Music

California (and possibly Earth’s) heaviest band, High on Fire, is ready for its close-up. The trio’s fifth studio album, Snakes for the Divine, is its first for the E1 label after several years on highly regarded metal imprint Relapse. And, for it, the musicians worked with a real producer for…

Baltimore duo Beach House revels in large, lush sonic compositions, joining a select handful of bands in the post-rock era—Cocteau Twins, Galaxie 500, Mazzy Star—that expertly render shimmering sounds with equal parts confidence and mystery. Now on its third album, Teen Dream—the band’s first for Sub Pop—Beach House has expanded…

Every Sunday morning across the Bible Belt, thousands of congregations sing along as bands trade hymns for rock ‘n’ roll songs. But in recent years around North Texas, more and more Christian musicians are finding musical salvation outside the walls of the church. My own band, Radiant, experienced our musical…

There can never be enough catchy pop-punk songs about relationships sung by guys in tight pants. Or so goes the assumption made by Fort Worth’s The Burning Hotels on their debut full-length, Novels. Turns out the band might be right, too, even if the songs on this release sound similar…

Bloomington, Indiana’s Murder by Death is clearly composed of four fervent fans of music. As such, chief songwriter and distinctive lead vocalist Adam Turla and his band have been able to work, and excel, in the medium they love so dearly for a decade, now. And they know what they’re…

…and for the YouTube elite, here’s your link.Our DC9 Live at El Sibil series just keeps trucking along, don’t it? Sure does. And, as such, last week, we welcomed Denton’s The Timeline Post in to film the 14th episode in the ongoing series. Not exactly the chattiest band, I’ll admit…

Elvis week, people. Elvis week. Lots to choose from. Lots of disappointments. And Idol alum Adam Lambert was the mentor, so that means there was lots of make-up… as well as inappropriate jokes about inches and tongues from Ryan Seacrest. Awkward!On a positive note, though, Lambert was one of the…

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…

If you’re Lady Gaga on a massive world tour, how do you find the energy to keep up with the fast-paced world of international stardom? A couple of Red Bulls and maybe the occasional 5 Hour Energy? Nah. The answer’s celibacy, of course! Just days after announcing her celibacy, Gaga’s…

Canadian alternative country singer-songwriter Fred Eaglesmith seems to make it to our area a couple of times a year–and that, my friends, is a very good thing. Hell, as a matter of fact, Eaglesmith was just at the Granada Theater on January 29. But just about any time is a…

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.Serj Tankian &…

Acclaimed jazz guitarist Pat Metheny makes a stop in North Texas this evening at Grand Prairie’s Nokia Theater. Out on the road supporting his recently released effort Orchestrion, Metheny is capable of taking any particular show in any number of directions.Renowned both for his solo and ensemble pieces, Metheny has…

By now, hopefully, you’ve already seen our takes on both last night’s Vampire Weekend and Abe Vigoda show at the House of Blues and the Friday night Granada Theater show with The Big Pink, A Place To Bury Strangers and Dallas’ own Darktown Strutters. Now, check the picture sets: Andrew…

While looking for something to do tonight, I stumbled upon the MySpace for local act Derek Comley and the Bastard Sons of Rock n Roll. Intrigued by the band’s self-description as “new wave, neo-soul, post-punk,” I listened to the available songs and found myself wanting more.Seems Comley is one interesting…