Welcome to My First Show, where we give bands a chance to talk about the first shows they ever attended — no matter how uncool and embarrassing those tales may be. Mwanza “Wanz” Dover has been a fixture around the Dallas area for what feels like forever at this point…
Welcome to My First Show, where we give bands a chance to talk about the first shows they ever attended — no matter how uncool and embarrassing those tales may be. Whether you’ve seen him behind a drum kit or a camera (which he sometimes uses as a contributor in…
Welcome to My First Show, where we give bands a chance to talk about the first shows they ever attended — no matter how uncool and embarrassing those tales may be. Sean Kirkpatrick has been a busy fellow lately: His band, Nervous Curtains, opened for Destroyer last weekend. Plus, the…
Welcome to My First Show, where we give bands a chance to talk about the first shows they ever attended — no matter how uncool and embarrassing those tales may be. Chris Bonner and his wife Kim Pendleton-Bonner have led The BAcksliders through four albums of sweaty rock ‘n’ roll,…
Welcome to My First Show, where we give bands a chance to talk about the first shows they ever attended — no matter how uncool and embarrassing those tales may be. Guitarist Scott Porter has helped anchor Record Hop with two fantastic full-lengths, especially their self-titled second album, which was…
Welcome to My First Show, where we give bands a chance to talk about the first shows they ever attended — no matter how uncool and embarrassing those tales may be. Jeff Parker spent many years as the bassist for [DARYL], but Les Américains has been his main band for…
The Trashcan Sinatras, Salim NourallahThe LoftMarch 4, 2011 Better than: looking for closeout deals at the Borders in Uptown and Highland Park. There are shows where you completely forget about the pains of the day, like the rising price of gas, job woes, or the risk of getting the flu…
After touring and recording with Slowride for a handful of years, the last thing on Dan Phillips’ mind was forming another band. While living in Boston and attending a furniture-making school and contemplating his future, he did what he normally does to pass the time: sit on his couch and…
Welcome to My First Show, where we give bands a chance to talk about the first shows they ever attended — no matter how uncool and embarrassing those tales may be. If you were involved with a college radio station in the 1990s, or casually listened to “The Adventure Club”…
Welcome to My First Show, where we give bands a chance to talk about the first shows they ever attended — no matter how uncool and embarrassing those tales may be. Guyton Sanders is literally a drummer about town. Whether he’s playing a church gig with a praise band or…
Welcome to My First Show, where we give bands a chance to talk about the first shows they ever attended — no matter how uncool and embarrassing those tales may be. You might have seen him play with The Americanos, J.D. Whittenburg or as a solo act, but, these days,…
Welcome to My First Show, where we give bands a chance to talk about the first shows they ever attended — no matter how uncool and embarrassing those tales may be. Matt Pittman is a busy man as of late. When not working on new material for the (thankfully) still-active…
Welcome to My First Show, where we give bands a chance to talk about the first shows they ever attended — no matter how uncool and embarrassing those tales may be. Don Cento is a familiar face around town, given his time as a keyboardist with Chomsky and as a…
Welcome to My First Show, where we give bands a chance to talk about the first shows they ever attended — no matter how uncool and embarrassing those tales may be. Beau Wagener might be best known around town as the bassist for Macavity and, more recently, as one of…
The Get Up Kids, Steel Train, River City Extension The Loft January 23, 2011 Better than: polishing your multi-colored Hot Water Music vinyl records. Aren’t you glad when a reunion tour isn’t a fluke? Fifteen months ago, The Get Up Kids triumphantly returned to the DFW area with a…
Even though it will be on a Sunday night, The Loft will very likely be at full capacity. After all, emo icons The Get Up Kids are coming back to town. The Kansas City five-piece packed the Granada last fall on their reunion tour, and now they have a new…
Jim Suptic co-founded The Get Up Kids back in 1995. Their first practice came on his 18th birthday. And, in the following years, his band became a touchstone in the emo community. But their beginnings were pretty humble: Eons before Weezer’s Pinkerton was worshipped and the members of Paramore got…
Welcome to My First Show, where we give bands a chance to talk about the first shows they ever attended — no matter how uncool and embarrassing those tales may be. T.J. Prendergast of Maleveller has played drums for a variety of acts over the years — Sons of Sound,…
Welcome to My First Show, where we give bands a chance to talk about the first shows they ever attended — no matter how uncool and embarrassing those tales may be. When he hasn’t been drumming for The Tah Dahs, The Happy Bullets, or his latest band, Disposable Music, James…
Welcome to My First Show, where we give bands a chance to talk about the first shows they ever attended — no matter how uncool and embarrassing those tales may be. As impressive as their 2008 self-titled debut was, expect plenty of good things to come from True Widow in…
Welcome to a new feature here on DC9 called My First Show, where we give bands a chance to talk about the first shows they ever attended — no matter how uncool and embarrassing those tales may be.If you’ve heard Taylor Young and John Pedigo perform as The O’s before,…
The Posies, Aqueduct, Salim Nourallah Granada Theater November 24th, 2010 Better than: staying home with your Posies records and trying to figure all of the various guitar tunings. Given that it was the night before Thanksgiving, Wednesday’s show at the Granada could have been a ghost town. By the time…
