Music

This is, by far, the oddest quartet of shows I’ve mentioned with this thing…

Seems we’ve been in the business of posting video’s of Midlake playing all over England recently. But, hey, we promise that this one’s really worth your time. See, performing on Later…With Jools Holland is kind of a big deal in the UK. It’s like being on The Tonight Show With…

Doud Davis doesn’t really beat around the bush in his Critic’s Pick preview of Joanna Newsom’s performance tonight at the Granada Theater, as seen in last week’s paper. He calls her a member of the “musician elite” and praises her “virtuosic playing skills” and “restless creativity” while writing that “her…

A few weeks back, on the same weekend when Dallas-based super-producers Play-N-Skillz were hosting auditions for their in-development MTV reality show, the Brothers Salinas also welcomed a Texas hip-hop legend and long-time collaborator to town. Turns out Juan and Oscar Salinas, who produced the latest single, “Ridin’ Slow,” off Bun…

Over the last 10 years, The Walkmen have released acclaimed album after acclaimed album, with only a few duds along the way. 2008’s You & Me proved the band’s longevity, and 2010’s Lisbon fortified it. And they’ll be bringing their raucous fly-by-the-seat-of-your-pants to town for the first time since NX35…

Celebrities like to jump on all sorts of international social causes — whether it’s helping out Haitian earthquake victims or the ever popular help for Darfur.Mostly, for whatever reason, a lot of them shy away from social causes within our own borders. Can we get some entertainers to help get…

Kind of a slow(er) Tuesday evening as far as musical offerings go, but there are still a few things going on worth investigating. Perhaps you may even stumble across Wade Phillips drowning his sorrow!…

Montreal-based indie-pop act Stars comes from a rich community of creative musicians up north. Namely, its members split their time between Stars and Canada’s Broken Social Scene. And their wide range of style, sweetly sung melodies, and energetic performances isn’t a far cry from what their other band is doing,…

Just when you thought the D-Town Boogie was dying, an adorable panda comes along and ruins everything. And, after the jump, it’s the remix!…

Denton’s Own Centro-matic (Don’t you know them? You can find many of their songs on the Internet) is currently overseas, undergoing a two-week tour through Spain. And to promote the tour, the band’s offering up a series of clips shot in convenience stores around the country, where, amidst small talk…

or if YouTube is your flavor, click here… This week, we traveled to El Centro College in the heart of downtown Dallas to see how students felt about The Dandy Warhols, the popular post-punk band hailing from Portland.Although none of the participants were accustomed to this kind of music, all…

The Wu-Tang Clan is one of the most influential hip-hop groups in history, and their music has come to exemplify underground hip-hop to the point that, if you don’t know Wu-Tang, you don’t know hip-hop. Almost all of the original members have also moved on to successful solo careers since…

Welcome to a new recurring feature here on DC9 where we talk to musicians about the music no one expects them to like. We’re calling it Unexpected Influences — because, we hope, that’s what it will show. Dallas rapper galleryCat is known for his multi-instrumental live affairs, which often end…

We’ve got quite a backlog of CDs we’ve never gotten around to, so we’re going to try to chip away at the pile with this regular feature. The plan: to take a few at a time and play each CD for as long as I can stand it.The Chieftains featuring…

So, let me get this straight, “King” Hammer.” Because Jay-Z mentions the fact that you went broke while he was spitting a verse, you take it as an insult and feel the need to release a diss track? We all know you went broke, good sir…

Back to the drudge of the work week. But, hey, at least you have a couple of nice musical options this evening…..

At the risk of harping on obituaries of Dallas musicians long ago, this edition of This Week In Dallas Music History focuses on one of the biggest losses that our city’s music community has ever experienced. On this week in 1999, former Dallas Observer music editor Zac Crain wrote about…