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Friday, June 5, at Sons of Hermann Hall
Dallas' punk bands resurrect the spirit of the '70s
Dallas' punk bands resurrect the spirit of the '70s
Dallas' punk bands resurrect the spirit of the '70s
Dallas' punk bands resurrect the spirit of the '70s
Dallas' punk bands resurrect the spirit of the '70s
Dallas' punk bands resurrect the spirit of the '70s
The Elbow Room
In Our Lifetime Vol. 2 (Fenway Recordings)
In Our Lifetime Vol. 2 (Fenway Recordings)
Seniors jam in Young at Heart
Is the recession getting you down? If misery loves company, this mixtape is for you
Is the recession getting you down? If misery loves company, this mixtape is for you
Is the recession getting you down? If misery loves company, this mixtape is for you
Your daily dose of national music news for Friday, March 12, 2010...If Snow Patrol's Gary Lightbody gets his dislocated jaw fixed after singing with it for eight years... will his songs sound less sincere?So the Gorillaz touring band will include alumnus of The Clash? Not bad...Sad 'cause Conan O'Br ... More >>
Although certainly not one of the bigger names involved in this year's SXSW festivities, Rocko Dorsey (playing tonight at Andy's Basement Bar & Grill in Denton) is still an enjoyable national act stopping in our area on the way to Austin. Hailing from Upstate NY, the band is called Rocko Do ... More >>
Whenever we old sonsabitches (early 40s, say) sit around to talk about the best shows ever at our favorite venues ever, this one always comes up: The Clash at the Bronco Bowl on June 6, 1982 (scroll down, you'll find it). I've got the previous night's tour poster framed and hanging in the house, ... More >>
We've got quite a backlog of CDs we've never gotten around to, so we're going to try to chip away at the pile with this regular feature. The plan: to take a few at a time and play each CD for as long as I can stand it.The Service Industry (San Antonio, TX) Calm Down (Sauspop)Sadly, this week's st ... More >>
We've got quite a backlog of CDs we've never gotten around to, so we're going to try to chip away at the pile with this regular feature. The plan: to take a few at a time and play each CD for as long as I can stand it.The Service Industry (San Antonio, TX) Calm Down (Sauspop)Sadly, this week's st ... More >>
Wednesday, June 16, at Bryan Street Tavern
In this week's paper, Doug Davis checks in with Pete Shelley, frontman for legendary Brit punks the Buzzcocks, who, tomorrow night, stop through Dallas for a gig at The Loft--the second-to-last stop on the band's two-year world tour. One of the original pop-punk acts, Davis extols the Buzzcocks' eff ... More >>
Lucy Wrubel has been DJing for over a decade now. The stand up comedian turned DJ got her start in Rome Italy, where she found she could overcome the language barrier through music. "I found myself unable to communicate with the locals, unless I was choosing the music." Wrubel says, "After spen ... More >>
Michoacan PupusaJust over a mile from the airport outside San Salvador you will find a tiny village ripe with what many would call the national snack of the Central American country, El Salvador--the pupusa. In the village of Olocuilta little shops sell these masa harina cakes, which are filled ... More >>
Via DeadspinLook over to the right... yeah, right there.Are you one of those people annoyed by the word meme? Well, turn away dear friend. Yesterday, the Daily Mail posted an incredible photograph from the Ryder Cup--one depicting a golf ball not much more than a nose hair away from the lens. Of ... More >>
Apple's HomepageGood News, Everyone!This morning, a headline on CNN read, "Beatles come to iTunes." Innocuous enough, yes, but, gosh, where the hell else are you going to buy music from (arguably) the world's biggest band? At Best Buy? Apple's official announcement (the above pic is from their ho ... More >>
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 >>
Kevin TodoraIt's looking like a good weekend of shows, starting with Club Dada's New Year's Eve Do-Over Party on Saturday night. It'll feature performances from Hoyotoho, Damaged Good$, galleryCat, and Datahowler, and includes a Champagne toast at midnight.But that's not the only big show happeni ... More >>
From the Vinyl Preservation Society of Texas Facebook pageJust last night I was telling the wife about how, like, about 20 years ago I was part of a small group of music freaks and geeks who'd gather 'round the turntable every so often to drink bourbon and swap songs and stories about why this gu ... More >>
Occult Detective ClubOccult Detective Club may have started as the solo side-project of Secret Bangs' Alexander Anguiano, but once Secret Bangs officially dissolved and Anguiano devoted more time and energy to crafting his catchy garage-punk songs, it quickly became apparent that this new projec ... More >>
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. Trashcan SinatrasIf you were involved with a college radio station in the 1990s, or casually listened to "The Adventure Club" on K ... More >>
One touring show and a ton of great local talent highlight this evening's musical options...
