Music

Another Wednesday rolls around, and there are a number of intriguing musical options with it…..

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…

A new music video from the equally noirish country- and Stone Temple Pilots-obsessed Exit 380, which seems to borrow a few plot lines from Boardwalk Empire. You may remember this song from the band’s previous cancer-fighting downloading efforts; it’ll also appear on the band’s upcoming full-length, Townies…

Two acts that shroud themselves in darkness and make their music seem much heavier than it actually is join forces at The Loft tonight as Serena-Maneesh and Wovenhand roll through town for a gig. Theirs is heavy music for people who don’t like heavy music–or maybe pop music for people…

I feel like the GS Boyz wrote this song with me in mind. And, for that, I thank them…

At Austin City Limits this year, dad rock was at its finest on Sunday night with the Eagles serving as the festival’s closers. We may have been exhausted (thanks a lot, allergies), but we definitely remember cheers from the opening riff to that “Hotel California” song. According to photos from…

Steve GullickThe Flatlanders​”Did you ever see Dallas from a DC9 at night?” If you haven’t guessed it by now, yes, we did name our blog after the opening lyric of “Dallas” by The Flatlanders. And the legendary trio has reunited for a tour that is making a stop at The…

ACL is over, and with it, the spillover has left. I guess it’s back to a more typical slate of weekday shows tonight. Still an interesting collection of touring acts invading our area this evening, though. Something for everyone. Almost…

Oh, just smile, Smile Smile.​The guy and gal of Smile Smile have been staying pretty busy of late: The duo just got back from tour and is now gearing up for another one that leaves this week, which will take the band up the east coast to New York City…

​Kid Cudi, like Kanye West before him, has been steadily releasing leaks from his upcoming Man On The Moon 2: The Legend Of Mr. Rage of late to build up anticipation. A new leak today finds the rapper collaborating with another recent up-and-coming in the hip-hop game, Cage.But, really, what’s…

From the guys that brought you the hit we-swear-it’s-not-a-domestic-abuse anthem, “Mr. Hit Dat Hoe,” a new music video from the Collipark-backed Dallas duo. You already know we like the song, called “Throwed Off”: It’s–finally–a single with national potential that has nothing to do with the boogie movement. And it’s from…

​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.Stax: Number Ones…

Back to work and our area is still being affected by ACL spillover. So rest assured: Whatever Monday blues you may be suffering from, it be cured by heading out this evening to one of these fine shows…

Caity ColvardThe Eagles’ Glenn Frey. You may also remember him from Jerry Maguire.​ Well, we saw it coming, but, no matter, the third day Austin City Limits went out with a whimper. Actually, though, it was kind of an enjoyable whimper. See, three-day fests like this are killers on your…

All photos by Kevin TodoraMatt & Kim’s Matt Johnson had them smiling on Friday night.​ Turns out, Austin wasn’t the only place to be this weekend. With plenty of spillover acts coming through to play Dallas on the way down I-35, Dallas was kind of a hot spot, too. Two…

Flickerstick​In this edition of This Week In Dallas Music History, we look back to 1999, when folks were gearing up for Y2K and Flickerstick was just getting started.Long before they were on Bands On The Run, before they had ever stepped foot outside Dallas/Fort Worth, and before they had even…