Music

It’s funny how something can appear to be one thing and actually be something else. Take, for instance, Sons of Hermann Hall. The 100-year-old Deep Ellum venue is a lot of things—cherished, storied, enduring, charming, one of the best and most underused and underappreciated venues in the region. Absolutely. All…

Back in 2006, Angels & Airwaves released their debut, We Don’t Need to Whisper, amidst many bold claims made by singer/guitarist Tom DeLonge. DeLonge, having certified his legend with the pop-punk trio Blink-182, wanted to take his next band to another dimension, saying Angels & Airwaves would unleash a rock…

With of Montreal frontman Kevin Barnes in Los Angeles, hard at work on False Priest, the band’s follow-up to the critically acclaimed 2008 album Skeletal Lamping, and his band set to head out on tour in a week, the band’s tour press responsibilities have fallen to founding member and Elephant…

There’s been some strategy behind building excitement for this year’s inaugural Homegrown Festival at the new Main Street Garden Park Saturday. Sure, the bill’s heavy on over-saturated local acts like Jonathan Tyler & The Northern Lights, Ishi, Telegraph Canyon and some 12 more acts—but every time someone mentions Homegrown, it…

Sitting in what amounts to Rubber Gloves Rehearsal Studios’ executive suite, the members of Denton’s Record Hop abruptly pause their conversation to watch a truck pass by on the railroad tracks, hauling with it multiple boxcars. “That truck has a train horn on it!” exclaims Ashley Cromeens, lead singer and…

On their debut full-length, Dallas band Intake wear their influences on their collective sleeve—be they Muse, Mutemath or even the Latin influence that can be detected in most songs. That last part makes sense; three members of the band are Columbian. One song on the album is even sung completely…

Upon first listen, the simple structures and soft melodies of Sundress’ new Fever EP may come off as a bit wearisome or even sleep-inducing—perfectly fitting for the dream-pop label that the group hasn’t managed to shake since even before threats of lawsuits forced the band to change their name not…

If LCD Soundsystem’s third record will indeed be the band’s last (as main man James Murphy has indicated), at least they’re going out on top. Not since New Order’s mid-’80s heyday has a band seamlessly fused dance music with rock music, all the while reconciling an indie spirit with the…

It’s a cry as somber as the one Americana artists often sing about: “The business of music sucks the reason you even started to play music out of you,” says Rebecca Scott, wife and manager for Dallas-based Americana artist Jay Johnson. Her husband, along with fellow area music vets Merrol…

…and for ye on YouTube, your link.Last week, after two weeks off, we returned to the regular filming of our weekly DC9 Live at El SIbil series, welcoming in Denton math-rock outfit Dear Human into the fold. It was quite the time, too, as our crew and group of fans…

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…

J. Paul Slavens is about as well-known and well-respected a commodity as there is in the DFW music scene. He’s been kicking around the Metroplex for nearly 25 years, playing with bands like the much-heralded Ten Hands or the more experimental Chameleon Chamber Group. But he might have become even…

We already mentioned it in print, but this one merits a reminder: The Knitters, the alt-country spinoff of legendary L.A. punk rock band X, make a rare area appearance tonight at Dan’s Silverleaf. John Doe and Exene Cervenka, the founding members of X, started The Knitters way back in 1982…

There seem to have been an upswing in good-times bands lately. Andrew WK’s been leading the charge for some time now, but just behind him is Brooklyn’s Fang Island. If the first-graders in the above video aren’t convincing enough, then their concert tonight at Rubber Gloves Rehearsal Studios will have…

As Lady Gaga proceeds to hog the female pop-star spotlight, our Britneys and our Jessicas are slowly fading into the background–but not without a fight. Christina Aguilera recently teamed up with electroclashers Le Tigre for the track “I Hate Boys” on her new record Bionic, and announced a tour to…

As the contest dwindles, it seems the contestants were hailing from more specific locations.Casey James wasn’t so much from Fort Worth, or Cowtown, as some folks call it. No, he’s was from teensy Cool, Texas. Looks like the producers acknowledged that viewers are more likely to tune in if they…

If you’re not here, here or here tonight–or, perhaps, if you do go to those places and they let out between 10:30 and midnight–then you should do yourself a solid and dial up KNON-89.3 FM on your dials this evening and tune in for some Sonic Assembly Power Hour action…

This weekend, The Cavern on Lower Greenville featured 6Blocc vs. RAW from San Diego playing really heavy Dubstep and DnB along with MC Astro on the microphone. Upstairs, DJ Phooka spun some classic hip-hop.At Zubar, DJ Tyrone & Rob Viktum were in the front room, playing everything from funk to…

Quite a busy Tuesday evening with OK Go at the Granada and Sarah Jaffe up at Dan’s Silverleaf. But if you have an inkling for a bit more ska and hip-hop in your musical diet, then I suggest heading down to the House of Blues.Headlining tonight’s festivities is The Expendables,…

In this week’s paper, Eric Grubbs catches up with OK Go frontman Damian Kulash and talks, among other things, about the band’s DIY approach to its music videos (like the above, recently released, Rube Goldberg-inspired “This Too Shall Pass” take)–and its former label’s issues with the band’s ideals on those…