Dinosaur Jr. The Prophet Bar Saturday, October 6 It's a tale that's been repeated throughout the history of rock: a washed-up band comes to town to promote new album, fans demand the familiar old stuff and a journalist writes a negative review. At Saturday night's Dinosaur Jr. show, this old spell ... More >>
Saturday, October 6, at the Prophet Bar
Astronautalis, Friday, October 5, at Granada Theater This time last year, former North Texas rapper Astronautalis had just released his 11-track gem, This Is Our Science. This Friday, he opens for Flobots, a Denver-based prog hip-hop group signed to Motown Records. On his website, Astronautalis enco ... More >>
With the arrival of fall, we're knee-deep in festival season, and Spune Productions is testing its fest powers in the heart of Deep Ellum with this weekend's first-ever Index Festival. The roster features a handful of locals (Yells At Eels, The Cush, Datahowler, The Angelus, Telegraph Canyon, A.Dd , ... More >>
That's Ackermann, front and center, with the rest of APTBS.As we've already discussed a bit this week, A Place To Bury Strangers have about as much a problem turning up the volume knob as Rick Perry does seeking hair product. Which makes this recent, surprise announcement all the more awesome: Ol ... More >>
Earlier this week, Weezer announced plans to partner with Carnival Cruise Lines to arrange the first ever "Weezer Cruise." The four-night voyage from Miami to Cozumel will also feature sets by the likes of Ozma, Dinosaur Jr., Wavves and loads of others.Never mind how awesome we think all this sou ... More >>
Back in March, we shared with you quite the treat -- a clip of legendary axe man J. Mascis covering Edie Brickell & The New Bohemians's "Circle" during an in-store performance in Boston. Since then, the song's kind of become a standard in the Mascis' solo sets.Funny thing about these solo off ... More >>
Everybody knows he's a motherfucking monster.Thursday at SXSW 2011 has come and gone -- but Kanye remains solidly in his spot atop our buzz power rankings, as determined by chatter we're hearing on the street. His lead is shrinking, though -- Odd Future is hot on his tail, proving once again that ... More >>
Welcome to My First Show, where we give bands a chance to talk about the first shows they ever attended -- no matter how uncool and embarrassing those tales may be. The Demigs plan to take off... eventually.Guyton Sanders is literally a drummer about town. Whether he's ... More >>
Friday, February 18, at the Granada Theater
Not a bad selection of shows for the Monday after Turkey Day. But, OK, maybe not the best, either.
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 get some more insight into ou ... More >>
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 get some more insight into ou ... More >>
Between his work in Dinosaur Jr. and Sebadoh and even on his own recent solo efforts, yeah, Lou Barlow's had something of a storied career--and as you can tell from the above cut from his 2009 effort, Goodnight Unknown, a varied one, too. So, yes, tomorrow night's performance from Barlow at The Loft ... More >>
Anaheim, California's The Willowz have been doing the punk/soul/garage/blues thing since 2002--and to some fine results. In 2004, two of the band's songs added much-needed grit to the Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind soundtrack. Featuring Richie James Follin's screeching, J. Mascis-inspired sin ... More >>
Pete FreedmanAfter a day filled with old favorites like Superchunk and new ones like The xx, heading to see a new band like Band of Skulls seemed fitting. And it worked out...What day is it today? Saturday? Let's see... got here on Wednesday... and that was Day One... so I guess yesterday was Day ... More >>
QuasiOne of the ten bands taking part in tonight's Rite of Spring Fling concert at Hailey's, Portland's Quasi may also well be the elder statesman of the crowded bill. And the band certainly sounds like it. Since 1993, the ex-husband-and-wife team of Sam Coomes and Janet Weiss has been parlaying ... More >>
Saturday, January 30, at Granada Theater
Caity ColvardThe Donnas at last Thursday's free Trees show. Those not headed to last Thursday night's monster Built to Spill/Dinosaur Jr. double-bill had another nice little option--and a free one, no less--in the Hornitos-sponsored (and thus free) show from The Donnas and DFW's own Rockett Queen ... More >>
Built to Spill, Dinosaur Jr., Lou Barlow & The Missing Men, Disco DoomGranada TheaterOctober 22, 2009 Better Than: a Thursday evening at home in your rocking chair. At his Good Records performance held earlier last night, Lou Barlow expressed his love for playing in the endangered venue of ... More >>
Thursday, October 22, at the Granada Theater
Lou BarlowWe're all pretty excited around here--and rightfully so, I'd say--about the Built to Spill/Dinosaur Jr. show at the Granada Theater this evening. No doubt you are, too.I just hope you have your tickets already--over the weekend, we'd heard sales to the show had already reached 900 ticke ... More >>
Round Rock artist Todd Slater designed this week's featured poster, which promotes tonight's bill of Built To Spill, Dinosaur Jr. and Lou Barlow and the Missingmen at The Granada. Look closely and you'll see that the ants crawling all over the woman's face; the design was inspired by the lyric to ... More >>
A couple interesting shows over the next two night's at the still freshly re-opened Trees in Deep Ellum. Tonight, for instance, marks the second week of the Best DJ in Town's new weekly concert series at the venue. Continuing along the theme of his Sunday night "The Local Show" on KDGE-102.1 FM T ... More >>
We've been geeking out about the upcoming Dinosaur Jr. and Built to Spill double-bill at the Granada for months now (four, to be specific), and now that it's almost here, well, really, we can hardly contain ourselves--which, I promise, is meant to read far more honestly and less facetiously than it ... More >>
We've gone a few weeks now without our (once) weekly Show Announcements posting about, go figure, upcoming shows that get announced each week. Sorry for the lapse there, folks--it'll make its way back soon enough, promise. In the meantime, let me use this post as an excuse to spread the word that, o ... More >>
Pete Freedman Phosphorescent captivates the crowd at Mohawk's Patio.Night two at SXSW 2009 very much encapsulated everything I love about SXSW: Writing down a schedule of shows to see, throwing it out the window and catching a whole different lineup of acts that were probably better than any ... More >>
Mastodon lives up to the legacy of bands with prehistoric monikers
Wednesday, December 19, at Hailey's in Denton
15 aspiring rockers look for 15 minutes of fame
Failure isn't an option
Sunday, June 10, at AllGood Café
Beyond (Fat Possum)
It's so sad when they go so young
The Lemonheads (Vagrant)
Dan's Silverleaf hosts the ultimate tribute
Friday, September 17
July 26
Dinosaur Jr.'s J. Mascis is back with a new album, a new attitude, and a mouthful of food
Lou Barlow works on solidifying Sebadoh's reputation
