The Black Keys

Dave Brubeck, Ray Wylie Hubbard and More of Last Week's Top Sellers at Local Record Stores

This is not your everyday top 100 Bilboard list. Each week, we'll tell you what bands are selling in the fine record shops in the Dallas Fort Worth Metroplex, where we consumers of music have impeccable taste. Kicking off this roundup are last week's top ten albums at CD Source and Bill's Records, ... More >>

(Im)Perfect Sound Forever

Fort Worth's Dreamy Soundz revive the analog arts.

Fort Worth's Dreamy Soundz Revive the Analog Arts

Robby and Jennifer Rux greet me at the front door of an old brown fourplex, nestled comfortably on a tree-lined street in Fort Worth's Fairmount Historic District. Their apartment, covered in posters, tapestries and age-old vinyl, serves as one of the few exclusively analog recording studios in Nort ... More >>

Tomahawk's Duane Denison: "Maybe We Can Make High-Tech Inuit Music"

As a full-time member of Tomahawk -- with vocalist Mike Patton, drummer John Stanier of Battles and bassist Trevor Dunn of Patton's other band, Mr. Bungle -- guitarist Duane Denison has seen the tides turn over his 15-year career, but says the only thing that's really changed about rock and roll is ... More >>

Our 34 picks for 35 Denton

Jeff the Brotherhood smash their heads on the punk rock.

Your 2011 Dallas Observer Music Awards Showcase Performers

A closer look at all 52 acts playing this weekend's Dallas Observer Music Awards Showcase in Deep Ellum

Get To Know Your DOMAXXIII Nominees: Best Group Act, Best Blues Act, Best Hard Rock Act

​Welcome to our 2011 Dallas Observer Music Awards breakdown, wherein we'll use the weeks leading up to the DOMA showcases on Saturday, October 15 (which is also when voting ends), to explain the nominees in each category Today, we look at the nominees in the Best Group, Best Blues and Be ... More >>

Foster the People is Living Out a Fairy Tale

Ten Musicians' Ghosts That Still Stalk The Earth (And How To Dress Up As Them For Halloween)

​Now that the calendar has official turned to September and the back-to-school fervor is over, we've come upon that special time once again when big-box retailers to start rolling out their Halloween merchandise. Since we here at DC9 love Halloween, we think it's never too early to begin planning ... More >>

Last Night: Jessica Lea Mayfield, Ferraby Lionheart and The Naptime Shake at Dada

Jessica Lea Mayfield, Ferraby Lionheart and The Naptime ShakeDadaJuly 26, 2011Better than: the movie Lionheart.Nick RalloJessica Lea Mayfield rockin' a new look and an American flag guitar strap.​Jessica Lea Mayfield's career has something a storybook feel to it, given that she was essentially rai ... More >>

Jessica Lea Mayfield On Sad Songs: "I Don't Want to Listen to 'Walking on Sunshine!'"

Jessica Lea Mayfield is only 21 years old, but her songs feel like they've been around much longer than that. Dark and heartbreaking, Mayfield's songs have a weight missing from many performers in her age group. Tell Me, Mayfield's sophomore full-length effort, came out this past February and featu ... More >>

For Decades, DJ Merritt and DJ Jeff K Have Snuck Local Electronic Music Onto The Edge

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.DJ Jeff K and the Old 97's at a Dallas Stars game.​In 2011, both DJ Merritt and DJ Jeff K remain s ... More >>

Bonus MP3 Q&A: Occult Detective Club Shares New Song "C'mon Levi," Explains How The Political Climate Shapes Its Songwriting

Occult Detective Club​Occult Detective Club may have started as the solo side-project of Secret Bangs' Alexander Anguiano, but once Secret Bangs officially dissolved and Anguiano devoted more time and energy to crafting his catchy garage-punk songs, it quickly became apparent that this new projec ... More >>

The Best National Album Releases of 2010

A Couple More Adds For Denton's 35 Conferette: Jessica Lea Mayfield, A Place to Bury Stranges, Reading Rainbow and Others...

​The Denton-hosted, pre-South by Southwest festival formerly known as NX35 went and released another round of performers slated to play its festivities in March today -- and, as with the last round of additions, it features a couple of interesting names.Among today's several adds: Ohio-based singe ... More >>

The colliding past and presents of local music.

Giveaway: Two Pairs of Tickets to See Marc Ribot at the Kessler Theater on Saturday

Designed by Don Cento​Between the goings-on at Oysterfest up in Frisco, Jamie Liddell playing the Granada and Jeff the Brotherhood playing The Nightmare, Saturday's concert calendar is already looking like a busy one. But don't let this show pass you by: At the Kessler Theater in Oak Cliff that ni ... More >>

Show Announcements: Summer Series, Wildflower Festival

Patrick MichelsThe King Bucks at last year's Barefoot At The Belmont Series​We are standing on the brink of the summer season, and with the unbearable heat comes the obligatory summer outdoor live music series. The heat is inevitable, but the Belmont Hotel and the AT&T Performing Arts Center a ... More >>

Occult Detective Club and The Wax Museums Offer Up A Few Free Downloads In Anticipation Of Tomorrow Night's Show

​In this week's North of the Dial about The Wax Museums, we reported that the band would be temporarily shrugging off its 10-month-long hiatus to play group's only show of 2009 at The Lion's Den in Denton this Saturday night--and, more importantly, that it should make for quite the exciting show. ... More >>

Last Night: Roky Erickson At The Granada Theater

Dallas benefits, again, from being near Austin City Limits

Look at all the concerts ACL is leading our way this weekend (while ignoring the ugly side effects)!

Last Night: Mudhoney At The Granada Theater

Last Night: The Honorary Title, The New Frontiers, Paper Rival and Mansions at the Granada

Dax Riggs, John Barrett's Bass Drum of Death

Friday, June 6, at Lola's, Fort Worth

Denton Bands Like South San Gabriel, The Drams Twist Traditional "Texas Music" Sound

Vampire Weekend Backlash at SXSW

The hype factory had everyone ready to hate on Vampire Weekend before the band arrived in Austin

Pop Quiz

Failure isn't an option

From Scrap Iron to Solid Gold, Or Close To It

Fat Boys

An elderly gang of seedy Mississippi bluesmen anchors Fat Possum Records and the label's documentary

Letters