Last Night: Gorillaz and N.E.R.D at the Verizon Theatre

Gorillaz, N.E.R.DVerizon Theatre, Grand PrairieOctober 20, 2010Better than: an evening spent watching the Cartoon Network. Roger CaldwellDamon Albarn, triumphant at last night’s Verizon Theatre show. For a full slideshow from last night, click here.​Shame on anyone who expected a cartoonish display from Gorillaz last night. Sure, Damon Albarn and his…

October’s Music Offerings Are Unrelenting. And We Likey.

October has officially become a beating, dudes. Perennially the busiest month of music in North Texas—thanks, y’know, to standard fall touring schedules and the countless tours that make regional pit stops here en route to Austin-hosted fall music festivals—there’s still more than a week left in this month, and already…

Bonus MP3: Novaak — “Marnie”

Novaak​ Tomorrow night, the normally alt-country vibes of City Tavern will turn decidedly electronic as the venue hosts a quadruple-bill of three bands that DC9 readers are already long familiar with and a fourth that they’ve likely never heard, but should–and soon. Joining Hoyotoho, Darktown Strutters and Museum Creatures on…

Bonus MP3: Year of the Tiger — “Heart of Steel”

​Tonight marks the start of New York City’s CMJ Music Marathon, a sort of SXSWish deal originally built around the premise of bringing up-and-coming wannabe college radio heroes together for college radio jocks to come have a listen and look-see. Now 30 years into its existence, this year’s festivities certainly…

Picture Show: Deftones at the Palladium Ballroom

Danny FulgencioDeftones fans like to boogie.​ Pop quiz, hotshot: Is the above picture a shot of the crowd at the Palladium Ballroom dancing to the Deftones’ performance? Or is it a shot of the fictional city of Zion from the Matrix movies celebrating the fact that Neo brought peace to…

Watch: Hello Lover — “Incredible Relief”

Seem the self-proclaimed sex-rockers in local outfit Hello Lover are taking a page from the hip-hop playbook: The band’s got a new disc in the works, and they’re calling it MixTape. The disc will be released in late November, but, earlier this month, the band leaked to YouTube the above…

DC9atNight and WeDentonDoIt Present: School of Seven Bells

Welcome to a new joint venture between DC9 at Night and the folks at We Denton Do It, aimed at introducing local audiences to up-and-coming acts they may have missed during recent stops through town. They’re the kind of acts we think you’re gonna want to know–and right away.School of…