Music

It was back in February when we first caught wind of Midlake’s supporting role on the new, debut solo effort from John Grant, former frontman of The Czars. Called Queen of Denmark and released on April 6, the album was recorded in Denton while Midlake was on breaks from its…

Look, Girl Talk and Big Boi at SMU isn’t the only free show going this evening. In fact, there’s a real treat for the suburbs going on at Lochrann’s tonight up in Frisco as part of Spune Productions’ new weekly, free Thursday night gigs up that way. At 8 p.m…

OK. There are certain things that are undoubtedly cool about living in a big city. Like when huge shows evade the radar of just about everyone. How huge? How about Spring Concert, put on by Southern Methodist University’s Program Council, featuring one of the most influential mash-up artists in the…

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So, I’m sitting there watching Idol, getting ready for the results portion (which also generally includes already-famous people performing songs that I’m sure the contestants would much rather watch when they’re not waiting to find out if they’re “safe”), with Seacrest being all dramatic and shit, when I heard the…

With his soaring voice and arena-rock fluency, Todd Rundgren seemed destined for hit-after-hit superstardom when he released his third album, the entirely self-recorded Something/Anything, in 1972. Looking back, though, it was clear that Rundgren had too many experimental itches to scratch—and the progression of his career has arguably been more…

Spring is a great season for music around here. Just when you’ve recovered from Denton’s NX35 and Austin’s SXSW music festivals—not to mention a barrage of road shows—Dallas hits you with two amazing parties on National Record Store Day. And, turns out, both Good Records (1808 Greenville Ave.) and Bill’s…

California (and possibly Earth’s) heaviest band, High on Fire, is ready for its close-up. The trio’s fifth studio album, Snakes for the Divine, is its first for the E1 label after several years on highly regarded metal imprint Relapse. And, for it, the musicians worked with a real producer for…

Baltimore duo Beach House revels in large, lush sonic compositions, joining a select handful of bands in the post-rock era—Cocteau Twins, Galaxie 500, Mazzy Star—that expertly render shimmering sounds with equal parts confidence and mystery. Now on its third album, Teen Dream—the band’s first for Sub Pop—Beach House has expanded…

Every Sunday morning across the Bible Belt, thousands of congregations sing along as bands trade hymns for rock ‘n’ roll songs. But in recent years around North Texas, more and more Christian musicians are finding musical salvation outside the walls of the church. My own band, Radiant, experienced our musical…

There can never be enough catchy pop-punk songs about relationships sung by guys in tight pants. Or so goes the assumption made by Fort Worth’s The Burning Hotels on their debut full-length, Novels. Turns out the band might be right, too, even if the songs on this release sound similar…

Bloomington, Indiana’s Murder by Death is clearly composed of four fervent fans of music. As such, chief songwriter and distinctive lead vocalist Adam Turla and his band have been able to work, and excel, in the medium they love so dearly for a decade, now. And they know what they’re…

…and for the YouTube elite, here’s your link.Our DC9 Live at El Sibil series just keeps trucking along, don’t it? Sure does. And, as such, last week, we welcomed Denton’s The Timeline Post in to film the 14th episode in the ongoing series. Not exactly the chattiest band, I’ll admit…

Elvis week, people. Elvis week. Lots to choose from. Lots of disappointments. And Idol alum Adam Lambert was the mentor, so that means there was lots of make-up… as well as inappropriate jokes about inches and tongues from Ryan Seacrest. Awkward!On a positive note, though, Lambert was one of the…

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…

If you’re Lady Gaga on a massive world tour, how do you find the energy to keep up with the fast-paced world of international stardom? A couple of Red Bulls and maybe the occasional 5 Hour Energy? Nah. The answer’s celibacy, of course! Just days after announcing her celibacy, Gaga’s…

Canadian alternative country singer-songwriter Fred Eaglesmith seems to make it to our area a couple of times a year–and that, my friends, is a very good thing. Hell, as a matter of fact, Eaglesmith was just at the Granada Theater on January 29. But just about any time is a…