Oh, what the hell: Just for kicks, here’s a clip of Dallas’s own The Secret Handshake, currently out on the road on an Alternative Press-sponsored tour, at a show, covering that Miley Cyrus song that’s unavoidable at the moment.(Via.)…
Kings of LeonAmerican Airlines CenterOctober 7, 2009 Better than: spending a nice evening listening to top 40 radio? By the box office, before last night’s Kings of Leon performance began at the American Airlines Center, there seemed some doubt as to whether the late arrivers would be able to buy their way…
Your daily dose of national music news for Thursday, October 8, 2009… Have you ever sat around, wishing you could buy a tuft of Elvis’ hair? Well now is your chance! What’s the deal with London getting all the band residencies lately? The Pixies kicked off their residency by playing Doolittle…
…and for the Youtube-inclined, here’s your link.Fresh off a three-star review Rolling Stone review of its new EP, Appaloosa, Brooklyn-based retro-rock outfit HYMNS stopped by to participate in our ongoing DC9 in SPACE series last Wednesday night, offering up toned-down versions of the new EP’s songs while also sharing a…
Stumbled across the above clip recently, which features one Robert Gomez offering up his take on The Theater Fire’s hilariously named “The Testicle Song” and giving the most beautifully arranged song we’ve ever heard about genitalia an even more subtle, almost dainty undertone. We highly recommend you check it out–and…
Speaking of reissues: School of Seven Bells, one of our favorite bands from the past year or so (local tie or no), is set to receive the deluxe reissue treatment next week for its phenomenal debut release, Alpinisms. Out October 13 on Vagrant Records, the reissue of Alpinisms will feature…
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 four or five at a time and play each CD for as long as I can stand it.Backstreet Boys…
We’ve been waiting on this one for a while–pretty much a year and a half now, actually–so pardon us if we geek out here for a moment. But, this week, we finally heard some official news on the new collaborative project from Centro-matic’s Will Johnson and Magnolia Electric Co.’s Jason…
OK, so, admittedly, we’re a little behind on this note (been busy with our own coverage, sorry), but it still bears mentioning: Both Sarah Jaffe and Neon Indian found themselves earning positive reviews over the weekend as part of Rolling Stone’s blog coverage of the Austin City Limits Music Festival–in…
Back in 1996, when the members of the Old 97’s were still residing in Dallas and the group was still considered alt-country, the band’s sophomore effort, Wreck Your Life, began the band’s popular ascension. Now, Bloodshot Records is reissuing the album with tons of cool bonus material. Titled Wreck Your…
Lots of news out of Smile Smile camp this morning. First and foremost, a new video (watch it above), this one for the song “Tempo Bledsoe,” which, for all intents and purposes, is the first single off of the band’s upcoming album Truth on Tape, the duo’s sophomore release on…
Your daily dose of national music news for Wednesday, October 7, 2009…Peter Hook admitted he’s forged Ian Curtis’ signature on Joy Division memorabilia he sold. He says it was partly as a “joke.” Not funny Hooky. Not funny.The “emo haircut” is dead?Jay Reatard’s band has quit. Wow, how much of…
With ACL wrapped up and the bands, festival-goers and fields at Zilker Park on their road to recovery, it’s time for one last look at the bands that braved the mud on the festival’s last day.First, for an overall recap of the best shots from the festival — including some…
Dallas alt-pop band The Crash That Took Me doesn’t have much in common with Memphis country-rocking act Lucero, but both have albums that will get the full listening-party treatment at Deep Ellum dive bars tonight.Adair’s Saloon will play Lucero’s 1372 Overton Park, which was released today, at 8 p.m. tonight…
Fresh off a killer performance at Austin City Limits, The Dead Weather crawled north for a House of Blues show last night–which you may have read about in Cory’s review here on DC9.For another look at the show, Jack White, Allison Mosshart, a giraffe’s head and all, check out this…
[Editor’s Note: The Insane Clown Posse takes the stage at Palladium tonight, bringing their legions of fans, the Juggalos (also casually known as “ninjas”), with them. As a special treat, we’ve asked one local juggalo, known only as ThA JuGGaLiZer, to fill us in on the scene down at the…
Thanks to all the area musicians, DJs, local music fans, and, well, everyone else who stopped on in The Libertine last night to check out the little experiment we’re calling The Local Hang with Playlister P. It was a night not without flaws–I’ll admit that it took me a while…
Sad news comes today from a spokesperson for Poor David’s Pub: Seems that folk/singer-songwriter Scott Shipley has had a heart attack and his show scheduled for tonight has been canceled. The 45-year-old Shipley tours regularly, but hasn’t played our area for some time.The rep at Poor David’s didn’t have any…
The Dead WeatherHouse of BluesOctober 5, 2009Better Than: Sunny Day Real Estate, Rob Thomas, and Arctic Monkeys combined. Yeah, I said it. As far as rock ‘n’ roll supergroups are concerned, there are two main varieties: those comprised of members of formerly great bands, reeking of late career desperation (see:…
Sunny Day Real Estate, The Jealous Sound Granada TheaterOctober 5, 2009Better than: seeing 10 crappy bands that cite Sunny Day as an influence. Sunny Day Real Estate returned to Dallas with such a rush that you couldn’t help be deeply moved. Yup, they were that good last night.There was definitely…
Your daily dose of national music news for Tuesday, October 6, 2009…In a story that can’t help but make you smile, 85-year-old Margaret Priebe went to her first Metallica concert. She was introduced to them nine years ago and has listened to them and Ozzy while recovering from cancer.I know…
There’s a lot going on tonight, I know. But if I may do a little self-promotion here and offer up one more suggestion for you to keep among your night-crawling options this evening: Starting at 10 p.m., I’ll be holding up shop at The Libertine, taking over the PA system…
