Just got word from Ryan Adams’ publicist that the show is a go. So, no need to freak out any more. Have fun tonight, if you’re going. –Pete Freedman…

Just a reminder, since Good Friday won’t be ready for, oh, another hour or so, and since this show’s about to start within the half-hour: Pete Best, the Beatles’ original drummer, will be performing a free in-store set at Bill’s Records any minute now. So, y’know, get on it. –Pete…

A couple astute (and no doubt Google News-reading) Ryan Adams fans have reached out to DC9 today looking for some info about tomorrow night’s Cardinals show at Grand Prairie’s Nokia Theatre. Why? Well, ’cause Adams and Co. canceled last night’s show in Kansas City and, already, tonight’s gig in Tulsa…

From the deep indie department comes this late critic’s pick for this evening: Kal at The Blue Danube European Restaurant & Café in Arlington. Two summers ago, I reviewed Kal’s debut effort for the print edition of the Observer and little has changed in my opinion that this collection of…

Folks might recall that it was just this past February that No Depression magazine stopped the presses, closing down the revered alt-country/Americana publications after 13 years of keeping us all abreast concerning the ups and downs of rural music. But along with that news, co-founder Peter Blackstock sent out word…

“Four Moons Over My Hammies, please.” (Fred Morledge) Last time we heard from emo pop-punk act A Bird A Sparrow, the band was getting all defensive in the comments section after I compared them and other area emo pop-punk bands of their ilk to gremlins. Now the band is back…

Kinda forgot it ever left, but a little birdy in the inbox chirped to remind me today that Barefoot At The Belmont, the outdoor concert series at Oak Cliff’s Belmont Hotel, where musicians play to the backdrop of the Dallas skyline, is back in business, starting next Thursday night, with…

I can’t believe it’s not punk rock? Steve Dirkx, one-time member of Dallas’ legendary new wave/punk combo The Telefones, sent me an email this morning containing some sad news about one of my heroes. Seems John Lydon, aka Johnny Rotten, of punk godfathers the Sex Pistols, is in a commercial,…

It’s been over a year now since former Observer music editor, one-time mayoral candidate and current D Magazine writer Zac Crain last found himself being lambasted in the very dark, very murky waters of metal web site Blabbermouth.com’s comment section. But, hey, news like this–that Crain’s publisher, De Capo Press,…

In this week’s not-yet-online Night & Day section, I wrote up a quick blurb about Laurie Anderson’s Homeland, which features Anderson, Tuvan throat singers, violin players and more, all colliding over an electro foundation, to take on the political and social topics of modern day America. It employs different themes…

That first McCain/Obama debate was pretty much a snoozefest of the highest order. The second go around tonight should offer a bit more interest, seeing that’s it has a town hall format. In any case, you can always TiVo the debate and head out to The Loft tonight and catch…

Assuming you’ve got an extra $275,000 to spare, this is a no-brainer. Dallas-based Neiman Marcus is offering a collection of 18,400 or so 45s of every single that ever appeared on the Billboard Top 100 rock or pop charts from 1955 to 1990. And many of the records are autographed…

So, it’s October 6. Last day in the State of Texas to register to vote for next month’s presidential election. Hope you remembered. If not, you’re a pretty detestable American. That, and you probably won’t appreciate the above video at all. It’s called “Obamarama,” and it comes from a collective…