Green Day, AFI

Temperatures will probably still hover around 100 degrees by the time Green Day and AFI roll into town, but make no mistake: Their fans will still come out in droves. Busy these days promoting their 21st Century Breakdown album as their Tony-award-winning musical continues to play on Broadway and their…

Over The Weekend: The New Pornographers, The Dodos, Imaad Wasif

The New Pornographers, The Dodos, Imaad Wasif The Palladium Showroom Saturday, July 24, 2010Better Than: staring at Lady Gaga fans. On their third visit to the Dallas area, The New Pornographers finally got to be a headliner. (See more photos in Hal Samples’ slideshow.) Given the size of the Palladium…

Q&A With The Smoke

Celebrating seven years as a night to dance to mod, R&B, soul, and reggae from the ’60s, The Smoke is the closest thing to a Northern Soul all-nighter in Dallas. Once housed at Avenue Arts in Fair Park, its DJs have called Sons of Hermann Hall their home for the…

The New Pornographers Are Older, Wiser.

Seems the longer The New Pornographers are together, the more the band’s coed lineup expands. Currently touring as a nine-piece, at the center of the band have always been the songwriting contributions of its two lead singers, Carl “A.C.” Newman and Dan Bejar. Newman writes most of the material, while…

Staff Trax: The Books, Coliseum, Die Antwoord and Low

Welcome to Staff Trax, the weekly feature here on DC9 where we shed some light on the music we’ve been enjoying of late, regardless of the touring or album release schedules that tend to bear the focus of most of our coverage. Consider it a chance for you readers to…

Over The Weekend: The Hold Steady, The Whigs at the Granada Theater

The Hold Steady, The WhigsJuly 10th, 2010Granada TheaterBetter than: sitting at home and watching that episode of Lost where Hugo mentions The Hold Steady. There were a few understandable question marks going into The Hold Steady’s show on Saturday night. Would they be able to deliver a great show now…

The Hold Steady, The Whigs

Whether or not you believe The Hold Steady is the greatest bar band in the world, expect to see a spectacle when the Minneapolis four-piece comes to town—the kind of no-nonsense spectacle that can make you cheer and celebrate life, and not in a flimsy, superficial way. Craig Finn and…

Over the Weekend: The Vans Warped Tour at Superpages.com Center

Van’s Warped TourSuperpages.com CenterJuly 3rd, 2010Better than: last year’s Warped date. Thank you, Hurricane Alex. Were it not for your rain and wind, the thousands of folks at the Warped Tour would have felt like those dropped in the desert in the movie Punishment Park. Instead, the thousands who showed…

After Warped Tour, It’s Off To The Double Wide.

After a long day of playing in the old Starplex’s parking lot, bands on the Warped Tour—as well as their crew members—want to hit up just one venue: The Double Wide. It’s a perfect marriage: Since it’s not too far away from where these acts play during the day, there’s…