They’ve already let us “Guess the Fest.” They’ve also given us the full lineup. Now the folks at Fun Fun Fun Fest have gone a step further and laid out the day-by-day schedule, which will be spread out over three days (and three stages) this fall from Friday, November 7…
“To King George!” That toast is about all that needs to be said about the atmosphere at AT&T Stadium over the weekend when country legend George Strait arrived to wrap up his last-ever concert tour. It was a suitably grand sendoff, too, with more than 100,000 people attending — a…
It hasn’t been a good month for Sir Paul McCartney. The 71-year-old icon and former Beatle fell ill with a virus while preparing to kick off a tour of Japan in Tokyo late in May, subsequently cancelling all of his scheduled appearances in Japan and South Korea. It had been…
Globe Trek Productions are back again this week with another installment of their Texas busking series. Last week, of course, we featured a late-night session with Dallas rapper Blue, the Misfit. This week goes in a completely different direction with Austin-based balladeers Band of Heathens, who pulled out their acoustic…
For the fourth year running, Dallas’ Gorilla Vs. Bear music blog will be teaming up with the folks at Lower Greenville’s Granada Theater to curate their very own music festival. Past years have attracted big-name indie artists like Danny Brown and Grimes as headliners, and this year’s installment, which takes…
Now that the excitement of the record-setting George Strait sendoff is behind us, you’d think this week would be all about the comedown here in North Texas. Not even. The next seven days have great shows happening every night of the week. It helps, of course, that Elm St. Music…
In case you haven’t heard, there’s a show going on in Arlington this weekend. It’s not all that big of a deal, really, aside from selling out a 100,000 tickets at the Cowboys stadium. Almost inevitably, the George Strait show should be a mecca for concertgoers come Saturday night (or…
Perfect Pussy With Potty Mouth, Stymie and Orgullo Primitivo Three Links, Dallas Thursday, June 5, 2014 No one should’ve come to a Perfect Pussy concert expecting it to last very long. A scorched-earth approach is just the commodity this Syracuse band trades in. But what was unexpected about their visit…
It’s been a few months since we’ve featured one of our ongoing series of busking videos from Globe Trek Productions, but today the wait is over. The subject of this installment should need no introduction for regular readers of DC9 at Night: Blue, the Misfit, whose debut full-length, Child of…
tUnE-yArDs With Sylvan Esso Granada Theater, Dallas Friday, May 30, 2014 Merrill Garbus is a force of nature. From her big, booming voice to her colorful wardrobes and face paint to her unorthodox assemblage of looped tracks and beats, Garbus has made herself and her band tUnE-yArDs a singular force…
This morning, 91.7 FM KXT announced the lineup for the third annual installment of Summer Cut, the local radio station’s summer music festival at Gexa Energy Pavilion. Given the folkie vibe of last year’s bill, which featured the likes of the Avett Brothers and Dawes, the headliners shouldn’t come as…
Deep Ellum’s about to become pretty busy in the next couple weeks. Or is it just that much busier? Starting June 11, Elm St. will swarming with (presumably inked-up) concertgoers for five whole days, thanks to the Elm St. Music and Tattoo Festival. Now in its fifth year, this is…
We have to hand it to Chambers: There is, indeed, more than one way to promote a record. If you’re a major-label artist, there’s a good chance that will mean over-the-top self-aggrandizement. But for the moody four-piece from Denton, they opted to take the opposite route: complete self-laceration. And whaddya…
Memorial Day makes for a short week this week, which should come as a relief even if it does make Tuesday into something of a de facto Monday. (Can’t win ’em all, am I right?) As we all trek back from our weekend getaways and shake off those barbecue-induced hangovers,…
Finally, we have a three-day weekend. No doubt the schedule for most over the next several days will be heavy on time spent outside, preferably grilling out or in a swimming pool. (Or better yet, both.) But there are also plenty of great show to be seen, and if the…
Morrissey With Kristeen Young Majestic Theatre, Dallas Thursday, May 22, 2014 You have to hand it to Morrissey: He’s one aging rock star who will not go softly into that good night. No, his band didn’t wear the “Meat Is Murder” T-shirts that were mooted to be the plan. (The…
The folks at the Violitionist Sessions dropped a new installment yesterday, and it should be a real treat for any ambient music buffs or for fans of Jeff Ryan’s work. Ryan is a true veteran of North Texas music, having played drums in bands throughout the area for various acts…
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers made their fans happy twice over this morning with the announcement of a new album and a slew of North American tour dates taking place in late summer. The album, Hypnotic Eye, due out on Reprise Records July 29, is Petty’s 16th studio album and…
Betcha didn’t see this one coming: Austin’s annual late-year concert extravaganza, Fun Fun Fun Fest, just revealed the lineup for this year’s edition, and the headliners will be none other than everyone’s favorite metalhead leatherboys, Judas Priest. That’s right, of “Breaking the Law” fame. The same guys, in fact, who…
Which way do you want to rawk this week? Because there are a number of different ways to do so, given the lineup of concerts that hit Dallas between now and Sunday. If it’s metal you’re looking for, this should be an especially bountiful week. If it’s arena-sized power ballads,…
It’s about time Dallas has a throwback weekend, don’t you think? Well, even if you don’t think so, that’s a good part of what you’re going to get. From here to Choctaw Casino, bands who had their day in that exciting epoch of history between the 1970s and the ’90s…
In the early hours of the morning last Sunday, Austin-based singer Mike Harmeier and his band, Mike and the Moonpies, woke up to their worst nightmare. The previous night, they’d played a gig opening for Nashville band the Kernals at the Rustic here in Dallas. But sometime during the night,…
