Kristy Kruger

Kristy Kruger's Brother Killed in Iraq

Ugh, My Head

Old Zoo Revue, Coming Right at You

A Bittersweet Homecoming for Kristy Kruger

After 25 Years, Uncle Calvin’s Coffee House Still Spreading the Word

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

Good Friday: Menkena, New Science Projects, I Got Soul Conference, Lisa Loeb, Mom, The Strange Boys

DOMA XX: And The Nominees Are...

Pretty Darn Good Line Up Set for Women's Museum Concert During State Fair

Scene, Heard

We admit it. We screwed up.

In a Trance

Keep an eye out for Shawn Francis' new disc

Gig Alert: John Pedigo, Michael Cox, Lyndah Gardner and Tim O'Brien Join In On Some Local Yokel Show Fun Tonight

I swear, one of these weeks, I'm gonna be able to make it out to The Libertine for its weekly Monday night event, The Local Yokel Show, where it's all local music, all the time on the bar's PA.And, actually, tonight seems as good a time as any for me--or, y'know, you--to finally get around to check ... More >>

Happy Christmas, Your Arse

Local musicians weigh in on their favorite—and least favorite—Christmas songs

Con for the City

Bid high, cheapskates

The War at Home

Kristy Kruger copes with her brother's death the only way she knows how

2006 TOP 10

More Top 10 lists from our writers

Kristin Allen-Zito

Sunday, July 9, at Metrognome Collective, and Tuesday, July 11, at Club Dada

2006 Dallas Observer Music Awards

Sunday, July 9, at Metrognome Collective, and Tuesday, July 11, at Club Dada

Come Rushing In

Kristy Kruger's albums have hidden in the shadows for years, just where she wants 'em

Picks in '06

It's time for some good news in local music--why not start with four amazing albums?

The Deep Ellum Experience

Dallas has good bands. So why did they flee Deep Ellum?

Rock Bands Only

Deep Relief succeeded in raising money, but it also raised questions

Robert Gomez, McGowan, Zack Hexum, Kristy Kruger

Friday, July 15, at Club Dada

Slavens to the Music

Will 90.1 FM ax its music programming for good?

Odds & Ends

Fire marshals pay Gypsy a visit; Scaraoke still going strong; cast your

Drumroll, Please

Dallas Observer Music Awards 2005

Moving On

Poor David's Pub preparing to enter new generation

20 Bands 7 Days

For one week, Sarah Hepola saw every band that invited her. God help her.

Just Can't Get Enough?

The most exhaustive--and exhausting--Depeche Mode collection ever

Scene, Heard

Just in case you missed it

Gig Alerts: Eric Neal and Anna Thomas at Dada, Owen Temple and Adam Carroll at Dan's Silverleaf

Eric NealIf you're done with your taxes (unlike, say, me) there are a couple of shows worth venturing out for this deadline Wednesday...Local singer/songwriter Eric Neal headlines a nice local bill at Dada's Listening Room. Back in August, Pete did a nice post on Neal's Birthday Bash, also at ... More >>

Early Gig Alert: Third Annual Dia de los Muertos Music Festival on Monday, November 2

Erica FellicellaYou can stand under Kruger's umbrella... ella... ella... ey.​One of my favorite local singer/songwriters, Kristy Kruger, just send along an email detailing a cool event happening this coming Monday at Opening Bell Coffee: The Third Annual Dia de Los Muertos Music Festival. Since hi ... More >>

Good Friday: Shapes Stars Make, The Slack, Forever The Sickest Kids, The Slow Burners, Bobby Fisha, Telegraph Canyon, Nicholas Altobelli, Daniel Folmer, Coot Out, RTB2 and This Old House

We do what we like, and we like what we do.​Many apologies for the slow blog day today--hell the slow blog week, really. Things have been especially hectic this week, for reasons I won't bore you with. On the promising front, though, the weekend is here--and when the work-week kicks back up on Mon ... More >>

Gig Alert and Bonus MP3: Hear "Dancing on the Gallows" by Rose's Pawn Shop and Catch the Band Tonight at La Grange

Rose's Pawn Shop​Rose's Pawn Shop is an alt-country outfit hailing out of Los Angeles that boasts a couple of quality Americana albums, including the recently released Dancing on the Gallows. But there's a local tie, too: Local singer/songwriter, and former Dallas Observer Music Award winner Krist ... More >>

Show Announcements: Eisley, Ishi, Jonathan Tyler and the Northern Lights, Merle Haggard, Uncle Kracker, Brave Combo, Bosque Brown, Frontier Ruckus, Aaron Lewis, Reverend Horton Heat & more

Eisley--not so green anymore.​After spending the better part of a decade on the rollercoaster ride that comes with being on a major label, the Tyler-based band Eisley is back on the road. And much has happened for them in the last two years: "We had four weddings in 14 months," says band manager a ... More >>

Giveaway: A Pair of Tickets to Tomorrow Night's Kessler Theater Show with Paper Bird, Bosque Brown, Fox and the Bird, Kristy Kruger

Paper Bird​Things are gonna get real down and folky tomorrow night at the Kessler Theatre in Oak Cliff, as three fine locals--Bosque Brown, The Fox and The Bird and Kristy Kruger--join in to form a bill also featuring Denver's Paper Bird.But there's more than folk at play here: Each of the acts on ... More >>

Good Friday: Festival At The Switchyard, Free Energy, Los Campesinos, Dawes, Valient Thorr, The Thermals, AC Slater, Bush, Paul Oakenfold, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, and More!

