Wilco (Band)

Roadshows

Roadshows

Out There

Roadshows

More a legend than a band

Sloppy and perfect, Golden Smog is the best of all worlds

Back on the bus

HighTone's Roadhouse tour revives rock and roll caravan

Bad news

Death of Rockadelic co-owner leaves a scene in the lurch

Out There

Death of Rockadelic co-owner leaves a scene in the lurch

Town and country

Whiskeytown and No Depression pour into town

Events for the week

Whiskeytown and No Depression pour into town

Out There

Whiskeytown and No Depression pour into town

Got a Woody

With Mermaid Avenue, Billy Bragg and Wilco turn a myth into a man

Country and Midwestern

The best of the alt-country lot salute the majesty of the past--while defining the future

Listen up

1998 was not a very good year, but it's still worth the bother

The only one

Wilco's Jeff Tweedy spent years trying to prove he was better than everyone thought. Now, with Summer Teeth, nothing's ever gonna get in his way again.

Glory Hallelujah

After working the Picket Line, Kevin Russell and the Gourds finally make a record as good as they are

Letters

After working the Picket Line, Kevin Russell and the Gourds finally make a record as good as they are

Letters

After working the Picket Line, Kevin Russell and the Gourds finally make a record as good as they are

Wilco

Gypsy Tea Room, August 14

Best live music venue

Gypsy Tea Room

Scene, Heard

A few more area musicians make appearances on the Cartoon Network

Wilco

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (Nonesuch)

On the Town

We endured nine straight nights of booze and smoke to bring you this news. You can thank us later.

Loose Fur

Loose Fur (Drag City)

The Minus 5

Down with Wilco (Yep Roc)

The Thrills

So Much for the City (EMI International)

Frontier Brothers, Calhoun, The Barons and Collin Herring

Friday, November 23, at The Aardvark

Today In Music News: Jay Bennett Dies, Adam Lambert Could Front Queen, Kelly Rowland Loves The Dance Floor, and You Really Should Be On Twitter

Your daily dose of national music news for Tuesday, May 26, 2009...Former Wilco member Jay Bennett was found dead in his Illinois home over the weekend.Could American Idol loser Adam Lambert be the new frontman for Queen?  It looks like Brian May wouldn't rule it out... Kelly Rowland has moved ... More >>

Today In Music News: Jack White Likes Subscriptions, PATD Members Bail and Tweedy Opens Up

Your daily dose of national music news for Tuesday, July 6, 2009... Is the idea of getting a t-shirt, a 7" single and a 12" LP enough for you to spend $60 for a three-month subscription? Jack White certainly hopes so--his label Third Man launched a subscription service. Apparently teenage angst and ... More >>

Does ACL Actually Hurt Dallas?

Your daily dose of national music news for Tuesday, July 6, 2009... Is the idea of getting a t-shirt, a 7" single and a 12" LP enough for you to spend $60 for a three-month subscription? Jack White certainly hopes so--his label Third Man launched a subscription service. Apparently teenage angst and ... More >>

Wilco, Liam Finn

Friday, October 9, at the Palladium Ballroom

Over The Weekend: Wilco at the Palladium

WilcoPalladium BallroomOctober 9, 2009Better Than: Anything?Patrick MichelsJeff Tweedy of Wilco. For more shots, check out Patrick Michels' slideshow from the event.​Two songs into the set came the climactic moment: "A Shot in the Arm," off 1999's Summerteeth. Pure rumble and all rapture, the soun ... More >>

Jay Farrar And Son Volt May Have Good Intentions, But They'll Always Pale To Jeff Tweedy And Wilco

WilcoPalladium BallroomOctober 9, 2009Better Than: Anything?Patrick MichelsJeff Tweedy of Wilco. For more shots, check out Patrick Michels' slideshow from the event.​Two songs into the set came the climactic moment: "A Shot in the Arm," off 1999's Summerteeth. Pure rumble and all rapture, the soun ... More >>

Picture Show: Son Volt at The Granada

Caity Colvard​Son Volt served up a handful of early hits, and lots of the new stuff from The Search, Okemah and the Melody of Riot and this summer's release American Central Dust, last night at the Granada Theater.Don't expect Jay Farrar to fire up the charm onstage like, oh, say Jeff Tweedy, did ... More >>

One Jay Bennett Recalls Another After His Namesake's Passing

Caity Colvard​Son Volt served up a handful of early hits, and lots of the new stuff from The Search, Okemah and the Melody of Riot and this summer's release American Central Dust, last night at the Granada Theater.Don't expect Jay Farrar to fire up the charm onstage like, oh, say Jeff Tweedy, did ... More >>