True WidowThis weekend is a pretty big one -- if anything because of the True Widow show at Double Wide on Saturday night. That's right, they'll be celebrating the release of their sophomore album As High As The Highest Heavens and From The Center To The Circumference Of The Earth. Get there earl ... More >>
I received a press release yesterday about which I have enormously mixed emotions. Because on the one hand, The Who is my Favorite Rock and Roll Band of All Time, precariously perched just one rung above The Clash. I've experienced The Who in myriad iterations -- at Reunion in the summer of '80, ... More >>
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 RobinsonEven though they play cover songs, you'd be remiss to think of The ... More >>
David "Nicke Blitz" MitchellTruly one of the seminal bands in Dallas history, The Nervebreakers' heyday came way back in 1977 when the band got the chance to open up for a Dallas date with Ramones. Then, in 1978, they did the same for the Sex Pistols -- and even got a mention in Rolling Stone in ... More >>
My Chemical Romance, Circa Survive and The ArchitectsThe House of BluesMay 21, 2011(Just Barely) Better Than: Staying home and watching the Mavericks beat the Thunder.Sara KerensMy Chemical Romance's Gerard Way. For more pictures from the performance, check out the slideshow.New Jersey's alt-rock ... More >>
There's quite a bit of an international flavor to the musical offerings in our area this evening, which is one of the more interesting Monday nights we've seen in a while.
David Johansen of the New York DollsDavid Johansen's career is the entertainment equivalent of a patchwork quilt. The New York Dolls' first incarnation, after all, lasted just a few years. After dissolving that first time, Johansen recorded several solo albums, then began an acting career. (Remem ... More >>
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.Tami ThomsenAs a high school student, Tami Thomsen, the main cog in the wheel that is (former Dee ... More >>
And how can we keep them out otherwise?
Joe ElyAt 64, Joe Ely is the elder statesman of Texas music. For over three decades, Ely has continuously released some of the most influential country-rock and folk albums around, inspiring and influencing bands as disparate as The Clash and Uncle Tupelo. Beginning his career in Lubbock while pl ... More >>
Warped Tour Kickoff Party with Against Me!, Lucero, Mike Herrera, The Aggrolites and Missile The Double Wide June 23, 2011 Better than: any house party you've ever attendedDavid WilsonAgainst Me! put on a thrilling performance last night at The Double Wide. For more photos from the event, check ... More >>
Rachel ParkerNo one on the corner has swagger like Warped Tour.In the sweltering summer sun yesterday, punk and metal fans both young and old headed to Gexa Energy Pavilion to catch the annual mass of humanity known as the Vans Warped Tour. Out of the bands that this reporter got to witness at t ... More >>
So far on this apparently never-ending jaunt down Amnesia Lane we've visited the Bronco Bowl a handful of times, dropping in on the Clash, Squeeze, the Cure, the Replacements and Bruce Springsteen. But there are still myriad memories from the Fort Worth Ave. haunt I'd like to chase down, among th ... More >>
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.Dale mugging for the camera at LollapaloozaDale Brock got his start in the music business in Wichita ... More >>
Via.Way back in April of last year we revisited The Greatest Concert Ever, or so they say: The Clash at the Bronco Bowl on June 6, 1982. But tonight, we go back even further than that -- to the old Palladium on October 6, 1979, when Joes Strummer and Ely shared a Dallas stage at set's end, Ely si ... More >>
Welcome to our 2011 Dallas Observer Music Awards breakdown, wherein we'll use the weeks leading up to the DOMA showcases on Saturday, October 15 (which is also when voting ends), to explain the nominees in each category Today, we look at the nominees in the Best Cover/Tribute Act, B ... More >>
On the Impossible Past, Philadelphia quartet The Menzingers' new third effort, is a wail of an album. Angry, passionate and, best of all, literate, the songs resonate with the kind of pure punk spirit that made bands like Black Flag and The Misfits so important to the American indie scene. S ... More >>
On the Impossible Past, Philadelphia quartet The Menzingers' new third effort, is a wail of an album. Angry, passionate and, best of all, literate, the songs resonate with the kind of pure punk spirit that made bands like Black Flag and The Misfits so important to the American indie scene. S ... More >>
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