Spune Productions

Five Beers I Loved at Untapped Fort Worth

The marriage of Spune Productions and The Common Table may be the best thing that has ever happened to local craft brew fans whose music taste extends beyond cover bands and Top 40 DJs as well as music fans who'd prefer something better than $8 pints of Bud Light. Saturday's Untapped Fort Worth, the ... More >>

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 >>

Eleven of This Week's Top Show Announcements: Rihanna, GZA and More

Check out our shiny new concert calendar for more upcoming shows Rihanna Tuesday, April 16, at American Airlines Center, $39.50-$125Don't know what you'll be doing on April 16 yet? Get with it. Tickets are only $125, dude. Just grab a hammer and break the glass on your emergency Rihanna Concert F ... More >>

A Spune Christmas

Friday, December 16, at Club Dada

Poster Of The Week: A Spune Christmas at Dan's Silverleaf

​This week's poster comes to us from artist Scott Spooner, who sends us a quirky take on a Christmas party.Spune Productions throws some great parties year-round, and the poster for their Christmas party, which will take place on Sunday, December 11, at Dan's Silverleaf in Denton, manages to captu ... 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 >>

Giveaway: Two Pairs of Tickets to Oysterfest

We've already had a lot of things to say about Frisco's inaugural Oysterfest on Saturday, September 25. The bill, an impressive mixture of 15 touring and local bands on two outdoor stages at Lochrann's Irish Pub & Eatery, includes Rhett Miller Bowerbirds, Efterklang, Telegraph Canyon--you get th ... More >>

Gig Alert/Bonus MP3/Giveaway: Monahans Offer "I Break The Silence," Play City Tavern and Hailey's Club This Weekend.

Monahans​Tonight, City Tavern hosts yet another night of music that reminds anyone who may need a refresher that, yes, good live music can be found in Downtown--even if none of the acts on the bill are from the eastern side of the Metroplex.While Telegraph Canyon's Chris Johnson has rightfully vau ... More >>

Good Friday: Dia De Los Toadies, AllGood Cafe's 10-Year Anniversary Party, Spooky Folk, Little Black Dress, Ween, Frankie Muniz, Dead Confederate, The Cush, Bowling For Soup, Milton Hopkins, Florene, Spector 45, B.B. King and More...

​This weekend marks the third annual (and biggest yet) Dia De Los Toadies Festival.Each year the location of the festival changes, so The Toadies and nine other Texas bands will take over Whitewater On The Horseshoe in New Braunfels tonight, and all day tomorrow. This year's most exciting new addi ... More >>

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 >>

Video: School Of Seven Bells Discuss The Making Of Disconnect From Desire

We've been doing a lot of talking about the critically acclaimed -- and frankly, badass -- new record from School Of Seven Bells, Disconnect From Desire, which was just released on Tuesday, July 13. The above interview piece features Dallas' own Ben Curtis and twin sisters Alejandra and Claudia Deh ... More >>

Giveaway: A Pair Of Tickets For Spune 2k10 Finals at Hailey's Tomorrow Night

​Recently in print, Cory Graves tossed some very kind words Spune Productions' way, praising the booking agency's seasonal events up in Denton. Specifically, here's what he had to say:Between its folky Thanksgiving soiree and now-legendary winter dance party, Spune Productions is developing quite ... More >>

Giveaway: A Pair of Tickets To See Megafaun at Hailey's Club in Denton Tonight

The last time Megafaun, an Americana act with experimental flair and an offshoot of now-defunct DeYarmond Edison, was at Hailey's, it was opening up for the Bowerbirds in August of 2009. Doug Davis gave his take on the band:Megafaun is a trio who might be described as post-rock meets bluegrass. At t ... More >>

Giveaway: Three $20 Gift Cards and Pairs of Tickets To See FC Dallas Play Tomorrow Night Before Checking Baruch The Scribe and The Fox & The Bird at Lochrann's in Frisco.

