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At first, it appears the kind of local album we see all too often. Take, for instance, the terrible-looking presentation. The CD cover is laughable and silly: Stu’s sitting on his bed, strumming, and sporting a lipstick kiss on his right cheek. A random cartoon of Lennon, Little Richard and…

Sometimes a band’s name can be immensely revealing—especially when wondering about the tunes that reside on a given album. Take, for an apt example, Me Timbers, the new disc from Dallas’ Jokersdeck. As the band’s name may suggest, the record is a random collection of sounds and vibes that never…

He plopped down on one of the rickety chairs on the sidewalk in front of J & J’s Pizza with a copy of the Dallas Observer, and after lighting his cigarette, he flipped through its pages. He stopped at North of the Dial. My ego could barely contain itself. Why?…

They don’t refer to Denton as Austin North for nothing. In a small college town that’s rife with bands spanning all genres and any kind of indie sub-genre you can think of, musician acquaintances fast become friends, then form into bands which start playing around town—and eventually other towns across the…

It shouldn’t exactly be a surprise at this point. Tales of drinking beers and smoking drugs and getting through life (if not flat-out reveling in it), all set to a score of classic, ’50s-inspired rock ‘n’ roll riffs and adorned with fiddle and pedal steel flourishes? On an Eleven Hundred…

Welcome to Check Out This Jam!!!, a new weekly feature here on DC9. The idea’s pretty simple: It’s a chance for us writers to 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…

In this past week’s issue of the Observer, Merritt Martin weighs in on Perilous Hits, the debut release from Sir Silky, the latest identity claimed by Cheyenne Schweitzer (formerly of Tiger Moth). It’s a heavily Prince-inspired disc–but in a good way, Martin assures:”This incredibly NSFW album… should be taken seriously,…

Local punk/metal outfit Power Trip recently released its debut EP, a resounding roar of a record called Armageddon Blues. The band formed a couple of years ago and recorded a couple of demo sessions before getting serious with the new EP, which finds the youthful quintet channeling cool ’80s punk…

In the issue of the Observer set to hit stands today tomorrow (depending on your Metroplex locale), Chris Parker checks in with Bowerbirds’ Phil Moore. And, in the resulting piece, Moore was kind enough to candidly explain the differences between his band’s beautifully spare 2006 debut, Hymns for a Dark…

Pleasant Grove rapper AnonymousCulture is on the verge of staging an Intervention on the music world. This will be a little different than a real-life intervention, though. In a real intervention, you think you’re about to have a party, only to have a bunch of friends and relatives bitch at…

On Friday night, St Vincent headlined a rather highbrow affair in The Allen Room of New York’s Lincoln Center, providing a scenic fifth-floor view of Manhattan’s Columbus Circle as a backdrop for Annie Clark and her band–as well as a few very exciting special guests. How exciting? Well, yesterday, Pitchfork…