The Polyphonic Spree

Casey Di lorio's Recording Credits Include The Polyphonic Spree, Bowling for Soup and More

For over a decade now, Casey Di lorio's musician colleagues have asked him for help them making a record. Nowadays, it's the basket he puts all of his creative eggs into, at his own Valve Studios. Di Iorio played in One Ton Records-signed rock outfit Valve back in the day, who had quite the fun run ... More >>

Home By Hovercraft Takes Dallas' Dramatic Pop Tradition Somewhere New

Datahowler Wrangles Technology In His Violitionist Session

See also: Polyphonic Spree's Jessica Jordan debuts My Name Is Moses The latest installment of Violitionist Sessions features Dallas musician/producer Ross Edman, aka Datahowler, performing three compositions on the floor of Violitionist HQ. It's an interesting look at the process Edman uses to make ... More >>

Nine of This Week's Show Announcements: Public Image Ltd, Why?, The Sea and Cake and More

Public Image LtdThursday, November 1, at Granada TheaterBefore the group hits Fun Fun Fun Fest, Dallas gets its own intimate show. It will be cool to see what John Lydon does best: walk around the stage in clown pajamas.

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 >>

New Year's Eve

Saturday, December 31

Yes, Virginia, the Spree are Back for the Holidays

My Jerusalem's Jeff Klein on Playing in Dallas and with Mark Lanegan and Greg Dulli

Austin-based My Jerusalem hits Dallas tonight, a night crowded with great shows. Seems like everyone is stuffing the good pre-Thanksgiving concerts into one night. My Jerusalem plays a special folky orchestral pop that isn't precious or twee, and it's not something to miss. With a new album in th ... More >>

Nico Martini Ditched Football For Theater and Somehow Worked His Way Into HD Radio

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. Nico Martini​ Although we normally only see Nico Martini in his trademark short-bill painters' ... More >>

Q&A: Gustafer Yellowgold Creator Morgan Taylor Talks Food Violence and Justin Bieber on Vinyl

For those DC9 readers who don't have young children, Gustafer Yellowgold is the main character in a children's DVD series created by Morgan Taylor, an artist who has performed Gustafer's live show at Polyphonic Spree and Wilco concerts.Gustafer is a yellow cartoon sun dweller who landed on earth in ... More >>

Listen: New Music From Preteen Zenith

​Late on Friday, Preteen Zenith tweeted a message to its followers to visit its newly designed website, on which there is a sneak peak of an outro of a song called "Abstraction."We jumped at the chance to hear a little bit more from the band, seeing as all we've had to go on so far is a little fou ... More >>

Jennie Kelley's Different Kind of Spree

FoxPolyphonic Spree member Jennie Kelley competes on MasterChef.​Jennie Kelley may possess no more or less an unusual background as preparation for being one of the latest contestants to face the kitchen fire of notable British hothead, Gordon Ramsay on his second season of the MasterChef seri ... More >>

Giveaway: A Pair of Tickets To The Homegrown Festival on Saturday, May 14

Perhaps you recall the folks behind the Homegrown Festival's attempts at viral video promotion for their inaugural deal last year? Well, no surprise, they're at it again this year, as you can see in the clip above, which stars festival co-hosts Grant Jones of the festival-performing Grant Jones &am ... More >>

Watch: New Fumes -- "Millenium Crux"

New Fumes​In a few week's time, we'll have a piece in the print edition in which we discuss with Tim DeLaughter all that he has in store -- not only with the Polyphonic Spree or with his solo and new band recordings, but also with his new business model at Good Records Recordings, which is finding ... More >>

The Biggest Local Music Stories of 2010

Yes, The Polyphonic Spree Did Cover The Same Thunderclap Newman Song Three Times In One Set on Friday Night in Carrollton. Really.

