Lance Yocom

Spune's Annette Marin: "Music Promotion is a Lot Like Running a Grassroots Political Campaign"

For three years now, Annette Marin's been a mover and shaker at Spune Productions, alongside Lance Yocom, and had a hand in this year's Index Fest and Untapped Festival. In 2013, she's helping ready new releases from Air Review and Datahowler. As a student, Marin set out to pursue a career in polit ... More >>

Giveaway: Screen Printed Posters and Two Pairs of Tickets to A Spune Christmas at Dada Tonight

​You know how the old proverb goes: There's no such thing as a free taco. However, tonight Spune is hoping to prove that adage wrong with like their 97th annual A Spune Christmas. (Spune owner Lance Yocom is a lot older than he looks.) There will even be free beer on hand while supplies last. Stil ... More >>

And the Winners Are ... You

Our 23rd annual Dallas Observer Music Awards showcase a scene ready for the spotlight.

Spune Moves Fall Social Out of Denton, Signs Bethan and Welcomes Home Its Boss

​Lots of Spune news to share today, the first of which being that the company is hosting its "Fall Social" and return-to-school bash tonight, but in a new location. In Deep Ellum. At Dada. And, notably, not in Denton, where it's been held in the past. For one thing, that's a pretty sure indicator, ... More >>

After Long Stay, Spune Productions' Lance Yocom To Be Released From Hospital

Lance Yocom​Spune Productions head Lance Yocom is moving rather swiftly down the road to recovery after he mysteriously fell ill in Flagstaff, Arizona, last month. It took a few weeks of intense testing for doctors to discover the Yocom was suffering from severe pneumonia. As such, for over a mont ... More >>

Spune Roster Books Show To Help Bring Lance Yocom Back To North Texas

Lance Yocom​Good news and bad news on the Lance Yocom front today. The good news? After showing positive signs last week, Yocom, who has been suffering from severe pneumonia for going on three weeks now, is awake and responsive in his Arizona hospital bed, answering yes/no questions, and appearing ... More >>

After Two Weeks In An Arizona Hospital, Lance Yocom Could Soon Be Coming Home

Lance Yocom​After having spent two weeks laid up in an Arizona hospital, heavily sedated and suffering from severe pneumonia, Lance Yocom's family received some incredibly positive news today regarding the Spune Productions owner and North Texas music scene mainstay's condition. This morning, afte ... More >>

For Two Weeks Now, Spune's Lance Yocom Has Been In a Coma in an Arizona Hospital

Lance Yocom​While vacationing in Arizona a couple weeks back, Spune Productions owner Lance Yocom checked himself into a Flagstaff hospital with flu-like systems and a fever of over 100 degrees. Almost immediately, doctors determined that Yocom was the victim of some sort of viral infection. Probl ... More >>

Spune Productions' Lance Yocom Wears A Whole Slew Of Local Music Caps.

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.Lance Yocom​When you consider all that Lance Yocom does for local and regional indie music, you have t ... More >>

Is the ACL Spillover Effect Just a Big Myth?

Frisco's Building Its City on Rock & Roll

Spune & Lochrann's Add Seven More Local Acts To Frisco's Inaugural Oysterfest Lineup

​Frisco is turning into quite the rock 'n' roll city thanks to the folks at Lochrann's Irish Pub & Eatery and Spune Productions. Spune began booking Thursday night shows at Lochrann's a few months back, offering Frisco(ans?) a chance to see the area's best bands without having to drive 20 mile ... More >>

Show Announcements: Dawes, The Soft Pack, Glen Campbell, Magic Kids, Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit, GWAR, Earl Harvin, Aaron Neville, Archeology, Gaslight Anthem and More!

The softer side of The Soft Pack​Just north of Dallas, in Frisco, something is brewing at Lochrann's Irish Pub & Eatery. The bar's enlisted the help of Spune Productions to help diversify the music scene, who, so far, has done a bang-up job. More proof: On Thursday, October 14, garage rock ac ... More >>

CANCELED: Atlas Sound And Broadcast Saturday At Hailey's In Denton

Atlas Sound's Bradford Cox, who will not be coming to Denton after all. His Fun Fun Fun appearance Sunday in Austin is still on, though. ​Bad news for local fans of Bradford Cox's solo project Atlas Sound and the dreamy pop of U.K. electronic outfit Broadcast, as the two bands have canceled their ... More >>

Giveaway: A Pair Of Tickets To Tonight's Hope Sandoval Show At Sons of Hermann Hall

Hope Sandoval​ In this week's print edition of DC9, you won't see an interview with Hope Sandoval. Rather, I think, you'll see something a little more interesting: an interview with the Mazzy Star singer's current musical and household partner Colm O'Ciosoig, better known to many as the drummer of ... More >>

Good Friday: Damaged Good$, Daniel Folmer, Vital Remains, The Pretenders, Here Holy Spain, Jayson Bales, 100 Damned Guns, Black Tie Dynasty, Bastardos de Sancho, Hospital Ships

Hospital Ships may have slipped under most calendar radars this weekend--but that doesn't mean you should skip the band's show on Sunday with Bosque Brown and Fight Bite.Welcome to another weekly installment of Good Friday. A couple big shows happening this weekend--some we've talked about already, ... More >>

Doug Burr To Tour Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas With Son Volt

Just got word from Lance Yocom at Spune Productions that Denton's own Doug Burr has been tapped to open up for Jay Farrar's Uncle Tupelo offshoot, Son Volt, on a five-day, five-city swing in February that will take Burr and the alt-country legends to Houston, Austin, Denton, Oklahoma City and Fayet ... More >>

Fort Worth Gets Two More Venues, Courtesy Success Of Lola's, Spune

Fort Worth just continues to explode: Lance Yocom of Spune Productions passes along word of two new venues set to open up in Fort Worth at the end of the month this weekend and next, both of which will be booked by Spune and owned by Lola's Saloon owner Brian Forella. What are they? Well, the first ... More >>

Uganda Get Outta This Place

Do Not Get Your Freakonomics On

Kickin' It In Aisle Five

We didn't get the budget for a DOMA documentary, so here's a quick behind-the-scenes rundown instead

After the Wall

Over 80 bands later, this weekend's Spune Productions fest left listeners elated...the few who endured it, anyway

Pay Up or Shut Up, Preferably the Latter

Wall of Apathy

Deep Shit

Thought Deep Ellum's rep was bad? It only gets worse at this weekend's Dallas Music Festival.

Odds & Ends

If you thought you'd find safety and assurance at the Sanctuary, think again

Odds & Ends

Necrogazm, Six Past Hell and others sacrifice eardrums to remember the Dimebag anniversary

Odds & Ends

Get in on The Rocket Summer's next music video before his major label deal kicks in

La Femme Qui Rock, with The Happy Bullets, Knife in the Water, more

Saturday, November 5, at the Cavern

Odds & Ends

The Cavern used to be a dark, dingy place for bad local bands. Lance Yocom is brightening it up.

Qui To Our Hearts

Lance Yocom and Spune Productions get feminine, not feminist

Odds & Ends

Group encourages electronic music in Dallas; an update on the Lizard Lounge burglary; notes on the Van Cliburn competition

Drinking the Kool-Aid

In which the author joins MySpace. Finally.