The Black Angels (Band)

The Power of Dallas: Erykah Badu Gives Tyler a Bump and Bill's Old Friend Makes the White House

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. Tyler, The Creator features several artists on his new album, and according to CD Source owne ... More >>

Texas Psychedelic Trailblazers The Moving Sidewalks Reunite After 40 Years

New Kids on the Block, Black Angels and More of This Week's Top Show Announcements

New Kids on the Block, 98 Degrees, Boyz II Men Friday, June 28, at American Airlines Center, $53-$93 Whoa. Just look at this bill. It's now 2013, so the New Kids definitely aren't so new anymore, and since they're all middle-aged, I'd say they've been around the block a time or two. Because the show ... More >>

The Long, Strange Tale of Pee Pee Cat and Fart Dog

Six Albums To Torture Your College Roommate With

The first week of college is here, so the Observer staff is providing you with some tips to get your through the first week/month/year. My freshman year of college, my roommate used to play Wu-Tang Clan's 36 Chambers every night as she went to sleep. And not just start to finish. On repeat. I liked ... More >>

The Kessler's Melissa Hennings Tends Bar and Shoots Your Favorite Bands

See also: Kessler front-of-house man Paul Quigg finds a niche in Oak Cliff Melissa Davis Hennings stumbled into photography, really: Her first shot was The Black Keys. But taking photos of local bands isn't how she makes ends meet. She's the bar manager at The Kessler, an ideal gig for someone with ... More >>

The Boxing Lesson's New Drugs and Desert Island Album

While Roky Erickson and the Black Angels get proper credit for being ambassadors of Austin psych past and present, let us consider the Boxing Lesson. Mixing swirling, soaring guitars with synth instead of bass, the trio is looking to expand minds beyond the boundaries of what other psych rock bands ... More >>

The Final Annex House Show - 2/24/12

The Final Annex House Show w/ Spookeasy, Darstar, Rocketarm, Sealion Annex House Friday, February 24 There have been other "last" shows at Annex House before, but the Keller Williams "For Lease" sign out front made it definite on Friday night. If this was the final show, it was pretty fantastic, es ... More >>

Real Estate, Big Troubles

Thursday, November 17, at Dada

The Dallas Observer Music Awards Showcase and The Rest of Your Weekend Shows...

​This is one of our favorite weekends of the year, where a good handful of acts nominated for the Dallas Observer Music Awards perform all over Deep Ellum on Saturday night. The much-anticipated headliners, Toadies, Old 97's, Centro-Matic and Sarah Jaffe will perform on Elm Street in the lot acros ... More >>

The Black Angels, Dead Meadow, Spindrift

Friday, October 14, at the Prophet Bar (Big Room)

Last Night: Sundress, Dove Hunter at The Double Wide

Sundress, Dove Hunter, Chris CatalenaDouble WideAugust 4, 2011Better than: Vice's Dos and Don'tsDylan HollingsworthSundress doesn't always hang out with animals. But when they do, they prefer unicorns.​ To be clear: Last night's show at The Double Wide, despite boasting The Black Angels' name in b ... More >>

Ten Songs That Will Maybe, Hopefully, Possibly Help Us Get A Little Rain in North Texas, Please.

​According to the National Weather Service, Tropical Storm Don is headed for Texas. Although this forecast sounds like something to be happy about -- Dallas could use some much-needed rain from Don's periphery -- CBS is reporting that North Texas will most likely see no effects from the storm, ... More >>

The Conversation: How Is Gentrification Affecting Austin's Music Scene?

Where will we go when Austin stops being so weird?​Anyone who has visited Austin's South By Southwest music festival more than once over the last decade has noticed a huge evolution in Austin's music scene. Most of Austin's longtime music lovers repeat the same cry year after year -- that this on ... More >>

Over The Weekend: The Black Angels, Sleepy Sun and True Widow at The Loft

The Black Angels, Sleepy Sun and True WidowThe Loft May 21, 2011Briana PurserThe Black Angels​Sure, Saturday night's particularly droney  triple-bill of The Black Angels, Sleepy Sun and True Widow may have taken place inside The Loft. But it hardly felt that way, instead feeling more like a s ... More >>

The Black Angels Tell Us That "Entrance Song" Isn't About Dallas. But It Was Written Here.

The Black Angels​ There's a definite aesthetic at play with Austin-based psych rockers The Black Angels -- a droney, swirling sheen present in almost everything the band does. It's very much intentional: Vocalist Alex Maas doesn't like to say that his band is in the music industry so much as he li ... More >>

Good Friday: Third Eye Blind at Taste Of Addison, and the Rest of This Weekend's Shows

Third Eye Blind​Not the strongest weekend we've ever had, but there are still some pretty solid shows happening around town. The show scheduled for Saturday at the Taste Of Addison Main Stage isn't really one of them, but it's definitely the weirdest bill we've seen in a long time: Third Eye Blind ... More >>

The Black Angels, Sleepy Sun, True Widow

Saturday, May 21, at The Loft

Ten Songs To Get You Through Finals Week

​It's finals week. We know you're burnt out. You're most likely to respond to anything anyone says to you with unintelligible grunts. Your brain is full. So: How to keep motivated while cramming for that communications exam that you had the whole semester to study for, but didn't started getting c ... More >>

Local Music 'Mericans: Kyle Thomas Drummed For Your Favorite Local Band, And Now He Makes Your New Favorites Look Good On Stage.

