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Ani DiFranco

  • Blogs

    December 14, 2010

    Tonight, Tonight: Blind Guardian at Trees, Jay Brannan at The Loft and Mini Mansions at The Cavern

    Tuesday evening brings a couple of decent triple-bills and a tandem of sensitive singer-songwriters to our area for your musical enjoyment. Which is as good an excuse as any to leave the house tonight.

  • Blogs

    June 4, 2010

    The Problem With... Katy Perry's "California Gurls"

    ​Every few years, we all hear songs about California that define that state for a few years until the next. Back in the '90s, it was Tupac and Dr. Dre's "California Love." Last decade, it was "California" by Phantom Planet. Hell, there is a laundry list of iconic songs about the state.Katy Perry's ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 9, 2010

    Good Friday: Happy Bullets, Damaged Good$, Pigeon John, Asleep at the Wheel, Bret Michaels, Cocky Americans, True Widow, The Theater Fire, Ani DiFranco

    ​Holy crap, it's a busy weekend. Let's run it down again, shall we?Tonight's jam-packed. There's The Big Pink and A Place to Bury Strangers at the Granada. There's the Old 97's kicking off the MusInk Festival deal at Fair Park. Tomorrow night's even busier: The Buck Pets reunite at Trees; Camera O ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 10, 2010

    Check Out This Jam: The Apollo Commanders, Sharon Jones and The Dap-Kings, The Preservation Hall Benefit Album, Bottomless Pit, The Organ, Neil Young and The Band of Heathens

    Welcome to Check Out This Jam!!!, 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. Also, it's a chance for you readders to get more insight into ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 23, 2009

    Show Announcements: Spune Sets Seasonal Soirees, More

    That's right, kittie, the Spune Rites Of Spring Fling is coming. ​With the holidays upon us, we know it's hard to think about anything beyond New Year's Day. But if you've already got your 2010 calendar handy, mark a couple of dates, because Spune has a couple of intriguing seasonal festivals in t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 2, 2009

    Show Announcements: Brave Combo Family Christmas Bash, More

    ​Denton's own Grammy-winning, Simpsons-appearing, Bob Dylan-inspiring, nuclear polka-creating Brave Combo will brave the elements 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday, December 12, for an outdoor poolside performance at the Belmont Hotel. But the real star of the Belmont and Smoke Family Christmas Bash will ... More >>

  • Music

    July 23, 2009

    Dallas Observer Music Awards

    ​Denton's own Grammy-winning, Simpsons-appearing, Bob Dylan-inspiring, nuclear polka-creating Brave Combo will brave the elements 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday, December 12, for an outdoor poolside performance at the Belmont Hotel. But the real star of the Belmont and Smoke Family Christmas Bash will ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 15, 2009

    Blogaroo 3: Preaching To The Converted at Bonnaroo

    Music aside, one big part of the fun at Bonnaroo is just experiencing the interaction of strangers who would never have anything to do with each other outside of such a frenzied environment. This is true everywhere, from the open-air drug markets along "Shakedown Street" to the campgrounds to the sw ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 22, 2008

    Weekend Roundup: Ani DiFranco, The Hives, The Krum Bums, New Monsoon, Ratatat

    Music aside, one big part of the fun at Bonnaroo is just experiencing the interaction of strangers who would never have anything to do with each other outside of such a frenzied environment. This is true everywhere, from the open-air drug markets along "Shakedown Street" to the campgrounds to the sw ... More >>

  • Music

    August 9, 2007

    2007 Dallas Observer Music Awards Showcase

    Music aside, one big part of the fun at Bonnaroo is just experiencing the interaction of strangers who would never have anything to do with each other outside of such a frenzied environment. This is true everywhere, from the open-air drug markets along "Shakedown Street" to the campgrounds to the sw ... More >>

