Richard Thompson

Richard Thompson at the Granada Theater, 4/13/13: Review

Next month, Yngwie Malmsteen will be at the Granada Theater, the same venue where Richard Thompson played Saturday night. And while both men are celebrated for their instrumental prowess, Thompson is more than just a fantastic guitarist -- much more. In front of a sold out and very appreciative aud ... More >>

Richard Thompson On Getting Older and Losing Meaning

Besides being a stellar guitarist, Richard Thompson is a superb songwriter and one hell of a witty dude. Over the course of four decades, Thompson has evolved from an above average, British folk rocker to a legendary guitarist plying his craft across several genres. Speaking from a tour stop in Ne ... More >>

Top Show Annoucements: Metric, Rodriguez, The Walkmen and More

Metric Sunday, April 28, at House of Blues, $28-$38 It took them a little while (since the late '90s) but Metric has made it. Big. The group's 2009 release, Fantasies can take most of the credit for that when they unleashed the addicting, head-bobbing and shoulder-swaying hit "Gold Guns Girls." Sexi ... More >>

The Five Best and Worst Musicians to Interview

In honor of Evan Dando and his band The Lemonheads being at the Prophet Bar tonight, I thought I might share with the readers of DC9 some of the pitfalls of being a music writer. Sure, there are tons of positives: free shows and CDs and access to cool people (some of whom you may actually admire). B ... More >>

For Your Hanukkah Listening Pleasure: Richard Thompson Turns the Tide at Poor David's in '91

​That crazy website I stumbled across at the end of last week, the one that turned up those Zevon shows from '93, is proving to be quite the treasure trove; and just when I was about to ditch this feature too. Don't think I'm not this close to spending all day tomorrow posting picks from the vault ... More >>

Loudon Wainwright III: "If People Pay Me Extra Money [To Do "Dead Skunk"], I'll Play It."

Michael WIlsonLoudon Wainwright III​At 65, singer-songwriter Loudon Wainwright III is, perhaps, the elder statesmen of musicians who were tagged as "The Next Bob Dylan" in the early 1970s. But Wainwright's cynicism and humor have always set his songs a part from the typical coffee house troubadour ... More >>

Our Critics' Year-End Top Ten: Darryl Smyers Turns Things Down A Notch And Screams About The Walkmen's Lisbon

In this week's paper, you may notice a piece including some of our DC9 writers' choices for best albums of the year. But, space being limited, we couldn't run all of our writers' lists. So, thanks to the power of the Internet, we're doing just that, right here.​Noted Wi ... More >>

ACL 2010 So-Far Superlatives: The Best Performers, Songs and Movements of Days One and Two.

Here we are, final morning of Austin City Limits, and we're getting all wistful and whatnot. It's a busy day ahead filled with North Texas connections like whoa: 15-year-old Dallas-born fiddle wunderkind Ruby Jane kicks the entire day off with her 11:15 a.m. set; Midlake will somehow have to physica ... More >>

ACL Day Three: LET'S GET READY TO DAD-ROCK!!!!! (Also: Ted Leo, Frank Turner, White Rabbits and Warpaint Recaps.)

​Just hours before some serious dad-rock sets out to swoon ACL 2010 into that good night, the weekend's deepest pool of day-timers is going full-tilt. Worthy options Shearwater and Warpaint split the early crowd difference in the earliest hours, then Ted Leo & The Pharmacists and White Rabbits ... More >>

Q&A: Peter Case Wig!s Us Out

​One-time street musician Peter Case has come a long way since entering the San Francisco music scene way back in 1976. Case's first band, The Nerves, had a regional hit with "Hanging on the Telephone," a song Blondie would later make famous. Case's next band, The Plimsouls, did a bit better with ... More >>

Austin City Limits Announces 2010 Lineup...

​It's that time of year, again. The Austin City Limits Festival line-up was unveiled early this morning via the fest's official website. There isn't any question: This year's docket will have people gabbing--whether it's vitriolic hate or nostalgic, warm-fuzzies. Sure, for many, bashing on the cho ... More >>

What It Was Like: Baptist Generals, Red Red Meat, Mark Sultan, Herman Dune, Justin Townes Earle, The Tallest Man On Earth, Dinosaur Jr.

Noah W. Bailey The Baptist Generals' Chris Flemmons at the Sub Pop Showcase.Band: Baptist GeneralsWhere: Sub Pop Showcase at Radio RoomWhat It Was Like: If you're ever seen the Baptist Generals play one of their "rug shows" then you know what a special experience these all-acoustic sets can b ... More >>

Tough Breaks

Presenting the best breakup albums of all time

Danny Schmidt

Little Grey Sheep (Waterbug Records)

Shop Till You Bop at Forever Young Records

Not to drop hints or anything, but Xmas is coming, and Forever Young is open, sooo...

Richard Thompson

Friday, September 21, at the Lakewood Theater

Peter Case

Let Us Now Praise Sleepy John (Yep Roc Records)

Guitar Heroine

Patty Larkin is happy to trade licks with any guy

R.I.P., Ray Nasher | Widespread Outrage | The Death of Cool

Millennium Man

Richard Thompson doesn't let his guitar playing get in the way of his songwriting

Spanic Boys

Sunshine (Self-released)

Are You Ready for Some Soup?

The Citizen Kane of Crap

Six Organs of Admittance

The Sun Awakens (Drag City)

2006 Dallas Observer Music Awards

Tortoise and Bonnie "Prince" Billy

The Brave and the Bold (Overcoat Recordings)

Richard Thompson

Monday, April 18 at Poor David's Pub

John Guliak

7 Stories and 13 Songs (Mint)

Anatomy of a Buzz

With the proper machinery in place, a band could remain a Secret no more

Talking on a Wire

Richard Thompson, with a brilliant new album, has yet to beat the retreat

2003 Dallas Observer Music Awards

A Sad Salvation

At SXSW, you couldn't hear the bad news over all that music

Mary Lou Lord / Mark Eitzel

Live: City Sounds (Rubric) / Music for Courage & Confidence (New West)

Preston School of Industry

All This Sounds Gas (Matador)

Across the Bar

Sock Monkey's anniversary; a few rock shows you should be aware of

Flanagan's wake

VH1 vice president's novel about the music business mourns an era just since passed

Let's do it again, one more time

Billy Joel

Young man inside an old man

With Mock Tudor, Richard Thompson proves you can go home again

Harvest time

With rake in one hand and guitar in the other, Cheri Knight gets down on the farm

Sound ideas

Mitchell Froom provided the sonic boom behind some of the '90s' best records

Out Here

Events for the week

Roadshows

Who's that girl?

Surprise! It's Syd Straw.

Out There

Out There

Roadshows

Roadshows

Idol worship

In the 1950s and '60s, Tony Zoppi wrote about -- and rode with -- the stars