Sweden

Muse at American Airlines Center: Review and Photos

The tech crew is rushing around to get things started. Some of them are on the floor, frantically trying to get the fog machines going, and others are hanging from ceiling checking the ginormous speakers from above. The fog begins to fill the stadium and the lights begin to dim. The crowd goes wild ... More >>

Deep Thoughts on Geography from Swedish Band Graveyard

Besides learning that "begravningsplats" is Swedish for graveyard, talking to Axel Sjöberg, drummer for the Swedish rock band of the same name, was both fascinating and a bit unnerving. Not only does the guy sound exactly like Dirk Nowitzki, but just when I thought the language issue was going to g ... More >>

Top Five Schedule Conflicts at Fun Fun Fun Fest

Headlined by reunited legends like X, Run-D.M.C. and Public Image Ltd, this weekend's Fun Fun Fun Fest has a little something for the older folks, as well as the young. With that much talent over three days, there are bound to be some tough decisions between stages. Here are a few scheduling conflic ... More >>

Travel the World and Stay at Home

Opeth, Mastodon, Ghost - Palladium Ballroom - 4/19/12

Opeth, Mastodon, Ghost Palladium Ballroom Thursday, April 19 Last night started with Sweden's Ghost, a wonderfully over-the-top six-piece that lit uncountable amounts of incense before they even hit the stage. I felt like I had entered a heavy metal meditation therapy session. Featuring costumes th ... More >>

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo: Meet the New Girl in Town

Rooney Mara takes control of the Stieg Larsson juggernaut

Charlie Mars Remembers His Days in Dallas and Winning $26,000 in Shreveport

Singer/songwriter Charlie Mars has had an interesting life. Born and raised in Mississippi, Mars actually plied his craft in Dallas for a few years in the '90s. Some heavy duty partying landed him in rehab a few years after that and those internal demons forced Mars to retreat to an isolated islan ... More >>

Peter, Bjorn & John, OAX

Thursday, June 2, at the Granada Theater

We're Looking for the Best of the Wurst

Jonas M. LusterPlease help us on our quest to find the best sausage makers and meat purveyors in Dallas.​Wurst runs in my family. You see, I wouldn't be here without it. In the early hours of a cold, very cold, Icelandic winter day, my grandfather, the great Hvatr Luster, returned home from a ... More >>

Listomania: Four Folk Acts To Follow in 2011

​Let's get this out of the w​ay from the jump: No, none of these acts are from Texas.But each has one thing in common: They're each releasing good music--right now. And, while 2010 saw handfuls of folk artist make headlines with either debut or breakthrough albums of excellent caliber (from Swed ... More >>

Our Critics' Year-End Top Ten: Darryl Smyers Turns Things Down A Notch And Screams About The Walkmen's Lisbon

In this week's paper, you may notice a piece including some of our DC9 writers' choices for best albums of the year. But, space being limited, we couldn't run all of our writers' lists. So, thanks to the power of the Internet, we're doing just that, right here.​Noted Wi ... More >>

Dragons! Fire! Hornets!

Tonight, Tonight: Hosannas at City Tavern and Watain at The Loft

As usual, Monday evening's musical registry isn't exactly overflowing with shows, especially being a holiday week and all. But there are still a couple of things worth checking out. Hosannas, Darktown Strutters and Florene at City Tavern Although our own Darktown Strutters are listed as the head ... More >>

Watch That Scene, Dig It

Staff Trax: Suuns, Bobby Bare Jr., Phil Selway, Puscifer, Disfear, Someone Still Loves You Boris Yelstin

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: Kiss, Pixies, Daughtry, Drowning Pool, Harlem, Dungen, Lazer, Rusko, Sleepy Sun, STEW, Derek Webb, Cas Haley, Shonen Knife and More!