  • Music

    March 1, 2007

    Pop Quiz

    An SAT for DFW

  • Music

    October 26, 2006

    Melissa Ferrick

    An SAT for DFW

  • Music

    September 14, 2006

    The Lazarus Effect

    Homecomings and familiar faces could be the start of Deep Ellum's resurrection

  • Music

    August 31, 2006

    Drums & Tuba

    Wednesday, September 6, at the Cavern

  • Music

    June 1, 2006

    Dar Williams

    Wednesday, June 7, at Poor David's Pub

  • Music

    May 11, 2006

    2006 Dallas Observer Music Awards

    Wednesday, June 7, at Poor David's Pub

  • Music

    May 4, 2006

    Come Rushing In

    Kristy Kruger's albums have hidden in the shadows for years, just where she wants 'em

  • Music

    July 7, 2005

    Jeff Klein

    Wednesday, July 13, at Gypsy Tea Room's "Tea Room"

  • Music

    February 3, 2005

    Andrew Bird

    Thursday, February 3

  • Music

    March 4, 2004

    Society's Child Grows Up

    The teenage one-hit wonder gets a third act with Billie's Bones

  • Music

    October 30, 2003

    Bass Fishing

    Drums & Tuba make rock out of nothing at all

  • Music

    June 5, 2003

    Soul Power

    The gospel according to Ruthie Foster

  • Music

    April 10, 2003

    Bright Eyes

    April 16

  • Music

    March 20, 2003

    A Sad Salvation

    At SXSW, you couldn't hear the bad news over all that music

  • Music

    September 12, 2002

    Multiple Artists

    Our writers clean out the CD bin

  • Film

    May 9, 2002

    Made on the Margins

    For 15 years, the Dallas Video Fest has flickered on the fringe

  • Music

    September 20, 2001

    Band Aid

    Ronald Reagan was president, Michael Jackson and Phil Collins ruled the charts, and a bunch of little rock bands were changing lives

  • Music

    September 6, 2001

    Out & About

    Edith Frost

  • Film

    August 23, 2001

    Gal Pals

    Lost and Delirious takes its advice-column message way too seriously

  • News

    April 26, 2001

    Reel People

    It's about the artists, not the stars at the 31st annual USA Film Festival

  • Music

    February 1, 2001

    The Diagram

    How to reinvent rock and roll with Drums & Tuba...and guitar

  • Film

    November 2, 2000

    A Glorious Gabfest

    With a (mostly) top-notch lineup, Outtakes Dallas 2000 details how normal (and screwed up) we all are

  • Music

    September 7, 2000

    Folk 'Em

    The new Broadside boxed set resurrects the intimacy and immediacy of New York in the 1960s

  • Music

    November 18, 1999

    Out There

    The Artist

  • Music

    October 14, 1999

    Chick magnet

    Don't ask Ani DiFranco about her business

  • Music

    September 30, 1999

    Girl trouble

    Rock and roll is still a man's, man's, man's, man's world

  • Music

    April 29, 1999

    1999 Dallas Observer Music Awards

    Rock and roll is still a man's, man's, man's, man's world

  • News

    February 11, 1999

    Major Mistakes

    Signing to a record label can be bad for a band's health. So why do they keep doing it?

  • Music

    January 14, 1999

    Out There

    Signing to a record label can be bad for a band's health. So why do they keep doing it?

  • Music

    January 7, 1999

    Take me to the river

    PBS documentary goes on a bumpy ride down The Mississippi

  • Music

    November 19, 1998

    Milking it

    Terri Hendrix proves you can't keep a girl down on the Farm

  • Music

    July 30, 1998

    Bringing on the leather

    Glasspack channels the unholy ghosts of the Monsters of Rock

  • Music

    July 30, 1998

    Fair game

    Feminism posing as trend, profit masquerading as activism, and a bunch of really bad songs: Why Lilith Fair isn't so fair at all

  • Music

    June 25, 1998

    Ani DiFranco, musician

    Reconsidering the image of the do-it-yourself poster child

  • Music

    November 27, 1997

    Interesting intersection

    The many roads of Keli Vaughan

  • Music

    November 13, 1997

    Roadshows

    The many roads of Keli Vaughan

  • Film

    June 19, 1997

    Petty woman

    Wedding smothers the romantic comedy--by embracing it hard

  • Music

    November 21, 1996

    Welcome to Wally's world

    True songs from the mayor of Pleasantville

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