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Jay Farrar Has the Driest Sense of Humor on the Planet

Whether solo or in Uncle Tupelo or Son Volt, singer/songwriter Jay Farrar has created a canon of alt-country and Americana music that may be unrivaled. Brooding and intense, Farrar's songs chronicle the darker side of human emotions and like his songs, Farrar isn't the most upbeat guy on the block. ... More >>

Rick Miller of Southern Culture on the Skids: "We Were Doing it Just to Get Some Beer and Meet Chicks"

Back in the mid '80s, you couldn't find a more fun experience than catching Southern Culture on the Skids. Rick Miller's psychobilly/surf rock creation could turn even the most modest of crowds into a seething, food throwing collection of fools that seemed to feed on the music's trailer park charm. ... More >>

Meat Fight Tickets Are Now On Sale

Meat Fight is a barbecue competition and fundraiser that I'm throwing at Sons of Hermann Hall in Deep Ellum on November 4. In addition to mind-blowing meats for eating, there will be beers from Deep Ellum Brewing Company. There will be Knob Creek tastings. Proceeds from the event will benefit the Na ... More >>

The Olivia Tremor Control - Sons of Hermann Hall - 4/27/12

The Olivia Tremor Control, Woods, Deathray Davies Sons of Hermann Hall Friday, April 27 Odds are, if you're an astute follower of the DFW music scene, you've attended a Tactics Productions or Parade of Flesh event at some point. So when they co-conspire to put on the same show, expect good things. ... More >>

The Polyphonic Spree's "What Would You Do?" Video Contest Has a Winner

You're so pumped to see the Polyphonic Spree at Sons of Hermann Hall tonight, aren't you? Have you picked out your outfit? Fresh off a two-week tour of the South, the Spree, multi-taskers they are, were also running a video contest on the road, asking for different fan interpretations of their new ... More >>

Watch This: Polyphonic Spree Hit the Road

Polyphonic Spree hit the road for the first time in four years, starting next month in Tulsa and ending February 16 at Sons of Hermann Hall. New Fumes opens those dates. That's just "Phase One." There's also a new song debuted in the video. So that probably means a new album soon on Good Records R ... More >>

[DARYL] Reunion at Sons of Hermann Hall, and This Weekend's Best Shows

Daryl at Sons of Hermann Hall​There are lots of big shows this weekend, and the one about which much ado has been made is the [DARYL] reunion at Sons of Hermann Hall tonight. Since the band broke up several years ago, members have continued playing around town in various other capacities. Tonight, ... More >>

Q & A: Jeremy Bolm of Touché Amoré Talks Mixing Genres, Provoking Thoughts and Having to Wait Too Long to Play

Sticking out in the busy musical environment of Los Angeles is not an easy endeavor. Just ask Jeremy Bolm of Touché Amoré, a hardworking post-punk outfit trying to make a mark for itself in the highly competitive City of Angels. By choosing an unusual name and by mixing the sounds of numerous ... More >>

Wilco Announces November Show at Fair Park; Carrollton Snags Third Eye Blind for Festival

Wilco is coming for you!​The hits just keep on coming this week and the fall concert calender keeps getting beefier and beefier: Wilco, the inspiration for countless terrible area bands and a handful of decent ones, has announced today that it will be returning to North Texas on November ... More >>

Fox & The Bird's Road to Tonight's Album Release Show at Sons of Hermann Hall

Sara KerensOn the road with Fox & The Bird...​For the past few weeks, the Family Band-ers in Dallas' Fox & The Bird have been on the road, taking part in their largest tour to date, all of which is meant to promote Floating Feather, the band's long-awaited debut release, which formally com ... More >>

Sons Announces Heathens, Alverson, "Celebrity Guests" For Last 100-Year Anniversary Bash

Patrick PerezSons of Hermann Hall's hallowed stage.​Sons of Hermann Hall is old. Really old. One hundred years old, to be exact. In a city famous for disposable architecture, Sons stands as one of the last reminders of a bygone era. It's the last remaining wood structure in downtown Dallas, too. A ... More >>

