >>

  • Music

    April 21, 2011

    Novaak Makes Something Out of Nothing

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    September 29, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    July 1, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    January 8, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    September 2, 2009

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    April 1, 2009

    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 >>

  • Music

    January 1, 2009

    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.

  • Music

    October 25, 2007

    Funky Big J Rocks the Party

    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.

  • Music

    October 11, 2007

    Siouxsie

    Mantaray (Decca Records)

  • Music

    August 30, 2007

    Living Large

    We love it when you call us Big Poppa

  • Music

    May 19, 2005

    Robert Plant and the Strange Sensation

    Mighty Rearranger (Sanctuary)

  • Calendar

    April 28, 2005

    Bleep Bloop

    Mighty Rearranger (Sanctuary)

  • Film

    September 16, 2004

    Days of Future Passed

    Sky Captain zooms back to a tomorrow that never was

  • Music

    May 6, 2004

    Only a Mountain

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

  • Music

    April 29, 2004

    Various artists

    Rock Against Bush Vol. 1 (Fat Wreck Chords)

  • Music

    April 22, 2004

    Tweaker

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

  • Music

    April 22, 2004

    Just Can't Get Enough?

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

  • Music

    July 17, 2003

    Tricky

    Vulnerable Brown (Punk/Sanctuary)

  • Music

    January 2, 2003

    Scavenger Hunt

    The best was hard to find, harder still to ignore

  • Music

    November 21, 2002

    Beth Gibbons & Rustin Man

    Out of Season (Go Beat)

  • Music

    October 17, 2002
  • Music

    June 13, 2002

    Paul Oakenfold

    Bunkka (Maverick/Warner Bros.)

  • Music

    December 27, 2001

    Nathaniel Merriweather Presents...

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

  • Music

    December 6, 2001
  • Culture

    March 29, 2001

    He Scores

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

  • Music

    March 8, 2001

    Press On

    Remember the Factory Press? Calla and Mercova do

  • Music

    April 6, 2000

    Out There

    Broadcast

  • Music

    October 28, 1999

    Cibo Matto

    Broadcast

  • Music

    September 30, 1999

    Live from New York?

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

  • Music

    September 23, 1999

    Solex

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

  • Music

    March 4, 1999

    Out There

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

  • Music

    March 4, 1999

    Out Here

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

  • Music

    December 10, 1998

    Out There

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

  • Music

    October 8, 1998

    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

  • Music

    October 1, 1998

    Steady breakin'

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

  • Music

    July 30, 1998

    Fair game

    Feminism posing as trend, profit masquerading as activism, and a bunch of really bad songs: Why Lilith Fair isn't so fair at all

  • Music

    May 21, 1998

    Nuclear family

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

  • Music

    April 30, 1998

    Risky business

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

  • Music

    November 6, 1997

    The nutty professors

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

  • Music

    August 21, 1997

    Reef's herbal remedy

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

  • Music

    June 12, 1997

    Out There

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

  • Music

    February 22, 1996

    Roadshows

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

  • Music

    December 28, 1995

    Who gives a Hootie?

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

  • Music

    October 26, 1995

    Out There

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

  • Music

    April 20, 1995

    Reviews

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

  • Music

    April 6, 1995

    Dour times

    Portishead creates a sad poetic sound that separates dreams from reality

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