With the unveiling of Tim DeLaughter’s new act Preteen Zenith upon us this weekend, it seems more than fitting that we opened up a copy of The Observer from this week in 2000 and found that The Polyphonic Spree had just played their first show, opening for Grandaddy and Bright…
Late on Friday, Preteen Zenith tweeted a message to its followers to visit its newly designed website, on which there is a sneak peak of an outro of a song called “Abstraction.”We jumped at the chance to hear a little bit more from the band, seeing as all we’ve had…
In the latest issue of Playboy, the magazine synonymous with naked ladies and nightlife, the publication’s editors compiled a list of the 14 best nightlife hot spots across the US. And we’ll be damned if Dallas wasn’t included. The uber-trendy Travis Street night club Rio Room made the cut –…
It’s been about a month since we wrote off Colleyville’s Own Demi Lovato, saying that she’d been officially overtaken as Disney’s top starlet by her BFF, Grand Prairie’s Own Selena Gomez. Last week, though, Lovato struck back. Well, not really. But she did release the music video for her new…
Last time we ran into singer Hayes Carll, he put on a special little two-stepping show at the Double Wide in the midst of a small-club tour throughout Texas. On Saturday at House of Blues, photographer Roger Caldwell caught Hayes armed with new songs from KMAG YOYO (Kiss My Ass…
Iceage, Midnight SocietyRubber Gloves Rehearsal StudiosSunday, July 17, 2011Better than: Seeing punk poseurs that don’t deliver. Jesus fucking Christ! Last night the crowd at Denton’s Rubber Gloves Rehearsal Studios was treated to one of the most amazing personality transformations I’ve ever witnessed. The members of Iceage, and most particularly Elias…
The Coathangers, Leg Sweeper, Catching Chloe and Chicken & Whiskey Bryan Street Tavern Friday, July 15, 2011 Better than: Staying home and getting yelled at by my wife A hot and bothered collection of punks and other assorted riff raff made their way down to old East Dallas Friday night…
C.J.Ramone, HoodratTreesJuly, 15, 2011Better than: most tribute acts in which a member of the original band performs that band’s songs with a new backing band (we’re looking at you, Axl) What is it that makes an artist keep performing their band’s music, year after year, long after the original band…
There will probably be a lot of Annie Clark, or as she’s known on stage St. Vincent, news on DC9 in the coming weeks. Call it a hunch.Fresh off the heals of announcing a September 13 release date for her third record Strange Mercy, and a Sunday, October 23, Kessler…
While definitely not the biggest show this weekend, we thought the above concert promo video for tonight’s show at Dada deserved a view. If only we had a “Concert Trailer of the Week” feature on DC9…Oh well. Still pretty cool, though.But if the above lineup featuring Analog Rebellion, Gallerycat, Larry…
The so-called urban sprawl has created an interesting scenario in the Dallas music scene these days. Back in the late ’80s and ’90s, Deep Ellum acted as a strong central location for the North Texas music community. But, over the years, as people have gotten more and more spread out,…
Another week, another interesting musical export from Scandinavia invades our shores. This time, it’s Iceage, a band of 18- to 20-year-olds from Copenhagen making fiercely good punk music. Already, their June-released debut album, New Brigade, has been named as one of the top 40 best albums of the year so…
BRAG ALERT: Maybe five people were able to catch True Widow, Dunes, The House Harkonnen and Fair to Midland all on Tuesday night, and I was one of them. It made for an awesome day, let me tell ya. Better yet, let me link ya: True Widow and Dunes played…
Ever the road warrior, Dallas-based singer-songwriter Kristy Kruger recently found herself performing a gig in Victor, Idaho. The show went well enough, but the load out proved problematic. Check out that photo to the right. Yeesh.”I’m not sure how exciting the story is,” Kruger tells DC9 via email. “All that…
Atlanta’s The Coathangers are a confrontational quartet of ladies who play old-school punk with a modern vigor. This is one band where the limited instrumental skill of each member actually adds to the quality of the music. The Coathangers’ most recent effort, Larceny & Old Lace, came out in June…
Americans are understandably wary of sites that offer free music. For the past decade, we’ve seen site after site go in and out of favor, sometimes quickly. We got excited about Napster back in 2001, but after all the foolishness that ensued in the wake of its demise, we’re quick…
Kasey Chambers has certainly been an artist on the go as of late. Until earlier this week, that is. On Wednesday afternoon, while on tour with her family in tow, the Australian star’s bus was on the verge of breaking down on the road somewhere between Nashville and Austin. In…
Earlier this week, Weezer announced plans to partner with Carnival Cruise Lines to arrange the first ever “Weezer Cruise.” The four-night voyage from Miami to Cozumel will also feature sets by the likes of Ozma, Dinosaur Jr., Wavves and loads of others.Never mind how awesome we think all this sounds…
Listen: There are lots of great poster designers in the region. The reason we’ve been able to do this whole “Poster of the Week” thing for so long at this point stands as proof of as much. But can we just go ahead and build a shrine for Magnificent Beard…
We’re big fans of Austin’s Fun Fun Fun Fest here at DC9 HQ — and not just because the name of the festival reminds of our or favorite 1964 beach-pop jam. Fact is, the festival’s a heck of a take, a capable competitor for Austin music festival supremacy, offering the…
Last time we spoke with This Will Destroy You — back in May, as the band was preparing the release of its newest full-length, Tunnel Blanket — the cinematic post-rock band admitted to us its very clear aspirations. After having helped score the film Where Soldiers Come From, the band…
By nature, musicians are a rowdy bunch. When tempers run high, as they often do with this hot-blooded bunch, stuff gets broken. And by “stuff,” we mean musicians themselves. When musicians fight, it’s often very public, very bloody, and the source of national news.Such was the case this week when…
