The Ten Greatest Texas Punk Bands

With D.R.I. coming to Trees last night, we at DC9 thought it might be opportune to look at some of the legendary punk bands that have claimed Texas as their home. These days, D.R.I. is better known as a metal act, but when they began life way back in 1982,…

Lauryn Hill’s Side of the Story

Lauryn Hill will be gone till October. A week after making headlines for signing a million dollar five-song deal with Sony, she showed up to court on Monday with a check for $970,000. But it wasn’t enough to save her from jail time. The five-time Grammy winner and highly esteemed…

The BBQ Posse Is not Impressed with Daniel Vaughn’s New Book

Have you read Daniel Vaughn’s book, The Prophets of Smoked Meat? You probably have not. The first book released on Anthony Bourdain’s Ecco imprint won’t be available until May 14. Flimsy, black-and-white, pre-release copies known as galleys of the book went out to various media outlets in March, and reviews…

The 10 Texas Blues Albums You Must Hear Before You Die

Watching the Devil tune his guitar in the middle of the night isn’t how Robert (or Tommy) Johnson imagined he’d be spending his Saturday night. When that ol’ demon started playing songs, fire flew from his fingertips as an otherworldly sound reverberated into the night. According to legend, despite his…

The Five Best DFW Band Vines From April

Another month has ended and that month has given us even more peeks into the social media world of local acts through the use of everyone’s favorite new platform, the Vine. Like we said last month, for those of you who aren’t familiar with Vine, it’s Twitter’s new app that…

The Worst Summer Songs of All Time: The Readers’ Picks

You know the jingle. It’s the kind of hot that leaves a sweat outline in the shape of a chair on your shirt, and one of the world’s most teasing, irritating songs comes on the radio: “All of those tourists covered with oil / strumming my six string / on…

Here’s What We Got on Record Store Day. How About You?

The early reports on Record Store Day 2013 are in. They are anecdotal at this point, and they are all accounts of lines around the block across the country and world, of beer and bands and general goodwill. At some point, we will find the saturation point for RSD exclusives…

The Seven Best Songs for Earth Day

Today marks the 43rd Earth Day, and to celebrate, we over at DC9 at Night put together a list of some of our favorite songs about the large, luscious planet we call home. Make sure to add any favorite environmentally-themed songs in the comment section below. Happy Earth Day!…

Hey Budwieser, This Is Not A Good Way To Sell More Beer

Oh, Budweiser. It’s come to this? News of your new bow-tie-shaped beer can certainly got a lot of people’s attention, but I’m not sure it’s the right kind — the whole Internet is laughing at you. You had a good thing in that classic red, white and blue can, and…

The 10 Greatest Alt-Country Bands Ever

With Jay Farrar and Son Volt playing at the Sons of Hermann Hall this weekend, it seems a good time to evaluate the entire Alt-country semi-movement. For all practical matters, Alt-country began with Uncle Tupelo’s album No Depression in 1990. Shortly thereafter, the magazine of the same name was published…

Blogger Pays a Visit to Kraft and Kraft Don’t Care

Last month we told you about Lisa Leake and Vani Hari, two bloggers who are taking Kraft to task because of the artificial dyes the company uses in its macaroni and cheese. When we published that post the two were looking for 20,000 signatures on a petition. Earlier this week,…

The Five Worst British Import Bands

While we might have done some wonderful things for y’all with Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Black Sabbath and Radiohead, we have also sent you some terrible crimes against music. And while none of this really compares to Canada foisting Avril Lavigne and Nickleback on you, it’s still not great. I’m…

The Ten Douchiest Guitar Players of All Time

tumblr.com/user coolbeans11Michael Angelo Batio Hey, we can all appreciate a quality guitar god. Anyone who considers themselves a fan of music knows the joy of watching their favorite axeman/woman go on a tear and destroy the crowd with their fast-fingered prowess, signature style and lush mane of flowing hair. It’s…