Dinosaur Jr.

Re: Mediocrity

Yo, Don't Have Kittens

Dinosaur Jr. and Buck 65 Coming to Dallas

Good Friday: Bleach Boys, Eleven Hundred Springs, Shiny Around the Edges

Roadshows

Willing to wait

Lou Barlow works on solidifying Sebadoh's reputation

Roadshows

Lou Barlow works on solidifying Sebadoh's reputation

What It Was Like: These United States, Phosphorescent, BLK JKS, Foreign Born, Akron/Family, Dinosaur Jr

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 >>

Dude Food: SXSW Edition

Patrick MichelsRoppolo's Red River "location" did big business at SXSW.I spent much of the last week in Austin for SXSW, so rather than hipping you guys to some local jewel this week, I've decided to give a play-by-play commentary of how I vittled down in the Live Music Capitol of the World.Comprehe ... More >>

Monsters of Rock

Mastodon lives up to the legacy of bands with prehistoric monikers

R.I.P., KDGE

It's so sad when they go so young

Bridges and Blinking Lights, Colour Revolt, Handbrake

Wednesday, December 19, at Hailey's in Denton

Band Campers

15 aspiring rockers look for 15 minutes of fame

Dinosaur Jr. Still Avoiding Celebrity

15 aspiring rockers look for 15 minutes of fame

Pop Quiz

Failure isn't an option

Two Cow Garage

Sunday, June 10, at AllGood Café

Dinosaur Jr.

Beyond (Fat Possum)

The Lemonheads

The Lemonheads (Vagrant)

These Bands Are Your Bands

Dan's Silverleaf hosts the ultimate tribute

Freak Scene Revisited

Dan's Silverleaf hosts the ultimate tribute

Slowly Stroke Them

After you've tightened the trousers of a generation, what do you do for an encore?

My Morning Jacket, Centro-matic

Friday, September 17

Arlo

July 26

Lightening Up

Dinosaur Jr.'s J. Mascis is back with a new album, a new attitude, and a mouthful of food

Distant Gig Alert: Dinosaur Jr. and Built to Spill at the Granada Theater on October 22

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 >>

Giveaway: Two Pairs of Tickets To See Dinosaur Jr. and Built to Spill on Thursday, October 22, at the Granada Theater

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 >>

Gig Alerts: Trees Gets Busy With The Local Show Concert Series Tonight, And A Free Show From The Donnas Tomorrow Night

​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 >>

Built To Spill, Dinosaur Jr.,Lou Barlow & the Missing Men

Thursday, October 22, at the Granada Theater

Gig Alert: Lou Barlow's Free In-Store Performance at Good Records

Lou Barlow​We'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 >>

Poster of the Week: Built To Spill, Dinosaur Jr. and Lou Barlow And The Missingmen At The Granada Theater Thursday

​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 >>

Last Night: Built to Spill and Dinosaur Jr. at the Granada Theater

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 >>

Picture Show: The Donnas, Rockett Queen Rock Trees

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 >>

Counting Down the Best Local Albums of '09

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 >>

Yo La Tengo,Times New Viking

Saturday, January 30, at Granada Theater

Bonus MP3 (And Two Pairs Of Tickets To Tonight's Show): Quasi -- "Repulsion"

Quasi​One 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 >>

What It Was Like: Add Another 17 Bands To The Growing Tally...

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 >>

Q&A: Richie James Follin of The Willowz Talks Maturity and The Letter Z. Also: A Giveaway!

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 >>

Giveaway: Three Pairs of Tickets To Tomorrow Night's Lou Barlow and Sarah Jaffe Show at The Loft

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 >>

Staff Trax: The Apples in Stereo, Arcade Fire, Paul Brill, Built to Spill, Twin Sister and The Futureheads.

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 >>

Dead Confederate, Ume, Futurebirds

Sunday, August 29, at The Loft

Staff Trax: Röyksopp, Trippple Nippples, Ride, Jawbox, Buffalo Tom, Wilco and Toto

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 >>

Staff Trax: Sweet Apple, A Sunny Day in Glasgow, Seabear and Teenage Fanclub

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 ... More >>

Tonight, Tonight: John McLaughlin at The Granada, Brokencyde at The Loft and Hinder at The Palladium Ballroom

Not a bad selection of shows for the Monday after Turkey Day. But, OK, maybe not the best, either.

Sebadoh, Quasi, Dove Hunter

Friday, February 18, at the Granada Theater

Giveaway: Two Pairs of Tickets To See Sebadoh, Quasi and Dove Hunter at the Granada Tonight

Sebadoh​The two most celebrated albums from lo-fi indie rock legends Sebadoh, 1996's Harmacy and 1994's Bakesale, marked a significant change in direction from the band. Following the departure of co-founder Eric Gaffney and his frantic, experimental noise rock, the band shifted its sound from two ... More >>

My First Show: The Demigs' Guyton Sanders Explains The Thought Process Behind Buying His First Ever Concert Shirt On INXS' Kick Tour

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 >>

SXSW 2011 Buzz Power Rankings: Kanye West Stays On Top, But His Lead Is Shrinking...

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 >>

J. Mascis Covers Edie Brickell & The New Bohemians' "Circle" For Pitchfork.TV

​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 >>

Ten Signs Your Favorite Band Is Past Its Prime

​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 >>

A Place to Bury Strangers' Oliver Ackermann Names The Five Loudest Shows He's Ever Seen

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 >>