Subject: Jonathan Tyler

• We're So Ready for Blues with Jonathan Tyler

  December 27, 2007

• Video: Jonathan Tyler and The Northern Lights at Granada

  March 5, 2008

• Weekend Roundup: Grand Ole Party, Justin Nozuka, Rancid, Dallas City Arts Festival, Jonathan Tyler & The Northern Lights

  June 16, 2008

• DOMA XX: And The Nominees Are...

  June 25, 2008

• DOMA: The Winners! Announced! (Yay!)

  July 23, 2008

• The Best Albums In Dallas Music, 2008: Dem Southernfolkz's The Message Checks In At No. 10

  Editor's Note: Over the next 10 days, I'll be presenting my favorite local records of the year, counting down from No. 10 to No. 1, one album a day. Keep checking back to see how the list pans out, and, in the meantime, click after the jump to see albums No. 20-11 in the Top 20 list that will update as the it grows... No. 10: Dem Southernfolkz -- The Message With a sound that blends a strong gospel influence with the stylings of Nappy Roots, Outkast and the production of Kanye West's early, sou

  December 22, 2008

• The Best Albums In Dallas Music, 2008: Sarah Jaffe's Even Born Again EP Hits No. 6

  Editor's Note: Over the next 10 days, I'll be presenting my favorite local records of the year, counting down from No. 10 to No. 1, one album a day. Keep checking back to see how the list pans out, and, in the meantime, click after the jump to see albums No. 20-11 in the Top 20 list that will update as the it grows...No. 6: Sarah Jaffe -- Even Born Again EP A powerhouse of a talent, Sarah Jaffe's music is compelling because it so craftily stradles the line between the delicate and the confident.

  December 26, 2008

• The Best Albums In Dallas Music, 2008: Mount Righteous Happily Makes No. 5

  Editor's Note: Over the next 10 days, I'll be presenting my favorite local records of the year, counting down from No. 10 to No. 1, one album a day. Keep checking back to see how the list pans out, and, in the meantime, click after the jump to see albums No. 20-11 in the Top 20 list that will update as the it grows...No. 5: Mount Righteous -- When The Music StartsSeriously: How much can you really enjoy listening to an album of marching band singalongs about childhood and perseverance and being

  December 27, 2008

• The Best Albums In Dallas Music, 2008: So Who Comes In At No. 1?

  Assuming you've been keeping up with this blog, then, yep, you've seen me counting down my favorite local record releases of 2008, one record a day, for the past week and a half or so. Well, it all comes to an end right here, right now. Below, a recount of records No. 20 through No. 2. Then, after the jump, the victor shall be revealed. (Don't worry: It's a real album; not something corny like, "We're all winners" or something like that. I'm not that much of a jerk.) The Top 20 Local Releases Of

  December 31, 2008

• Good Records Announces Its Annual Birthday Bash/Record Store Day In-Store Lineup... And It's Pretty Badass.

  I'm a big fan of Record Store Day. No, seriously. I've said so in print. And, last year, for the annual, national, uh, "holiday" (which the store also uses as its birthday bash), Good Records offered up a phenomenal, all-ages, all-day lineup for area music fans. Even better? It was all for free.This year? Still free. Still all-ages. And the lineup? Still phenomenal. Early this morning, Good Records' Chris Penn announced the lineup to this year's festivities, which will run from 10 a.m. to 2 a.m.

  April 1, 2009

• Echoes and Reverberations: Carter Albrecht Was Ready For His Close Up

  Hal Samples Carter Albrecht I was not ready to do this. For a couple of weeks, I've tried to mentally prepare myself to write a proper story about Carter Albrecht's Jesus is Alive... and Living in London, the recently-released solo album that he was in the process of finishing at the time of his death. I braced myself for the inevitable emotional breakdown or lapse into melancholy upon initially hearing it the first time. How do you process something this personal without revisiting