All photos by Stephen MaskerTim DeLaughter was in rare form on Friday night.​ Kind of a crazy scene on Friday night in Carrollton. Even in the face of rain and the Texas Rangers clinching a trip to the World Series, a very respectable couple hundred folks turned up in Carrollton Square for the ina ... More >>

Tracklist: The Local Hang with Playlister P, Vol. 10

​Another month, another Local Hang at the Libertine, where, every first Monday of the month, bar owner Simon McDonald lets me take over his room's P.A. and fill his patrons' ears with nothing but local music. And, despite an especially long, trying weekend of partying, people still showed. Go figu ... More >>

School Of Seven Bells Announces Fall Tour, Includes Stop at Hailey's Club in Denton

In hometown-boy-done-good news, we just received a press release announcing School Of Seven Bells Fall headlining tour in support of their forthcoming album, Disconnect From Desire, which drops on July 13. Ben Curtis (formerly of local bands Captain Audio and Secret Machines) and identical twins All ... More >>

Tracklist: Local Hang with Playlister P, Vol. 9

​Many thanks to all who came out to the ninth rendition of the little monthly event I throw in conjunction with The Libertine every first Monday, The Local Hang. It's been a good time since the jump--and last night was no exception. I mean, c'mon, a legit crowded room of people sitting around, enj ... More >>

Giveaway: A Pair Of Three-Day Passes, Drink Tickets and a Parking Pass to This Weekend's Wildflower Fest

The Polyphonic Spree's next video set.​This weekend, for three days, a festival born out of the celebration of wildflowers will be three days of music to Richardson. Empirical proof that people will take any excuse to turn something into a party? Naturally. But, also, a sneakily enticing option fo ... More >>

Mount Righteous

Mount Righteous (Self-released)

The Best Area Album Releases of the '00s

Starter for '10

A look at 2010's most anticipated DFW album releases

Barley House To Unveil All-Local Jukebox Sunday

​The Barley House has long been a hangout for local musicians. Beginning this weekend, it will be a hangout for their CDs as well. At 8 p.m. Sunday, the SMU-area beer joint and venue will unveil the Home Grown Jukebox, which is the bar's original jukebox, except now featuring only local musicians. ... More >>

Tracklist: The Local Hang With Playlister P, Vol. 2

​Thanks again to all who stopped by The Libertine last night for the second installment of my monthly local music sermon called The Local Hang.The plan was pretty simple: No repeats from last month. But, oh well, I screwed that up--like embarrassingly early on, too, actually, if you wanna compare ... More >>

The Spree Demo Spree Continues, With No Signs Of Slowing...

So it really looks like Tim DeLaughter is going to keep up with his streak of posting a new Polyphonic Spree demo on his blog every day--for the foreseeable future, at least--which is pretty incredible, if not a little overwhelming.Anyway, the two latest offerings over at The Fragile Army are called ... More >>

St. Vincent, Pattern Is Movement

Thursday, June 18

Aw, St. Vincent, You're The Best (New Music)!

Pardon if this news is coming a whole 24 hours late--I've been out of the office for the past week and spent my morning sifting through stacks of unopened CDs and an inbox filled with press releases. Oh, the joys of the office!But I digress.Regardless of time concerns, it's worth noting, I'd say, th ... More >>

Echoes and Reverberations: The Twisted Fate of a Lifetime Crate Digger

Many of them were tucked away in suburban strip malls, their storefronts always the black sheep of the retail family. They were usually owned by a single lifelong music fan, someone who relished the opportunity to dog-paddle in the eye of the pop culture hurricane. Sometimes they smelled like incens ... More >>

Electric Six,Bang Camaro

Thursday, April 16,at the Boiler Room, Denton

Astronautalis

Pomegranate (Eyeball)

The 15-Piece Dark Meat Collective Isn't Another Polyphonic Spree

Hey, Dallas Jazzheads: Get Ready To Party

Lovie, El Gato, Tim Delaughter Highlight Benefit CD

Who Says Dallas Observer Music Awards Are Worthless? 'Cause They Ain't.

Bryan Wakeland is About to Set the World on Honey Fire

Jumping Through Hoop

Panic Attack

Time to Widespread the Love

The M Word

Musical terms that should be illegal

Austin Powell's Top 10 Local Albums of 2006

Going on a Polyphonic Spree Spree

Hide the Kitchen Knives and Reach for the Sun

Pilotdrift

Water Sphere (Good Records Recordings)

Spanking New

The Spree set off fireworks, Corn Mo might be a giant and more

Various Artists

Sounds Eclectic 3 (Palm Pictures)

Odds & Ends

News about the Polyphonic Spree, the Feds and Red Animal War

2004 Dallas Observer Music Awards

You voted. We counted. It's your favorite local acts, amplified.

Lift Off

This may be it for Lift to Experience

Conference for Cynics

SXSW offers up dreamchasers, diatribes and some darn good music, too