Queens of the Stone Age

Austin City Limit's 2013 Lineup

Austin City Limits' lineup for 2013 was just announced: Headliners include Depeche Mode, The Cure, Muse, Kings of Leon and noted teenage-girl-advice-givers Atoms for Peace. Tickets go on sale May 7 -- early bird passes are sold out but VIP is available if you just can't wait. See also: -50 Don't ... More >>

David Bowie Tops the Dallas Independent Record Store Charts

This is not your everyday Billboard chart. Each week, we'll tell you which bands are selling in the fine record shops in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex, where we consumers of music have impeccable taste. Consensus arose at Good Records and CD Source as David Bowie takes the lead in top selling alb ... More >>

Spillover 2013: Sand, Sound and Finding Peace in Metal Shows

You did St. Patrick's day. Now you feel rough. If only, you think to yourself, there was some sort of beach where I could relax with a cheap cocktail on the sand and maybe listen to some music. But you're in Dallas, and you're at least five hours drive from the nearest beach. Ain't nobody got time ... More >>

Ten Bells Tavern Is Open in Oak Cliff

Ten Bells Tavern opened this past week at 232 W. 7th S., just across the street from another new bar, The Oak Cliff Social Club. Ten Bells Tavern is a casual, low-key spot with potentially two personalities. Inside is a hideaway dive inside, while outside, where big picnic tables are scattered aroun ... More >>

A Lull, Deleted Scenes and Botany Throw Tempo Tantrums at Dan's Silverleaf

A Lull, Deleted Scenes, Botany Dan's Silverleaf Tuesday, January 31 Chicago five-piece A Lull took the Dan's stage at 11:30 p.m. with two drummers in tow, in front of roughly 20 people. Raucous, tribal beats rolled along for a majority of the set and, propelled by these rhythms, the high-pitched, r ... More >>

Cheer on the Concept: Hull Bassist Sean Dunn's Five Favorite Metal Concept Albums

Hull.​Metal has long been a canvas for the otherworldly. When the paper version of DC9 spoke to The Sword's lead man, J.D. Cronise, back in February, his answer to why metal is such fertile soil for the magical and mystical was rather matter of fact. "The music itself is just kind of extreme ... More >>

25 Years In, The Dwarves Keep Growing

Thumbs Up for Fair to Midland's "Musical Chairs" Music Video, Free "Amarillo" Download

He likes it! Hey, Darroh!​ If you sat around yesterday waiting for Arrows and Anchors, the new Fair to Midland album, to go on sale, you no doubt ended up disappointed. The three-years-in-the-making album from the area progressive metal act has seen release was pushed back once more, this time to ... More >>

SXSW Meets Its Odd Future

The Best Performer of All at This Year's SXSW? Seryn, If You Ask Paste.

Seryn​ Regrettably, we didn't make it out to Paste's Thursday day party featuring North Texas' own Sarah Jaffe and Seryn (fellow North Texans Eisley played the magazine's Wednesday party), and, to hear Paste tell it, boy, did we miss out: The venerable and regrettably now online-only music rag cla ... More >>

SXSW 2011 Buzz Power Rankings: Kanye West Stays On Top, But His Lead Is Shrinking...

Everybody knows he's a motherfucking monster.​Thursday at SXSW 2011 has come and gone -- but Kanye remains solidly in his spot atop our buzz power rankings, as determined by chatter we're hearing on the street. His lead is shrinking, though -- Odd Future is hot on his tail, proving once again that ... More >>

SXSW 2011 Buzz Power Rankings: Kanye Is On Top For Now... And Pretty Easily, Too.

You can do it, put your stinger into it.​South by Southwest is a static thing -- both in theory and in practice. It's a chance for bands to fans to see the established acts they've been wanting to see and for new, up-and-coming acts to try and make names for themselves. And that latter part very m ... More >>

Tonight, Tonight: Lady Gaga at the AAC, The Small Ponds at Dan's, The Lonely Forest at Dada, Muffalo at The Double Wide, Babar at Rubber Gloves and Milktooth at La Grange

Eek! It's time for SXSW spillover, the yearly event in which the hoards of bands heading to Austin collect a little gas money by playing our fair area. But I'm not one to complain: Good music is good music, no matter where or when it's played.

