Third String Productions

Giveaway: One Pair of VIP Tickets to the Fourth Annual Unsilent Night Music Festival

The mall punk scene is still going strong here in Dallas, and Saturday, December 10, marks the fourth annual Unsilent Night Music Festival, put on by ZH Entertainment and Third String Productions. Anyone who has been to any of these mall punk shows in recent years knows  that they are not small ... More >>

DOMAXXIII: Announcing Your 2011 Dallas Observer Music Awards Winners...

Stephen MaskerErykah Badu headlined last night's DOMAXXIII. More photos in our slideshow: Scenes from the 2011 Music Awards ​Another year, another Dallas Observer Music Awards season down the drain. Gotta say, though, this year's season felt especially epic. Many thanks to the Toadies, the Old 97' ... More >>

Get To Know Your DOMAXXIII Nominees: Best Experimental/Avant Garde Act, Best Talent Buyer, Best Local Music Advocate

​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 Experimental/Avant G ... More >>

Mike Ziemer Started Promoting Bands At Age 14. Now He's Looking For The Next Big Thing.

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.Mike Ziemer​Mike Ziemer is a lot of things -- a promoter, a manager, a marketing whiz, an entrepre ... More >>

Trees Moves Beyond Its Hard Rock Reputation.

Local Music 'Mericans: Using The Power of Social Media, Jonathan Swinnea Promotes Your Favorite Concerts, Bands and Tours.

Welcome to Local Music' Mericans, where we meet some people behind the local music scene -- the folks who aren't necessarily members of a local band, but who still make the scene move.Jonathan Swinnea​Jonathan Swinnea's passions are music and social media. Some would say he's an element of the "ne ... More >>

Giveaway: Two Pairs of Tickets To This Weekend's September To Remember Affair

​For the fourth year in a row now, the folks at Third String Productions are ringing in the return of the school year with its annual September to Remember affair, which grabs a whole bunch of mall-approved pop-punkers (a good chunk of which, it should be noted, are local) and offers them up in an ... More >>

Giveaway: A Pair of Tickets to Unsilent Night 3 at Dr Pepper Arena in Frisco

​On Sunday, from the afternoon and into the late evening, Third String Productions will present its third annual holiday-themed affair called Unsilent Night (not to be confused with this Unsilent Night). And as always, it's quite the mall punk affair: This year's headliners include A Day to Rememb ... More >>

Giveaway: A Pair Of Tickets To Third String Productions' Halloween Show at Nokia Theatre with Cobra Starship, Others

Cobra Starship​ You've no doubt at least heard "Good Girls Go Bad," the synth-heavy, all-hook, unavoidable summer smash from dance-pop outfit Cobra Starship. Well, in this week's paper, Seth Graves takes a look at the band's ascension to this point:Surfacing in 2006 as part of the genius Snakes on ... More >>

Analog Rebellion (formerly PlayRadioPlay!) Announces New Album Details

Kolby Schnelli Analog Rebellion's Daniel Hunter​I perfectly understand Daniel Hunter's frustration. Really, I do. As PlayRadioPlay!, the Aledo native did get lumped into the mall-punk scene by a lot of people--us here at DC9 included. But, upon going back and listening to the still super-young 20- ... More >>

Giveaway: Two Pairs Of Tickets To Sunday's September To Remember Show With PlayRadioPlay!, The Secret Handshake, others...

​With the summer heat dying down and letting outdoor shows become enjoyable once again, a couple pairs of free tickets seem in order for this year's September to Remember showcase from Third String Productions, which, now in its third incarnation, is being held in an outdoor facility for the first ... More >>

Two Area Halloween Shows Get Scary Early Announcements

​Halloween's a good two months away--almost two-and-a-half months off, actually--but, since area booking agents never seem to sleep, we're already seeing some pretty impressive lineups get tossed together for the holiday.Among them? A hipster's delight at the Granada, for one, featuring two Austin ... More >>

Bizzy Bone/B-Real Show Moved From The Max To Purgatory

Got word last night about the move from Third String Productions' Mike Ziemer, who hopes booking shows like this might help him branch out beyond the suburban mall punk scene. All tickets purchased for The Max will be honored at Purgatory.At the very least, the move definitely ensures there will ... More >>

Suburban tweeners rock out to mall punk, DFW's hottest musical export. No, really.

Q&A: Third String Productions' Mike Ziemer Talks South By So What, Not Killing Deep Ellum

On Saturday at the Plano Centre, Mike Ziemer's Third String Productions will throw its annual South by So What!? event--a deal that's become something of a tradition. But it's not the only show Ziemer puts on every year. At just 23 years of age, he's booked thousands of bands on hundreds of shows--m ... More >>

Weekend Roundup: Yells at Eels, Oso Closo, Jesse McCartney, Ian Moore, The Secret Handshake and The Michelle Johnson Band

Kudos to you, DFW music aficionados! Once again you've done an amazing job of capturing this past weekend's concerts. For those of you who missed out, pull up a chair and get your music on. And, well, me? I'll take the credit for bringing you this delightful dish of musical tastiness. Muah-ha-ha! Y ... 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?

Good Friday: Rodney Parker, The Happy Bullets, Ivoryline, The Lashouts, Mad Mexicans, Somebody's Darling, THe BAcksliders, Days of the New, Scuba Team Go, Big Chief

Ah, Friday. If this were 1993, I'd be gearing up for a badass night of TGIF on ABC. But, alas, it's 2008. Luckily, there's plenty of live music to take in all weekend long. Some pretty good. Some not as much. But, for the most part, pretty good.Anyway, onto the weekend of shows. First, the one's w ... More >>

Scary Kids Scaring Kids, Halifax Headline South By So What

Odds & Ends

Falkon leaving town, clubs denied late-night permits and When Rock GoesBad