Peter MurphyGranada TheaterFriday, March 18, 2011Better than: Staying in and watching The Hunger. Blue lights blinded the packed crowd at Granada Theater on Friday night as the King of Goth took his stance at front and center stage. The one-time Bauhaus frontman may be 53 years old these days, but…
Whether living in Denton or simply passing through after a long night of venue-hopping and beer-slinging (last week’s 35 Conferette comes to mind), you might find yourself turning to Ruby’s Diner On the Square. It’s nearly impossible to miss — what with its central location next to the Calvary Chapel…
Lady GagaAmerican Airlines CenterMarch 14, 2011Better than: missing out on the chance to see a pop icon like Gaga at her peak. “I am certain that Jesus must love EVERYBODY,” Gaga roared into her mic at American Airlines Center last night. “Jesus loves everybody.”Gaga was preaching.”I told you we were…
Esben and The Witch1 a.m., Andy’s BarBrighton’s Esben and the Witch is not entirely unlike an electronic version of Shiny Around The Edges — Shiny’s Jenny Seman and Rachel Davies even have a similar stage presence. And so it was quite fitting that Esben and The Witch followed that Denton…
Local NativesMain Stage OneWith the slightest adjustment of the pink and purple berry-colored lights, the teeming Denton crowd, prematurely yelped for their Saturday night headlining act, Los Angeles’ Local Natives. The night had long been dark, and a young Denton crowd with dogs and bikes and beards had gathered, anxiously…
Hulon Pate has a lot of love for house and techno tunes — so much, in fact, that he spends most of his time on the look out for the next hot thing to drop at Absinthe Lounge, where he currently has a residency, Deep After Dark. Pate’s has been…
Three years into its existence and, finally, 35 Conferette organizer Chris Flemmons is seeing his dream of a walkable music festival in downtown Denton turn into a reality. We’ve seen shades of the festival shaping up this way for a few years now. The obligatory backstory: After a drunken conversation…
Lady Gaga played back-to-back sold-out shows last summer to hordes of enthused fans at the American Airlines Center, and after another massive year, she returns to the region this week, again as part of the same massive world tour in support of the pop star’s second album, 2009’s The Fame…
At restaurants all over town, elusive eats await under the radar. Menus are updated, new items are added, and sometimes the best things are not on the menu at all. Let Off the Menu guide you to some of Dallas’ lesser-known culinary creations. Few things are more disappointing than sitting…
DJ NVS got his start spinning records 15 years ago. “I have always been around music, and had a few friends that were already DJing,” he says. “One day, I said to myself, ‘Hey, I can do that!'” So, he did. And now the California native has made a name…
At restaurants all over town, elusive eats await under the radar. Menus are updated, new items are added, and sometimes the best things are not on the menu at all. So, whether it’s featured on a hand-written sign taped to a wall, or something that only regulars know to ask…
Half of experimental indie-electro duo Florene, Gavin Guthrie openly admits that his influences, when it comes to DJing at least, are anything but profound. Rather, the 27-year-old DJ spills that some of his fondest influential memories date back to him listening to some of his dad’s albums from the ’80s…
Red Bull THRE3STYLE DJ CompetitionGranada TheaterFebruary 19, 2011Better than: sitting at home watching friends try to play DJ Hero 2. Saturday night’s Red Bull-sponsored DJ battle at the Granada Theater started promptly at 10, and it went pretty much as DJ competitions go, with each of the contestants given 15-minute…
Robyn, Diamond Rings, Natalia KillsSouth Side Music HallFebruary 18, 2011Better than: having a few drinks and listening to the DJ at S-4 spin Robyn tracks. The overhead lights dimmed, a whirling sci-fi-sounding effect filled the room and bright blue lights flooded the stage. It was plenty of notice.A wave of…
DJ Joe Vega has been spinning records for nearly 15 years, and he likes to keep an open mind when it comes to the records he spins. Reluctant to be pegged as anything in particular, the seasoned DJ admits that he has “a very wide range [of styles] ’cause [he]…
Blake Ward got his start spinning in Oklahoma while attending Oklahoma University. But he made the trip down to Dallas to play gigs so frequently, that, before long, he started being recognized as both an Oklahoma and a Dallas DJ. Really: Ward even played this past year’s State Fair of…
Music producers, DJs and electronic music purists, Rodrigo Diaz and Oleg Belogorsky have been tag-teaming the local electronic/dance music scene for a few years now with multiple DJ gigs and their own radio show. And while the pair states they enjoy their artistic freedom and, with it, the ability to…
This week, in honor of the biggest party night of the year, we asked all of our previously featured DC9er Mixtape DJs to share how they plan on ringing in the New Year. Hit the jump to check out what nine of our DJs have planned for tonight, plus some…
A few months ago I was approached by Denton-based DJ Five Easy Pieces about doing a winter mix for the blog. And, well, when’s a more wintery time to post a winter mix than on Christmas Eve? OK, maybe the winter Solstice. But, hey, that fell on a Tuesday and,…
Christian Dean Ward, perhaps better known around town as Dean Dillinger, got his start spinning records way back when, as a producer/board operator at WERQ-92.3 92Q Jams in Baltimore. “I used to play records for Reggie Reg and K-Swift (Rest In Power) when they went to the bathroom, or were…
The Dresden Dolls The Granada Theater November 19, 2010 Better Than: Watching a midnight screening of Cabaret at the Granada, which, hey, might not be that bad of an idea… Amanda Fucking Palmer – as she introduced herself to the crowd earlier in the night -perched herself on the balcony…
DJ Fishr Pryce thrives off spontaneity — and, as has been made clear in the past, he doesn’t like to take himself too seriously.”I’m not afraid to be goofy,” he says. “And I think that makes me a little different [from other DJ’s in town].” Fittingly, the experienced hip-hop DJ,…