Tim DeLaughter and The Polyphonic Spree perform at Festival At The Switchyard on Friday.​Well, we've finally recovered from our Austin City Limits Music Festival hangover--and just in time, too. This weekend's Festival At The Switchyard in Carrollton is yet another suburban rock fest featuring som ... More >>

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: Cake at The Palladium Ballroom, 100 Monkeys at The Loft, Hayes Carll at The Granada, Kristy Kruger at The Kessler, Two Tons of Steel at The Glass Cactus, Andrew Tinker at The Belmont and The Ranchero Brothers at Anvil Pub

Quite the hopping Thursday evening we have here. Enough to make a lowly music critic like myself wish he could be in two -- maybe even three -- places at once.

Good Friday: Moondoggies, Ume, The O's, Sarah Jaffe, The Cool Kids, New Science Projects, Chris Johnson, The Virgin Wolves, Menkena, Bob Schneider, 30 Seconds To Mars & More!

Moondoggies​Despite having a terrible name, Moondoggies' brand of Americana and alt-country is surprisingly good -- so good that, last month, the Seattle quartet's song "What Took So Long" was featured as NPR's song of the day. While drawing some comparisons to Fleet Foxes, their four-part har ... More >>

Show Announcements: Primus, Real Estate, Ha Ha Tonka, Titus Andronicus, Motley Crue, Poison, New York Dolls, Def Leppard, Matt and Kim, Del The Funky Homosapien, Fishboy, Rooney, Das Racist & More!

Les Claypool of Primus​Among the many arguments that dominated our corner of the high school cafeteria was the topic of world's best bass player. One kid was confident that Flea was the greatest. Another kid was a really big fan of Dave Matthews Band, so he thought that guy was really good. But in ... More >>

Show Announcements: Peter Bjorn & John, Eels, Bowling For Soup, Leann Rimes, David Bazan, Centro-matic, Crystal Stilts, Hayes Carll, Foster The People, Yelawolf, A Perfect Circle & More!

Peter Bjorn and John​In 2006, when Peter, Bjorn and John broke through with their catchy hit song "Young Folks," which might be more commonly known as "that whistle song," the blogosphere ate it up, and so did droves of newly acquired American fans. Rightfully so: Writer's Block was one of the bes ... More >>

Good Friday: Wilco Performs in Denton, and the Rest of This Weekend's Shows

Autumn de WildeWilco​As we enter a pretty solid weekend of shows, we can't help but look to Saturday night as the best of them all. That's when Wilco performs at the University of North Texas. The tickets for the show have been sold out for weeks. But, starting tomorrow at noon, according to the b ... More >>

Mission Of Burma, Smith Westerns and The Strongest List of Show Announcements All Year

Mission Of Burma​This week's show announcements are likely the strongest we've seen all year, and, to start it off, we have the legendary post-punk act Mission Of Burma. The band, which broke up in 1983, has been reunited since 2002, putting out what some say is their most impressive work yet. And ... More >>

Kristy Kruger Takes a Nasty Spill While on Tour

Kristy Kruger has looked better...​Ever the road warrior, Dallas-based singer-songwriter Kristy Kruger recently found herself performing a gig in Victor, Idaho. The show went well enough, but the load out proved problematic. Check out that photo to the right. Yeesh."I'm not sure how exciting the s ... More >>

Good Friday: Gorilla Vs. Bear Festival and the Rest of the Weekend's Shows

Gorilla Vs. Bear Festival​If you've been keeping up with DC9 in any capacity over the last few weeks, or if you've seen the cover story of this week's Observer, then you know we're pretty psyched about Gorilla Vs. Bear Festival this weekend. Not only is there a carefully curated handful of brillia ... More >>

Good Friday: TV On The Radio, Broken Social Scene, the Rest of This Weekend's Shows

TV On The Radio​This weekend, Dallas benefits heavily from the Austin City Limits Music Festival spillover effect, which has some of the best bands in the world looking for a place to play in and around town. There are a whole bunch of these shows, as well as a few others, making this weekend an e ... More >>

Korn, Boots Electric, Pure X, and This Week's Show Announcements

​It would be a stretch to say that this week's show announcements are all that strong. There are some notable ones -- though perhaps not for the right reasons. For instance: On Sunday, November 20, the Palladium Ballroom has Korn and a handful of opening acts with names that don't mean anythi ... More >>

Coldplay and Tool Announce 2nd Shows and This Week's Show Announcements

Get a double dose of Coldplay next summer.​This week, we learned that ticket demand for two shows we recently wrote about (Coldplay and Tool) was so overwhelming a second show has been added for each. On Saturday, June 23, Coldplay will perform a second show at American Airlines Center. Tickets fo ... More >>

Good Friday Thursday: Christmas Weekend Edition

​Hey, remember that best local hip-hop post we ran the other day? The one that mentioned A.Dd ? Well, the aforementioned duo, along with the help of DJ Sober, put out a special WADD Radio Holiday Podcast, featuring classic holiday hits, hilarious between-song banter, and they even took phone calls ... More >>