Music

It’s that time of year, again. The Austin City Limits Festival line-up was unveiled early this morning via the fest’s official website. There isn’t any question: This year’s docket will have people gabbing–whether it’s vitriolic hate or nostalgic, warm-fuzzies. Sure, for many, bashing on the chosen collection has become as…

Well, ain’t this fitting: Almost a 23 years to the day before The New York Times returned to Deep Ellum and proclaimed that Dallas was getting its groove back, Observer music editor Clay McNear penned a piece about Island Records’ interest in the Dallas music neighborhood and its burgeoning scene…

Because we know you come to DC9 for all your sports-watching needs, let us chime in for a moment on the upcoming NBA offseason, which the Mavs are already fully entrenched in–and, hey, so too is LeBron James, courtesy of the Boston Celtics, who suddenly aren’t looking like the senior…

This past weekend Ishi proved that its ability to throw a party is well above the local norm–at least as far as indie dance bands go. At their album release show at the Sons Of Hermann Hall, they offered plenty of catered food and booze for the whole party. In…

Named for that good ol’ 26th President of United States, Teddy’s Room officially opened its doors on Thursday in the Uptown Dallas in the fashion of a “sophisticated modern-day version of a burlesque club.” And that’s exactly what went down at the opening for Teddy’s–pasties and all.  See the rest…

Heavy rain may have canceled the parade, but the palpable, hair-tearing excitement that came when Casey James arrived at Fort Worth Stockyards on Friday was as sunny as his golden locks. Among the “Casey is Hot” signs and beating teen hearts was the American Idol camera crew shooting some b-roll…

OK, yes, we’ve been blowing up Sarah Jaffe this past week, but with good reason. It’s all in anticipation of her album, Suburban Nature, which earns it’s release on Friday, May 14 at the Son’s Of Hermann Hall. She’s not the only one we’ve been blowing up this week,though. Check…

DJ TraDeMarx, aka Chris Johnson (and better known around town as CJ), is relatively new to the DJ game, having gotten his start at spinning just three years ago after a friend asked him to DJ his party. Drawing much of his inspiration from Rio De Janeiro production duo/DJ’s The…

In this week’s paper, Kelly Dearmore yucks it up with Michael Croomer and Curtis O’Mara of Austin’s Harlem while trying to get the band past the garage rock tag it doesn’t really dig:”We like to call it gay disco grunge magic,” [O’Mara] says while laughing, but not admitting to the…

Back in March, Jesse Hughey talked to area ivory tinkler Sean Kirkpatrick about his band Nervous Curtains’ new release, Out of Sync With Time, and how his gloomy project, originally meant to be a solo side-project from The Paper Chase keyboardist, was coming into its own as a three-piece. Despite…

If it seems like Minus the Bear’s been through town a whole bunch of times in the past year or so, that’s because it has been. Things just never let up for this Seattle-based quintet, I guess: Between EPs and full-lengths, the band’s put out 10 releases since its 2001…

Ah, summer. The time of year where all the teens get out of school and go to the mall (and iTunes) to spend their allowances on music released during the school year. And some other stuff the kids do these days.Apparently, the founding members of The Script were part of…

Kind of a dated clip, maybe, but in case you were curious as to what Mount Righteous was doing when not getting adored by Bill Murray at SXSW this year, here it is: They were backing Internet jingle meme king Parry Gripp during his showcase. The crowd, as you’ll see…

This weekend, for three days, a festival born out of the celebration of wildflowers will be three days of music to Richardson. Empirical proof that people will take any excuse to turn something into a party? Naturally. But, also, a sneakily enticing option for your weekend plans.Sure, this weekend’s all…