Hall & Oates

How To Start a Record Collection, Part III (Record Store Day Edition)

I thought it would be a private relationship between me and my record player. Music collections, no matter what they are made of, can be so intimate they border on embarrassing. Not sure what to buy, I clicked on review after review, talking myself into and out of nearly every purchase. But the thin ... More >>

The Six Best Concerts In Dallas This Week, December 31-January 3

Big Freedia, Ynfynyt Scroll, Yeahdef, Ocelot Monday, December 31, at Dada, $18-$25 When Big Freedia, the "queen diva of bounce," was in town this past fall for Denton's Hot Wet Mess, audiences saw a whole lot of ass-shaking from her and her crew. She gives it her all, which is why you can expect her ... More >>

The Gorehounds and the Rich Girls

Monday, December 31 at Double Wide

Balls Be Droppin'

The Dallas Observer Music Awards Showcase: A User's Guide

We're taking over Deep Ellum on Saturday. Come along, will you?

A Guide to the 2012 Dallas Observer Music Awards Showcase

It occurred to me recently that, within the DFW music scene, people really love to draw county lines. So what we were trying to illustrate with our 2012 Dallas Observer Music Awards nominees is that Dallas, Fort Worth and Denton aren't three separate entities, but rather one big music community that ... More >>

Eight of September's Best Music Photos

Hot Wet Mess, North Texas Fairgrounds, September 1

Hall & Oates - Allen Event Center - 9/10/12

Hall & Oates Allen Event Center Monday, September 10 See also: The fans of Hall & Oates A couple of years ago, I did an experiment in the offices of another paper I worked for. I took out the Hall & Oates box set, Do What You Want Be What You Are, and put on disc three, arguably the "best" of the ... More >>

Giveaway: Two Pairs of Tickets To Tonight's Hall & Oates Concert!

Update, 3:45 p.m.: We have our winners! Congrats to Kyle Busby and Holly Barnes, who have just been notified that they can, in fact, go for that. Tonight, at Allen Event Center. We're dropping this giveaway on you with a quickness, as Hall & Oates are coming to Allen Events Center tonight at 8 p.m ... More >>

Hall & Oates

Monday, September 10, at Allen Event Center

Eleven of This Weekend's Top Shows: Gorilla Vs. Bear Fest, Nicki Minaj, Kool Keith and More

Gorilla Vs. Bear Fest IISaturday, July 28, at Granada TheaterIn its second year, Gorilla Vs. Bear Fest has (smartly) shortened things a bit, thus giving more breathing room to the bands, which included Glass Candy, Chromatics, Twin Sister, Chromatics, Taken By Trees, Laurel Halo, A.Dd and DJ Sober.

Justin Young: "We Played This Place Called Club Nowhere in Fort Worth, That Was Opened By the Bouncer From the Apollo"

At some point in the near future, Justin Young might end up playing in every active band in Dallas. He recently filled with Menkena while also finding time to play with J. Charles and the Trainrobbers, Auxiliary Voice, Arm Tha Homeless and the beloved Hall & Oates cover band, The Rich Girls. Just a ... More >>

15 of This Weekend's Best Shows: Miguel Migs, Oak Cliff Film Festival, Iris DeMent and More

It'll Do Club Grand OpeningSaturday, June 16, at It'll Do ClubEver driven eastbound on Elm Street until it hits the dead end? Then chances are you've seen the It'll Do Club. Shrouded in the long-forgotten East Ellum neighborhood, this club opening marks another step in Deep Ellum's expansion. Plu ... More >>

Hall & Oates Coming To Town September 10

Even if you're not a rich girl or a maneater, you've probably had one of Hall & Oates' songs stuck in your head for a considerable amount of time. These days, most people start to listen to the '80s duo purely out of irony, but once they dig into the band's brilliant back catalog (you know, the deep ... More >>

Lisa McDaniel Balances Deep Ellum's Books

Welcome to Local Music 'Mericans, where we get to know the people behind the scenes in Dallas/Fort Worth music. Lisa McDaniel's interests are an unlikely duo: metal and math. In all fairness, she likes local music of all different kinds. But when it comes to her faves, she's as down with House Hark ... More >>

New Year's Eve

Saturday, December 31

Matthew and the Arrogant Sea Get the Daytrotter Treatment

Matthew Gray as a cartoon​Seems Denton concert promoter Matthew Gray stepped out the limelight for about a month, which was a smart move. He garnered quite a heap of press and ill will in October and November, when Denton Country Proper -- his upstart company -- booked and canceled high profile sh ... More >>

Music Video Madness: Watch New Clips from Erykah Badu, Soviet, Calhoun and Ishi

Gotta give Erykah Badu credit. When the Dallas-based neo-soul icon does something, she rarely does what's expected of her. Today, somewhat out of the blue, Badu released a new music video clip for an unreleased track, "Out My Mind, Just in Time (Movement II)," which serves as a continuation of sorts ... More >>

Jeff Jacobs Went From Playing College Bars to Rocking The Keys on "We Didn't Start The Fire."

