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Thursday, October 18 at Dada

The Five Best Concerts In Dallas This Weekend

Madonna Saturday, October 20 and Sunday, October 21, at American Airlines Center, $48.50-$358.50 Get your outfits ready, Madonna is upon us. When she kicked off her world tour back in May, thus began her gigantic seven-month, 89-date trek through Europe before hitting North America, and she'll event ... More >>

Bears 34, Cowboys 18: That's Just Romo Being Romo, and Dez Being Dez, and ...

It seems to have become a routine occurrence for the Cowboys in the Garrett Era: win one game, lose the next. One step forward, two drunken stumbles into the hot tub. Don't heap too much praise on any one player, lest you're prepared to be let down the following week. This time, it was the Bears wh ... More >>

Ronald Shannon Jackson - The Kessler Theater - 7/7/12

Ronald Shannon Jackson The Kessler Theater Saturday, July 7 Wish fulfillment at a concert? I've experienced it a few times: Captain Beefheart in 1976, Muddy Waters in 1977, Stooges guitarist Ron Asheton in 2001. It happened again this past Saturday night, when Ronald Shannon Jackson and the Decodin ... More >>

Compilation for Late North Texas Music Writer Lee Jackson Out June 4

After the passing of Lee Jackson in March, the outpouring of emotion from friends and colleagues - in Texas and beyond - was sort of astounding. Those who had never met him felt a kinship; those who did felt the weight of that loss in the creative community. Jackson wrote about music with a passion, ... More >>

On The Passing of Local Music Writer Lee Jackson, and Six Degrees of Separation

I didn't know Lee Jackson, a North Texas music writer who passed away on Sunday after a battle with ALS. But the number of mutual friends we have dictates we were most likely in the same room or at the same show in Austin at some point, where he lived in the early Aughts, distanced by the six degree ... More >>

Cha Cha's Rock and Roll Charity Gala, Adam Ant and the Rest of This Week's Show Announcements

​For the last eight years, local music advocate Chelsea Callahan has been celebrating her birthday with rock-and-roll and charity in mind. Every year, she books a solid bill of local bands and gives all the proceeds away to charity. This year, Cha Cha's Eighth Annual Rock & Roll Charity Gala o ... More >>

Good Friday: Billy Bob's Texas 30-Year Anniversary, Kirby Brown, Big K.R.I.T., Janet Jackson, Chris Cornell, Del Castillo, John Mellencamp, Yells At Eels, Del The Funky Homosapien & More!

​We've got a big weekend in store with plenty of shows, a few album releases and a celebration of a club's 30-year anniversary. We're speaking, of course, of Fort Worth honky-tonk Billy Bob's Texas, which has been hosting national and local country acts on its stage since 1981. Tonight, the venue ... More >>

Show Announcements: Here We Go Magic, The Books, This Will Destroy You, The Death Set, I Love Math, Widespread Panic, Selena Gomez, Devin The Dude, Cinderella, Dolly Parton & More!

Here We Go Magic​Last time Here We Go Magic came to town, it was as the odd-fitting support on a tour with Dr. Dog. And on the night of their performance, Here We Go Magic stole the show from the Beatle-esque roots rockers, despite Dr. Dog's overpowering light show. Sure, Here We Go Magic's record ... More >>

Good Friday: The Walkmen, Alejandro Escovedo, Trashcan Sinatras, The Virgin Wolves, Young The Giant, The Hope Trust, Nmperign, Sundress, Randy Travis, Remy Le Boeuf & More!

The Five Amigos or The Walkmen​After kind of a dud last weekend, we've got a pretty solid list of shows to see this weekend. And topping the list for some of us here at DC9 headquarters is The Walkmen concert at The Granada Theater on Saturday night. In this week's paper edition, we ran a piece ab ... More >>

Show Announcements: How The Edge Stole Christmas, Smashing Pumpkins, Jimmy Eat World, Roger Waters, Inspectah Deck, Ozzy Osbourne, Seryn, Amos Lee, Crushed Stars, Glassjaw, Telegraph Canyon & more

Billy "Mustachio" Corgan​Last Summer, 102.1 KDGE The Edge did some indie fans a solid by booking Phoenix and Metric in the middle of a mostly butt-rock lineup at Edgefest 2010. But at this year's How The Edge Stole Christmas concert at Verizon Theatre on Saturday, December 4, the folks over at The ... More >>

Show Announcements: Ra Ra Riot, The Misfits, Reckless Kelly, Ola Podrida, Charlie Robison, Hot Hot Heat, Rigor Mortis, Trey Songz and More...

