The story of Deep Ellum’s comeback is not a new one, but there is a new neighbor in the form of Red Light Lounge. In the spot on main street that was once Eden Lounge this new offshoot of Lizard Lounge has been throwing one-off events all summer long to…
Dallas is going through a bit of a record store renaissance. Over the past year, the vinyl comeback that has been root throughout the music industry has made its presence felt locally, as well. Of the stores opening, including the recently opened Off the Record and the soon-to-be-christened Spinster Records,…
Dallas is home to a significant number of producers and DJs that are well known internationally but mostly off the radar in their hometown. Demarkus Lewis is very much one of those DJs. It’s highly unlikely any other musician or producer in Dallas has more releases under his belt. Lewis…
As the summer winds down, September usually sees the kick-off of proper concert touring season for the fall. When it comes to electronic music, this month is no exception. With a big-name indie dance act like Hercules and Love Affair rolling through town alongside a Chicago house veteran like Gene…
In this day and age where everyone is a DJ (or at least thinks they are), guys like Joe Walker are a rare treat. Performing under the moniker of DJ Jon Doe, he’s coming up on 25 years of DJing and the experience and passionate dedication to the art of…
Dallas’ DVK, known as Dustin Van Kleeck when he’s not performing, loves house music and his energizer rabbit level of enthusiasm reflects that. The mix he submitted for the DC9 mix has his personality written all over it. It’s an upbeat and high-energy house mix that features the work of…
Gavin Guthrie a.k.a. TXConnect has made quite a splash over the past year. He released 12-inches for a few notable international labels like Adelaide Soundworks, Dixon Avenue Basement Jams, Bad Mums club and, most impressively, the taste-making Long Island Electrical Systems. His debut album under his own name recently came…
This Saturday It’ll Do Club brings one of the original architects of Detroit techno to town. Kevin Saunderson was part of the first wave of techno artists in the late ’80s. Along with fellow Belleville High School students Derrick May and Juan Atkins, he laid down the foundation of what…
Houston ex-pat M. Parks has been making the rounds of area DJ nights as one of the only proper techno DJ’s on the Dallas scene. Techno is often thrown around as a catch word to describe all dance music when it is actually a very specific genre. If you ever…
Katalyst has been a staple in the local drum and bass scene since the late ’90s. Originally a death metal and punk drummer, his migration to the high-tempo breaks of drum and bass was a logical artistic progression. For the second installment of our new DC9 at Night mixtape series,…
Every now and then Dallas gets a string of shows that make you forget that we live in a Southwest region that often gets passed over by underground artists. The month of August will feature plenty such reminders, with the new few weeks bringing some cornerstones of underground DJ culture…
It’s hard to believe that Peter Murphy is touring behind his tenth studio album as a solo artist since his genre defining original band Bauhaus split up. I actually saw him quite a few times in the 90s’. Back then he would not play any songs from his old band…
Wanz Dover, local DJ, musician, walking music encyclopedia and DC9 at Night contributor, is curating a new weekly mixtape series that will feature mixtapes and interviews with local artists. For the first installment, he spoke with Dragonlazer. The duo of John Baugh and Allen McDonald have been staples in the…
Pretty well any night of the week, someplace in Dallas has a DJ waiting to help you get your dancing fix. Funk, soul, hip hop, house, drum and bass — there’s something for most anyone, no matter how particular your tastes may be. Recently, we picked out the best of…
Two years ago It’ll Do Dancing opened it’s doors and filled a void in the Dallas dance scene that had been dominated by V.I.P. bottle service clubs and big arena festivals. Both skewed more towards mainstream pop music than old school dance culture. Brooke Humphries moved into an old Latin…
Vinyl has made an epic comeback over the past decade. It’s a comeback few would have seen coming, given its seeming fall into obsolescence decades ago. But while the above-average music fans have gravitated back towards owning their favorite music on vinyl, the dj profession has by and large made…
Dance music is a vast world that often gets clumped together as one giant thing when in reality it has as many if not more differences and origins than the majority of popular music. All of the sub genres can seem a little intimidating and confusing. Drum and bass, jungle,…
