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Astronomer’s Fyre features only three songs and clocks in at just less than 20 minutes. But the EP accomplishes plenty in that amount of time. This Dallas-based four-piece is not some jokey, ham-fisted tribute to popular metal bands like Metallica or Slayer—or even Morbid Angel, Death Angel or Death. Yes, there…

Denton’s Exit 380 is an alternative rock group that, turns out, isn’t as schizophrenic as it may first appear. The band’s last effort, Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Stone, flirted with a vague alt-country notion, and while Exit 380 is certainly capable of a variety of (disparate) styles, the energetic quintet…

For a good part of the ’90s and into the early ’00s, Doosu was all over the Deep Ellum local music scene. Those who spent their nights frollicking about that thriving neighborhood could likely find themselves at a Doosu show at any number of venues almost every week. After some…

Seemingly out of nowhere comes this rock-solid EP from Power Trip, a relatively new quintet of disgruntled youth. By channeling old-school punk and metal influences into its riff-laden roar, Power Trip achieves a remarkable balance of chaos and actual melody on this release, called Armageddon Blues. Led by vocalist Riley…

These are tough times. We’re in the midst of a financial crisis. Our futures are uncertain. Denton’s The Timeline Post knows this, and its sophomore album, Slow Descent, acts as a viable musical snapshot of the present. A very dark snapshot. The old adage is true, though: Some of the…

In a pretty big reveal—before he really starts riffing on the pressures his band The Flaming Lips feels now that its reputation as music festival heroes has been cemented and the connection he feels to Dallas-Fort Worth thanks to Deep Ellum’s embrace of his band in its early years—Wayne Coyne…

Surely, by now, you know about NX35’s without-question climax—the free, Saturday night show at the North Texas Fairgrounds featuring The Flaming Lips, Denton’s own Midlake, and Norman, Oklahoma’s Stardeath and White Dwarfs. At last count, though, some 200 or so other bands have also been booked to play Denton’s second…

After last year’s crop of 40 area acts playing at South by Southwest and 2008’s total of 39, yes, this year’s number of 28 area acts on the annual music festival and conference’s official bills sure appears something of a letdown. Even when you factor in the kinda locals—area ex-pats…

Creede Williams’ latest offering, After the Letters, showcases a gamble that many songwriters make: showing off their sensitive hearts in a mainly literal fashion, while hoping to remain engaging and compelling. The risk that Williams takes yields some small yet satisfying payoffs, sure. But, ultimately, it fails to hit the…

Last week, Damaged Good$ dropped its $pread Love Not Germ$ mixtape as a free download available at damageisgood.com, ending months of dangling the carrot in front of its fans. See, the mixtape was the culmination of a project that saw the duo hosting a charity show and releasing a single…

And if YouTube is more your flavor, here’s your link.Our weekly video segments here on DC9 tend to be quieter, stripped-down affairs. But there wasn’t a chance our tenth taping over at El Sibil was going to go that way last week–not with nine-piece Mount Righteous armed with with megaphones…

Feeling like a little mellow, acoustic tunage before the assault of NX35 and SXSW? Opening Bell Coffee offers up a nice bill of singer/songwriters this evening with Kevin So and Emily White.Hailing out of Boston, So actually toured the country in a cover band that would later see some of…

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. It’s a chance for you readers to get…

Summer, that season when old farts get back in the tour bus to milk a few more million bucks out of nostalgic fans, is just around the corner, as evidenced by three big Superpages.com Center concert announcements this week. First, Iron Maiden will open its The Final Frontier World Tour…

Maybe it’s just me, but is today the funniest day ever, or what?(Hat tip.)…

Robert has the story on why this video was created. But, sometimes, it’s best not to question these things, to just sit back, and enjoy them for what they are. And, in this case, what it is, is maybe the best/worst thing of all-time.Seriously: Tony Romo, you have a standing,…

pStationTrack=’track_14844_2008′; document.write(”); Hey, look who stopped by Paste Magazine to play “Caroline” from his recent self-titled album for this clip, posted to the mag’s site this morning? Hint: Why, it’s Dallas’ own Rhett Miller! It’s a fun clip, if only because Miller’s telling of the story behind the song is…