Steely Dan

Backstreet Boys, Steely Dan, Cold War Kids and More Top Show Announcements

You know, this seldom happens, but I can say without a doubt that I have every single one of these artists in my iPod. Maybe I'll make it into a playlist. This'd be a good playlist, right? Either way, here are your top show announcements this week, and if you're like me, you're flabbergasted by th ... More >>

How a Sports Talk Station May Also Be the Best For Music Fans: A Report From Ticketstock

There is one radio station in DFW that takes the time to play an interesting mix of music every day. This same station also takes the opportunity to discuss and explore music in ways that all the other stations are sorely lacking. The thing is, this station just so happens to be the area's number on ... More >>

San Francisco's The Mother Hips Shake Their iPods For Us

For over 20 years, the Mother Hips have expertly offered a soulful, psychedelic sound that just seems to flow in the Northern Californian waters. Although it's been a while since the band's last album, the groove-tastic Pacific Central Dust, was released in 2009, word has it that a new album is nigh ... More >>

Your Comprehensive Guide to Band Names as Food

Using the Schrodinger equation, in conjunction with a quantum harmonic oscillator to efficiently fuse two non-sentient objects together, we here at DC9 at Night have created a  giant-ass list. Please be cautious when reading, as prolonged exposure can lead to headaches, extreme diaphragm tensio ... More >>

Of Course Our Dream Edgefest Lineup Includes Ol' Dirty Bastard and Steely Dan

With the 22nd annual Edgefest approaching this Sunday, we started to get a little cultural vertigo looking at the lineup: Garbage, Cake, Evanescence? The Black Keys are the big draw, sure, but it brought us back into that late '90s vortex, where the pants were wide and pop music was at its cavity-ti ... More >>

The Best of SXSW Music: Wednesday 3/14/2012

​If you're familiar with chaos theory, which in its basic form is the attempt to find patterns in the random acts of shit on Earth, then you may understand the difficulty that comes with describing a full day at SXSW. To break down the bright, scintillating chaos, Village Voice Media's roving musi ... More >>

Producer Alex Gerst Talks Tandy, Slow Roosevelt and the Cyclical Health of Dallas Music

​Welcome to Local Music 'Mericans, where we get to know the people behind the scenes in Dallas/Fort Worth music. Alex Gerst has been mixing some of the best (and most historic) Dallas rock for well over a decade now. On Fair To Midland's latest LP, Arrows and Anchors, you can hear his contri ... More >>

Bass Great Chuck Rainey, the Soul of Steely Dan, Is Recovering in Bedford Following a Stroke

​An old friend who knows of my lifelong love affair with Steely Dan sends this note I somehow managed to miss: Chuck Rainey, the band's more-or-less bassist from Pretzel Logic in '74 to Gaucho six years later, suffered a stroke Friday night. Susan Rainey, the second Mrs., writes on the official we ... More >>

Girl Talk Cancels July WinStar Casino Gig. Tonight's Granada Show Is Still On, Though.

Womp, womp.​Picked up your fresh-off-the-presses print issue of this week's Observer yet? No? Well, go do so right now. We'll wait.Got it? Good! Now, flip the issue open. Not far, just right there after the cover. Yeah, page 3. There, you'll notice -- it's tough not to -- a massive, full-page, col ... More >>

DC9er Mixtape, Vol. 40: LehtMoJoe

​Like most babies from the '80s who grew up with an ear for music, Vincent Sliva dedicated hours of his youth to recording his favorite songs off the radio onto cassette tapes. But rather than just playing them back on his boombox, he tried to sync the songs up with other songs on the b-side ... More >>

Food Fight, or: Beginning Your Friday With a Chance to Get Iron Fork-ed For Free

​While awaiting several calls back about items forthcoming, allow me to dispense with these four VIP ducets to Wednesday's Iron Fork event at the Fashion Industry Gallery, where chefs John Tesar and Scott Romano will square off whilst attendees dine on samplings from the likes of Il Cane Rosso and ... More >>

Shinsei's Jason Czaja: Should We Worry About a Chef Whose Fave Movie is Soylent Green?

