Music

Wales seven-piece Los Campesinos! jam-pack about as much youthful exuberance as you can imagine into their shambling indie rock. Shouting more than singing over the rest of his band, frontman Gareth Campesinos helped characterize the brash, playful demeanor of their debut, Hold on Now, Youngster, with his clever, snarling vocals,…

The Thermals often get saddled with the “punk” tag, but that’s a bit of a misnomer. Sure, the band has plenty of buzzing up-tempo anthems at their disposal, and they’ve been known to pair their high-energy sound with righteous political dissent, but they’re not solely concerned with smashing the system…

Very few singers embody the phrase “a man of few words” like Sigur Rós’ lead etherealist Jónsi does. Throughout the Icelandic group’s 16-year history, Jónsi (full name Jón Birgisson) has split his falsetto-driven lyrics between his native tongue and an elaborate form of gibberish that he dubs “Hopelandic.” In fact,…

Reaching the top isn’t nearly as hard as staying there. The Bone Thugs crew can attest to that. The quintet’s blend of gangsta rigor and R&B smoothness revolutionized the rap landscape when it emerged in the mid-’90s. But their friendship wasn’t as tight as their harmonies, and the group fractured…

Coming shortly after the completion of the band’s September-released self-titled album, the departure of founding bassist Carlos Dengler rocked both Interpol and the band’s fans alike. Unlike many bands with a single lead singer, in which the frontman is the sole songwriter, the song creation process for Interpol has always…

It’s widely known by now that Denton’s once-venerable Majestic Dwelling of DOOM—not only a favorite place for acts of all kinds to play, but also by many accounts the area’s most important DIY venue—has shut its doors after a successful two-year run. On September 27, a fight broke out just…

Valient Thorr infused their first four albums with heady rhetoric about work, life and political duplicity, under the cover of balls-out rock. Informed by a Tao of searing Iron Maiden licks and MC5’s revolutionary zeal, these North Carolina hair farmers emanate adrenaline-spiked fury. The music suggests an extreme sport involving…

October has officially become a beating, dudes. Perennially the busiest month of music in North Texas—thanks, y’know, to standard fall touring schedules and the countless tours that make regional pit stops here en route to Austin-hosted fall music festivals—there’s still more than a week left in this month, and already…

Sufjan Stevens​Quite the packed hump day evening we have tonight. Lots of cool choices…..

Welcome to Staff Trax, the weekly feature here on DC9 where we shed some light on the music we’ve been enjoying of late, regardless of the touring or album release schedules that tend to bear the focus of most of our coverage. Consider it a chance for you readers to…

Why someone thought it was a good idea to make cartoon versions of Dorrough and his collaborators on his “Get Big” remix and illustrate them rapping over very literal interpretations of their rhymes’ lyrics, I have no idea. Like the Lord, the Internet works in mysterious ways, I guess. But…

Novaak​ Tomorrow night, the normally alt-country vibes of City Tavern will turn decidedly electronic as the venue hosts a quadruple-bill of three bands that DC9 readers are already long familiar with and a fourth that they’ve likely never heard, but should–and soon. Joining Hoyotoho, Darktown Strutters and Museum Creatures on…

…or if Youtube is your flavor, click here.It’s that time again. Like clockwork, Aural Ambush has made a resurrection. If your not familiar with it, here’s how it goes: We grab a song from an act stopping through town, pick a spot in the metroplex where we’ll force people to…

Mike SimpsonThis Will Destroy You​This Will Destroy You has always been kind of a polarizing band, whether for its ear-piercing doomgaze or the offensive onstage antics that were on full display at last year’s NX35 Music Conferette. But its jaw dropping dark take on post-rock has garnered some recent successes:…

Bettie Serveert​Triple-bills are the order of the day on this busy Tuesday evening…

​Tonight marks the start of New York City’s CMJ Music Marathon, a sort of SXSWish deal originally built around the premise of bringing up-and-coming wannabe college radio heroes together for college radio jocks to come have a listen and look-see. Now 30 years into its existence, this year’s festivities certainly…

Wanz Dover, aka Blixaboy​ Continuing along with our promise to stuff you full with free mp3s from promising new local artists this week, we now point your eyes and ears in the direction of Wanz Dover’s new(ish) project, Blixaboy. Dover, local music fans surely know, is hardly a newcomer to…

Danny FulgencioDeftones fans like to boogie.​ Pop quiz, hotshot: Is the above picture a shot of the crowd at the Palladium Ballroom dancing to the Deftones’ performance? Or is it a shot of the fictional city of Zion from the Matrix movies celebrating the fact that Neo brought peace to…