Welcome to Local Music 'Mericans , where we meet some of the people behind the local music scene -- those who aren't necessarily members of local bands, but more the people who make the scene move. Jeff Jacobs​Jeff Jacobs, a fairly recent transplant from Chicago, spends ... More >>

The Rapture, Bush & Chevelle, Phantogram and The Rest of This Week's Show Announcements

The Rapture​It's been a while since we've heard from New York dance band The Rapture; their last release Pieces of the People We Love came out five years ago. But now they're back with a new album, In the Grace of Your Love, which will earn its release on September 6.In tandem with the releas ... More >>

Oates, Here We Go Magic To Play Upcoming, Three-Day United Way Benefit in Denton

Juan PatinoJohn Oates​I just spent way too much time scouring the Internet for a clip of the classic 1999 Saturday Night Live send-up of Behind The Music where Chris Kattan, playing John Oates, riffs on the fact that, yes, it was very much his idea to add in the handclap parts to Hall & Oates' ... More >>

DC9er Mixtape, Vol. 40: LehtMoJoe

​Like most babies from the '80s who grew up with an ear for music, Vincent Sliva dedicated hours of his youth to recording his favorite songs off the radio onto cassette tapes. But rather than just playing them back on his boombox, he tried to sync the songs up with other songs on the b-side ... More >>

The Funniest April Fools' Day Pranks In The Local Music Scene

This Will Destroy You calls it quits?​Everybody loves a good prank on April Fools' Day. Everybody, that is, except the person on the receiving end of said prank. Which is to say the people like us here at DC9 HQ, who spend our days looking for pertinent local music news and information to pass alo ... More >>

Good Friday: The O's, The Hope Trust, Reverend Horton Heat, The Sword, Jonathan Richman, Lynch Mob, The Boom Boom Box, Dax Riggs, Max Bemis, Plain White T's & More!

Allison V. SmithThe O's​It's hard to put your finger on an actual date when The O's will officially celebrate the release of their new album, Between The Two. The hilarious duo, who we caught up with in this week's print edition, have already played a handful of release shows this week, but Club D ... More >>

Are You Pumped For All Those Free Concerts The Super Bowl's Gonna Bring? Even If The First One We've Heard Of Features Maroon 5?

​Robert's been doing a pretty decent job of keeping folks appraised of the Super Bowl-related(ish) events we can expect to be inundated with come February when the big ol' XLV comes through to rock Arlington (with the Black Eyed Peas) -- like the two-day Diddy-hosted affair, and the Pam Anderson p ... More >>

The Top Ten Stage Faces From Billy Idol's Show at the Palladium Ballroom Last Night

Hal SamplesBilly Idol's drummer gets an honorable mention for this one.​What a week: Between Heart on Monday night and Meat Loaf on Thursday, we might have to break out our Van Halen t-shirts and the Hall & Oates tapes just to get into the mood.Billy Idol added himself to the mix last night fo ... More >>

Q&A: Chromeo's Dave 1 Talks Hall & Oates, VEGA and Moving Away From Electro-Funk. Also? He Gives Us An MP3. And Free Tickets.

Less than a week from now, on Wednesday, August 25, at the Palladium Ballroom, the electro-funk masters in Chromeo will roll through town, bringing with them Brooklyn's Holy Ghost!, and, surely, the same tongue-in-cheek attitudes that have served them so well since bursting on to the scene with thei ... More >>

Idol Rich: And the Winner Is...

​This is, essentially, a "closure" post. I think we all have to come terms with the fact that Fort Worth/Cool's Casey James was let go in favor of the inferior Lee DeWyze. Whether or not I think CJ should be the American Idol, I've blogged the finale because he and a couple of other North Texans w ... More >>

Christmas Bonus: The Best Box Set Gift Ideas For This Holiday Season

​Looking to get that special musicologist in your life something special? If so, you might want to think about a box set. But be wary: There's a lot of chaff to sift through when dealing with the glut of holiday season reissues. Thankfully, amidst it all, the following multiple-disc sets are a pre ... More >>

Today In Music News: Rachel Ray Wants Hall & Oates In Rock Hall, Morrissey Collapses and Weezer Loves Smooth Jazz

Your daily dose of national music news for Monday, October 26, 2009...Does Hall & Oates belong in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame? Maybe yes. Maybe no. But is it really a good idea to have Rachel Ray taking up the cause of getting them nominated? Morrissey collapsed on stage due to breathing di ... More >>

Pitchfork On Neon Indian: "Best New Music"

Psychic Chasm's cover.​Probably should've seen this coming: Today, Pitchfork honored Neon Indian with its much-sought-after "Best New Music" tag, giving the album an 8.6 on its 10-point scale. As for the review itself? It's loving enough, namedropping some pretty heavy hitters--LCD Soundsystem, Da ... More >>

Clearing Out the Mailroom: Tuesday, September 1, 2009

We've got quite a backlog of CDs we've never gotten around to, so we're going to try to chip away at the pile with this regular feature. The plan: to take four or five at a time and play each CD for as long as I can stand it.Breathe Carolina (Denver)Hello FascinationI've noticed that when a band ... More >>

Pet Peeves

The Beach Boys are popping up everywhere this year in music but don't seem to be getting their due

The Door's 10-year Anniversary Show

Friday, May 30, at The Door

Watching You, Watching You

It's Hip to Be Square

Seminal Syntax

Before our year-end best-of lists, we confess our worst-of writing crimes

So You're Oates

The curlier half of the '80s hit-making duo reflects

on success and chicken feed

Image Enhancements

Follow your intuition to Psychic Drive-In

Letters

Radio Ready

How The Vanished's "My Favorite Scar" became my favorite guilty pleasure

On the Down-Low

Shovel away all that Usher, Prince and Lil Jon you've been jamming and dig this year's buried black-music treasures.

H2O 4 NYE

Ooohhh, here they come with "Maneater"

Decent Folk

Summer Hymns' summer hymns define the purdy South

Los Pacaminos

Los Pacaminos (Tornado/What)

Without Clearance

Or, how Eminem's new single spawned a dozen of the best (illegal) songs ever

Spinning Webs

The Top 10 Things I Downloaded in 2001 That Weren't Applications Made to Download Things That Aren't Applications

De La Soul isn't dead

Rumors of De La Soul's imminent demise are proved untrue with the Art Official Intelligence series

Quick -- run away

Speak now, or forever wish you hadn't wasted eight bucks

Crossing the color line

Tony Perez defies soul conventions