Tweet Bird of Youth: Party With Us at Sons of Hermann Hall

​Sons of Hermann Hall turned 100 this year, but that doesn't mean the spot still doesn't know how to throw a badass party. The geriatric venue has been celebrating the big 1-0-0 with "100 Days of Celebration for 100 Years of Existence" which kicked off April 1 and will run through Saturday, July 9 ... More >>

Over The Weekend: Man Man, Shilpa Ray & Her Happy Hookers at Sons of Hermann Hall

Man Man, Shilpa Ray & Her Happy Hookers Sons of Hermann Hall May 6, 2011 Better Than: Wearing sunglasses at night. Doug DavisHonus Honus and Pow Pow before the lights dimmed​ One of the images that comes to mind when I hear the musical chaos known as Man Man, is the clown scene in the Disne ... More >>

Sons of Hermann Hall Turns 100

Good Friday: Sons' 100-Year Anniversary, All Time Low, Dierks Bentley, Guster and More!

David WilsonSons Of Hermann Hall turns 100​There are lots of shows happening this weekend -- and most of them are pretty good, too. But perhaps the most notable happens all day on Saturday, when Sons of Hermann Hall will officially celebrate their 100-year anniversary. Festivities will include per ... More >>

Better With Age

Over The Weekend: Wild Nothing, Abe Vigoda and Soft Environmenal Collapse at Sons of Hermann Hall

Wild Nothing, Abe Vigoda, Soft Environmental CollapseSons of Hermann HallFebruary 5, 2011Better than: enduring another day cooped up at home and off work because of the icy weather. Abe Vigoda, the band.​There was very little between-song banter from any of the acts on Saturday night's bill at Son ... More >>

Old 97's, Whiskey Folk Ramblers, The O's

Friday, December 31, at House of Blues

Good Friday: DJ Lo Down Loretta Brown, The Flowers of God, The O's, The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band, The Mumbles, Collin Herring, Boys Named Sue & More!

Merry Rockmas​It's a weekend chock-full of holiday parties. The Granada Theater is throwing one, DayBowBow has one in Denton, The O's have one at Sons of Hermann Hall, and "The Orphanage" is hosting their fifth annual Christmas party at the Double Wide on Saturday night. The two slackers who host ... More >>

Over The Weekend: The Flatlanders at Sons of Hermann Hall

Better than: Seeing the Flatlanders at the Wyly or the Granada, where they've played their last two shows. The ballroom at the Sons of Hermann Hall is their natural element, as dusty and real as the colorful West Texas characters that populate the band's best songs.Will Van Overbeek​The silver-hai ... More >>

Giveaway: A Pair of Tickets and Two Free Posters to Tonight's Shared Bill of The Soft Pack and Those Darlins at Sons of Hermann Hall

Back in March, when The Soft Pack and Those Darlins joined forces to take part in Parade of Flesh's post-SXSW Bro Fest bill at the Double Wide, we kind of geeked out--not to mention the fact that we openly pondered how so fe2w made it out to the show. These, far as we at DC9 are concerned, are two o ... More >>

Clock Tease: More Art Conspiracy SEED Details

John Gonzales's contribution to Friday night's SEED event​Art Conspiracy's annual SEED fund-raiser is still on the schedule for this Friday at the Sons of Hermann Hall. No need to remind you what the what this is, right? (OK, then: This is when ArtCon's organizers raise money for The Big Event, th ... More >>

Telegraph Canyon Gets "Best of What's Next" Nod From Fort Worth Weekly Paste Magazine

Jill JohnsonTelegraph Canyon​Not trying to take the piss out of what should be a celebratory day for Telegraph Canyon today--swear. But, c'mon, we already knew Telegraph Canyon was getting an upcoming Paste mention, so, no, we weren't exactly surprised to day to hear that the band was named to the ... More >>

Old 97's To Release Covers EP, Mimeograph, Next Week

​Well, this kinda came out of nowhere: Next week--a week from tomorrow, in fact--the Old 97's will release a four-song covers EP, called Mimeograph, via new West Records. The album, which comes before the band's planned double-album release this fall, finds the old Dallas favorites covering The Ro ... 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 >>

