We knew this day was coming, we just didn’t know when. After almost 21 years in business, CD Source, one of Dallas’ most beloved record stores, will be turning off the lights for good on March 22. Owner Lance Price had announced all the way back in September that his…
When we talked to Jeremy Snead last summer, his documentary Video Games: The Movie, had just premiered at the Texas Theatre. The local filmmaker, who is also behind the Mediajuice production studio, lined up some big names to be interviewed for the project, like Sean Astin, Zach Braff, and Chris…
No band breaks up for good anymore. With festivals offering exorbitant sums to bands and easy access to music on the Internet, it’s no longer taboo for an independent band to reunite, even if the reunion is short-lived. Heralded bands from the ’80s and ’90s don’t need to tour nine…
Evan Chronister’s name might not sound familiar to the average participant in the DFW music scene. He didn’t play in a band. He didn’t put on shows or put out records. He occasionally manned the turntables for the Lollipop Shoppe DJ night and would always create a stack of free…
Last year, Dead Flowers frontman Corey Howe had a pretty bold declaration about his band’s future: “I would die if we’re not on the road in the next six months.” Though the band bought a van and had plenty of shirts, LPs and CDs to sell, they didn’t hit the…
For most bands, whenever they cut a few records without a founding member, those records are almost forgotten about when that founding member returns to the band. Whether it’s Van Halen, Iron Maiden or Bad Religion, this happens all the time. With the Jayhawks, they cut three albums without founding…
Coheed and Cambria are currently on tour promoting the reissue of their second album, In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3. They play tonight, September 15, at South Side Music Hall with Thank You Scientist. The New York-based four-piece is playing the record from start to finish, but doing much…
Isaiah Rashad With the Outfit TX, Blue the Misfit and Buffalo Black, 7 p.m. Thursday, September 11, at Trees, 2709 Elm St., 214-741-1122 or treesdallas.com, $3 In 2013, L.A.-based indie label Top Dawg Entertainment found a new wave of Southern trill in their newest affiliate, Isaiah Rashad. Deep from the…
Dallas-based Jeremy Snead has a hot commodity on his hands these days. He’s the director, writer, and producer of Video Games: The Movie, a documentary on the history of video games. With his production company MediaJuice, he successfully raised over $100,000 through a Kickstarter campaign, got Zach Braff to be…
It’s a Saturday afternoon and Sheffield, England four-piece the Crookes are on another marathon drive to the next gig. They play Minneapolis on the night in question, Chicago the next and then Dallas tonight, Tuesday, July 15 for a show at City Tavern. Frontman/bassist George Waite was originally slated to…
Deafheaven With Wreck & Reference and Pallbearer Club Dada Saturday, June 28, 2014 Having Deafheaven play the patio at Club Dada seemed like a good idea. It was a breezy, cool (for June) night with occasional wafts of barbeque smoke floating in the air. But a mere minute before the…
Sure, The World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die might someday make a list called “All-Time Most Emo Band Names.” But before such a dismissive listicle appears, the eight-piece band is incredibly busy and will continue to be so for the foreseeable future. Still…
Jeff Tweedy With the Handsome Family Majestic Theatre Sunday, June 22, 2014 By the time Jeff Tweedy and his four-piece backing band left the stage Sunday night, it was like he had played two shows in one night. Devoting the first half of a 28-song set to his forthcoming solo…
Failure House of Blues Tuesday, June 10, 2014 Over the course of two hours on Tuesday night, reunited Los Angeles trio Failure showed why they were such a highly regarded band back in the ’90s — and why they are now, as well. Many years removed from their last time…
All band reunions are welcomed, no matter how big or small the band is. Yet certain bands never reunite and Los Angeles’ Failure was thought to be one of those bands. The trio’s third album, Fantastic Planet, a multi-layered opus of songs featuring lyrics about the romance and awful dark…
Journey With Steve Miller Band and Tower of Power Gexa Energy Pavilion, Dallas Sunday, May 25, 2014 There’s something about hearing songs like “Lights,” “Only the Young” and “Don’t Stop Believin'” that never truly gets old, no matter how many times you hear them or how old you are. The…
Eagulls With Twin Peaks and Sealion Three Links, Dallas Friday, May 23, 2014 For any band who’s accustomed to playing extremely large venues, it can be a test to see how well they perform when they step down to a much smaller stage. Eagulls, a five-piece from Leeds, have played…
Mike Portnoy has had an extremely productive career after leaving the band he co-founded, Dream Theater, a few years ago. With stints in Adrenaline Mob and Avenged Sevenfold, he’s found success with bluesy pop-rock trio the Winery Dogs. Matched with vocalist/guitarist Richie Kotzen and bassist Billy Sheehan, the band’s self-titled…
It’s almost game time on a beautiful afternoon in Houston and free time is incredibly tight for Eric Nadel. The legendary voice of Texas Rangers broadcasts, who would choose Bruce Springsteen’s “Born to Run” as his walkout music from the dugout, did have some time to talk with DC9 before…
Hailing from Minnesota, Tiny Moving Parts can’t seem to stay away from Texas for too long. The trio has already been to the DFW area a handful of times in the past year and a half, but they’re finally hitting Dallas proper on Thursday night. Paired up with the fantastic…
The Hold Steady With Oil Boom Granada Theater, Dallas Wednesday, April 30, 2014 As Craig Finn and his four bandmates in the Hold Steady walked out on the stage to the sounds of Lou Reed’s “Real Good Time Together” Wednesday night, there was a change that rippled through the Granada…
You might remember the Dallas-based filmmaker who wanted to raise $7,500 for a documentary on Fat Wreck Chords. Well, Shaun Colón wound up raising all of that in 24 hours and he had 35 days to go after that with his Indiegogo campaign. When we spoke to him at the…