​Listen: We probably won't be doing giveaways to the free, Thursday concert series at Lochrann's in Frisco forever. After all, the shows are free. But so long as Spune Productions, the coordinators behind the event, keeps making it worthwhile for us to send our readers to head up there and check t ... More >>

Giveaway: A Pair of Tickets To Thursday Night's Sold Out Local Natives Show at Sons of Hermann Hall

Local Natives is turning out to be kind of a big deal. I know this for a few reasons. 1) The band was originally booked to play The Cavern when it scheduled its Dallas appearance for later this week, but now the show will take place at the much-larger Sons of Hermann Hall. And Spune Productions, the ... More >>

Giveaway: Tonight's Telegraph Canyon/The Orbans Show In Frisco Is Free. But The $25 Gift Card We've Got Isn't.

​Look, Girl Talk and Big Boi at SMU isn't the only free show going this evening. In fact, there's a real treat for the suburbs going on at Lochrann's tonight up in Frisco as part of Spune Productions' new weekly, free Thursday night gigs up that way. At 8 p.m. tonight, The Obrans, who have a new d ... More >>

Quasi, Explode Into Colors, The Cave Singers, Cymbals Eat Guitars, The Dutchess & The Duke, The Ruby Suns, Moondoggies, Generationals, Seryn, Monastery

Wednesday, March 17, at Hailey's Club in Denton

Ten Bands, Ten Bucks, No Wristband

Spune Productions Preps Winter Dance Party, Rites of Spring Fling

​Seems as good a time as any to pass along word that the folks at Spune Productions have a couple big shows looming on the horizon, both of which we here at DC9 are proud to say we're co-sponsoring.The first up comes on Saturday, January 30, at Hailey's Club in Denton. Called the Spune 2K10 Winter ... More >>

NX35 Adds Neon Indian, Others to Lineup; Tickets Now On Sale

​Originally, tickets for this year's second go-'round of the NX35 Music Conferette were supposed to go on sale yesterday. A few software glitches go in the way, but more important point is this: Tickets are now on sale, so go get 'em. Four-day passes will set you back only $65; single-night passes ... More >>

Giveaway: A Pair Of Tickets to Tonight's Colourmusic Show at The Cavern

Michael Roberts doesn't take long to explain the backstory of Colourmusic in his write-up in this week's Observer. In fact, it just takes him one sentence:.The first concept that sounded equally interesting to both [of the band's founders] involved writing songs inspired by colors--a notion reflect ... More >>

Poster Of The Week: A Spune Christmas '09 at Hailey's, Saturday December 5

​'Tis the season! Just look around you, we're all sufficiently waste-deep in the trite tidings of holiday decor and decorum, as it all started about two days before Halloween. It can all be a bit taxing on the eyes and ears, especially when speaking of all the Christmastime cliches parading around ... More >>

Giveaway: A Pair of Tickets To Tomorrow Night's Bishop Allen Show At Lola's Sixth in Fort Worth

The Brooklyn-based indie poppers in Bishop Allen stop through Lola's Sixth in Fort Worth tomorrow night as part of a tour in support of its March-released Grrr..., the band's third full-length since its Charm School debut in 2003--and, surely, its more ubiquitous. Take, for instance, "The Ancient C ... More >>

Giveaway: A Pair Of Tickets To See Lucero Tomorrow Night at the Longhorn Saloon

Tomorrow night at the Longhorn Saloon in Fort Worth, Memphis alt-country favorites Lucero stop on in for a performance as part of its tour in support of the recently released album, 1372 Overton Park. To a degree, the new release is a change of pace from the bar-rock fare the band's release in the ... More >>

The Rising Sound of Denton-Based Seryn

Giveaway: A Pair of Tickets To See Colour Revolt on Sunday at Hailey's

Mississippi's Colour Revolt is no stranger to shows in the DFW region having stopped through a couple of times in just the past year alone, if memory serves. But, each time they return, it seems the anticipation and excitement only increases. If the above video of the angsty indie rock act performi ... More >>

Giveaway: A Pair Of Tickets To Tomorrow Night's Telegraph Canyon LP Release at Lola's Sixth

Jill JohnsonTelegraph Canyon can fill pretty much any space. With instruments, at least.​ Tomorrow night in Fort Worth, Telegraph Canyon extends its impressive summer into what it hopes will be an equally successful fall by hosting the official release of both the CD (which has been made available ... More >>

Giveaway: Two Pairs Of Tickets To Tonight's Viva Voce, Cut Off Your Hands and Robert Gomez Show At Hailey's

