If the Beach Boys and Nirvana knocked up the Pipettes, the resulting lovechild would be Harlem. Bubblegum-tainted choruses, irreverent charm and a frenetic pace drive their first album for Matador Records, Hippies. (The Austin trio self-released the 2008 EP, Free Drugs.) There’s also a gritty insouciance and psych leaning that…
Expect plenty of backups onto the Dallas North Tollway as KISS headlines a massive concert at Pizza Hut Park on Saturday: Even though the iconic glam rock act hasn’t featured original members Ace Frehley or Peter Criss in their lineup for a number of years, fans will still show up…
At this point, the most startling thing about the Pixies’ reunion isn’t so much that it happened. The iconic alternative band and its fans have now had seven years to come to grips with that much. What’s most surprising about the band’s reunion, these days at least, is that it’s…
Love him or hate him, Billy Corgan, founder and sole remaining original member of the legendary alt-rock band The Smashing Pumpkins, just keeps going and going. By my count, Corgan has broken up his own band at least three times, and each time has proclaimed that he would never return…
Levi Weaver just left me a Facebook message, a text and a voicemail. He just got off the phone with a councilman in Fort Worth. Apparently, there had been some he-said-he-said that left the air between the two awfully muddy, and Levi had called to clear that air. Now, he…
We’re about to see a sudden void in daily show lists, so, from here on out, each and every Monday through Thursday, I’ll do my best to point the readers of DC9 in the right musical direction for each particular evening.Hurray, it’s finally hump day! And the musical offerings tonight…
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…
Rock ‘N’ Roll Fantasy Camp is quite a unique experience, to say the least. Far more advanced than getting together with some friends and jamming out over a few months in a garage, the intense, three-day event invites participants to form a band, write a song, record the song, and…
A couple of weeks ago, LAZËR, the hilarious local rap duo that area radio personality Gordon Keith once called “Dallas’ most confusing group,” emerged from seclusion, dusted off their trademark Speedos and began performing again after a nearly two-year layoff. Boasting a revamped lineup of backing musicians, the Sons of…
A few weeks ago, the Gorillaz show at Verizon Theatre on Wednesday, October 20 slid in under the radar. There’s no doubt that the show from the animated band will be huge–but it just got a little bit bigger: N.E.R.D has just been announced as the opening act. N.E.R.D is…
Crystal Castles, Mr. KittyHouse of BluesSeptember 14, 2010Better than: the last time Crystal Castles came through town. A blown-up, ghostly image of the cover of Crystal Castles II served as the band’s backdrop, while blue strobes intermittently illuminated the stage. Then Ethan Kath emerged, and stood behind his synths–where he…
Your daily dose of national music news for Wednesday, September 15, 2010…Really, students where offended because a bands name has pornographer in it?Jack White invented his very own way to press a record. George Michael has been sentenced to two months in jail because of his drug habit. …
We’re about to see a sudden void in daily show lists, so, from here on out, each and every Monday through Thursday, I’ll do my best to point the readers of DC9 in the right musical direction for each particular evening.Oh, sweet Tuesday, the second step towards another blissful weekend…
Fort Worth’s Green River Ordinance has made fast work of moving on from its split with Capitol Records and putting out new material on its own. Last week, after the band came ahead more than $20,000 ahead of its stated $15,000 goal for donations from fans so it could release…
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.Sheryl Crow (Kennett,…
Recent months had seen a number of changes for longtime local DC9 favorite Dove Hunter, which made its name by blending roots rock, southern rock and indie rock into an irresistible groove and near-incomparable live display.Initially a five-piece, the band became a four-piece when, in 2009 guitarist Marc Montoya left…
On Sunday, October 10, two months to the day after the Dallas music community lost Ace McNeely, a benefit concert will take place at Sons of Hermann Hall with the aim of raising funds to back a newly created charity in McNeely’s name. Featuring performances from the Boys Named Sue,…
Well, we’re a week in to the official release of Dorrough’s sophomore album and it looks like the disc going to be the successful follow-up Dorrough that was hoping for. Or, at least, the singles are still doing well. Currently, lead single, “Get Big,” 14 weeks after breaking in to…
Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam co-stars The Jonas Brothers and Demi Lovato took over the Superpages.com Center on Sunday night, even bringing along their fellow made-for-TV movies stars with them for a little song-and-dance action. Meanwhile, Lovato, recently sort of resigned from Twitter, seemed out to prove us wrong…
Your daily dose of national music news for Tuesday, September 14, 2010…John Mayer pulls the plug on his Twitter account.Florida indie-rockers Surfer Blood declare the end of the “cool to be indie” movement as they sign to Warner Bros. These are either the worst songs of all-time, or they are…
We’re about to see a sudden void in daily show lists, so, from here on out, each and every Monday through Thursday, I’ll do my best to point the readers of DC9 in the right musical direction for each particular evening.Mondays aren’t your typical music hotbeds as far as national…
Frisco’s inaugural Oysterfest on Saturday, September 25, at Lochrann’s Irish Pub & Eatery is just a few weeks away. As we’ve mentioned more than a few times before, the lineup for this shindig, which includes Rhett Miller, Efterklang, Bowerbirds and about 15 of the area’s best bands, is pretty impressive–probably…
