Music

The Black Angels, gods of Austin’s psych-rock scene, spent three years living in a ghost-infested house on the weird city’s east side. Untouched cymbals would rattle, things would go thump in the night, and, while living under that haunted roof, the band released its excellent Passover in 2006 and Directions…

As misspent youth becomes forgotten and hazier with age, there’s something rather bittersweet about the passing of the torch from one era of heavy-metal fans to another. The generation that grew up — and threw up — in Heavy Metal Parking Lot now wears Dockers and watches doppelgangers of themselves…

Count Adam Granduciel among the ranks of musicians who have benefited greatly from the availability of affordable home recording technology. As the man behind Philadelphia-based The War On Drugs, Granduciel fondly recalls as the foundation for what has evolved into his career in music the countless hours he spent at…

For years, Deep Ellum sat vacant. By the late ’70s, the neighborhood that had once served as the playground for blues icons of the early 20th century — Blind Lemon Jefferson, Lead Belly, T-Bone Walker and even Robert Johnson — was a collection of vacant warehouses and storefronts. The only…

What can we say about the practically-impossible-to-dislike Dawes that we haven’t said here on DC9 or in the paper version before? No, the band’s not exactly new to us around the metroplex. Hell, they were just here last month, playing the Fort Worth Music Festival.Ah, well, here’s fun and new-ish…

Musicians are undoubtedly influenced by the music they listen to. An artist’s musical selection can sometimes even foretell what a next album might sound like. So if you’ve ever wondered what the artists who grace your stereo are getting funky to, here’s your chance to find out. Every week, I’ll…

Sure, most people wait until Thanksgiving to pull out the Christmas tree. But not The Polyphonic Spree. Tim DeLaughter’s giant band has announced its ninth Holiday Extravaganza show. The show, which will feature The Spree along with a few other acts (including We’re Not Dudes and Syncopated Ladies), will return…

It’s easy to get distracted by LMFAO’s visual flash and catchy, meat-and-potatoes tracks. At first glance, they’re no big deal. Just some Grade A morons with too much time on their hands. But don’t let LMFAO’s sophomoric humor and garish clothes fool you: These two dudes have a knack for…

…as promised, and with a few more special guests than expected. It was adorable. Watch it after the jump…

Minnesota’s Dark Dark Dark is a chamber-folk collective that fills any stage they’re on with their varied and engrossing sounds — much as they do with their eight band members. Employing instrumentation ranging from cello to clarinet to the gorgeous, slightly dusky vocals of the intricately inked-up Nona Marie Ivie,…

There comes a time in the life of just about every upper-tier local band that headlining Trees on a weekend night just isn’t good enough anymore. About a decade ago, it almost always involved scoring a major label record deal.For Baboon, that crux occurred this week in 2000, when they…