Local Natives, Suckers

Thursday, April 22, at Sons of Hermann Hall

Last Night: Bad Sports, The Fresh & Onlys, King Khan and the Shrines at Sons of Hermann Hall

Bad Sports, The Fresh & Onlys, King Khan & The Shrines Sons of Hermann Hall April 6th, 2010 Better than: eating mushrooms while already on mushrooms.King Khan​ You wouldn't have been able to guess it from the bright, punk opening at the start of last night's Sons of Hermann Hall bill, bu ... More >>

Picture Show: King Khan & the Shrines, Fresh & Onlys at Sons of Hermann Hall

Caity Colvard​Last Night at Sons of Hermann Hall, Bad Sports, The Fresh & Onlys, and King Khan & The Shrines melted the wood floors of the venue with a bill that began punk-ish and ended with some soul-gospel-sex-jazz. You've read the review already, we know. But we also have the feather ... More >>

Giveaway: Three Pairs of Tickets To Catch The Paper Chase, True Widow and The Boom Boom Box at Sons of Hermann Hall on Friday Night

Seems things have been heating up on the east end of Deep Ellum lately, what with Sons of Hermann Hall's amped-up bookings of late (Hope Sandoval, the four-night run from the Old 97's, etc.). And that trend only continues as the lodge hosts a fine triple-bill on Friday night featuring three of the ... More >>

With Toadies and Old 97's in Deep Ellum (On the Same Night), It's Old Home Week

One down, three to go as the Old 97's work their way through a four-night stint at the Sons of Hermann Hall, which is being recorded for some future use. Pete runs down last night's "informal" opener (so, no ties or tails?) over on DC9, while one Jeb Matulich serves up this oldie but goodie from the ... More >>

Meet The Real Holiday Elves

Art To Seed

Giveaway: A Pair Of Tickets To Tonight's Strange Boys and Alejandro Escovedo Show At Sons of Hermann Hall

Catch The Strange Boys and Alejandro Escovedo Tonight At Sons of Hermann Hall. The Dallas sons and current Austin residents in The Strange Boys are making two stops in North Texas this weekend as they head north and east out of Austin to launch their summer tour. Tomorrow night, you can catch the fe ... More >>

Picture Show: Southern Culture on the Skids at Sons

Patrick MichelsSouthern Culture on the Skids brought their time-tested surfabilly sound to Sons of Hermann Hall Saturday night, with frontman Rick Miller strutting around the stage--like a Foghorn Leghorn-Colonel Sanders mashup who's just here to party--and bassist Mary Huff deftly balancing her bee ... More >>

Night Moves: Spacemen and Mad Hatters Looking for a Good Time

Ray and Peter LekSons of Hermann Hall played host to the Lollipop Shoppe's "Mad Hatter Tea Party" Friday night, in honor of the group's five-year anniversary, and our nightlife crew of Ray and Peter Lek were on hand to document the fun. You can check out their shots in this slideshow.Later in the ni ... More >>

Distant Gig Alert: The Jayhawks' Gary Louris And Mark Olson To Perform Together At Sons In April

AllGood Cafe's Mike Snider checks in this week with a pretty imperssive upcoming get at Sons of Hermann Hall--at least for alt-country devotees.On Friday, April 19 17, at Sons, Gary Louris and Mark Olson, both of the seminal alt-country act The Jayhawks, will perform together again for what should ... More >>

Instant Gratification

Art Conspiracy Announces Location and Lineup For December 6 Fund-Raiser

Be Part Of Salim Nourallah's Live DVD Taping Tomorrow Night At Sons of Hermann Hall

Rump Shaker

The New Year, Shellac

Thursday, June 8, at Sons of Hermann Hall

Zac, You Made It!

Strum Together

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

Friday, July 29, at Sons of Hermann Hall

Best Place to Swing

Sons of Hermann Hall

Scene, heard

Rubber Gloves puts on the kitchen mitts; Ronnie Dawson's no zombie; and American Bedouin sets down stakes

Stompin' at the Sons

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Spirit of '96

Last year showed pop still has more than a ghost of a chance