August is officially here. This means we’re one step closer to the kids being back in school and the Texas Rangers being put out of the misery they call the 2014 season. But before we get to all that, how about we indulge in a little weekend fun? These are…
The tragic beauty of local music is that even though it is often better than what is commercially available, the market has not yet realized its worth. That means that you’re often able to hear incredible acts for dirt-cheap, even free. The city’s country bars do a pretty good job…
As PARTYNEXTDOOR sadly reported on the opening track of his new project; the summer is over. It won’t physically feel that way for us down here in North Texas until about early to mid October, but that magical haze is fading away now. Everyone’s going back to school. Football practice…
Rick Eye, one of the newest members of Bukkake Moms, remembers the first time he played with the band he joined in 2013. Fans tend to throw all sort of crazy things to performers while they’re on stage. That night Eye got to experience objects getting thrown at him, but…
It’s hard to believe that Peter Murphy is touring behind his tenth studio album as a solo artist since his genre defining original band Bauhaus split up. I actually saw him quite a few times in the 90s’. Back then he would not play any songs from his old band…
We here at DC9 at Night are always on the lookout for fresh talent. Naturally, that means seeking out new music and the folks who make it. But it’s more than that, too. It also means finding new writers to add to our roster of contributors. We always welcome interested…
Wanz Dover, local DJ, musician, walking music encyclopedia and DC9 at Night contributor, is curating a new weekly mixtape series that will feature mixtapes and interviews with local artists. For the first installment, he spoke with Dragonlazer. The duo of John Baugh and Allen McDonald have been staples in the…
The formula for the Denton music scene is no accident: cheap rent and plentiful venues make for a perfect melting pot for bands to pop up all over the place. Whether it’s a house or dive bar show, there’s somewhere for you to perform. If you either live in Denton…
Even if you weren’t a Tori Amos fan in the mid-to-late ’90s, the odds are good that you knew a few of us who were. Our Kool-Aid dyed hair and witch-length skirts helped visually amplify our hormonal angst to the surrounding world. As did our notebooks — scribbled with words…
Born Myra Ellen Amos, singer/songwriter/composer Tori Amos changed her name at 18 and embarked on a three-decade-long musical journey that has been fascinating to say the least. Amos’ music can be filled with as much pretension as beauty, but it is always interesting. After a few neo-classical releases, Unrepentant Geraldines,…
Country music in the 1980’s offered some of the same arguments many types of country music fans still have today. What is and is not “country”? Can pop-country and traditional country coexist peacefully on one radio dial? Can the sheen of Kenny Rogers’ gloriously manicured beard ever be more powerful…
If you’re anything like me, you’ve been to more than a few concerts already over the course of the week. And hey, maybe you need a night off or two to recover from all the fun you’ve had on nights when you’ve still had work the next day. Then again,…
Starting Friday the Quebecois carnival group Cirque Du Soleil takes over the American Airlines Center with their tribute to the life and music of Michael Jackson with THE IMMORTAL tour. The Texas leg of the tour is the last in the U.S. for the company, as they will cap off…
When Bobby Patterson, a legend of Dallas soul music, decided to call his new album I Got More Soul, he wasn’t kidding around. If you ask him, he really does have more soul. More of everything, in fact. “More soul for your ear hole. More soul than more soul. More…
Very few bands had the indie clout of the Walkmen. For over a decade, the D.C. area natives made an indelible mark on alternative rock by churning out several classic albums. When the band decided to call it quits in 2013, it was a sad moment for fans and critics…
There’s a new album coming down the pipe from Fort Worth punk band the Phuss, who recently signed with Albany, New York record label Magnetic Eye Records. And while the record, which will be titled On the Prowl, won’t get it’s official release until September 16, the band has whetted…
Jake Orrall sounds tired. Granted he has a right to be. Jake and Jamin Orrall, better known as fuzzy two-piece JEFF the Brotherhood, have put out seven albums over 13 years, with yet another new EP coming this September. Jake has even been producing a different band’s album, which is…
When we attended the Lady Gaga concert last week at American Airlines Center, we were left with one particularly strong impression from the night: that Mother Monster is close as ever with her Little Monsters. That may hardly be news at this point; from the time Gaga first achieved here…
Daniel Huffman, known better as New Fumes to fans of magnificently messed-up psych rock, could never been accused of being lazy or even predictable. Whether he’s opening up for legends such as My Bloody Valentine, hanging out with his buddies in the Flaming Lips or creating all sorts of mind-bending…
If the past few days have been a little disorienting thanks to this polar vortex, then fear not: there are concerts coming to help us all make a little more sense of the world again. This weekend brings performances from folk legends, a trio of rockin’ brothers from Texas, and…
“When you play electronic music, you have control of the imagination of the people in the room, and it can get to an extent where it’s almost physical.” These words, spoken by Ralf Hütter of pioneering electronic outfit Kraftwerk, ring no truer than today. And although Dallas is far removed…
For a time in the mid ’90s, the Mavericks were on top of the neo-traditional country world. The Miami band featuring the amazing talents of singer Raul Malo scored a hit in 1996 with “All You Ever Want to Do is Bring Me Down” and even won a Grammy Award…
