Matthew Gray

Mike Kinsella of Chicago Band Owen Has Some Choice Words For Matthew Gray

Matthew Gray and Mike Kinsella​I'm relatively new to town, and therefore just absorbing the news of Matthew Gray's Denton County Proper booking woes. So at first I wasn't going to even bother with this story, because a lot of other folks already have. But the more I thought about it, the mor ... More >>

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 >>

Bless Us, Everyone

More Trouble in Denton County Proper: Here We Go Magic, Eleanor Friedberger Shows Canceled

Here We Go Magic won't be performing in Denton this weekend.​It looks like the trouble with Matthew Gray's Denton County Proper that we mentioned just days ago was only the beginning. It seems that Gray, the lead singer of the critically acclaimed Denton band, Matthew And The Arrogant Sea, and the ... More >>

Denton County Problems: NYE Show with Health, John Maus is 86'd as Accusations Fly

Denton! Denton! USA!​That exciting triple-bill we announced back in September featuring Health, John Maus and Quintron & Miss Pussycat and slated to come to Denton's The Warehouse on New Year's Eve will now be a decidedly less exciting affair. Mostly because it won't be happening. The show, pr ... More >>

Health and John Maus to Share New Year's Eve Bill at New Denton Space The Warehouse

Speaking of interesting show announcements, New Year's Eve just got even more exciting: Almost two weeks after the folks behind Lights All Night announced the beyond-insane bill for their sure-to-be-extravagant two-night affair at the Dallas Convention Center on December 30 and December 31, the Dent ... 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 >>

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 >>

Tonight's Showgoing Options Are Thrice As Nice

Both local and national talent are on display this hump-day evening. Choose wisely.

In Horton Foote's Dividing the Estate at the Wyly, there are big money, big problems and a big payoff.

Matthew Posey's Memphos! has weird tricks up its sleeve; elsewhere, boring old Bard.

Matthew Gray at The Kessler, Lo-Fi Chorus at Dan's, The Virgin Wolves at Lochrann's and Within Chaos at Trees

We've got a nice and busy Thursday evening of shows for you this time around. Looks like Friday got here a little early...

Pegasus Theatre pays comic tribute in black and white to vintage movie thrillers

My Fair Lady Lifts Lyric Stage To New Heights; DFW Theater Critics (Who Include Elaine) Honor Top Actors And Shows.

Good Friday: Trees' Anniversary, Ace McNeely Memorial Concert, Doug Burr, Monco Poncho, Airline, Loretta Lynn, Jackson Browne, Record Hop, Spooky Folk, The Beaten Sea, More.

​The Granada Theater's not the only venue around town celebrating an anniversary this week: On Saturday night in Deep Ellum, Trees will celebrate its own one-year anniversary. Tough to believe that it was just a year ago that the venue re-opened, but, hey, time flies. And the venue will be celebra ... More >>

Picture Show: Outtakes from the DOMAXXII Photoshoot

Dylan Hollingsworth and Andrew WilliamsMembers of Spooky Folk, Mount Righteous, galleryCat and The Beaten Sea revel in the greatness that is the state of local music.​ On Tuesday night, each and every nominated person on this year's Dallas Observer Awards Ballot was invited to attend an awards sea ... More >>

The Music Hall's Dreamgirls, With Its Big Voices and Big Spectacle, Is A Big Crowd Pleaser; Circle Theatre's Something Intangible Is Smaller But Just As Loud.

Bonus MP3: Matthew and the Arrogant Sea -- "Elvis"

Eat up, MATAS.​At some point later this summer, or early in the fall, Denton's Matthew and the Arrogant Sea plans on releasing its second full-length album, You Can't Tame A Wild Rabbit, the follow-up to its 2008 debut, Family Family Family Meets The Magic Christian, an album we here a the Observe ... More >>

Good Friday: Fourth of July Edition

​Pool parties, cookouts and cold ones--probably the best way celebrate the Fourth of July around here. And, as we mentioned earlier this week, the Double Wide will have all of those things on Sunday night. The pool party starts at 7 p.m. and the concert, which features Bruce Springsteen, Replaceme ... More >>