  April 3, 2009

• M2S2 Prepares For Its Second Annual Offering

  The folks at Life In Deep Ellum are pretty deep into the throes of preparing its second annual Mokah Music Summit and Showcase--or M2S2 for short. This year's free event, set to take place on Saturday, April 25, will feature 12 local acts, a performance from the students of Zound Sounds, and an art exhibit, too. Some video, as well, I believe, or else the clips shot last night of me and Quick entertainment editor Hunter Hauk talking smack about each other's coverage and reputations (among other

  April 9, 2009

• Weekend Roundup: Morrissey, Jonathan Tyler & The Northern Lights, Nickelback, Plain White T's, The Beach Boys and Damaged Good$

  Morrissey @ Palladium, Friday, April 10 The Smiths, largely due to Morrissey's emotionally-fueled lyrics, are credited with bringing a fragile side to alt-rock in the early-'80s. But make no mistake, dude ain't afraid to make a statement! The Moz has been stirring controversy, causing feuds and taking hard-nosed stances for more than 25 years. Interested in Morrissey's thoughts on the government (British or American), vegetarianism, animal rights, political figures, celebrity musicians, sexua

  April 13, 2009

• The Biggest Stories in North Texas Music, Circa 2008

  In a year that saw Ozzy, the Jonases and The New York Times storm through North Texas, which area music stories will go down as the most important of 2008?

  January 1, 2009

• The Top 20 Dallas Releases of 2008

  Ranking the best albums Dallas, Denton and Fort Worth had to offer this past year

  January 1, 2009

• Our 20th Music Awards

  1988-2008: Two Decades of DOMA

  July 24, 2008

• Good Records Brings Badu, Others for Saturday Celebration

  April 16, 2009

• Show Announcements: Counting Crows, Miley Cyrus, Kings of Leon, More

  Counting Crows wishes it was something just a little more sexy. '90s fans unite: Counting Crows is kicking off a new summer tour in late June, hitting major amphitheaters around the country and stopping at the Nokia Theatre in Grand Prairie on August 4. According to the press release, Adam Duritz and pals will be sharing the stage with Michael Franti & Spearhead with Augustana. Also, the Miley Cyrus circus comes to town at the American Airlines Center in October an

  June 3, 2009

• Gig Alert: Jonathan Tyler & The Northern Lights To Play Free Vickery Park Show Tonight

  Aaron AdamsSurely, y'all recognize the location of this photoshoot. After a month-long experiment that seemed to work out well for all parties involved, Vickery Park appears to be keeping its hat in the live music venue ring: Jonathan Tyler & The Northern Lights will play a free show at the well-regarded drinkin' hole at 11 10 o'clock tonight. Denton's We Are Villains open the show at 10 9:15.I ran into JT last night at Bryan Street Tavern, the new bar (and, soon enough, part-time live music

  April 16, 2009

• Highlights, Lowlights and Northern Lights From Saturday's National Record Store Day Celebration At Good Records

  Patrick MichelsJonathan Tyler & The Northern Lights on Good's outdoor stage.Spent all day Saturday (well, for the most part) at Good Records for the store's combined 9th Birthday Bash and National Record Store Day Celebration. And, given the at-times cool and at-times brutally humid weather, that kind of marathon was something of a beating. A fun beating, but a beating nonetheless.In total, the music lasted from 11 a.m. to just about 10:30 p.m. on Saturday--right up until the cops shut down

  April 20, 2009

• "What Do We Gotta Do Dallas?"

  That above headline comes at the request of Mike Biggs, the man behind Life in Deep Ellum, who briskly walked past me two weekends ago at the second annual Mokah Music Summit and Showcase and opined as much, expressing his disappointment in the number of people (or lack thereof) who'd come to the free music and art event. There was maybe around a hundred people in attendance at the evening's festivities, which featured free performances from the likes of The Orbans, Jonathan Tyler & The Nor

  May 6, 2009

• Gig Alert: Jonathan Tyler & The Northern Lights, Dove Hunter and Airline at Refactory 1

  Tonight, a few blocks south of I-30, in a warehouse at 1800 Lear St., a couple heavy hitters of the local indie and roots rock scene will take to the stage at an event called Refactory 1 that aims to bring together creative types in the area music, fashion and visual arts scenes.All in all, a pretty ambitious deal, which promoters Chelsea Callahan (who books the Double Wide) and A&R rep Jack Steven (who you may recognize from this M2S2 appearance) hope to turn into a somewhat regular (quarte