Harlem. Just your average pirate/cowboy/federale, rock band​This weekend sees a pretty stacked list of local shows and touring shows alike, but the biggest of all is probably the extravaganza happening in Frisco on Saturday. As we mentioned yesterday, Kiss, Daughtry, Pat Green, The Academy Is..., ... More >>

Fire Power

Giveaway: Five Pairs of Tickets to See Dungen Tomorrow Night at The Loft

Yeah, Dungen just sounds like a brutal death metal band or something--and then you add in the fact that they're from Sweden, and it's all like, Holy crap, this is gonna melt my face, broseph! Alas, poor soul, you're just a meathead. Turns out Dungen isn't really all that scary. First off, their name ... More >>

Giveaway: Two Pairs of Tickets To Tonight's Sold-Out Miike Snow Show at The Granada Theater

Chris Martins gets into Miike Snow in this past week's dead tree version of DC9, acknowledging the many confusing elements of the band, but, more than anything, praising the act for its "infectiousness." Check this excerpt:Strains of falsetto funk, airy pop and upbeat electronica mix freely in sing ... More >>

Miike Snow, Canon Blue

Monday, June 7, at Granada Theater

Good Friday: Blue October, Le Cure, Drawn by Jaymz, Boys Named Sue, The Fox & The Bird, Mono, Dosh, Hello Lover

This is happening, folks.​As you're probably already aware, we're embarking on the mother of all weekends. That's right; Edgefest is upon us. By now, you might have tried your luck at winning one of our ticket giveaways--after all, what self respecting Limp Bizkit fan wouldn't? But if trying to ... More >>

Titus Andronicus Tries To Right The Ship

Q&A: Ebbot Lundberg of The Soundtrack of Our Lives Talks Obama, Grammy Nominations, Wrestling and The Difference Between Swedes and Americans

Ebbot Lundberg, the rotund and intense front man for Sweden's The Soundtrack to Our Lives, had just landed in D.C. a couple of hours before giving me a few minutes of his time. Perhaps suffering from a bit of jet lag, but Lundberg sounded like a guy happy to be on the ground. His band is currently t ... More >>

Giveaway: Five Pairs Of Tickets To Saturday Night's Dungen Show At The Loft

Performing takes a lot out of Dungen.​Psych-folk fans should be freaking out--and rightfully so--about tomorrow night's show at The Loft, featuring Woods, Denton's own Matthew and The Arrogant Sea, and Sweden's Dungen, the last of which Observer contributor Andy Tennille geeks out on in this week' ... More >>

Dungen

Saturday, August 22, at The Loft

John Vanderslice, The Tallest Man On Earth

Thursday, June 25, at the House of Blues'Cambridge Room

Efterklang, Peter Broderick, Human Highway

Tuesday, March 17, at Hailey's, Denton

UTD Professor's Research At Center Of Pirate Bay Copyright Case

Today in Stockholm, Sweden-based bit torrent site The Pirate Bay entered the eighth day of its trial against International Federation of the Phonographic Industry, which is accusing the site of possible copyright infringement, given its role as a host for torrent swapping. And it's a fairly landmar ... More >>

Lykke Li Moves Past The Dance Realm

Area Vocalist Robert Lowe's Life Is Basically A Rip-Off Of Mark Wahlberg's Rock Star Movie

Ask A Mexican

It's a multilingual world. Get used to it.

Harp Compilation Features Old 97's Rhett Miller

Peter Björn and John Bring Sweetness and Light

The Swedish indie-pop trio Peter Björn and John write tales of sweetness and heartbreak

Bands on the Run

Amid the SXSW cacophony, there was good stuff to be found

Solitude Aeturnus

Into the Depths of Sorrow|Beyond the Crimson Horizon

Frida Hyvönen

Until Death Comes (Secretly Canadian)

In Flames, Cannibal Corpse

Monday, July 24, at the Ridglea Theater

Sounding Off

Swedes try to put some new into new wave

Shout Out Louds, The Rosebuds

Saturday, November 26, at Gypsy Tea Room's "Tea Room"

Opeth, Pelican

Thursday, October 20, at Trees

Dungen

Ta Det Lungt (Kemado)

Street Scene

Get the holidays in motion

The (International) Noise Conspiracy

Bigger Cages, Longer Chains (Epitaph/Burning Heart)

The Hives

Veni Vidi Vicious (Sire/Burning Heart/Epitaph)

Native Son

The children of an American Indian hero fight for his body's return home

Ten-gallon beret

Charolais is a steak house with a French kiss

The Tight Bro's From Way Back When

Mountain of hope

Food is rocky, but Ararat still rises

Joe Bob Briggs

Drive-In Movie Critic of Grapevine, TX

Cyberdummies

New bill to outlaw "indecency" on the Internet makes no sense