Tonight, Tonight: Blind Guardian at Trees, Jay Brannan at The Loft and Mini Mansions at The Cavern

Tuesday evening brings a couple of decent triple-bills and a tandem of sensitive singer-songwriters to our area for your musical enjoyment. Which is as good an excuse as any to leave the house tonight.

Fair to Midland Signs New Record Deal, Announces Plans For Spring 2011 Full-Length

Fair to Midland​ After a fairly crazy couple of years (and one gnarly van crash) since the 2007 release of their breakthrough, Fables From a Mayfly: What I Tell You Three Times Is True, Sulphur Springs' Fair to Midland has finally announced details about its upcoming fourth full-length release -- ... More >>

Staff Trax: Beat Connection, Spinnerette, The Mavericks, Coheed & Cambria, Killing Joke

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 >>

Good Friday: The Slack, This Old House, Spooky Folk, Hendrick, Big Red Rooster, Telegraph Canyon, Menkena, Ishi, The Orbans, Gary Allan, Mike Doughty, Days of the New and Nick Oliveri

It's Friday night and the weekend's here, which means it's time to unwind, et al. Got plans? Nah? We've got your hookup right here. First up, as always, the shows we've already discussed. Kind of a slow weekend, though: A bunch of the bigger shows we've talked up are coming after the weekend. As of ... More >>

Mr. Gnome is Tough to Describe -Just the Way the Band Likes It

Gig Alerts: The Craziest Monday Night We've Seen Around Here In Some Time...

​In an odd quirk of scheduling, four major national acts bless our area's venues, offering up an incredibly hectic start to the music week begins this evening. Besides Sunny Day Real Estate at the Granada, Rob Thomas at Nokia and Artic Monkeys at the Palladium, you can also catch Jack W ... More >>

ACL '09: Them Crooked Vultures Offer Riff After Riff After Riff After Riff...

​(Check out our final ACL wrap-up slideshow on Monday for photos of this and other acts from ACL) The crowds may not have been all that familiar with the catalog of Them Crooked Vultures, the supergroup comprising of Dave Grohl (Nirvana, Foo Fighters, others), Josh Homme (Queens of the Stone ... More >>

Arctic Monkeys, The Like

Monday, October 5,at the Palladium Ballroom

Weekend Roundup: Franz Ferdinand, The Kills, Lamb of God, The Secret Handshake and Zounds Sounds

Franz Ferdinand at House of Blues, Friday, April 24The popularity of these Scottish rockers exploded after the success of their 2004 self-titled debut album (which sold 3.6 million copies worldwide). And, I mean, their first single "Take Me Out" didn't do too badly either! Did you know that band's n ... More >>

Eagles of Death Metal, Klopek, Austin Brown Sounds, The Couture

Friday, December 12, at The Door Dallas

To Kill a Sunrise

Who would win in a fight: The Eagles or The Eagles of Death Metal? Let's go to the tape!

Handicapping the Grammys with a Foo Fighter

Suck Suck Suck

Our guide to naming your band

Review: Max Cady CD Release at Double Wide

Drag Queens

Josh Homme and Co. glam it up

Queens of the Stone Age

Era Vulgaris (Interscope)

Bush-whacker

Peaches gets serious

Wolfmother

All Things Sexy

Eagles of Death Metal take their music as seriously as their universal 'stache

In-Store Station

We reflect on six years of great, free concerts at the little record store that could

The Dwarves

Thursday, November 3, at Galaxy Club

Queens of the Stone Age

Lullabies to Paralyze (Interscope)

Odds & Ends

Chomsky on Queer Eye; two local benefit concerts; Dallas Guitar Show returns

Queens of the Stone Age, Throw Rag

Wednesday, March 16, at the Gypsy Ballroom

Eagles of Death Metal

Peace Love Death Metal (Ant Acid Audio)

Lollapalooza

August 8

Blue Note

It's a smash hit

All His Life

Foo Fighters' Dave Grohl is always between rock and a hard place

Bottle the Spin

The "40 best artists making music right now?" Nah.

2003 SnoCore Tour

February 15

A List of Lists

Counting down 2002

The Anniversary, The Burning Brides, Lo-Hi

November 5

Foo Fighters

One by One (RCA)

Queens of the Stone Age, ...And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead

September 29

Listen Up

Who says 2000 was a bad year for music?

Dude, You Rock

Queens of the Stone Age have the feel-good hit of the summer