Music

Haven’t heard back yet from Eyes, Wings And Many Other Things about who created this beautiful showbill yet, but I’m guessing it’s from someone in the band, as many of their posters have a similar aesthetic. The hazy, shimmery colors in the background and the retro font give it a…

Ok! You can officially ignore MTV. Aside from vintage Pizza Hut commercials, YouTube has become the newest, best, most badass way to show off one of two things: your music with lyrics set in scrolling Comic Sans or your music under some cool, never-before-seen animator / puppeteer’s work. Back in…

galleryCat : Road to Mount Righteous from HZ&DB on Vimeo….as we were this morning, Wilonsky just sent us a link to this video of the two disparate acts preparing for their live mash-up. As fun and spontaneous as they made the performance look, this behind-the-scenes video shows how it actually…

Nervous Curtains “All Yesterday’s Parties” from Liberal Media/Charlie Tango on Vimeo.Sean Kirkpatrick just sent an amazing music video for one of the best tracks off Nervous Curtains’ Out of Sync With Time, which we wrote about in a March feature. Not only does it feature one of Dallas’ best bands…

It’s not often that a band from Iran makes its way to our area, much less a pair of them, so tonight’s Hypernova/The Yellow Dogs performance at Rubber Gloves Rehearsal Studios should provide a good reason to head to Denton. Now based out of New York, Hypernova has gone through…

One of the most memorable moments of the Dallas Observer Music Awards ceremony had to be the live mashup where galleryCat rhymed over the marching-band indie-pop act Mount Righteous playing behind them. Alas, DOMAXXII may be behind us, but you can relive the memory thanks to “Children” “Childhood,” a new…

Shiner Bock beer has become a bit of a cliché in the realm of Texas country. For a while, it seemed as though all Pat Green had to do was to simply throw the name of the Lone Star legend into a verse and the song would rocket to regional…

It’s hard to find out what Brooklyn-based Luke Temple has on his iPod, but judging from the tracks we’ve heard from Here We Go Magic’s recently released CD Pigeons (especially the lead single, the catchy “Collector”), he’s been listening to a lot of psychedelic-era Pink Floyd and Rolling Stones, or…

In August 2008, singer/songwriter Dylan Sneed played his last show as a resident of Dallas. Not really living anywhere since, Sneed has crisscrossed the country playing with just about anyone in just about any venue. During this jaunt, Sneed has written a bevy of songs, some of which have found…

Musically, Saintkarla are spirited, enterprising, and all over the map—hence, presumably, the hummingbird used as this album’s cover art. Theirs, indeed, is a melting pot brand of rock. And while that doesn’t work for everyone, if you’ve the attention span, there’s a lot to draw from Elephant in the Room…

After two years of cancer treatment, Big Star founding bassist Andy Hummel died July 19, just four months after the death of Big Star singer Alex Chilton. Both men were 59. But while the times of their deaths were remarkably close, these friends’ lives could hardly have taken more divergent…

If you see a gentleman cruising around in a large sky-blue Cadillac with a smile on his face, listening to anything from Whitney Houston to Mike Dunn to Giorgio Moroder, chances are it’s Noah Jackson. You probably won’t see him around that often, though, and that’s the point. Jackson’s propensity…

“Erratic” is a good word to describe Hormones’ newly released EP, Look Out Below. The interesting thing about the record, however, is in the way the songs bounce from one style to another yet remain cohesive. The result is a melting pot of influences—all of which are rooted in some…

Reality television has been the catalyst for the so-called resurgence of many over-the-hill, past-their-prime acts in recent years. Over the last year or so, legendary Massachusetts band Aerosmith decided to channel the spirit of the Sunday night VH1 lineup and make a little noise for themselves—Vanilla Ice and Flava Flav…

Ever since the December 8, 2004, death of guitarist Darrell Lance Abbott, better known to most as “Dimebag” Darrell or simply “Dime,” the fallen metal icon’s family, friends and fans have tried to find ways to cope with the loss of the local hero best known for his work with…

For the first time in his career, Ariel Pink finds himself at the junction of art and commerce. And, contrary to what his fans might expect, he’s ready to make some cash. His newest album, Before Today, is the slickest, most cleaned-up record he’s ever made. Diehards will miss the…

This week we ventured north to the SMU campus to see how students felt about Moon Taxi, the rockin’ quintet from Nashville. All of the participants seemed to have musical preferences more associated with mainstream trends, i.e. pop, rock, and rap. Regardless, approximately 66-percent of our ambushees (all those named…

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…