Ra Ra Riot​October is shaping up to be a pretty solid month for great acts passing through Dallas. Already, we've got Vampire Weekend, The National. And now we can add Ra Ra Riot to the mix. On Thursday, October 28, at Granada Theater, the bouncy, excitable indie-pop act will be passing through in ... More >>

Show Announcements: Crowded House, The National, Little Black Dress, RTB2, Calhoun, The Wailers and Others.

Crowded House​Yesterday, the folks over at Live Nation announced that, for the second year in a row, there will be no service fees for tickets purchased in the month of June. This is really good news--especially if you're interested in the pile of summer shows that House Of Blues just announced.Li ... More >>

Good Friday: Swim Swim, Mount Righteous, Giggle Party, Darktown Strutters, Richmond Punch, DJ Nameless, Animal House and More

"Animal House" at the Lounge on Elm Street Saturday is not a screening of the classic college comedy, but you are certainly welcome to drink like it is. ​Just because it's freezing out and everyone in Dallas seems to have a sinus infection doesn't mean you can't enjoy yourself at a show. Misery lo ... More >>

Gig Alert: Arlington Info Shop Grand Opening Saturday

​The Arlington Info Shop's Grand Opening tomorrow proves that Dallas isn't the only North Texas city with music-loving bicycle activists. The community venue's opening fete includes performances from an eclectic array of experimental acts--all donating their time--all day Saturday from 2 p.m. to 1 ... More >>

Zanzibar Snails, The Annoysters, Muzak John, Wu Fru De Lu Vs. Space Dragon Killah, Welby

Thursday, September 10, at The Phoenix Project

Good Friday: VEGA, Til We're Blue Or Destroy, Pinebox Serenade, Record Hop, Ella Minnow, Matthew Gray Delves..., ST 37

​This is one of the biggest music weekends in recent memory, and it seems like there's something for everyone regardless of budget or musical taste. First up is the Bob Dylan/Willie Nelson/Johnny Cougar show at Quiktrip Park in Grand Prairie. There are still tickets available, according to the Air ... More >>

Good Friday: Tre Orsi, The O's, Eleven Hundred Springs, Pet Hospital, Record Hop, Hendrick, Whiskey Folk Ramblers, Yppah, John Lefler, 100 Monkeys, August Burns Red, Rick Springfield, Devildriver, Toby Keith, Ellotio Levin Trio, Charlie Daniels Band

The weekend's finally here, boo-yah, and it's a deceptively crowded one music-wise, actually. You should already know about the weekend shows we've already discussed here and in the print edition, but, in case you forgot, well, let's recap. Well, now that I think of it, pretty much every show we've ... More >>

DOMA XXI: And The Nominees Are...

This year's trophy will look nothing like the Heisman. Sorry to get your hopes up.A few weeks back, the 2009 Dallas Observer Music Awards balloting process began--somewhat quietly, I admit.  Distinguished area musicians, producers, booking agents, sound engineers, bloggers, journalists a ... 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 >>

Good Friday: The Mother's Day Weekend Edition

We already reminded you once, but what the heck, let's do it again: Sunday is Mother's Day. Remember it. Write it in permanent ink on your hand. Don't spend the next year in the doghouse with mom, because, really, moms rock. Now, onto some actual rock. As always, let's lead with the show's we'v ... More >>

Sounds Are Active Releases Denton Band Compilation Mixtape

A few weeks back, we told you about a soon-to-be-released digital compilation album of (mostly) Denton-based acts that Shiny Around The Edges' Michael and Jennifer Seman had assembled for the indie label Sounds Are Active. Well, 20 Bands/74.4 Minutes! is now up for download right here. In the accomp ... More >>

The Ideas Behind The No Idea Festival

Good Friday: Mount Righteous, Deadman, Billy Joe Shaver, Zanzibar Snails, Fair To Midland, Henry Rollins, Straylight Run

Denton's Zanzibar Snails Gets Wired

Good Friday: Heartstring Stranglers, Joe Ely, Stumptone, Matthew and the Arrogant Sea, THe BAcksliders

Bonus MP3: Zanzibar Snails -- "Lengua"

Brown Dwarf

Zanzibar Snails (Mayyrh)

Nintendo's Wii Fit Ignites Yet Another Fitness Fad

Good Friday: The Memorial Day Long Weekend Edition

Experimental Musicians To Go Mad This Weekend

Visual Artist Nevada Hill Creates Badass Album Covers and Posters For Denton Bands

Zanzibar Snails' Michael Chamy Introduces the Speak and Spell to His Band's Sound

Last Night: Billy Joel at American Airlines Center

Help the Needy. Wait. The Lazy. No. The "Laid Back."

Dead Echoes Dronefest