Music

Like the ghosts of forgotten family members, lost loves, or bygone eras, this week’s poster haunts us in a way that cannot be ignored…

As far as local podcasts go, it’s real tough to beat the Gutterth Podcast, which this week released its 14th installment since launching in the spring of 2009. The new one’s kind of a doozie, too, featuring previously unreleased tracks from Glen Farris, New Science Projects, The Angelus, Sabra Laval…

Tomorrow night, New York’s The Beets roll through town for another Parade of Flesh showcase, this one taking place at The Lounge on Elm Street, with opening performances from Austin’s When Dinosaurs Ruled The Earth and Dallas’ own The Black Dotz. It’s another garage-rock affair to be sure, but a…

Next Tuesday marks the release of Revolutions Per Minute, the second collaborative album from Talib Kweli and DJ Hi-Tek, who together perform as Reflection Eternal. Dallas hip-hop heads get a sneak peak of the duo this evening, however, as the twosome, which first joined forces for 2000’s Train of Thought,…

Apparently, almost 37 million votes determined last night’s Idol elimination and Seacrest said it was the most of the season… but, then again, on the season finale of Season Three, there were more than twice that many, propelling Fantasia to victory.Speaking of Fantasia, she performed on last night’s show. Her…

While some musicians’ side projects are one-off wanderings, others just take a little time to come around again. That would be the case with The Knitters, the country/Americana offshoot group with John Doe, Exene Cervenka and D.J. Bonebrake, all of punk legends X, and ex-Blasters guitarist Dave Alvin. The band’s…

For the past few months, whenever an OK Go video appears between performances on the Granada Theater’s video screen to promote the band’s upcoming show at the venue, people cheer. The reactions have been the same whether it’s a crowd awaiting the French folk-rock of Yann Tiersen or the schizoid…

Often, a musician’s personality mirrors that of their chosen sound. Take a couple of examples: Quiet folkies tend to be sensitive and soft-spoken; peace-loving, trippy jam band members share a mellow soul and herbal-scented flow with the prolonged solos they so fluidly unfurl upon their twirling and euphoric admirers. So…

The worst-kept secret in Dallas music? C’mon, that’s an easy one. It’s Sarah Jaffe. Has been for some time now. Since before the 2008 release of Even Born Again, Jaffe’s debut EP, it was clear that the indie-folk artist boasted something special—more than just one thing, actually. For starters, there’s…

Pop hooks can be tricky little suckers. Upon initial approach, they often appear to be mildly hummable little ditties. Then, before you’ve realized what has transpired, the seemingly innocuous tune has morphed into a full-fledged parasite, feeding on your middle ear, refusing to relent until it has taken over your…

Once upon a time, Paco Estrada fronted the now-defunct, fairly successful Dallas rock band South FM. These days, though, he’s working on his solo material. And, as always, his writing serves as a confessional for what was obviously a lot of painful experiences. Among them? South FM. In retrospect, it…

There is nothing subtle about local mall-punk outfit Artist Vs Poet’s latest offering, Favorite Fix. Every guitar on the record is over-processed, every vocal is pitch-corrected to perfection and every melody is a scream-at-the-top-of-your-lungs sing-a-long. But even though the music is mostly paralyzed with over-production, there are still some signs…

Long tables strewn with stencils and blank T-shirts of all colors and sizes were displayed at Rubber Gloves Rehearsal Studios’ Dead Week Print Show presented by Pan Ector and Gutterth Saturday night. Behind them, young men were busy at their craft, printing the words Florene and Melting Season onto the…

If you were one of the 10,000 or so who saw The Flaming Lips headline Denton’s NX35 festival in March, you probably caught a performance by the Dallas Family Band. No, they weren’t one of the three acts that played on the monstrosity of a stage at the North Texas…

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…

Back in October, Nic Hernandez hipped us all to Chucky Sly, or, as he calls him, “your favorite local rapper’s favorite local rapper.” Catchy, right? Well, this week, Sly returns with a new track called “Fire in the Firmament,” and he’s joined by a couple other favorites in the local…

In theory, since they’re the touring band behind which this bill was built, tomorrow night’s Parade of Flesh show at The Cavern is all about its headlining act, Miami-based garage rock act Jacuzzi Boys. And, sure, there’s enough going on in the band’s tropical band of retro-rock that makes it…

The folks over at WeDentonDoIt might not be the most prolific folks in town, but when they do release their videos, they’re well worth the watch. Take, for instance, the above clip, shot back on January 30, when Alan Palomo and Neon Indian played its last set in Denton before…