  May 21, 2009

• Live Nation Pulls Back Service Charges, Offers DC9 Readers A Giveaway

  Last week, Live Nation, the national concert booking and promoting conglomerate that books to Superpages.com Center and other large venues throughout the region, offered up the concert-going public what it thought would be a nice little respite to the recession: One day (Wednesday) in which service fees were scrapped on all lawn seat purchases made at the company's many outdoor amphitheaters nationwide.Well, turns out, it was quite the says. per a press release from Live Nation sent out earlier

  June 10, 2009

• Kid Rock, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Jonathan Tyler & The Northern Lights

  June 26, 2009

• Picture Show: Kid Rock, Lynyrd Skynyrd at the Superpages.com Center

  Roger CaldwellFor connoisseurs of redneck rock, it can't get much better than seeing Kid Rock and Lynyrd Skynyrd together on the same night, so while we imagine the average DC9 reader cringed a little at each part of that headline, there's no denying this was a cultural happening down at Fair Park yesterday. And just imagine, the local boys in Jonathan Tyler & The Northern Lights, who open on this tour, get treated to this show every night.For more shots from the stage, and way back on the l

  July 2, 2009

• DOMAXXI: The Winners! Announced!

  So last night's 21st annual Dallas Observer Music Awards kinda kicked some serious ass. All ten of our performers stunned with their live sets, and the crowd really couldn't have been more outstanding--at one point, during Telegraph Canyon's set, it was tough to move about the room, it was so crowded. So, on that note, many, many thanks to everyone who came out to the show--the fans, the nominees, the performers, the presenters--for making it such a great time. If you didn't make it, you re

  July 22, 2009

• Dallas Observer Music Awards

  July 23, 2009

• Fun Fun Fun Lineup Includes VEGA

  Doesn't he look like he's having fun, fun, fun?​Along with Les Savy Fav, Atlas Sound, GZA and (deep breath) The Jesus Lizard, The Fun Fun Fun Fest November 7 and 8 in Austin will include one local boy-turned-Austinite: former Ghosthustler Alan Palomo's second-newest project, VEGA.Though the former Dentron dweller isn't yet listed on the festival's "lineup leaks" page, today's missive to the media included VEGA among the announced acts, along with Yeasayer, Kid Sister and DRI. The VEGA MySpace

  August 20, 2009

• Cross Canadian Ragweed's 4th Annual Red Dirt Roundup

  September 3, 2009

• Picture Show: Cross Canadian Ragweed's Red Dirt Roundup

  Caity ColvardCheck it out, I'm feeding this zombie a beer!​ As Pete wrote in his preview of the show, there's plenty about Cross Canadian Ragweed's four-year run of Red Dirt Roundups that'll confound you if you ponder it too hard. But as unlikely as The Wallflowers' appearance was alongside Robert Earl Keen, Lucero, Jonathan Tyler and a handful of other rockin', brawlin', crushin'-the-beer-can-on-your-forehead acts--the zombies were even more unexpected.Turns out they were zombie recruiters (H

  September 9, 2009

• ACL '09: School of Seven Bells Starts Day One Off On A High Note--And Offers Us Some Details On its Next Release.

  Sorry if this post comes off as a little, I dunno, off. As I write this in the ACL press tent, Daniel Johnston's giving an on-air interview to my right, School of Seven Bells is giving a web chat interview to my left, and Jonathan Tyler and The Northern Lights are talking up a print reporter behind me. Meanwhile, Dr. Dog's rocking out a set no more than 200 yards away--and playing "Hang On," no less.  It's all a little distracting. But even in here, things are

  October 2, 2009

• ACL '09: Neon Indian To Replace The Raveonettes, Sarah Jaffe To Debut New Eight-Piece Band and Jonathan Tyler Gets Some Love From Paste.

