Where to begin? We have a jarring amount of noteworthy shows on this week’s calendar. Starting tonight with Neko Case at the Granada Theater, and ending on Wednesday when Parade of Flesh and Red Bull Sound Select bring Fucked Up to Dada- this is the first big show week of…

Things are starting to pick back up around here, Dallas. More than halfway through the first month of the year, the show calendar has returned to it’s regular active programming. The week we’ve got lined up couldn’t be a more diverse range of ground covered. Starting off, we’ve got one…

We here at DC9 At Night are excited for Friday. In partnership with The Granada Theater, we’re bringing you a showcase including some of the most exciting voices in Dallas’ hip-hop scene. Everyone’s favorite Nawfside duo, A.Dd+ will headline the bill with support from Blue The Misfit, Sam Lao, -topic,…

What are you waiting for, Dallas? We’ve got a throwback teenybopper pop star, a sampling of some of the best local hip hop this city has to offer, one of the heaviest metal bills we’ve seen in a good while, and Deep Ellum’s first arts and music festival of 2014…

Some things are just timeless: among them a fine wine, a François Truffaut picture and seeing ’80s pop princess Tiffany perform in a shopping mall. This Thursday, the seminal bubblegum one-hit wonder will hit Lewisville’s Vista Ridge Mall. If you were born before 1990, you probably remember the music video…

Well folks, we’ve got a slow show week upon us. Which makes sense, considering we’re all taking our Christmas trees down and recovering from all the holiday hoopla that has taken over our day-to-day lives for the last couple of months. Though quantity may be low, quality is high. Between…

Another Christmas has come and gone, but the eggnog hangover lingers. Hopefully, you had a nice and restful holiday, because we’re getting right back to business as usual. There’s a few more gems on our concert calendar before we wrap up 2013. Perfect Pussy hits Three Links, Denton Does The…

Dallas, do you need a Winn-Dixie grocery bag full of money right now to the VIP section? If you want to ring in 2014 feeling like Jay Z or Scott Disik, or even mid-2000s Paris Hilton, there are options for you too. We’ve put together a list of the five…

Dallas nightlife tends to get a little unsavory as you venture out toward Harry Hines and Northwest Highway. It would be fair to call Carnaval Night Club off the beaten path. Most people head out that way to peruse the seedy strip clubs and other adult-themed activities that populate the…

Dallas, if you want to ring in 2014 with some good live music, look no further. We have compiled comprehensive guides to all of the city’s best New Year’s Eve shows, for every different kind of music fan’s budget. Today, we bring you the best offerings with cover charges a…

Dallas, if you want to ring in 2014 with some good live music, look no further. We have compiled comprehensive guides to all of the city’s best New Year’s Eve shows, for every different kind of music fan’s budget. Today, we bring you the best offerings with cover charges up…

Last week on Fox News, anchor Megyn Kelly took it upon herself to advise the children of America that Santa is in fact Caucasian. Tasteless? Yes. Unnecessary? Absolutely. Racist? Of course. But no one could’ve predicted how wrong she’d be proven when just a few days later, Santa would prove…

Dallas is currently undergoing one of the busiest concert seasons in some time. Between the KISS FM Jingle Ball, Kanye West, Beyoncé, Justin Timberlake, and next week’s Jay-Z show- the good folks over at Ticketmaster are certainly earning their Christmas bonuses this year. In the midst of arena-tour fever, this…

A foreboding, shadowy and sinister figure lurks at the edge of an enormous white mountain top. Buzzing synths permeate the arena, and the masked man of the hour saunters below. “Hold My Liquor,” one of the standout tracks of Kanye West’s most recent album, stirs over the ravenous crowd. He…

The holiday season is upon us in North Texas, and there is no better time of year to give back. Every December, Dallas promoters and musicians come together to organize all kinds of charity benefit live music events. What could possibly be a more fun way to do a good…

Every week more and more shows are added to the Dallas Observer live music calendar –here’s how to make sure your show is included. And you can always peruse every upcoming concert on our calendar. Below are the best of last month’s additions. The newest are in bold…

Whether you love him or hate him, you can’t deny his influence or relevance. If you do, you’re probably growing slightly out of touch with what is influential or relevant in American pop culture. Kanye West is an incredibly divisive figure- and becomes more and more so the further he…

This morning, Livenation has announced that Lady Gaga is coming to Dallas. July 17, 2014, Mother Monster herself will hit the American Airlines Center for artRave: The ARTPOP Ball. The tour will begin in the Spring, immediately after Gaga finishes her sold-out seven night residency at New York City’s Roseland…

The Prophet Bar was packed this Saturday for one of hip-hop’s most perplexing and fascinating characters, Riff Raff. With his over-the-top personality falling somewhere between flamboyant carwash pimp and Jay sans Silent Bob, it’s hard not to ask ourselves if we’re actually supposed to be taking this seriously. The man’s…

Look alive people, it’s time to shake that post-turkey coma with the quickness because this weekend’s show lineup waits for no one. If you’re looking for a generation Y spectacle, Houston’s own Riff Raff will be making his first Dallas appearance at Prophet Bar and Juicy J will return to…