Music

In this week’s paper, Doug Davis checks in with Pete Shelley, frontman for legendary Brit punks the Buzzcocks, who, tomorrow night, stop through Dallas for a gig at The Loft–the second-to-last stop on the band’s two-year world tour. One of the original pop-punk acts, Davis extols the Buzzcocks’ efforts, calling…

A good show flier doesn’t have to utilize all the latest graphic design technologies and software. It just has to grab your eye. And, surely, this poster, promoting tomorrow night’s Dan’s Silverleaf affair with Austin’s YellowFever, Denton’s Bizarro Kids and Peopleodian, and Dallas’ Hormones does just that…

Woodsman have been bookin’ it all over the country, promoting the June 1 release of their EP, Mystery Tape. And, tonight, the band will make their last Texas stop with a show in Dallas. Bubbling over with thick droning experimental epics certain to make your life’s soundtrack, Woodsman should offer…

The Twilight Saga’s soundtracks have been mostly impressive. You can say what you want about the movies sucking it hardcore (vampires playing baseball, really?), but the soundtracks feature some surprisingly good tracks from bands like Fanfarlo, Band of Horses, Justin Vernon, and Florence and the Machine. Good indie bands right?…

When pressed, DJ Sober guesses that he owns somewhere in the vicinity of 3000 records on vinyl—maybe a few more, maybe a few less. But he knows quite well what’s contained within that collection. He starts listing some of his more obscure titles, almost as if he’s quizzing himself, before…

Just two weeks ago, Elvis Costello stood on the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center stage, surrounded by members of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra. In front of a full house, he basked in a spotlight that has shined kindly upon him for over three decades. He’d come a long way from…

In 2008, with the release of her phenomenal album New Amerykah, Pt 1: 4th World War, Dallas’ own Erykah Badu proved herself as far more than just the Queen of Neo-Soul, as she’d been dubbed. By adding elements of electronica and hip-hop into her otherwise soulful cauldron, Badu launched herself…

A plucky banjo and weary vocals does not a bluegrass or folk band make. And, sure, the predominantly string-based sound of English quartet Mumford & Sons makes it somewhat easy for the uninitiated to hastily lump them into simple folky groupings. But their bigger-than-the-Atlantic choruses and their ability to turn…

Folk troubadour Josh Ritter isn’t all that concerned with baring his soul for all to see. He knows that sharing his personal thoughts on love isn’t a path toward writing a song that’s particularly memorable. “I’ve never been thrilled with the idea of someone reading my diary,” says the Idaho…

Truer words have perhaps never been spoken: “The road is still fun—although perhaps not as much fun as it seems over some drinks where you decide, ‘Right, let’s do it!'” says Pete Shelley. Shelley, a founding member of the Buzzcocks, has just arrived in America to resume what has been…

Something new is growing in Texas. It’s a lump in the ground that’s swelling little by little, feeding off the decomposing remnants of ancestors. This groundswell, which amounts to a loosely connected community of synth enthusiasts with a deep understanding of electronic music history, has begun to take shape across…

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…

Last week, we showed you some clips filmed as Scott Sloan and Steve LaBate stopped through Dallas as part of their 40 Nights of Rock & Roll documentary tour–footage that featured Centro-matic’s Will Johnson playing piano in easily the best laundry room performance I’ve ever seen. That stop at Johnson’s…

I’m not gonna act as if “Daddy Stroke,” the follow-up single to the Party Boyz and DJ Mr. Rogers’ breakout hit, “Flex,” is anything special. It isn’t. And neither is its dance, which, far as I can tell, is just grinding and humping. But the video, directed, like pretty much…