Doug Burr

The 35 Must-See Bands at 35 Denton

So, this is definitely a top-five weekend in North Texas music annually. We're flush with bands this time of year, what with the mid-size tour Mecca four hours south and four days away. But much of what's going on in the Metroplex in the coming weeks owes at least as much of its awesome to our own d ... More >>

Rock Lottery 11

Saturday, November 17, at Dan's Silverleaf, Denton

The Five Best Concerts In Dallas This Week, November 12-15

The Sea and Cake Thursday, November 15, at Trees, $13/$16 Chicago's electro-jazz group The Sea and Cake has been around, in many forms, since the mid-'90s. The band just released its airy, tenth LP, Runner, a companion album to its 2011 release, The Moonlight Butterfly. The album's single, "Harps," ... More >>

Preview: Record Store Day

Saturday, April 21

A Weekend Filled With St. Vincent. Also: 45 Fest, Manchester Orchestra, Battles and More!

Annabel MehranSt. Vincent​This is the weekend of St. Vincent. In fact, someone ought to make it a local holiday because it's going to be pretty difficult to escape the songstress over the next few days. She's set to perform in town three different times. On Saturday and Sunday night, she'll perfor ... More >>

Get To Know Your DOMAXXIII Nominees: Best Folk Act, Best Venue, Best Record Store

​Welcome to our 2011 Dallas Observer Music Awards breakdown, wherein we'll use the weeks leading up to the DOMA showcases on Saturday, October 15 (which is also when voting ends), to explain the nominees in each category Today, we look at the nominees in the Best Folk Act, Best Venue ... More >>

Seryn Explains Its Influences To Magnet

Seryn​ Seryn just keeps getting more and more and more and more love from the national media these days. Last week, it came once again courtesy of the folks at Paste, whose editor-in-chief and co-founder, Josh Jackson, just can't get enough of those inspiring kids from Denton. After already naming ... More >>

Tonight, Tonight: Josh Ritter at the Granada Theater and Elvis Took Acid at Hailey's Club

A sold-out show at the Granada and a punk show up in Denton highlight tonight's kickoff to the work week.

Tonight, Tonight: Deerhoof and Yann Tiersen at The Loft, Cradle of Filth at The South Side Music Hall, Doug Burr and Ryan Thomas Becker at Club Dada, and The Aces & Angels Salute to the Troops at Centennial Hall in Fair Park

Despite the terrible weather, there is still a bunch of shows to look out for on this hump day evening -- two of which are even taking place in the same building.

Tonight, Tonight: Ozzy at the AAC, Authority Zero at Trees, Danny Balis at Lola's and NOFX at House of Blues

Pretty busy Thursday evening we have here, highlighted by the Price of Darkness himself, and a pair of punk rock quadruple-bills.

Counting Down the Best Local Albums of 2010

Local Music 'Mericans: Cindy Chaffin

Welcome to Local Music'Mericans, where we'll be meeting some people behind the local music scene who aren't musicians, but more behind-the-scenes folk.Jason JanikCindy Chaffin​Once upon a time, Cindy Chaffin was the mastermind behind Texas Gigs, a blog and database that ... More >>

Tonight, Tonight: Red Bull SoundClash at the Palladium, And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead at The Loft, Doug Burr at Lochrann's Irish Pub, Minus The Bear at House of Blues and Ra Ra Riot at The Granada

Another day, another busy musical evening here in the metroplex. Seriously busy.

With Paste Gone, Where Will Our Local Folkies Get Their National Love?

​Gawker is reporting today that Paste magazine is about to close shop any minute now, further proving that combining two dying industries, music and journalism, indeed results in a double-negative and not a positive.It's a sad day for sure, both for music journalism fans and for local music. Paste ... More >>

Watch: The 40 Nights of Rock & Roll Team Crushes Pretty Hard on Denton

Last week, we showed you some clips filmed as Scott Sloan and Steve LaBate stopped through Dallas as part of their 40 Nights of Rock & Roll documentary tour--footage that featured Centro-matic's Will Johnson playing piano in easily the best laundry room performance I've ever seen. That stop at J ... More >>

Good Friday: Sarah Jaffe, Doug Burr, Beaten Sea, Ishi, Fox & The Bird, The Burning Hotels, Minus The Bear, John Lamonica and More!

​OK, yes, we've been blowing up Sarah Jaffe this past week, but with good reason. It's all in anticipation of her album, Suburban Nature, which earns it's release on Friday, May 14 at the Son's Of Hermann Hall. She's not the only one we've been blowing up this week,though. Check out some of this w ... More >>

AT&TPAC Finds a Way to Make Use of Sammons Park: Outdoor Concert Series!

Sammons Park, which, given today's announcement, may wind up looking as Nigel Young and Foster Partners intended​It's been said time and time again: The oh-that's-where-it-is Elaine D. and Charles A. Sammons Park is the least attractive -- and, certainly, the least-utilized -- part of the AT& ... More >>

Doug Burr's O Ye Devastator Hits iTunes A Week Early. So Go Download It.

