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The 10 Must-See Bands at 35 Denton

Ty Segall at Dada, 1/26/13: Everybody Mosh Now

The last time I saw Ty Segall I was lifting him into a crowd of people so he could surf along to the sounds of the Jesus and Mary Chain, he had a grin on his face and a air of "fuck it, let's have fun" around him. When combined with his prodigious talent and seemingly tireless work rate, it's easy t ... More >>

The 15 Best North Texas Releases of 2012

In a year when Kickstarter efforts have ballooned from humble requests to egocentric slaps in the face, the recording, funding and distribution of albums has taken on a different hue, as the chasm between what you can do "yourself" and what labels are offering gets wider and deeper. A few of the art ... More >>

Presidential Debate: Thoughts on Manners, Accents and Ass-Kickings

OK, they're finally getting down to the part of the last presidential debate I care about, accents and manners. So I have questions. The New York Times has a piece on its local page today about how New Yorky and Jewish the last debate was, because most of the people who spoke from the audience had ... More >>

The Best Texas Songs of All Time: #79-60

Best Texas songs, #100-80 The Spotify playlist for songs #79-60 79. Lift to Experience, "Falling From Cloud 9" From one of the best albums of any North Texas act in recent history, "Falling From Cloud 9" is one of the more accessible songs on 2001's The Texas-Jerusalem Crossroads. It's probably t ... More >>

State of Texas Announces Live Music Grant Program for Free Concerts

by Craig Hlavaty The Texas Music Office, a division of the Office of the Governor, announced Friday the creation of the Live Music Grant Program, funding free concerts across the state. But don't get all excited yet. This is the Texas guv'ment we are dealing with, after all, so there are a few catc ... More >>

Dear Internet: All The Snickering About Madonna's Age Is Getting Real Old

This week Madonna's 12th studio album and dive into the deep end of the EDM pool, MDNA, came out. I didn't like it very much. But what I like even less is the sexism-tinged age-baiting that the record seems to be inspiring in so many critics. Forbes was likely the worst offender of the bunch, going ... More >>

Murder by Death's Matt Armstrong on The Cure, SXSW and John Congleton

Murder by Death started in Bloomington, Indiana, but bassist Matt Armstrong is a local who grew up in University Park. He took some time out and shared his first show experiences with us, told us why MBD is not playing SXSW and revealed a little about their forthcoming John Congleton-produced album. ... More >>

Henry Rollins Remembers Roky, Stevie and Texas

Drue Mitchell Rides the Airwaves From DFW to L.A.

Welcome to Local Music 'Mericans, where we get to know the people behind the scenes in Dallas/Fort Worth music. ​ Drue Mitchell has worked for 97.1 KEGL in promotions, as on-air jock at (old frequency) 94.5 KDGE and 89.7 KVRK, and now does television for a Christian music network in Los Angele ... More >>

Listen to School of Seven Bell's New Single, Between Notes Film Earns Release & More

​Just a few weeks ago, shoegaze duo with local ties, School of Seven Bells, announced that their third full- length record, Ghostory, would be released at the beginning of 2012. Today, Pitchfork reports that the album's official release date will be February 28, 2012.With the news, the band went a ... More >>

10 Intriguing Classic Rock Albums to Watch for in 2012

Roger CaldwellFinally, another excuse to use this photo​Most all of us know the deal when it comes to new music from a famous, old school rock artist: It's a waiting game. A waiting game daunted with a lot of vague answers, and sometimes pretty flaky behavior. Some would say this is due to ... More >>

Austin City Limits Goes Mainstream

Marnie Stern's more than just another looker.

Local Music 'Mericans: Michelle Pelissero Turned Part-Time Gigs and Internships Into a Full-Time Position with Kirtland Records

Welcome to Local Music'Mericans, where we'll be meeting some people behind the local music scene who aren't musicians, but more behind-the-scenes folk.Michelle Pelissero​Michelle Pelissero can be seen working at some of the luckiest of spots -- like rinkside at a Dallas Stars game or dead-center i ... More >>

Listomania: The Songs That Give Thanks, a Field Guide

Not a song, but we sure are thankful for this.​It's hard to argue with Charlie Brown: Thanksgiving is here, man (paraphrased). Over on our on food blog, City of Ate, the writers are counting down to Thanksgiving with odes to their favorite T-Day foods. DC9's thinking: why can't we join in on t ... More >>

Back to the Cellar Club!