Welcome to Local Music 'Mericans, where we meet some of the people behind the local music scene -- those who aren't necessarily members of local bands, but more the people who make the scene move. Kyle Thomas​Kyle Thomas has been the drummer for Reverend Horton Heat, Shallow Reign, The Daylight ... More >>

Good Friday: The O's, The Hope Trust, Reverend Horton Heat, The Sword, Jonathan Richman, Lynch Mob, The Boom Boom Box, Dax Riggs, Max Bemis, Plain White T's & More!

Allison V. SmithThe O's​It's hard to put your finger on an actual date when The O's will officially celebrate the release of their new album, Between The Two. The hilarious duo, who we caught up with in this week's print edition, have already played a handful of release shows this week, but Club D ... More >>

DC9atNight and WeDentonDoIt Present: The Black Angels

Welcome to a new joint venture between DC9 at Night and the folks at We Denton Do It, aimed at introducing local audiences to up-and-coming acts they may have missed during recent stops through town. They're the kind of acts we think you're gonna want to know -- and right away, too, 'cause they ... More >>

Good Friday: A Spune Christmas, How The Edge Stole Christmas, Drowning Pool, Justin Townes Earle, Cheap Trick, John David Kent & The Dumb Angels, Smashing Pumpkins, Jimmy Eat World, Sundress, Will Johnson & More!

​It doesn't feel like the holiday season yet, but Spune Productions is ushering in the holiday spirit with its sixth annual Christmas Party tomorrow night at Hailey's Club in Denton. The festivities will include free (Christmas?) tacos, free wassail, and, of course, music. Telegraph Canyon is head ... More >>

Over the Weekend: Black Mountain, Black Angels Kessler Theater

Black Mountain, Black Angels Kessler Theater November 20th, 2010 Mark C. AustinBlack Mountain at SXSW​ Better than: seeing Laser Floyd while sober. For those lucky to get into the sold out Black Mountain/Black Angels show, they witnessed probably one of the best shows of the year. Yes, it wa ... More >>

Good Friday: Heavy Make-Up With Edie Brickell, Dresden Dolls, Kurt Vile & The Violators, Hayes Carll, Stars, Black Mountain, Black Angels, Social Distortion, Misfits, Comrade, Marc Cohn, Pomegranates, Roger Waters & more

Edie Brickell​Certainly not the biggest, but the most notable show coming to town is Heavy Make-Up at The Kessler Theater on Friday night. The group features Edie Brickell, fellow New Bohemian Kenny Withrow and Spin Doctors drummer Aaron Comess. This improvisational band is certain to recall th ... More >>

Black Mountain, Black Angels

Saturday, November 20, at Kessler Theater

Staff Trax: Black Mountain, of Montreal, Miranda Lambert, Rhys Chatham, Daniel Lanois & Bambi Lee Savage, Grinderman

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 >>

Watch: So Many Head-Melting Live Videos From NX35

Perhaps you saw us at this year's NX35 Conferette in Denton? Well, we were there--in case you didn't know--and, as you'll see below, starting with a fairly intense live clip of HEALTH performing "Die Slow" at The Boiler Room on Friday night, we were shooting videos all weekend long, too. For posteri ... More >>

Yesterday at NX35: Colourmusic At Andy's Bar

​Band: ColourmusicVenue: Andy's BarTime: 1 a.m."Today's show is brought to you by the color pink," said the Sesame Street sample that introduced Colourmusic to the Andy's Bar crowd, which was certainly true visually. What parts of the band's gear wasn't covered with chrome paint or aluminum foil h ... More >>

Yesterday at NX35: The Black Angels at Hailey's Club

​Band: The Black Angels Venue: Hailey's ClubTime: 12:40 a.m. God bless The Black Angels. Rounding out a four-band bill, the Austin five-piece just leveled a well-attended Hailey's on Day 3. Sporting four new songs from its forthcoming album, this band shows that it had much more mileage left in ... More >>

10 Must-See Acts To Catch at NX35

The Walkmen, Other Acts Added to NX35 Bill

​This afternoon comes word that a handful of other acts have been added to the already stout NX35 lineup. Fat Possum Records' The Walkmen is the big name, of course. But others include DFW's own Trebuchet, Saboteur and Jack with One Eye, Austin's Pure Ecstasy and French duo Electric Electric.In ... More >>

Today In Music News: Axl Rose Has Something To Say, Limp Bizkit Is The New Daft Punk And UNKLE Teams With The Black Angels

Your daily dose of national music news for Friday, February 12, 2010...Axl Rose sure has a way with words when he's flippin' pissed.Fred Durst says Limp Bizkit's new album has a "Daft Punk vibe to it." An overly aggressive, juvenile Daft Punk vibe.UNKLE team up with The Black Angels on new song.

Dallas-born Roky Erickson To Release First Album Of New Material In 14 Years. And He'll Be Backed By Okkervil River.

Roky Erickson​Wilonsky swears Roky Erickson was born in Dallas, and, hey, that's enough of an excuse for me to pass along this fine little bit of news this morning: For the first time in 14 years, the Father of Psychedelic Rock will release an album of new material. The album, called True Love Cas ... More >>

Good Records Brings Badu, Others for Saturday Celebration

The Nervebreakers Prove Old Punks Never Die

They just re-form their legendary local acts to play around town every 15 years or so