The Boxing Lesson’s New Drugs and Desert Island Album

While Roky Erickson and the Black Angels get proper credit for being ambassadors of Austin psych past and present, let us consider the Boxing Lesson. Mixing swirling, soaring guitars with synth instead of bass, the trio is looking to expand minds beyond the boundaries of what other psych rock bands…

GIVE UP PUNS FOR LIN-T

Whether it’s Mark “The Bird” Fidrych from the ’70s, or William “The Fridge” Perry from the ’80s, we can not get enough of athletes that seemingly come out of nowhere. Before the season finally started, a game with the New York Knicks would’ve been circled on the calendar for the…

Grant Jones at the Magnolia Motor Lounge

Regular readers of DC9 and regular drinkers at just about any North Texas honky-tonk are likely familiar with Grant Jones & The Pistol Grip Lassos by now. Between celebrating a great victory in the 2009 Shiner Rising Star Contest (where they won a recording contract) and suffering unimaginable loss when…

Dropkick Murphys – House of Blues – 2/27/12

Dropkick Murphys House of Blues Monday, February 27 A Dropkick Murphys show isn’t one to hold surprises, nor is it one to attend when you’re just looking for a decent night of music. Don’t get me wrong, the beloved Celtic punk band’s performance last night at House of Blues was…

Buxton’s Top Five Movies That Make Us Feel Terrible

If it seems as though we’ve been discussing emerging New West Records signees or inventive bands who know how to artfully blend folk, rock and country together lately, it’s because we have. So why don’t we continue that trend right here, yes? OK, good. Buxton, a five-piece from Houston, has…

Have Gun Will Travel Wants to Be Exiled While Stranded

One of the better young acts excelling in rootsy chemistry is Florida’s Have Gun Will Travel. While their current album, Mergers & Acquisitions, is the band’s strongest to date, the quintet’s last LP, Postcards From the Friendly City, was an excellent example of their talents as well. For those who…

Preview: Dropkick Murphys at House of Blues

At the end of the 2005 movie Sideways, Paul Giamatti’s character Miles decides to create a special event by drinking a bottle of high-dollar wine on a less than extraordinary day, instead of waiting for a cork-pop-worthy occasion to magically occur. Now, apply the same line of thinking to a…

Bring It On! They Need Our Help.

Look. We can’t all bring it on. We can’t all sit in the back of the bus with the football studs. Some of us have to haul the water bottles and sweaty uniforms and then sit up front with the coach and his spit cup. Lucky for those of us…

Mixmaster Chats With Roz Savage, 2010 Adventurer Of the Year

Reigning MVP, Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, Hart Trophy Winner, and J-Lo’s current boy toy: These are a few of the more coveted titles in the world of pop-culture today. None of them, regardless of the spoils that come with such a victory, sound anywhere near as cool as Adventurer of the…

Local Singer-Songwriter Ronnie Fauss Signs With New West

There have been some notable record deals inked among North Texas artists in recent years — Jonathan Tyler & the Northern Lights on Atlantic and Midlake on Bella Union pop to mind — and as of February 10, Dallas-based singer-songwriter Ronnie Fauss joined the ranks of regional artists with serious…

Scott Kelly Strips Down to His Vulnerable Core

To apply the term “hardcore” in describing the sounds and vibes of Bay Area titans Neurosis is to miss the point. Whether the Scott Kelly-led outfit writhes with more recent ambient tones or pummels with the punk of their late-’80s beginnings, there’s a legitimate sense of emotional heaviness that can…

Savagely Adventurous and Thoughtful

In a day when a Kardashian is deemed multifaceted for having her own perfume, while allowing cameras to follow her to lunch, it’s especially impressive to gaze upon the resume of someone who’s multitalented. The UK’s beautiful advocate for environmental care, Roz Savage, is multiremarkable. After leaving her corporate job,…

Extreme Exremeness and Extreme Stuff!

While it has become beyond comical to see everything from mayonnaise to nail polish marketed as “extreme,” there are some realms in which the youth-magnet buzz word is still appropriate, even a bit understated. Motocross is certainly one of those worlds where to be simply extreme is almost to be…

Breathe Owl Breathe’s Top Five-ish Favorite Children’s Books

Michigan’s Breathe Owl Breathe knows how to make young parents rather happy. Their latest offering is an imaginative and heartwarming 7-inch/children’s book combo, The Listeners/ These Train Tracks. (Personal aside: I’m a father of a 4 year old, and I’ve put in way too much time singing to Wonder Pets…

Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra kicks it hyphen-free

Efrim Menuck of Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra has a simple request of music fans and writers alike: Become engaged and find your own voice. The Canadian native, who’s also in the process of reigniting his seminal band Godspeed You! Black Emperor, cuts a definitive path to what society…

The Big Game on the Big Screen

Going to see a concert at the Granada Theater is a fine way to spend an evening. But, there are plenty of folks who remember that, before the proliferation of movie grills and theaters with full bars, the Granada was the one place where one could have a pitcher of…

Boats & Friends Is Never A Good Combo

Boats are fun. For the friend of the boat owner, that is. The friend just shows up, puts a can of Bud Light Lime in a koozie, then himself into a life jacket , and enjoys avoiding the onset of skin cancer for a couple of hours. As the sun…