Picture Show: Hellzapoppin Freaks Out at Lizard Lounge

The Lizard Lounge–which, it should be noted, will celebrate its very impressive 18th anniversary on Saturday night with a set from house DJ Robbie Rivera among others–played host to a freak show performance from the DFW-based touring sideshow Hellzapoppin last night. Among the not-for-the-weak-stomach sights seen: Fire-eating, walking on broken…

It’s Official: The Flaming Lips Are Playing NX35

This morning, after late-breaking news from Denton last night that The Flaming Lips would be headlining this year’s NX35 Festival, we’ve received confirmation from both the folks at NX35 and with The Flaming Lips: It’s on.In fact, in an email just sent our way, NX35 publicist Lyndsay Knecht Milne even…

Do You Realize That The Flaming Lips Are Likely Playing NX35?

Last night, at a listening party for his band’s upcoming The Courage of Others disc in Denton, Midlake’s Eric Pulido announced to a crowd of about 50 people that Midlake would be playing the North by 35 conferette. No news there necessarily–except that four sources who were there say Pulido…

They’re The King Bucks, God Dammit!

Friend of the program Nico Martini, who hosts “American Highway” every Monday afternoon on the Indie-verse, put together the above short clip on Dallas’ own The King Bucks, who started off as “just a bunch rock guys that were doing country music” and have grown into one of the top…

Looking Back on the Biggest Local Music Stories of 2009.

Well, it’s officially list-making season again. Everyone’s doing it, listing their top songs and albums of the year and/or decade and whatnot. So, too, are we. Online, on our DC-9 at Night blog, we’re counting down our favorite local songs of the year, one a day, till we get to…

Catch Midlake at NX35 In Three Months, Download Two New Tracks Today.

Yesterday saw the formal release of Midlake’s two lead The Courage of Others singles in the form of a two-track, 12”, vinyl, limted edition, collector’s piece–a must have, we imagine, for any serious local music collector. But, even for the wannabes, there’s something of a consolation: Yesterday, in tandem with…

The Raven Charter Is… Out Of This World?

This morning, Denton-based prog-rock outfit The Raven Charter passed along its new music video to DC9 HQ. And it’s not too tough to see why the band might be proud of it: It’s a high-tech, science-fiction affair, paired with the group’s “new single” called “Thousand Worlds.”Says one of the band’s…

Midlake’s New, Limited Edition Vinyl EP Earns Release Today, Available at Forever Young and Good Records

Midlake’s new,two-song, 12”, 45 rpm release, Acts of Man, which features two songs off the bands upcoming full-length release The Courage of Others (“Acts of Man” and “Rulers, Ruling All Things”), earned its release today.And though the release is available for online purchase–via insound.com, recordstore.co.uk and boomkat.com–it’s only available at…