Dallas’ own Dorrough has officially put his mark on the city in creating the new Dallas Cowboys theme song. The track, “Our Time,” will be the official walk out music and promotional audio for America’s team. Stadium DJs played the song during last week’s game against the Denver Broncos, but…
With a concert ticket in hand to see a notoriously reclusive legend of the past, one never really knows just what to expect. An artist like Shuggie Otis is an especially curious case. After creating some of the most singularly influential albums of the early seventies, the psychedelic R&B pioneer…
Well people, this is not a drill. We are in a full-fledged government shutdown, for the first time in 17 years. Have you noticed how people keep saying that like 17 years is a really long time? Seventeen-year-old people were born in 1996. Think about that, lamestream media. We were…
It’s a cool, breezy September night as Danny Balis and Jess Barr watch the Saints/Dolphins game on the patio of their new Deep Ellum spot, Twilite Lounge. They drink beer, and snack on some leftover pizza as the boys in black and gold dominate in the Superdome. Balis is the…
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 this month’s additions. The newest are in bold…
With Fall Out Boy and Yellowcard both in town this week, there are plenty of opportunities to get your early aughts nostalgia on. You might as well make a thing of it and watch Mean Girls, or go searching the depths of your closet for that old first generation iPod…
On July 17, 2001 my mom took me to see Depeche Mode. I had just turned 12 years old, and it was my first concert. By the time we walked up First Avenue to what was then called the Smirnoff Music Center, my palms were already sweaty and my feet…
Good god, Dallas. It’s going to be a cheap Monday. This weekend you’ve got live music in the city, in the suburbs, Fort Worth, and everywhere else in between. Unfortunately it’s not a matter of who you’re going to see, it’s who you’re going to have to miss. It’s 2013,…
This week brought us another local festival announcement when Prekindle went live for Oaktopia tickets. The brainchild of old friends Matt Battaglia and Corey Claytor, the fest is $10 and will take place on Saturday, November 16 across Denton’s town square: Andy’s, Hailey’s, Banter, J&J’s Pizza and Williams’ Square (the…
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 this month’s additions, the newest are in bold…
Of all the different live show scenarios, all the varying combinations of performer and setting, there’s nothing quite like seeing a band in their hometown. The sixth annual Dia De Los Toadies Festival, a Texas institution, was the perfect hometown hero live music experience. This year, the fest took place…
Seriously though, how excited are you Mumford & Sons fans? After canceling their show earlier in the summer due to health reasons, the boys are back in town. It’s always nice to see a band make it up to the fans, and that’s exactly what the indie folk/bluegrass darlings will…
It was pretty tight in the front standing section at the Granada Theater this past Saturday. My mother, an avid live music fan, usually prefers to stand further back at shows, but I grabbed her hand and led her up to the stage anyway. Behind the stage curtain, we could…
Update, 9/10, 3:50 p.m.: Josh Donnell happened to be passing by during last night’s couch fire at Good Records. He sent a few photos, including the one above, and two more below. Original post follows. When Jacob Douglas arrived for work at Good Records this morning, he hadn’t heard the…
This weekend, a breezy early September night on the Lower Greenville strip hummed and glowed with Dallas’ end of summer relief. It’s finally getting to the point where the temperature is actually dropping, if just a few degrees, after dark. The idea of stepping out for a patio drink and…
Yeezus has risen! This morning, Kanye West took to Twitter to announce his first solo tour in five years. The 23 city run starts on October 19th in Seattle, and will hit Dallas’ American Airlines Center on December 6th, before wrapping up in Houston. As if that wasn’t enough to…
You’re more than likely familiar with Record Store Day. It’s the holiest of high holidays here at DC9 At Night, in which we all face east and pray toward Good Records. What you might not know, is that vinyl’s plastic, two-reeled cousin has a dedicated spot on the calendar too…
Summer is coming to an end, but not without one more festival to tie the season up with a bow. Paste Untapped is touting about 200 craft beers on deck, so that ought to help you battle out the heat outside Gilley’s. Hopefully they won’t make the same mistake as…
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 this month’s best new additions, to date…
There’s something kind of romantic about walking through an empty theater, up a few service steps, and into a small black box of a room behind the other side of a projection screen to watch a punk show. The Texas Theatre and promoters Spune spread the word about Friday’s No…
Steely Dan and Backstreet Boys are both in town this week, two bands your friends can’t tell if you like sincerely or ironically. Looks like they’re about to find out. If you answered neither, fret not! You’ve got plenty of options. Looking for something a little hard, fast, and intimate?…
This Friday, Dallas-based music blog Gorilla Vs. Bear hosted their third annual festival at Granada Theater. Local music fans flocked to the historic venue to watch Booty Fade, Empress Of, HAERTS, Blue Hawaii, and Danny Brown share the stage. We talked to the crowd to see how the night’s festivities…