Dana DriensleyShinsei executive chef Jason Czaja​On Wednesday, we gave you the goods on Jason Czaja, executive chef at Shinsei. Today, we asked Czaja to finish a few sentences for us. Tomorrow, he shares one of his recipes. I was raised in...Born on the Indiana side of Chicago. Mom, Dad, litt ... More >>

Unexpected Influences: DJ Sober May Be Known For Hip-Hop, But He Loves Him Some Annie Lennox and They Might Be Giants, Too.

Welcome to a Unexpected Influences, where we talk to musicians about the music no one expects them to like. Kelsey FosterDJ Sober​In a city as chock full of DJ talent as Dallas is, there still has yet to emerge any real rock star. And yet, if there were such a figure whose longevity and skill war ... More >>

Pedestrian Playlist: What Does Cowboys Stadium Architect Ralph Hawkins Listen To?

Welcome to a new recurring feature here on DC9 where we talk to people of interest in the metroplex about their taste in music, including likes, dislikes, and guilty pleasures. We're calling it Pedestrian Playlist -- because, hey, everyone listens to music. A dude wearing a tie like that is bound to ... More >>

Maybe The Eagles Aren't So Bad, Actually.

The Feds' Local Tax Busts Best-Of: The Chart-Topping Hits From 2009

​There's magic in these hits hot off the charts, all charged with original star power -- pure power! New, from K-Tel and the U.S. Attorney's Office, this hit parade of local tax preparers, investment advisers and other no-filing nogoodniks currently serving five to Top 10! The original hits of '09 ... More >>

Spoon

Transference (Merge)

John Vanderslice

Romanian Names (Dead Oceans)

To the Streets, Huh?

McDonald gets soulful at the Meyerson

Major Dudes

See the other Walter and Donny at Nokia

Steely Dan

Thursday, August 21, at Nokia Theatre, Grand Prairie

Parade Of Flesh, CEX And Ecstatic Sunshine Try To ‘Peg’ Kettle Date

Garbled

Hear the song (but not the lyrics) of Michael McDonald

"O, Dallas, you shine with an evil light."

Fagen It

Naked Lunch reels in the years

Black Friday (Alternate Head: Pretzel Logic)

Luke Wilson Talks Ass

Countdown to Ecstacy

The Dan and McDonald hit Nokia

This Week's Day-By-Day Picks

Drain You

An often exasperating boxed set offers the final word on Nirvana's legacy

It Only Takes 15 Questions to Rock

An interview with Chomsky

Look No Further

In 2003, the best was hard to find but easy to hear

Hammer of the Gods

With a handful of artists, "classic rock" is not a pejorative

Action, Jackson

Joe Jackson got the band back together, after saying it would never happen

Cover Me

The wave of local tribute bands isn't receding any time soon

Ivy

Guestroom (Minty Fresh)

Karate; Black Dice; k.

October 31; November 1; November 4

Aden

Topsiders (Teenbeat)

Almost Almost Famous

Olospo hits the road to Wu the Midwest

Spinning Webs

The Top 10 Things I Downloaded in 2001 That Weren't Applications Made to Download Things That Aren't Applications

The Dismemberment Plan

Change (DeSoto)

Just Beautiful

A year so good, not even Sleater-Kinney makes the Top 10

The Content Partners

Any major dude will tell you a Steely Dan story is not to be trusted

One more time

With his new book and live CD, Joe Jackson fans can finally get what they want

Out There

AC/DC , Steely Dan

Man with the Plan

The Dismemberment Plan's Travis Morrison talks about major labels, modern R&B, and...Steely Dan?

Out Here

The Limes

Joe Henry

Glory and injustice

Is bass legend Chuck Rainey falling through the cracks?

Proud papa

A first album is born, among other things