Back when we HQ'd downtown in the old KLIF building on Commerce, plenty of old-timers made note of the fact that, why, just across the street, matter of fact, was the old Cellar  -- the Dallas outpost of the Fort Worth mainstay that opened in '59 and birthed most of the blues-rock that would co ... More >>

Good Friday: Ben Kweller, Rhett Miller, Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti, Os Mutantes, Deerhunter, Best Coast, Monotonix, Delorean, Magic Kids, Alejandro Escovedo, Bill Frisell, Suicidal Tendencies, DJ Shadow, Merle Haggard, Tumbledown & More!

Ben Kweller punching the bottom of Rhett Miller's head--for Cystic Fibrosis​This weekend's concert calender is abnormally full to the brim, but the show we're maybe most excited about is Ben Kweller and Rhett Miller's Cystic Fibrosis benefit concert at Granada Theater. Two of the biggest local ind ... More >>

Samuel James' True Blues

Giveaway: One Pair of Tickets To The Fray PLUS HOT DOGS AND DRINKS

As part of Live Nation's continuing No Service Fee Wednesday (now going by the initials NSFW, which caused me to open the press release quite a bit quicker than I might have otherwise, I'll have to admit), Live Nation is once again offering tickets for select shows at an "all-in" ticket price of $29 ... More >>

Live Nation Keeps The "No Service Fee Wednesday" Train Going With Deals Today On 4-Packs. Also, A Giveaway!

Just as it did last Wednesday and the Wednesday before that, national booking/concert promotions conglomerate Live Nation is back today with another "No Servive Fee Wednesday" promotion, this time removing all service fee charges on its 4-Pack ticket bundles, which allow ticket-buyers to save 17 pe ... More >>

Live Nation Pulls Back Service Charges, Offers DC9 Readers A Giveaway

Last week, Live Nation, the national concert booking and promoting conglomerate that books to Superpages.com Center and other large venues throughout the region, offered up the concert-going public what it thought would be a nice little respite to the recession: One day (Wednesday) in which service ... More >>

Rocky's Road Back to Woodrow

As we mentioned yesterday, Dallas-born blues guitar great Rocky Hill will be buried today in Hopkins County, with a funeral beginning at 1 p.m. followed by a graveside service. Soon as we noted his death on Friday at the age of 62, Friend of Unfair Park LakeWWWooder sent us this photo of Hill at the ... More >>

Idol Records Loves The O's So Much, It Went Ahead And Signed The Boys Named Sue, Too.

Nate RehlanderThe Boys Named Sue are cooking something up for Idol. Erv Karwelis sure must like what he's seen from The O's, John Pedigo and Taylor Young's bluegrass duo, which signed with Karwelis' Idol Records label back in October. Why's that? Well, 'cause today comes word that Karwelis has signe ... More >>

Don't Take Your Love to Town

Get your asses to Bass Hall for Kenny Rogers

Octogenarian Christmas: The Five Best Rock CDs Made By Older Folk In 2008

In all these year-end, best-of lists, I'm seeing little respect given to the over 50 crowd. So, since I'm heading that direction myself, I thought I would be the one to share some AARP Holiday Cheer. 1. Lindsey Buckingham - Gift of Screws The Fleetwood Mac guitarist/singer finally incorporates som ... More >>

Jesus Christ! This Year's Nine Worthwhile Christmas Discs

Reckless Kelly, South Austin Jug Band, The Gougers

Thursday, June 26, at the Granada Theater

A Year After Its Splashy Debut, More Changes at Troubled Lone Star Radio

Dragna, The Action Is, The Archons

Thursday, May 24, at the Double Wide

G-G-G-George

Get High Everybody, Get High

Didn't You Used to Be a Guitar Hero?

Beyoncé

B-Day (Sony)

Ever Since the Turn

the pAper chAse blames its musical maturation on two equally scary things--The Exorcist and ZZ Top

Of Lost Legends and Found Heroes

In-Store Station

We reflect on six years of great, free concerts at the little record store that could

Back From the Dead

Rigor Mortis were once "Condemned to Hell"--and irrelevance--but the Dallas metal legends have risen

Go West

In the End, all is forgiven for three days of chow and music

Cat Scratch Fever

Plus: Good to The Bone, Eat Your Heart Out, Do the Perp Walk

Pick It Up

[DARYL], Slowride supporting sorta new records

Scene, Heard

Just in case you missed it

Out Here

Out There

Believe the hype

Austin's Sixteen Deluxe is as good as advertised

Out Here

Time captured in its flight

James Bland's postcards from the edge of a scene

Electric blue

Jim Suhler talks about life and the local bluesman

When the well runs dry

The vitality stops, but the music just keeps on comin'

Beating meat

"Taz" Bentley explains why he left the Rev for Tenderloin