A friend of DC-9 made it out to the whole Paris Hilton shindig at Ghostbar last night* and offered up some pictures from her phone to share. Paris was partying it up at the deejay booth with her entourage. Imagine that. Turns out Terrell Owens made it to the party…
Tiger Army Granada Theater January 22, 2008 Better Than: listening to the Stray Cats while waiting for your videotape of Happy Days to rewind. With his dark hair modeled into place and his sleeveless T-shirt showing off his tattooed guns, Tiger Army’s charismatic front man Nick 13 hit the stage…
Bill Frisell Trio played to a sold-out crowd Tuesday night in Denton. (Melanie Gomez) We know it was hard to get tickets for last night’s Bill Frisell Trio show in Denton. The line of people hoping to get into Dan’s Silverleaf without advance tickets winded down the block. So, for…
As we explained last month, sometimes we need more than a Q&A when it comes to talking about our favorite local bands. So, each month we’re offering up a video segment on one DdFW band. DC-9 videographer Jonathan Finley hit up the Eleven Hundred Springs show at the Granada earlier…
Bring on the flying scorpions, guys! (Lee Setty) Dove Hunter has been slowly gaining a reputation as one of the Dallas area’s best new bands, despite having only a few unmastered demo tracks on its MySpace page. But with members hailing from defunct-but-still-beloved local acts like Mandarin, Doosu and Sub…
We want to know Where in the World is Osama bin Laden?Sure, we did our normal local rounds this weekend, including seeing DJ Shadow’s latest project over at the House of Blues, but we also had a staffer out at the Sundance Film Festival (actually, he’s still there). Dive in:…
The Hard Sell? Only a little. (Jessica Walker)DJ Shadow and Cut Chemist Jan. 19, 2008 House of Blues Better Than: When I drink too much Shiraz and play classic ’80s records for my friends for hours and hours and hours… Wand-ed down once again for another live music extravaganza at…
A DC-9 reader alerted us to a list of the Top 79 Music Videos of 2007 over on Shots Ring Out. While it’s clear the music blog heavily leans to indie, folky and artsy bands, some of our favorites made the list. Plus, at No. 61 is Dallas’ own St…
Michael Ian Black at Dallas’ House of Blues Thursday night. (Angela Berg)Michael Ian Black House of Blues January 17, 2008 Better than: Tivo-ed American Idol premier featuring our proud Dallas wannabes. He has one of those faces that makes you scratch your noggin and say, “I know that guy…what has…
Foo Fighters. (Ben Watts) Probably not a surprise, but we’ll be at the January 23 Foo Fighters show at American Airlines. Want to be there, too, (and not spend any cash)? E-mail me by 3 p.m. with the subject line “Foo Fighters Tickets.” We’ll draw two names at random and…
If you enjoy those daily marathons of America’s Next Top Model on VH1, you’ve probably been prone to the relentless airing of the channel’s You Oughta Know bits. Profiling artists on the rise, they pretty much shove new musicians down your throat at every commercial break. And if you know…
The quirky men of Fishboy.Fishboy has piqued our interest with its loopy tunes and out-there lyrics ever since the band’s Little D CD release in 2005. Almost a multimedia experience as opposed to rock band, the four Denton dudes pull off everything from music to comics to videos and a…
Tweens get ready. Or maybe, parents should, because the Jonas Brothers are heading your way. Yay. Fun times. The adolescent rockers are coming to Nokia Theater February 28 and with the frenzy they tend to cause with tickets, Nokia decided to lay down some rules. So parents, take notes, mark…
Black Tie DynastySorry for the lapse in rumbles. Things are finally settling down enough to concentrate on the next round. Clearly, Lovie was the favorite in the last match-up against The Valentines…er…The Fieros. Not sure if it was name confusion or growing buzz about Lovie, but people commented big time…
Outside the House of Blues. (Jonathan Finley)Went to see American Werewolf Academy, the King Bucks, The Backsliders and Boys Named Sue Saturday at Dan Aykroyd’s shrine to commerce and “blues” and I gotta tell ya: It was an experience in vittles, incense and two totally different sound guys. As far…
So here’s some concert bad news and inconvenient news. In case you haven’t heard, the OneRepublic show at the House of Blues is now sold out. Sorry bubs, you missed out. For those with tickets, you’re going to have to wait a couple more weeks. House of Blues peeps mentioned…
Haste the Day. (Solid State)We’ll admit, this weekend was a lot of working for us. We’ve got big things coming on this blog in the next week or two – and guess when we were meeting with everyone? Yep, this weekend. Below are the two shows we loved from this…
Last night was the Mokah Music Summit and Showcase Dinner where the peeps over at Live @ Mokah invited a bunch of media folk, club owners, artists, record label guys and others to talk about the Dallas music scene and its problems. So, basically, it was Pandora’s Box. With free…
Aww. Marilyn and Twiggy back in the day.Typically, I wouldn’t make a mention of Marilyn Manson coming to town. Maybe it’s the heavy metal documentary I watched last night on VH1 Classic having a residual effect, but it looks like the shock rocker’s February 29 at the House of Blues…
Pop up: Artist Thomas Allen’s work “Distraction.” (FMPR) Silent and neatly folded, packed away deep within the desolation of a rural Michigan farmhouse basement, lie the cut-and-paste dioramas of Thomas Allen. What began as a lovely, yet convoluted, interpretation of his grandfather’s hokey pose-and-smile vintage family photographs, Allen’s three-dimensional pulp…
The mash-up is a little weird, but we’re still stoked: Dallas’ Old 97’s will open for Wyclef Jean at a NHL charity shindig. The January 25 show, in Atlanta, benefits Usher’s New Look Foundation. The concert kicks off the 2008 NHL All-Star Weekend, which includes the all-star game (which those…
Not 15 minutes ago, Radiohead issued a press release announcing its 2008 U.S. tour. And while no specific dates are mentioned for the Good Records top-seller, specific cities are — and for the first time since March 1998, I believe, Radiohead will play Dallas. Also among the 22 cities is…
