The Melvins

Boris - Rubber Gloves Rehersal Studios - April 26, 2013

Take a little walk to the edge of town, and go across the tracks. Rather than a viaduct looming, there you will find the incomparable Rubber Gloves Rehearsal Studios. Described on its website as an "industrial dive bar", I take this to mean that the quantities of dive involved in the construction of ... More >>

I Saw the Most Brutal, Pulverizing Metal Set of My Life By Accident in Fort Worth on Saturday

We go to a lot of gigs here at DC9. We don't write about most of them. We do it because we've got an awful lot of local music, across three major cities, to keep tabs on. Now and again, on a trip to catch something we're keen on seeing, we get a fleeting glimpse of something incredible that's worth ... More >>

The Fifteen Worst Make Out Records Ever

It's a classic Valentine's Day dilema -- you've planned ahead, made the sweeping gestures, made eyes across a white tablecloth and now you're ready to express yourself with some good old fashioned parts-rubbing. Whatever you do, don't play any of these records.

Here's Why Ticket Prices are So Outlandish, and a Modest Proposal to Change That

Ticket prices are getting a little silly, wouldn't you agree? The smaller venues are doing a great job of holding them down (it cost me less than a cheap meal for three hours' of the Melvins and Unsane last year), but at your larger scale venues they long ago passed the $50 mark and kept climbing. I ... More >>

Hormones on Warren Zevon, Death From Above 1979 and Being "Consistently Erratic"

Locally-based Hormones are a familiar fixture at Bryan Street Tavern. They played the venue's Big Fucking Anniversary show a few weeks ago, and will play there again this Saturday, October 27, with The Gorehounds. They will do two sets: one with original songs and the other with songs by Death from ... More >>

The Melvins, Unsane - Trees - 5/7/12

The Melvins, Unsane Trees Monday, May 7 The turnout at Trees was surprisingly strong for The Melvins' 90-minute set last night. Taking the stage to orchestral gladiator music, guitarist Buzz Osborne, drummer Dale Crover, drummer Coady Willis and bassist Jared Warren kicked in hard with "Dog Island. ... More >>

10 Top Acts With Dual Drummers

Tonight, The Melvins will perform at Trees. While perusing the Internet in search of photos, I realized the band has two drummers. I thought about how pointless and excessive it is to actually employ two drummers to support a band, but then I considered how powerful the result can be. Two drummers s ... More >>

Melvins Pair With Scion A/V, and Join This Year's Free Music Model

Sara Radle on Babes in Toyland, Playing Solo and The Rentals

Sara Radle once fronted the San Antonio power pop trio Lucy Loves Schroeder and started her own Dallas label, Jeez Louise Records. These days, the Los Angeles transplant is on tour, promoting her fourth solo LP, Same Sun Shines, out on Jeez Louise. As a preview of her show at LaGrange on Thursday, R ... More >>

Over the Weekend: Saturday's Even Cameras Lie Release Show Was a Family Affair

Even Cameras Lie CD Release The Door Saturday, January 7 Better than: Hanging out with my own dysfunctional brood over the holidays. It was easy to spot who belonged and who didn't belong at Saturday night's Even Cameras Lie CD release show. Stashed in a back corner of The Door were the weary ol ... More >>

Soundgarden's Kim Thayil Talks His Band's Legacy, Plus Grunge's Revival and Future.

Kim Thayil​With the 20th anniversary edition of Nevermind being released earlier this year -- and with the subsequent buzz it churned -- it would seem we are on the brink of a full-blown grunge resurgence. But what is being somewhat overlooked in all the Nirvana hype is that the early '90s Seattle ... More >>

Hank III: "I Take Pride in Being The Only Guy Who's Ever Had a Mosh Pit at Billy Bob's."

Hank Williams, III​Last week, Hank Williams III released four CDs of new music -- songs that he had written over the span of six months. Sure, a lot of the ideas have been percolating in Williams' brain for a while as a nasty spat with his former record label has worked itself out. But the sh ... More >>

Over The Weekend: The Toadies, Ume, Ishi, True Widow and Here Holy Spain at Saturday's Dallas Observer St. Patrick's Day Concert

The Toadies, Ume, Ishi, True Widow and Here Holy Spain at the Dallas Observer St. Patrick's Day Party Saturday, March 12, 2011 Energy Square Better than: Sitting for hours in one spot, getting drunk and watching the parade. Danny FulgencioThe Toadies' Vaden Todd Lewis​The sea of green stretched ... More >>

Wo Fat

Noche del Chupacabra (Nasoni Records)

Listomania: Ranking the 10 Best Seattle Grunge Bands of the '90s

​On December 31, 2009, when Chris Cornell tweeted that the "Knights of the Soundtable" would "ride again," fans assumed 2010 would become known as the year of Soundgarden, finding the '90s grunge legends reforming and regaining their once dominant form. Disappointingly, they were only half right; ... More >>

Gig Alert: Saviours, Blood of the Sun, True Widow and The Roller Tonight at Rubber Gloves (And/Or Tomorrow Night at The Doubewide)

​Quite an interesting bill of metal-ish bands tonight up in Denton at Rubber Gloves. Headlining this evening's festivities is Oakland's Saviours, a band that plies its craft under the "stoner metal" banner, although such a descriptor might give the wrong impression. Although the tempos may be slow ... More >>

Giveaway: Five Pairs of Tickets to See High on Fire at The Loft on Sunday

In this week's paper, Phil Freeman tacked the topic of High on Fire's brutality--y'know, since the band is headlining The Loft on Sunday night in what should be a fairly epic display. Especially since the band is touring in support of Snakes of the Divine, its fifth studio album--and maybe best to d ... More >>

High on Fire Preps For Metal Success

No Inhibitions

The Melvins never change. Almost 25 years after forming, the underappreciated icons are still giving the industry the finger.

The Melvins, Big Business

Thursday, October 18, at the Granada

Offbeat

You won't find any Justin Timberlake on this list, as we check the top albums for those who like it weird, noisy and experimental

The Melvins, Big Business

Saturday, November 18, at Gypsy Tea Room

Pretty Girls Make Graves, She Wants Revenge

Saturday, November 18, at Gypsy Tea Room

Nirvana

Sliver: The Best of the Box (Geffen)

Jello Biafra with the Melvins

Sieg Howdy! (Alternative Tentacles)

Fantomas

Suspended Animation (Ipecac)

Tomahawk, the Melvins and Dälek

June 4

Doom Patrol

High on Fire's Matt Pike talks about Earache and stoner rocket science

Thrones

April 21

God Bless America

To Lamb of God, the New American Gospel is "pure American metal"

Fantomas

The Director's Cut (Ipecac)

Smells like Leif Garrett

Fifteen years later, The Melvins are still willing to provoke and confuse

Hank's for the memories

Hank Williams III hopes that country gold comes in threes

Sells like teen spirit

Hype! dreams and other bull about grunge, Seattle, and Sub Pop

Spirit of '96

Last year showed pop still has more than a ghost of a chance

Little mascara

The wages of Lollapalooza's sin is Metallica and make-up

1995 Dallas Observer Music Awards (Part I)

The meaning of nonsense

If rock bands all sound the same, then why does Jawbox do it?