The Polyphonic Spree

Busking with A.Dd and The Relatives

Earlier this week, Kelly Dearmore showed you a video of Austin up-and-comers Sons of Fathers playing an acoustic song outside the Granada Theater. The Frisco-based video company, Globe Trek Productions, responsible for the video actually produced three in conjunction with Homegrown Music and Arts Fe ... 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 >>

Seven of the Best Concerts in DFW This Apocalyptic Weekend, December 21-23

This Will Destroy You, True Widow, The Angelus Friday, December 21, at Granada Theater, $19-$30 Texas' cinematic rock group This Will Destroy You will headline a show at Granada this apocalyptic weekend with local stonegaze band True Widow and dark folk ensemble The Angelus. The San Marcos foursome ... More >>

Toby Halbrooks and David Lowery, Directors of Sarah Jaffe's "Glorified High" Video, Take Their Latest Feature To Sundance

Variety has this little interview with one-time Polyphonic Spree-er Toby Halbrooks, co-director of Sarah Jaffe's "Glorified High" video, which won the Dallas Observer music award for Best Video last month, in which he talks about his and David Lowery's latest feature film, Ain't Them Bodies Saints. ... More >>

Polyphonic Spree Covers Neil Young's Classic "Heart of Gold"

The Polyphonic Spree covers Neil YoungNeil Young is getting older. His songs, however, are timeless, effortless gems, graceful in their scruff and nearly impossible to break down. When an artist covers a Neil Young song, it only makes that artist look better.Such is the case with The Polyphonic Spre ... More >>

Preview: Jon Anderson at the Kessler Theater

Tuesday, February 28, at the Kessler Theater

MP3 Dig: Mon Julien Releases Full-Length Debut Today, Streams "Punchline"

​A few years ago, Black Tie Dynasty were one of the biggest bands in DFW. The band broke up, but former lead singer Cory Watson wasted little time jumping into his next project, Mon Julien, which also features former Black Tie keyboardist Brian McCorquodale.Today, the Mon Julien project comes to f ... More >>

Fever in the Funkhouse go back to their original recipe

Good Records Recordings Relaunches Tomorrow, Adds Grandaddy's Jason Lytle to Roster

A screenshot of the Good Records Recordings website​For the last few months, the Good Records Recordings website has been an ominous black screen with "11-11-11" displayed in white in the middle. In a way it's served as the answer to the question we've been asking Tim DeLaughter, the label's owner ... More >>

St. Vincent Releases Strange Mercy Track List and Cover Art, Announces Kessler Theater Gig

Tina TyrellNew St. Vincent press photos day! Yay!​Back in early June, we passed along the word that Dallas native Annie Clark, known to most by her stage name of St. Vincent, had set a September 13 release date for her highly anticipated third LP, the locally recorded, John Congleton-produced Stra ... More >>

The Strangest Stage Names In Music History

Metta World Peace​When Lakers forward Ron Artest announced last week that he is legally changing his name to Metta World Peace, the Internet exploded with bafflement and criticism. Obviously, this is coming from sports fans. We in the music world are accustomed to odd stage names. Dallas' own Eryk ... More >>

Listomania: The Ten Best Bands That Might Actually Be Cults

Listen: When you all wear the same uniform, people are gonna accuse you of being a cult.​There are plenty of bands over the years who have used the word "cult" in their names. From '70s hard rockers Blue Oyster Cult to '80s Brit rockers The Cult to '90s art rockers Cloud Cult to current indie darl ... More >>

This Week In Dallas Music History: Just About 11 Years Ago, Good Records Opens For Business

​In this edition of This Week In Dallas Music History, we look back to the beginning of an establishment that has undoubtedly improved the coolness of Dallas since 2000: Good Records. It's a short piece written by former Observer music editor Zac Crain, who visited Good Records on opening day to c ... More >>

Tim DeLaughter Confirms New Band, Promises New Solo, Polyphonic Spree Material Is Coming

Tim DeLaughter​Toward the beginning of last night's show at the Palladium, as Daniel Huffman's New Fumes project washed the slow-to-arrive Flaming Lips crowds over with his own, instrumental brand of psychedelic pop, Good Records, Polyphonic Spree and Tripping Daisy mastermind Tim DeLaughter was a ... More >>

Chameleon Chamber Group

Live In Space (Self-Released)

Made a Playlist, Now Checkin' it Twice: By Request, Last Night's Christmas Music Show

​Many thanks to the many folks who tuned in and called in during last night's late-night Christmas-music spectacular, which gets a replay on KTCK-AM (1310, The Ticket) beginning, why, right this very moment. (That'll be just the three-hour yuletunes special, not the two hours of pirate-radio non-h ... More >>

Old 97's To Celebrate New Album Release With In-Store Performance And Signing at Borders.

