Pete Townshend

The Eight Bands Most in Need of a Senior Citizen Ticket Discount

So the Rolling Stones have announced their first large tour in 6 years, and their "50 And Counting" jaunt will see them stop in nine cities across North America. This is borderline amazing considering that Keith Richards and Mick Jagger are 69 and CHARLIE WATTS IS 71 FREAKING YEARS OLD. Can you imag ... More >>

Dallas' Seven Best Rooftops To Soak in the Amazing Weather

Recently we chatted about some of the best patios in our fine city. Now we've put together a list of some of our favorite rooftops. We hope ... no, rather, insist you find a spot at one of these places very soon. Dare we suggest you imbibe a cold beer in the unobstructed sun under the abating heat, ... More >>

Why Does Big Bucks Burnett Need Big Bucks to Buy Back His Letter from Pete Townshend?

​A few days back James "Big Bucks" Burnett, proprietor of the world's only Eight Track Museum (for now ...), sent out a mass email asking for help scaring up a few bucks for a letter presently being sold at for $599.99 on the eBay. The seller's advertising it as: "THE WHO/PETE TOWNSHEND SIGNED ORI ... More >>

For Your Pre-New Year's Listening Pleasure: The Who Bring Tommy to Memorial Auditorium

​Four months ago I stumbled across a rough keepsake of The Who's first-ever Dallas performance in July 1967 at Memorial Auditorium downtown; it's a rumble of feedback and chatter, though buried somewhere beneath it all is The Greatest Rock and Roll Band of All Time roaring toward immortality. And ... More >>

Here's a Cure for the Summertime Blues: The Who at Memorial Auditorium on July 23, 1967

Via.​Earthquake. "Today may end up being the coolest day thru the middle of the upcoming week." Sun storms. "U.S. drought may persist for another year." Pastor Perry.But, amidst all that awful news, there's this reprieve posted just Thursday: "The Who - Live at Memorial Auditorium, Dallas, 23 July ... More >>

The Mumbles' Darin Robinson Had The Flu, But He Still Paid Good Money to See The Who

Welcome to My First Show, where we give bands a chance to talk about the first shows they ever attended -- no matter how uncool and embarrassing those tales may be. Darin Robinson​Even though they play cover songs, you'd be remiss to think of The ... More >>

Blazers 97, Mavericks 92: My Top 10 Observer-ations

​10. As we suspected, Portland's team is pretty salty. But their fans suck. Booing Mark Cuban is cool. Throwing shit at him is lame. 9. The Mavs are the NBA's best road team the last two regular seasons, but they're now 2-14 in their last 16 playoffs games away from the American Airlines Cen ... More >>

UT-Dallas Researchers' Potential Tinnitus Cure Rings Loudly in Scientific Community's Ears

​First I'd ever heard of tinnitus was when Who guitarist Pete Townshend announced the ringing in his ears had gotten so bad he might have to hang up his Fender Eric Clapton Stratocaster for good. Then I became a music critic, stood too close to too many stages and speakers for too many years, and ... More >>

My First Show: The Posies' Jon Auer Saw Jimi Hendrix--Sort Of

Welcome to a new feature here on DC9 called My First Show, where we give bands a chance to talk about the first shows they ever attended -- no matter how uncool and embarrassing those tales may be. Julian Ochoa ​ Jon Auer and Ken Stringfellow have (save for a couple years apart) kept The Posi ... More >>

Tonight, Tonight: Interpol at the Palladium, Widespread Panic at Verizon, Don Williams at the Majestic and Bones Thugs-N-Harmony at the House of Blues

What a packed Wednesday evening. And that's not even counting Your Texas Rangers playing in their first ever World Series game. Crazy, right?

If You Didn't See The Who at the Cotton Bowl in '82, the Band Wants to Make It Up to You

I love The Who. But I doubt I will buy the band's just-on-sale Super Bowl tee.​I see Richie's not terribly excited that The Who -- meaning, Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey -- have been tapped to play the Super Bowl halftime. Then again, his musical taste is highly suspect (trying to be ... diplom ... More >>

Free Game

Prepare your fingers for the Texas Pinball Festival

Catch some local music legends in Greendale

The New Year

The New Year (Touch and Go)

Music for the Eyes

A bevy of new music DVDs, just in time for the holidays

Last Night: The Hold Steady at Palladium Ballroom

Put On Yer Boots, People

Breaking Even

Kenny Rogers shows off his new face

Got the Look

Laptops change the way we view music. Duh.

Old Men and Bag Ladies

The good, the bad and the crazy invade Austin

Bands on the Run

Amid the SXSW cacophony, there was good stuff to be found

Fort by Fort Worth

The Who

Endless Wire (Universal Republic)

Paul Weller

Catch-Flame! (Yep Roc)

T Bone Burnett

Twenty Twenty: The Essential T Bone Burnett (Columbia/DMZ/Legacy)

Mono, Pelican

Monday, May 22, at Hailey's

Swindled Art

Tommy Who?

Uptown Players take on The Who's psychedelic sideshow; Echo Theater goes Sailing to Byzantium

Red Cross benefit with Slick 57, Centro-matic, Deep Blue Something, Happy Jack, [DARYL], Sorta

Saturday, September 10, at the Granada Theater

The Who

Then and Now! (Geffen)

Classic, Rock

Why is the most important producer in rock history a footnote?

The Man Comes Around

Placebo's Brian Molko can't stop growing old

The Reel Who

Twenty-five years later, a filmmaker comes to grips with his Kids

On the Download

Is the online music store the Apple of digital music's eye? It should be.

TLC

3D (Arista)

David Bowie

Heathen (ISO/Columbia)

Hear This

Back to business as usual: I dig music

Critics' Picks

The Who

Out There

Pete Townshend

Out There

Pete Townshend

Son rise

Julian Lennon knows he sounds like his dad, thanks very much

Out There

Feel his pain

Afghan Whigs' Greg Dulli is the unsexiest sexy mutha you'll ever meet

Out There

Why are you?

Roger Daltrey is still out on the road singing Who songs, and why the hell not?

Small apologies

Eddie Van Halen doesn't really care if you like the "new" Van Halen

Out There

Out There

Bootlicking

Some of the best records are the ones never released

Roadshows