Macklemore Reflects on the Biggest Year of His Life

Just last year, you may not have even known who he was. But in October 2012, the release and subsequent success of The Heist (his album with producer Ryan Lewis) turned Macklemore into a household name. What’s even more astonishing is that he did it all as an independent artist…

Your Guide to Holiday Drinking at Your Hometown Bar

You’re home for the the Holidays, and you start to get that restless feeling. It’s perfectly natural. The evening’s winding down, and the Thanksgiving spread is now a pile of dishes you don’t want to wash. Maybe there were kids running around all day and you’d like some grown up…

The Ten Best Concerts in Dallas This Week, November 21 to 27

Ugh, next week is going to be gross. Not only are you going to be about 10 pounds heavier from gorging yourself on holiday fare, exhausted from all the passive-aggressive family drama shooting across the dinner table and just all around grumpy from your Black Friday sleep deprivation, but also…

The Eight Best Concert in Dallas This Week, November 7-13

We here at DC9 at Night have just now shaken our hangovers from this past week’s 25th Annual Dallas Observer Music Awards. Now, we’re refreshed, excited, and full of warm fuzzies from celebrating some of our most loved local musicians. The timing is ideal because we’ve got a full week…

Kanye West Yeezus Tour Postponed Indefinitely [Update: It’s Back!]

Update: Kanye’s LED pyramid has been righted. He’s just announced the modified tour route. Several cities have been rescheduled, a few have been cancelled altogether, but Dallas is right where it was before: December 6 with Kendrick Lamar as support. Original post follows… Shortly after Kanye West cancelled the Yeezus…

The Adventure Club Helped Me Find My Taste in Music

Editor: This year, we’re celebrating the 25th Dallas Observer Music Awards. Our coverage will include recollections from last quarter century of North Texas music. Here, our clubs editor remembers the radio show that’s won more DOMAs than any other. When I was growing up, radio had so much power. I…

Why I Still Love My Alkaline Trio Tattoo

I have unapologetically loved Alkaline Trio since I was 15 years old. Everything about them worked for me: the skate-punk chord progressions, the gothic imagery, the smart-ass cynical lyrics. I’ll never forget the first time I heard their music, the first time I saw them live or the era of…

Meet the Latin/Tejano Dallas Observer Music Award Nominees

The importance, cultural relevance, and influential impact of Dallas’ Latin music scene can not be stressed enough. Though often written off as a niche in the local market, tejano, cumbia, rock en espanol, and other Latin-centric genres are alive and thriving in Dallas. Which isn’t all that surprising, considering that…

MellowHigh at Club Dada, 10/24/13: Review

When this show first popped up on the calendar, it raised a lot of eyebrows. Club Dada? For Odd Future offshoot, MellowHigh? Seeing as though the full collective packed out Palladium Ballroom last time they came to town, it didn’t seem feasible that a club as small as Dada would…

The Eight Best Shows in DFW this Week, October 24 to 30

Halloween is the best holiday, and that is just a fact. Christmas presents and Thanksgiving dinner are all well and fine, but how often do you get to get shitfaced wasted at a block party dressed as Miley Cyrus or a Ninja Turtle? Probably not enough. This weekend, the holiday…

The Nine Best Concerts in Dallas This Week, October 10-16

The temperature is dropping and the changing of the season is finally within reach. Gone are the days of triple digits, at least until next year, and sweet relief has arrived. It feels amazing outside, but there’s always those weirdos who insist it’s “so cold” once it starts to hit…