​We've known for some time now that the new disc from the Old 97's, The Grand Theatre, Volume One, was being prepared for a Tuesday, October 12, release. But as for any coinciding performances with that release? Well, on that front, the band's calendar's been rather dark. Until now.Yesterday, we r ... More >>

Giveaway: One Pair Of Tickets To Wakey! Wakey! And Andrew Tinker At Rubber Gloves In Denton Saturday

Victoria Jacob​If you're a fan of One Tree Hill, there's a good chance you already have your ticket for Saturday's show at Rubber Gloves Rehearsal Studios in Denton. But if not, you might just save a few bucks on the cover. What do Dove Hunter, Shiny Around The Edges and Dust Congress, who share a ... More >>

Idol Rich: Results, Adam Lambert and...uh, Polyphonic Spree?

​So, I'm sitting there watching Idol, getting ready for the results portion (which also generally includes already-famous people performing songs that I'm sure the contestants would much rather watch when they're not waiting to find out if they're "safe"), with Seacrest being all dramatic and shit ... More >>

St. Vincent's Actor Named To All Songs Considered, AV Club and Spin Year-End Lists

​Former Polyphonic Spree guitarist Annie Clark, a.k.a. St. Vincent, is starting to turn up on year-end lists on the strength of her album Actor. That's no surprise--it impressed us too--but it is certainly refreshing to see a Dallas musician getting such high praise, even if she calls Brooklyn hom ... More >>

Good (Records) News And Bad News About Holiday Extravaganza

​With Polyphonic Spree ringleader Tim DeLaughter holed up to work on new music, Good Records manager Chris Penn says, the Dallas symphonic indie-pop band will not be doing its Holiday Extravaganza this season. But that doesn't mean the record store is being completely Scrooge-like this year. From ... More >>

St. Vincent

Actor (4AD)

Angry Dog: Don't Get Mad. Get a Burger.

Astronautalis Posts Update on New Album, Including Sample Track

DOMA XX: Best Label Nominees

The Polyphonic Spree Files Suit Against TVT, Fights Auctioning Off Of Rights

St. Vincent Gets The Pitchfork Interview Treatment

Grand Archives

Grand Archives (Sub Pop)

Get Mellow with Gustafer Yellowgold

Can't take one more damn Wiggles tune? Then bring the kids—and yourself—to see Gustafer Yellowgold

Hal Samples Works Hard, Cares More

Armed and Ready

Tim DeLaughter and the Polyphonic Spree do battle at the Granada

Taking a Spin on St. Vincent

We Give Up. Here's Another New Polyphonic Spree Song. Don't Cost Ya Nuthin'.

St. Vincent and the Lord Vishu

The Scene, Heard

St.Vincent, The Theater Fire, Peter and the Wolf

Thursday, June 29, at the Double Wide

Butcher's Babies

Mermaid Purse, The Valentines, Andrew Tinker

Saturday, August 27, at Dan's Silverleaf

The Fruit Bats

Spelled in Bones (Sub Pop)

Sufjan Stevens

Illinois (Asthmatic Kitty)

This Week's Day-By-Day Picks

John Lamonica

How Shall They Hear? (Spune)

Day of the Double Agent, The Octopus Project, Pilotdrift

Saturday, March 4, at Trees

Pinky Swear

A music critic's resolution for 2005

Around Hear

The best 10 local albums of 2004

Dallas on Display

Area acts get their share of shout-outs

Tree Wave

March 17

Carrying On

The Tah-Dahs keep things fun in Big D

Not Just Yet

Upcoming music happenings offer much to anticipate

Scene, Heard

London ain't so great