Music

Mission of Burma’s original go-’round was incredibly short; there exists only an EP and a full-length to show for the band’s four-year run from 1979 to 1983, plus a 1985-release of live recordings from their farewell tour two years prior. But, much like the icons in the Pixies (also Boston-bred)…

Jessica Lea Mayfield was 19 when she released her 2008 full-length debut, With Blasphemy So Heartfelt. The album expanded upon the dark, claustrophobic emotions of 2005’s White Lies EP, which offered early proof of her ample, surprisingly mature talent. Between her Appalachia-tinged vocal twang and the spare, harrowing lope, the…

Playing heaving and heavy psychedelic rock, the power trio known as The Red 100’s is an anomaly on the local music scene. Decidedly unhip, Robbie D. Love, Raul Mercado and Kyle Scheumack make a blues-rock racket. There isn’t a single iota of indie-rock finesse on the six tracks that make…

The heavy metal scene is wide open right now, waiting for someone to come in with a new, creatively executed sound. Denton’s the Phuss and Trebuchet are two bands seeking to fill the void. Known for their energetic live shows, these acts wear their alt-rock influences on their sleeve, which…

Two years after Beck released the massive hit single “Loser” in 1994, Mark Oliver Everett’s Eels project exploded in turn with “Novocaine for the Soul.” And thus began a long line of comparisons drawn between the two. To be fair, there were some similarities back then: Both boasted distinctively gruff…

After prolonged lull in Denton’s DIY music and art scene, the Bolivar Arts Collective has emerged as the most visible entity in the town’s homemade art- and music-show world. For the past five months, the collective, spearheaded by Trey Wright, Jamie McGuiness, Tony Letts and Jordon Jenson, has been putting…

This past spring, just before her debut album, Lovestrong, was released, freshly minted pop star Christina Perri revealed on her Facebook account how she would choose to deal with the people who don’t quite get what it is that she does. After Rolling Stone declared that Perri wrote “crapsongs” (a…

Fair to Midland are a difficult act to explain. For starters, there’s the music, an unholy blend of influences that touch on everything from metal to prog rock to, in some rare instances, pop. Then there’s frontman Darroh Sudderth’s mind-blowing vocals; the guy’s a hero, nonchalantly flipping from shrieking to…

Yesterday Beck announced that he had been “recording some tracks” with country singer Dwight Yoakam. And yeah, we guess we could kind of see that, as Beck has run the gamut of styles during his career, touching on hip-hop, electronic, folk, and mariachi. But, even though it makes sense when…

​A few weeks ago, we were sad to announce the postponement of Adele’s House Of Blues show due to an illness. However, the British singer has announced that she’ll be back, only this time it’ll be at the much bigger, and probably more suitable Verizon Theater on Friday, October 21. All…

It seems that it’s nearly impossible to show up at a performance of one’s favorite musical act these days and not run into this most uninhibited concert goer. Granted, according to popular behavior, indie-rock shows are best watched while frozen in the upright position. But concert dancers have never heard…

We shall now take a moment here at DC9 to send birthday wishes to one Dr. Brian May, Queen guitarist, astrophysicist, Commander of the Order of the British Empire, and all-around superhero. May, who turns 64 today, tops our personal list of greatest guitarists of all time (comments section debate,…

I had sweaty palms of excitement talking to Dolly Parton in advance of her Verizon Theatre show tonight, even though the interview was just 10 minutes long. Picking up the phone and hearing that unmistakable voice say my name was surreal. And when she laughed and said “That’s a good…