​In addition to The Burning Hotels' new release and the big major label debut from Jonathan Tyler & The Northern Lights, it looks like another big local release is up for the taking on iTunes. Though it won't see a physical release until next Tuesday, Doug Burr's new release, O Ye Devastator, ... More >>

National Record Store Day Celebrations

Saturday, April 17, at Good Records and Bill's Records

Giveaway: A Three-Day Pass To This Weekend's MusInk Tattoo Convention and Music Festival at Fair Park

​In this week's paper version of DC9, I extol the virtues of this weekend's MusInk tattoo-meets-music 'splosion at Fair Park, which, in addition to featuring 110 tattoo artists from around the country, also sees live performances from the Old 97's, Lucero, Shooter Jennings, Stardeath & White ... More >>

Spune, Weekly Tape Deck And Gorilla Vs. Bear Announce SXSW Day Party Lineups

​Spune just announced the details of its 2010 South By Southwest free day party, set to begin at 11 a.m. Saturday, March 20, at J. Black's (710 W. 6th St., Austin). It's a strong, if not especially surprising, lineup featuring some of DFW's usual rootsy, folky suspects (Doug Burr, Telegraph Canyon ... More >>

NX35 Adds 45 More Acts To Its Lineup. Among The Adds: HEALTH, Horse Feathers, And Many, Many More Locals.

​The folks at NX35 just posted a new blog entry on their site, effectively announcing the adds we already warned you would soon come. And, well, this list of 45 new acts (add that to the 123 previously announced performers) is chock full of gems, among them touring acts HEALTH, Horse Feathers, Mat ... More >>

NX35 Adds Neon Indian, Others to Lineup; Tickets Now On Sale

​Originally, tickets for this year's second go-'round of the NX35 Music Conferette were supposed to go on sale yesterday. A few software glitches go in the way, but more important point is this: Tickets are now on sale, so go get 'em. Four-day passes will set you back only $65; single-night passes ... More >>

The Best Area Album Releases of the '00s

Giveaway: Three Pairs of Tickets to Tomorrow Night's A Spune Christmas at Hailey's

​We already named it our Poster of the Week, sure. But we're excited for tomorrow night's show at Hailey's for a few reason--not the least of which is the fact that we here at DC9 are among the show's sponsors.No, let's not just think that we're selling you on this show simply because our name's o ... More >>

Good Friday: Brent Best, Bridges & Blinking Lights, Days of the New, Babyface, Pitbull, Doug Burr, All That Remains, Binary Sunrise, Rhett Miller, RTB2, Saboteur, The Sounds, Shinedown

​The weekend's here, which is good news for anyone hoping to catch up on sleep and boost their immune systems so they don't catch that darn H1N1 virus going around. And good news for music fans, too, as there's enough rock going on to melt both your face and all potential germs it might be keeping ... More >>

Telegraph Canyon Preps For The Current and The Tide

Hal Samples On Tuesday, August 18, Fort Worth's Telegraph Canyon will release its highly anticipated sophomore release, the Will Johnson-produced The Tide and The Current--a disc I can, having heard it, say is definitely worth the hype and the wait since 2007's excellent debut, All The Good News. Oh ... More >>

DOMA XXI: And The Nominees Are...

This year's trophy will look nothing like the Heisman. Sorry to get your hopes up.A few weeks back, the 2009 Dallas Observer Music Awards balloting process began--somewhat quietly, I admit.  Distinguished area musicians, producers, booking agents, sound engineers, bloggers, journalists a ... More >>

Show Announcements: Metallica, B.B. King, Lucero, Ben Kweller, more

Not a big list of announcements this week, but think of it as quality over quantity. In venue news, watch out for the Hydrant in Denton. The coffee shop snuck its way into this post two weeks in a row--and it looks as if it's working with Spune Productions to bring more shows to its cozy confines. ... More >>

Yesterday at NX35: Fear and Loathing on the Square. Or: Navigating NX35's Night Two Schedule.

Conferettes sound fun and all. That is, until the schedule is released. That's when neurosis, the likes of which only my poor wife has seen, begins to take over. Thursday was easy. Friday night proved to not be as smooth. With bands that I had hoped to catch at four different venues--som ... More >>

How Much Music Can You See For Free In Denton?

Picture Show: Daniel Folmer Album Release at the Hydrant Cafe

Daniel DaughertyDaniel Folmer and Doug Burr played Denton's Hydrant Cafe last night, to celebrate the release of Folmer's new CD, The Roaring Twenties. And they brought along the Burnt Sienna Trio and Glen Farris with them, the latter of whom got the ball rolling around 10 p.m. and deserves some cre ... More >>

Our 20th Music Awards

1988-2008: Two Decades of DOMA

DOMA: The Winners! Announced! (Yay!)

Holy Diver Fired for Being 'Too Awesome'

Good Records Announces Official Eighth Birthday Party Lineup

Good Friday: The Paper Chase, Bridges and Blinking Lights, Whiskey Folk Ramblers, Freewill Benefit

Dove Hunter, Doug Burr, Bridges and Blinking Lights

Friday, February 15, at the Double Wide

Lots of Locals Land on SXSW Schedule

Dallas' Best Music

Five loyal local music writers pick favorites

Good Friday: Carter Albrecht Memorial, Jucifer

2007 Dallas Observer Music Awards Showcase

Clientele, Beach House

Friday, May 18, at Hailey's, Denton

I Remember When We Had to Put Out Compilation CDs...

The Baptist Generals, Theater Fire, Bosque Brown, Doug Burr

Friday, February 9, at the Granada Theater

Back to School Bash featuring Black Tie Dynasty, Sorta, The Happy Bullets and more

Saturday, September 30, at Hailey's, Denton

2006 Dallas Observer Music Awards

Doug Burr, Bosque Brown, Current Leaves, Kristy Kruger, Kelly Upshaw, Sleepy Atlantis

Friday, July 29, at Sons of Hermann Hall

Odds & Ends

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