Good Friday: Nouvelle Vauge Postponed, Vic Chesnutt Tribute Canceled, But You've Still Got True Widow, Louis Moholo-Moholo, The J.C. Experience, American Werewolf Academy, Baruch The Scribe, Collin Herring and More

​Aside from the snow, the big story this weekend is, of course, the NBA All-Star Game and the musicians, celebrities, models, gold-diggers and hookers swarming the city. This week's cover story tells you why this is such an important weekend for Dallas' mainstream-leaning hip-hop artists, and the ... More >>

Show Announcements: Ying Yang Twins To Skeet Skeet On Trees Feb. 27

​Not a lot of news this week in the way of concert announcements, but there is some interesting news from Trees: Ying Yang Twins will whisper in your ear Saturday, February 27. The Twins' club-friendly crunk beats and sexed-up rhymes aren't exactly the brainiest example of hip hop, but it's nice t ... More >>

Good Friday: Spooky Folk, Sarah Jaffe, Eaton Lake Tonics, John David Kent, The Burning Hotels, Drowning Pool, Sara Hickman, Jacob Metcalf, and Dove Hunter The Orbans

​It's been a crazy day around here, what with the big NX35 announcement and all. Part of us doesn't want it to end; the rest of us can't wait for the weekend to start.Oh, who are we kidding? We're pretty stoked about this weekend--and for good reason, too, as there's plenty happening. First, as al ... More >>

Good Friday: MFM, Jacob Wick, Yells At Eels, Matthew Gray, Slobberbone, Misfits And More

​If you're not too busy on this Black Friday weekend--collecting everything you're owed and striking all the big red words from your little black book--you ought to go catch some live music. First, the shows we've already mentioned. Tonight, Cursive plays at Hailey's in Denton and Ryan Bingham and ... More >>

Good Friday: RTB2, Tantric, The Weight, MATAS, This Old House, The Gourds, Grant Jones, Hawk Vs. Dove, Shaolin Death Squad, Bad Veins, The Black and White Years

​Another week bites the dust, which leads us to this weekly inevitability of us offering up our top choices for musical entertainment each weekend. And, well, there's a lot this weekend, actually, so hold on tight. First up, as always, a reminder of the shows we've already hyped up plenty...Tonigh ... More >>

North of the Dial

Good Friday: The Independence Day Edition

So, first and foremost: Happy (almost) Fourth of July, everyone! Now, let's talk about the weekend in music, per protocol. As always, the stuff we already discussed up first.Tonight's pretty busy, actually: Asylum Street Spankers, Porterdavis and The O's play the Granada; The Edge gets the 20th Ann ... More >>

Last Night: Starlight Mints, Evangelicals, MATAS at the Granada Theater

Starlight Mints, Evangelicals, Matthew and the Arrogant SeaGranada TheaterJune 25, 2009 Better than: being stuck at home finishing another week's installment of "North of the Dial" (as I am every Thursday night).  Evangelicals was just one of three impressive acts on last night's bill.A ... More >>

Gig Alert: Matthew Gray, Baruch The Scribe, The Fox & The Bird and Angel Lenora at The Hydrant in Denton Tonight... For Free

This looks to be a grand weekend for shows in Denton, with an excellent bill at The Hydrant tonight kicking off the weekend one day early. If you haven't been to a show at The Hydrant yet, then this should be a great bill to catch. The two-story coffee shop/venue is a block off the Square, and it ha ... More >>

DOMA XXI: And The Nominees Are...

