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…
The Bamboozle Roadshow hits Six Flags Over Texas on a day perfect for its core audience—a Saturday. School will be out for the tweens and teenagers, and it’s almost time to enjoy the summer break. What better way than to spend the day at an amusement park with 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. Consider it a chance for you readers to…
Angels & Airwaves, Say AnythingPalladium BallroomMay 20, 2010Better than: staying in and listening to Angels & Airwaves on small computer speakers. Angels & Airwaves has never been a vanity project for its singer/guitarist, Tom DeLonge. While he’s back with Blink-182, the band that brought pop-punk to the masses at…
Back in 2006, Angels & Airwaves released their debut, We Don’t Need to Whisper, amidst many bold claims made by singer/guitarist Tom DeLonge. DeLonge, having certified his legend with the pop-punk trio Blink-182, wanted to take his next band to another dimension, saying Angels & Airwaves would unleash a rock…
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…
For the past few months, whenever an OK Go video appears between performances on the Granada Theater’s video screen to promote the band’s upcoming show at the venue, people cheer. The reactions have been the same whether it’s a crowd awaiting the French folk-rock of Yann Tiersen or the schizoid…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Alkaline Trio, Cursive, The Dear and DepartedPalladium BallroomMarch 27, 2010Better than: Paying good money in hopes of seeing Georges St. Pierre knock out Dan Hardy in the first round of UFC 111. At this point in its career, Alkaline Trio could take the easy route and pander to the portion…
The trio behind Alkaline Trio? Well, that’s just Matt Skiba, Dan Adriano, and Derek Grant. And their latest, This Addiction, is their first for Epitaph Records–quite the change, after putting out records on Asian Man, Vagrant, and Epic prior. With a sound that mixes the best of The Misfits, The…
Bonjay — “Gimmee Gimmee”I was fortunate enough to catch these guys, completely at random, this past week at SXSW–and they impressed the heck out of me with their high-energy performance, and an eclectic, beat-heavy, R&B-tinged sound. Bonjay, which calls Toronto home, released an EP last year called GIMMEE GIMMEE. Here…
The Dillinger Escape Plan, Darkest Hour, Iwrestledabearonce, Animals as LeadersGranada TheaterMarch 20th, 2010Better than: driving three hours north and wondering what kind of trainwreck might occur at the Stone Temple Pilots’ show at WinStar Casino… The Dillinger Escape Plan had not been in the DFW area in almost two years,…
Band: The Black Angels Venue: Hailey’s ClubTime: 12:40 a.m. God bless The Black Angels. Rounding out a four-band bill, the Austin five-piece just leveled a well-attended Hailey’s on Day 3. Sporting four new songs from its forthcoming album, this band shows that it had much more mileage left in the…
Band: Fergus & Geronimo Venue: Hailey’s Club Time: 10:50 p.m.Fergus & Geronimo had plenty working against its set last night at Night Two of NX35–not the least of which was a timeslot filled with numerous great acts playing at the same time. As such, its show at Hailey’s was nowhere…
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…
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…
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…
Killswitch Engage released the first disappointing album of its career last year, and though it was just announced that frontman Howard Jones has been removed from the rest of this tour, chances are still pretty good that the band won’t disappoint live. Face it: This is an act that really…
