The Toadies

Dia De Los Toadies' 2013 Lineup is (Mostly) Here

The Toadies' annual rock hangout festival, Dia De Los Toadies, returns in mid-September, this time to Panther Island Pavilion in Fort Worth. It's the first time the fest has taken place in the Toadies' hometown. Today, 11 of the 16 bands have been announced; you can see the full list below. There ... More >>

Good/Bad Art Collective's Rock Lottery 11 Announced

Denton's historically-popular Good/Bad Art Collective, an artist-run co-operative studio and gallery that was active from 1993 to 2001, comes out of the woodwork each year to organize its Rock Lottery event, and has recently announced that its eleventh one will take place at Dan's Silverleaf on Nov. ... More >>

The Six Best Concerts In Dallas This Weekend

Check out more of this weekend's shows via our shiny new concert calendar Afghan Whigs, Centro-matic Sunday, October 14, at the Granada Theater Within the bowels of the '90s reunion machine, Ohio's Afghan Whigs are one of those bands you never really expected to be spat out again. Their 1993 LP, Ge ... More >>

The 20 Best Concert Photos of 2011

Mike MezeulBroken Social Scene at the House of Blues​The number of good shows and exciting, inspiring, heartbreaking moments in the Dallas music scene this year were, to put it SO very mildly...numerous. It probably can go with out saying. Except we're going to say it. We're going to talk about it ... More >>

Vince and Dawn Barnhill Have Seen a Million Faces, Rocked Them All

​ Welcome to Local Music 'Mericans, where we get to know the people behind the scenes in Dallas/Fort Worth music. Vince and Dawn Barnhill have been running Universal Rehearsal since 1987, five years before they tied the knot. Over that time, they've hosted rehearsals by Erykah Badu, The Dixie ... More >>

Carissa Hughes Went From Local Music Fan to Label Rep to Her Current Gig at the AAC.

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.Carissa Hughes​At the moment, Carissa Hughes works for American Airlines ... More >>

Over the Weekend: Toadies, Old 97's, Centro-matic and Sarah Jaffe at the 2011 Dallas Observer Music Awards Showcase

The Toadies, the Old 97's, Centro-matic and Sarah Jaffe 2011 Dallas Observer Music Awards Showcase Main Stage Saturday, October 15, 2011 Alex ScottThe start of a glorious day in Deep Ellum.​ On Saturday afternoon, Deep Ellum boasted a buzz the area hadn't felt in years, as the Dallas Observer M ... More >>

Nico Martini Ditched Football For Theater and Somehow Worked His Way Into HD Radio

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. Nico Martini​ Although we normally only see Nico Martini in his trademark short-bill painters' ... More >>

Kirtland Records' Tami Thomsen Tells Us About Her Start, What She Sees In The Label's Future

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 Thomsen​As a high school student, Tami Thomsen, the main cog in the wheel that is (former Dee ... More >>

This Week In Dallas Music History: The Toadies and South Padre Go Together Like Spring Break and Unprotected Sex

​In this week's edition of This Week In Dallas Music History, former Observer writer Keven McAlester tells the tale of his adventures in following The Toadies to South Padre Island for a special spring break gig in 1999. Actually, the piece spends just as much time following the band's roadie, Ken ... More >>

Picture Show: The Toadies at The St. Patrick's Day Concert

Danny Fulgencio"I Come From the Water" is perfect for crowdsurfing. See more in Danny's slideshow.​Yesterday was a banner day for North Texas music nerds. Without doing too much self-horn tooting, the St. Patrick's Day Concert--just outside the parade--presented some completely killer sets from lo ... More >>

Local Music 'Mericans: Michelle Pelissero Turned Part-Time Gigs and Internships Into a Full-Time Position with Kirtland Records

Welcome to Local Music'Mericans, where we'll be meeting some people behind the local music scene who aren't musicians, but more behind-the-scenes folk.Michelle Pelissero​Michelle Pelissero can be seen working at some of the luckiest of spots -- like rinkside at a Dallas Stars game or dead-center i ... More >>

Local Music 'Mericans: Scott Beggs

Welcome to Local Music'Mericans, where we'll be meeting some people behind the local music scene who aren't musicians, but more behind-the-scenes folk. Scott Beggs​Scott Beggs, once one of the kids in the punk rock crowds back in the day, has been assembling live concerts in DFW since the mid-'9 ... More >>

Local Music 'Mericans : "Sean Wayne" Leseman, aka The Door Guy

Welcome to Local Music'Mericans, where we'll be meeting some people behind the local music scene who aren't musicians, but more behind-the-scenes folk. ​If you've ever gone to see a rock band in Deep Ellum, he was likely your maitre' d, of sorts. He's one of those guys that often finds himsel ... More >>

This Week In Dallas Music History: Course Of Empire Headlines Trees Outdoor Music Festival

​In this week's edition of This Week In Dallas Music History, former Dallas Observer music editor Gilbert Garcia answers a popular question among Dallas music fans in 1992: What's going on with Course Of Empire?Seems the guys in COE had basically disappeared from the local music scene for almost a ... 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 >>

Picture Show: The Toadies at the Palladium Ballroom

Danny HurleyThe Toadies stopped by the Palladium on Saturday night.​ With Feeler, the Toadies' new (but not really) record in tow, the local hard rock icons stopped by the Palladium Ballroom for a set of material spanning the band's almost 20-year career. Danny Hurley was there, in the pit, taking ... More >>

Staff Trax: Delorean, Wintersleep, Tripping Daisy, Das Racist, Them and The Boss.