  ​The Toadies may take the stage tomorrow afternoon in a prime 4 p.m. slot on one of the festival's two main stages, but make no mistake: Today is DFW's day at ACL. As I write this, Sarah Jaffe is preparing to take the Austin Ventures stage, performing for the first time with her band as an eight-piece, featuring members of her touring partners from last summer, Crooked Fingers. Later today, Jonathan Tyler & The Northern Lights, meanwhile, after spending the bulk of yest

  October 3, 2009

• ACL '09: Jonathan Tyler and The Northern Lights Turn On Their Charm--And Draw Impressively At ACL Debut

  All photos by Patrick Michels​Jonathan Tyler & The Northern Lights had a lot of things working against it as its 4:40 p.m. timeslot neared. The rain was coming down at its hardest, the crowds were starting to tire, and, at this point, it was more than clear that there was no hope of sunshine on the horizon. It certainly didn't help that the band' BMI stage was a little off the beaten path, without too many big-drawing acts performing there. On the other hand, though, JT and crew had

  October 4, 2009

• Tracklist: The Local Hang With Playlister P, Vol. 1

  ​Thanks to all the area musicians, DJs, loacl music fans, and, well, everyone else who stopped on in The Libertine last night to check out the little experiment we're calling The Local Hang with Playlister P. It was a night not without flaws--I'll admit that it took me a while to figure out the sound levels in the room (it'll be better next time, promise!) and at least one song got caught off midway through--but, for the most part, I'd say it was a rousing success, thanks in large part to thos

  October 6, 2009

• Jonathan Tyler and the Northern Lights Made the Best of a Rainy Saturday at ACL.

  October 8, 2009

• Good Friday: Black Joe Lewis, Allman Brothers, The Paper Chase, Who's Bad, Finch, Jonathan Tyler, Quebe Sisters, Miranda Lambert, Colin Hay, Hollywood Undead, Miley Cyrus

  Rivalries bring out the best in people, huh?​Don't even begin to kid yourselves: Getting around town this weekend will be a pain. Lower Greenville in particular? It's gonna suck. So hard.What really sucks though, is that it's a pretty packed weekend of live music, and if you're gonna head out on the town, well, you're just gonna have to put up with all the TX/OU crap. Thankfully, enough of what's happening this weekend does appear worth the while. So, without further ado, let's just jump right

  October 16, 2009

• DowntownDallas Starts Selling Main Street Garden With Launch of New Web Site

  ​Speaking of Main Street Garden ...DowntownDallas sends word that a new site's just gone live touting the amenities and upcoming events on tap for the site of a former parking garage. Such as: Had no idea the outdoor cafe was called The Lily Pad, and that its menu was being crafted by Chef Doug Brown (Sala, Amuse, the Cliff Cafe). Says the site, The Lily Pad "proudly serves chef prepared sustainable street food using local, organic and natural food products." Also: There's a November 21 concer

  October 22, 2009

• Good Friday (The 13th!): Rob Zombie, My Son My Exeutioner, The Phuss, Dove Hunter, RTB2, THe BAcksliders, The Golden Boys, LIONS, Peter Bjorn and John, The Swell Season, Goatwhore, The Slow Burners, Chris Brown

  ​Well, it's Friday the 13th again, folks. Hope you've planned ahead and set aside 13 bucks for a "13" tattoo at Oliver Peck's Elm Street Tattoo. As for your show-going plans. Well, we've got your collective procrastinating backs. First, the shows we've already hyped.Tonight, for instance, has a ton of 'em: Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit sharing a stage with Macon Greyson out at the Longhorn Saloon in Fort Worth; Thao & The Get Down Stay Down playing Lola's Sixth in Fort Worth; The Hidden

  November 13, 2009

• Fireworks and Lasers Christen Main Street Garden, Downtown's "Park of the Future"

  Photos by Patrick MichelsNo need to share scissors this time. Mayor Tom Leppert, DowntownDallas President John Crawford, effects engineer Kelly Sticksel and City Council member Angela Hunt ceremonially slice the fiberoptics Friday night. We've got more photos in this slide show.​Under a dusky purple sky, with a well-dressed public milling around Main Street Garden's fresh-laid lawn, local lights-and-pyro man Kelly Sticksel had some words for Mayor Tom Leppert -- advice you rarely hear before c

  November 14, 2009