This year's trophy will look nothing like the Heisman. Sorry to get your hopes up.A few weeks back, the 2009 Dallas Observer Music Awards balloting process began--somewhat quietly, I admit.  Distinguished area musicians, producers, booking agents, sound engineers, bloggers, journalists a ... More >>

Good Friday: B.B. King, Kate Voegele, Max Stalling, Robert Gomez, Bosque Brown, Slaid Cleaves, John Cowan Band, Mad Mexicans, Alpha Rev, The Campaign, Brandi Carlile

Not exactly a ton of big names swinging through our area this weekend, but it's a decent mix of local and out of town talent who will ply their craft this last weekend in May. First the shows we've already clued you to in print or via the blog: Tonight's one-man band meltdown with Bob Log III, W ... More >>

Gig Alert: We'll Be Taping DC9 in SPACE, Episode 5, Tonight at SPACE Studios

Yep, we'll be doing this again, right here. Won't tell you who's playing, though. You'll have to stop by yourself if you wanna see. It's gonna be awesome, though, as always. That's a promise. Tonight's taping is set to kick off at, oh, about 9:30 or so. See you there?(Many, many, many apologies, mea ... More >>

Introducing Kashioboy and his Chiptunes.

Denton Acts Share Their SXSW Battle Scars

Yesterday at NX35: Matthew and the Arrogant Sea at Hailey's

Trevor PaulhusBAND: Matthew and the Arrogant Sea VENUE: Hailey's Club TIME: 9:50ish p.m. By the time I got to Hailey's, two songs into Matthew and the Arrogant Sea's 11-song set, the venue was teeming with people. Somewhere around 250 people were packed into the main room watching the show, ... More >>

Yesterday at NX35: Sarah Jaffe (and friends) at Hailey's

BAND: Sarah Jaffe VENUE: Hailey's Club TIME: 11:45 p.m. OK. I know that there were a bunch of people from Dallas at Hailey's last night. How do I know this? Because the back half of the room was too busy chatting about their new hairdos and taking group pics on their camera phones bother to li ... More >>

Yesterday at NX35: News, Notes, Sights and Sounds from Night One

Alan Peppard's name-dropper would've popped its springs last night. At J & J's, Matthew Gray of Matthew & The Arrogant Sea took in Sabra Laval's set as Daniel Folmer also enjoyed the chilled out vibe. Quick's Hunter Hauk also showed up near the end of the set...Over at Dan's, I chatted with ... More >>

A New Artist Collective In Denton

A New Album From Another Arrogant Sea

North Carolina's The Ox Magnolia posted its new album up as a free download over on the band's MySpace page on Wednesday. And, I'll be damned if I haven't plopped down $14.95, or more, for albums that were no where near as good as the stunningly, breathtakingly beautiful Only Some Place. ... More >>

Meet Dallas Theater Center's New Resident Ensemble (With Video!)

The next production at the Dallas Theater Center, In the Beginning (opening January 21), also marks the start of a new era for actors at the 50-year-old playhouse. It will be the first production to star all of the members of artistic director Kevin Moriarty's new nine-member resident acting company ... More >>

Sound Bytes: Download Smile Smile's "Silent Night" Cover, Listen To Black Tie Dynasty's "Christmas Time (feat. PPT)" And Hear Matthew And The Arrogant Sea's Newest Song

Smile Smile, perhaps Dallas' greatest pop duo that also happens to be an ex-couple, has a little treat over on its Myspace page for your listening please: A surprisingly touching and sweeping cover fo the famed Christmas class tune "Silent Night"--and you can download it, too, iff'n you feel so incl ... More >>

DTC's A Christmas Carol Offers a Good Scrooging

Little Red Riding Hood and Beautiful Star: An Appalachian Nativity round out the holiday-season stagings

Paste Checks In With A Matthew And The Arrogant Sea Review...

Matthew and the Arrogant Sea Is Anything But

Matthew and the Arrogant Sea has no trouble living up to its own name

Always Greener

Saturday Night's DOMA Showcase on Lower Greenville rocked. So how come it's not always like that?

North of the Dial

Rain Drips With Beatles Nostalgia, While Freakshow and Misanthrope Make for Hard Day's Nights at the Theater

Black Sabbath?

Amid a dark controversy, the Denton festival will still go on

Some Pig

Cute hams in DCT's Charlotte's Web; one actor hogs the stage in Shakespeare's Keeper

Sins of the Father

Classical Acting Company digs deep with All My Sons; at KDT, a muddled Much Ado