Playing music and drinking have been productive bedfellows for centuries. Combined, they can make for an excellent celebration, but booze isn’t always kind to artists. We asked a couple of musicians to share their war stories, and the two you see here represent the best — one each about when…
Oliver Peck’s annual tattoo feats on Friday the 13th are already the stuff of legend and record (he’s literally in the Guinness book for it). But this year marks the start of a huge development for the event: It will now be a five day tattoo and music festival, and…
At 64, Marcia Ball could well be considered the queen of Texas blues. No other female performer has captured the transcendent mixture of swampy, New Orleans style piano blues and the more acoustic form exemplified by the likes of Lightnin’ Hopkins better than Ball. Over a career that has spanned…
So, in the news this week Pope Francis said that he would allow sinners time off of purgatory if you follow him on Twitter. No joke. Just thought everyone should know. You can Google it after you read this less confusing post about show announcements in DFW…
The latest sign of local “stonegaze” (their word, not mine) band True Widow breaking through into the big time is the fact that their forthcoming album, Circumambulation, appeared this morning on Pitchfork Advance, the all-encompassing music website’s album preview listening section. It’s slated for release on July 23, but you…
Don’t spend too many late-night hours reading longtime Ministry leader Al Jourgensen’s memoir. It’s a dark, dark nightmare. Ministry: The Lost Gospels According to Al Jourgensen is harrowing tale of drugs, sex and, of course, rock ‘n’ roll, inspired by the artist who influenced a generation of musical pioneers like…
Unripe ones, too, from the looks of it. John Mayer brought his dangly-bandana tour to Gexa over the weekend, proving once again that the ticket-buying public really doesn’t care what the Internet says. Here are some of Rachel Parker’s photos from the show — those are both hers above, as…
Randy Travis’ doctors have released a substantial update on the condition of singer, who was hospitalized last Sunday with a heart condition and suffered a stroke on Friday. This evening, cardiac surgeon Michael Mack and pulmonary and critical care specialist Gary Erwin, alongside Travis’ fiance Mary Davis, delivered the specifics…
Dallas is home to one of the richest religious music scenes in the country. Over the summer, we’ll be attending services, both big and small, of many denominations, as well talking to musicians, directors and pastors. At 11 a.m. on Sunday, casually dressed musicians took the stage for Highland Park…
Update, 7/15: The most recent word on Randy Travis came Friday night from Baylor Health, at which point the singer was under sedation and still in critical condition. I feel a little silly continuing to publish these updates, because the information is very readily available to you. The updates you’re…
Editor: The days of constant sweat are upon us. Fortunately, Dallas has an especially fine array of pools. Some are easy to find, some are … less so. Deb Doing Dallas has a way with these things, fortunately, and she’ll be leading you on a tour of pretty much every…
Music can be incredibly therapeutic. Whether it’s keeping us from road rage during rush hour traffic, helping us fall asleep, or uniting us with others as we sing along at a concert, music has a certain unique healing power. Locally, the Windsor Senior Living facility in Dallas uses music to…
Replacing locally loved DJ Sober is no easy task. Especially when he is across the highway, spinning at his relocated residency at The Basement at The Travis. That’s why Peru born, Dallas trained DJ Ynfynyt Scroll sees his new Thursday spot at Beauty Bar as a new endeavor, rather than…
Welcome to The Weekly, where we’ll tell you what’s happening at various weekly musical events going on in DFW this summer. Some of them will be well-known scenes, some will be considerably less so. Spending a Saturday night at The Dallas Zoo this summer entails more than monkeys and giraffes…
The Best of Dallas issue is fast approaching, and our reader’s poll is open now. There are 101 total categories to choose from, and several of them are especially relevant to you, dear reader of DC9 at Night. See also: -The Ten Most Badass Band Names in DFW -The Best…
DJ Sober moved his Thursday Big Bang residency from Beauty Bar to the basement of the Travis Disco last night. The space has never really been open to the general public before — it hosted special events and afterparties when the club upstairs was the Rio Room. So you’ll be…
Ryan Thomas Becker was David Byrne. At least for a few days he was. Seems Becker was fronting a Talking Heads tribute band this past weekend at the Kessler, part of a three-city mini-tour he and the rest of the ensemble had undertaken. “About a year and a half ago,…
Other than the media vans of NBC 5, WFAA 8, and KRLD 1080 parked out front, it was business as usual at The Heart Hospital at Baylor Plano on the morning of Thursday, July 11. Still, there was a palpable awareness inside that country music legend Randy Travis was being…
Lynyrd Skynyrd | Bad Company | Slobberbone Verizon Theater July 10, 2013 A surprisingly loud and diverse crowd made their way to Grand Prairie last night to catch an oddly matched line-up of classic rock from the ’70s and ’80s. And Slobberbone was there as well. While in line for…
In a cracked parking lot, sharing a mercantile space with Sprockets Bicycle Shop, sits Taqueria el Picante, home to one hell of a barbacoa taco and formerly the best DIY performance space in North Dallas. The Lego-yellow colored business’ owner and operator helped give local bands and their fans a…
Fun fact!: If you watch Robert Downey Jr.’s performances in both Sherlock Holmes and Iron Man 3 in the same week, you may be prone to dreams of him taking over your job duties at the Dallas Observer, including this weekly blog post, and tweeting bad things about you to…
For nearly a decade, Alpha Rev has been one of Austin’s most dependable alternative rock outfits. Surprisingly, in that time, the band has only released four albums, culminating in the recently released Bloom. However, the dedication to song writing and presentation of epic themes does suggest a band that likes…