Today In Music News: Wilco Out At Nonesuch, The Toadies Are Givers And Drake Gets The Boot

Your daily dose of national music news for Friday, July 9, 2010...At this point in its career, starting a label is probably the smartest thing Wilco could do.The Toadies are offering up on of their "new" Feeler for free download over at Spin.com.Drake just can't catch a break in the NYC: His Good Mo ... More >>

Clearing Out The Mailroom: The Chieftains featuring Ry Cooder, The Autumn Defense, Paleface

​We've got quite a backlog of CDs we've never gotten around to, so we're going to try to chip away at the pile with this regular feature. The plan: to take a few at a time and play each CD for as long as I can stand it.The Chieftains featuring Ry Cooder (Dublin, Ireland)San Patricio (Black Rock Re ... More >>

Wilco Announces May 7 Performance at University of North Texas Auditorium

Wilco is coming for you, Denton.​Quite the to-do yesterday evening on ye olde Twitter, as some advantageous Wilco fan started blasting out the news they'd seen on the band's web site announcing a handful of southeast shows from the band in early May -- a handful that includes a Saturday, May 7, st ... More >>

Local News and Notes: Pitchfork Reviews Fergus & Geronimo, Stereogum Premieres New True Widow Song, Gene Simmons To Get Key to Dallas and A Local Scores on American Idol.

What with all this puppet-, 35 Conferette-, Wilco-, Starplex- and KXT-related excitement of late, we've let a few other noteworthy news items slip through the cracks. After the jump, we remedy that -- bullet-point style!

Good Friday: Wilco Performs in Denton, and the Rest of This Weekend's Shows

Autumn de WildeWilco​As we enter a pretty solid weekend of shows, we can't help but look to Saturday night as the best of them all. That's when Wilco performs at the University of North Texas. The tickets for the show have been sold out for weeks. But, starting tomorrow at noon, according to the b ... More >>

Over The Weekend: Wilco, Smith Westerns at University of North Texas Auditorium

Wilco, Smith WesternsUNT AuditoriumMay 7, 2011 Better than: The female country singer loudly covering "Smells Like Teen Spirit" at some bar near campus after the show, and many, many other things. Autumn de WildeWilco​ I've seen Wilco in venues large and small, but I'd never seen them in a ju ... More >>

He’s the Second Coming, Baby

Wilco, Smith WesternsUNT AuditoriumMay 7, 2011 Better than: The female country singer loudly covering "Smells Like Teen Spirit" at some bar near campus after the show, and many, many other things. Autumn de WildeWilco​ I've seen Wilco in venues large and small, but I'd never seen them in a ju ... More >>

Bravo, Max!

Dog's Light Self-released

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 >>

Avi Buffalo

Friday, August 5, at Dada

Last Night: Wilco, Nick Lowe at the Music Hall at Fair Park

Last Night: Wilco, Nick Lowe The Music Hall at Fair Park November 29th, 2011 Better than: seeing Wilco at the UNT auditorium Mike BrooksMore photos of ominous Jeff Tweedy in the slide show​ There was an emphasis on the noisier side of Wilco last night, and that was completely fine with the mo ... More >>

Top Five Non-Musical Moments of 2011

Bon Iver​While it's been a great year for concerts in the 'hood, it'd be too easy to simply list my favorite concerts of 2011 (Bon Iver/Kathleen Edwards at the Winspear Opera House in September edges out the Carolina Chocolate Drops at the Granada that same month). Instead, let's focus on the ... More >>

My First Show: 2011 Edition

Mike BrooksScratch Acid at Trees​ Since this Sunday is Christmas, we decided to do something a little different with this week's edition of My First Show. Checking back in with a number of the people we interviewed this year, we wanted their takes on the best shows they saw, and to also get a ... More >>

For Your Boxing Day Listening Pleasure: When Nick Lowe Opened For Wilco (Last Month!)

Photo by Mike Brooks​Yet again, I've been told the office is closed today, which explains why it's dark and cold and empty; who knew. Anyway. I'm not big on year-in-reviews; you were there, right? That said: Whilst perusing that musical treasure chest of recent discovery, I came across one blindin ... More >>

Staff Faves of 2011

Photo by Mike Brooks​Yet again, I've been told the office is closed today, which explains why it's dark and cold and empty; who knew. Anyway. I'm not big on year-in-reviews; you were there, right? That said: Whilst perusing that musical treasure chest of recent discovery, I came across one blindin ... More >>