Welcome to Staff Trax, the weekly feature here on DC9 where we shed some light on the music we've been enjoying of late, regardless of the touring or album release schedules that tend to bear the focus of most of our coverage. Consider it a chance for you readers to get some more insight into ... More >>

'A Photographic History Of Music In Dallas' -- Yet Another Reason To Go To The Kessler Saturday

James BlandThis photo of The Buck Pets is one of 75 to be on display at The Kessler Theater. ​Saturday night's book-release party for Josh Alan Friedman's Black Cracker is an opportunity to catch Josh Alan's atomic-acoustic blues stylings, another chance to catch the gothic-caberet singer-songwrit ... More >>

Three New Venues Offer Up Plenty of Options

Last Night: Toadies at Trees (Night One of Two)

Toadies, LIONS, DescenderTreesDecember 30, 2009Better than: Any other Toadies performance we've seen since the release of No Deliverance.Expect a slideshow from last night's concert in the coming days...​There wasn't much direct addressing of the crowd at last night's show, the first of two Toadie ... More >>

Favorite Things: We Find At Least Five Things to be Thankful for in Local Music. Back to Complaints Next Week.

Over The Weekend: Second Annual Dia de Los Toadies Festival

Dia de Los ToadiesRough Creek Ranch, Glen RoseAugust 29, 2009Better than: planting your ass at a sports bar in the asphalt jungle. Keep an eye out for a slideshow from the event, coming later today.​ Rough Creek Ranch is a scenic patch of olive Texas prarie centered around a modest ... More >>

Weekend Roundup: Toadies, Depeche Mode, Peter Bjorn & John

Dia de los Toadies at Rough Creek Ranch in Glen Rose Saturday, August 29The Toadies playing "Possum Kingdom" at Possum Kingdom is almost too much for my brain to handle, so it's probably best the second annual Dia de los Toadies headed away from that lake for this year's fest. No Toadies set is comp ... More >>

Good Friday: Calhoun, Hayes Carll, Red Headed Stranglers, Metal Rouge, Wildflower!, The Lash Outs, A Tribute To Stephen Bruton, Dem Southernfolkz, QCBS Benefit

There are so many options for music lovers this weekend that it's almost overwhelming. Remember, back in the days when you used to go to video stores to rent movies, how it felt to just stare at the cases with no idea what you wanted to watch, and there were so many choices that you got a headache b ... More >>

Toadies Release New No Deliverance Single, Inspire Ballet Dancers

I think it was two weeks back now that the above song, "Song I Hate", was announced as the second single to be released from the Toadies' No Deliverance record (the first single, remember, was the title track). So that's not new news, necessarily. But this is kinda new (assuming you don't read the ... More >>

The Biggest Stories in North Texas Music, Circa 2008

In a year that saw Ozzy, the Jonases and The New York Times storm through North Texas, which area music stories will go down as the most important of 2008?

Astronautalis and The Riverboat Gamblers Return to Town

OK, so we have a pretty expansive definition of "local"

Last Night(ish): Toadies At Palladium Ballroom

Good Friday: Method Entertainment, Eleven Hundred Springs, The Fleshtones, The Toadies, Daughters, Airline, RTB2, Mount Righteous

Record Hop, Scott Porter Ready for 2008

Scott Porter's year coulda self-destructed, but he got engaged instead

Local Hero?

It's a Draw

In the Dallas music scene, who brings the biggest crowds?

Following Suit

When record labels finally pay attention to Dallas, they usually likewhat they see

New Music, Good Music

We missed MossEisley, but you shouldn't make the same mistake

Hear Here

Local music was better than ever in 2001

Scene, Heard

Are the Toadies breaking up? We don't know.

Scene, Heard

Disaster strikes. Or does it?

Scene, Heard

It's a big fuckin' deal

Scene, Heard

Band-related paper cuts and other ironies.

Scene, Heard

Counting down the days 'til February

Dallas Stars

Revisiting the best local albums of 2000

Across the Bar

Adventure Club's b-day bash; "Surreal" multi-act bills; Funland reunited (sort-of); Get a job

Pink panthers

Is there such a thing as a local supergroup? Ask Pinkston.

Across the Bar

Bill's Records get Hitchcock; Quality Park fills Centro-Matic; Tripping Daisy headlines and mainlines Joe Butcher; Go Metric stays

Built to last

Last Beat Records creates its own scene with a new studio and rehearsal facility

Everclear

Blast from the past

In days of old, when nights were bold

Gimme, gimme truth

Jay Farrar and Dave Grohl don't owe you anything

Star maker

Can Interscope do for four local bands what it did for Nine Inch Nails and Snoop Dogg?