In this week's print edition, Observer contributor Eric Grubbs wrote about tonight's Viva Voce/Cut Off Your Hands/Robert Gomez triple-bill at Hailey's in Denton quite adoringly, particularly lavishing headliners Viva Voce with praise, and having this much to say:Though they started off as a duo, do ... More >>

Giveaway: Two Pairs Of Tickets To Catch Cotton Jones and Sabra Laval At The Hydrant Tonight

Tonight, at the Hydrant Cafe, Spune Productions has booked a performance from the Maryland-based Cotton Jones--check 'em out performing in the above in-studio clip for the Seattle based radio station KEXP. Theirs is an interesting sound, combining elements of lo-fi, ambience, pop, psychedelia and fo ... More >>

Giveaway: A Pair Of Tickets To Catch Ian Moore Tonight at Lola's Stockyards

It's a surprisingly busy Wednesday night around the region this evening. Take a look around: There's Propagandhi's at The Prophet Bar; the Pitchfork-approved Isis, Pelican and Tombs date at the Granada; the Indigo Girls at the Lakewood -- and even the Crystal Method at the House of Blues with L.A. R ... More >>

Giveaway: A Pair Of Tickets To Catch Junior Brown, 100 Damned Guns at Longhorn Saloon Tonight

Country music traditionalist Junior Brown stops by the Longhorn Saloon in Fort Worth tonight for a set that'll be opened by local alt-country rabble-rousers 100 Damned Guns (who, it just so happens, have a new disc to promote--catch our review of said disc in next week's paper, won't you?).And we'v ... More >>

Giveaway: Two Pairs Of Tickets To See Lucero and Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears at the Longhorn Saloon on Sunday Saturday Night

It's no secret that we love us some Black Joe Lewis around these parts. Got a soft spot for retro soul, I guess. Dig Lucero, too, because, really, there's nothing wrong with whiskey-soaked alt-country--nothing whatsoever. And though the two might make for an interesting pairing because, well, they' ... More >>

Giveaway: One Pair Of Tickets To Wye Oak And Pomegranates At Lola's Sixth Tomorrow Night

Tomorrow night, Baltimore folk rockers Wye Oak and Cincinnati indie-poppers Pomegranates will join Fort Worth house outfit Shuttle at Lola's Sixth in Cowtown. Tickets to the Spune Productions show are $8 for everyone--and we do mean everyone, as this is an all-ages show. Everyone, that is, except fo ... More >>

Giveaway: Three Pairs of Tickets For Eleven Hundred Springs At The Longhorn Saloon Friday

Hal SamplesBy now you've probably had it up to here with our coverage of Eleven Hundred Springs. Thanks to fiercely loyal fans, the country band swept nearly every 2008 DOMA category for which it was eligible, even snagging bass player Steven "DJ Burlap" Berg best DJ. If you're a die-hard fan or mem ... More >>

Giveaway: A Pair Of Tickets To Starlight Mints, Recorder and Grassfight

A couple o' Okie indie pop acts-- Starlight Mints and Recorder--are making the drive down to Denton tonight for a show at Hailey's where they'll be met by Denton Radiohead devotees Grassfight. The obvious draw here: Starlight Mints, whose debut release, 2000's The Dream That Stuff Was Made Of, thrus ... More >>

Giveaway: A Pair Of Tickets To See Hank III at the Longhorn Saloon Tonight

In this week's print edition, Lance Lester talks some serious talk about the bloodlines of Hank III, who, along with Those Poor Bastards and his band Assjack, will be performing at the newly re-opened Longhorn Saloon in Fort Worth tonight for--get this--a sold out show.Impressive? You bet, consider ... More >>

Local H, Lions

Saturday, May 31, at Lola's Saloon, Fort Worth

Midlake, St. V on Pitchfork

Wild 'n' Out

The latest on summer fests, a CD release and a Party party

A Spune Christmas 2006

Saturday, December 9, at Hailey's, in Denton

Back to School Bash featuring Black Tie Dynasty, Sorta, The Happy Bullets and more

Saturday, September 30, at Hailey's, Denton

Wall of Apathy

Spune´s Back2School

Saturday, January 28, at Hailey's

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

Deep Picks

The North Texas New Music Festival overwhelms Dallas this weekend; make sense of it with our suggestions.

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

Cory Helms benefit entertains and helps out; The Hourly Radio plays NYC showcase; rockin' women headed for Hailey's

They Are the Champions

The unofficial music awards