Talented artists are spreading their works of art all across the great city of Dallas through magnificent music flyers. Each week we’ll spotlight our favorite poster picks for upcoming shows in the Metroplex. This week’s top choices include Marjorie Owens’ lulling poster spotlighting the Invasion of artists at The Crown…
Canadian band, Dragonette has had a big year so far. The electro-pop act has been nominated for a Juno award (a Canadian music award, for those not familiar with music on-goings north of the border), they’ve scored some serious commercial publicity by recording the theme song to “Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood”…
The time has come. We are officially knee-deep in festival season. On top of that, all of the best shows happen in the springtime, when the weather is best, which means that we won’t get a break until we’re running on fumes, with our little engines barely puttering into summer…
Yes, we were there for the music, but if you weren’t a local, you were also had a town to explore. The Denton trip is a short one, but for a Dallas lady like me it’s generally just for a show. Maybe from the window at Paschall’s I can sit…
In a reversal of the popular bumper sticker, singer-songwriter Andrew Combs was born and raised in Texas, but got out as quick as he could. Seven years removed from his Red River exodus, the change certainly seems to have been a good one for the Dallas native. Along with the…
The new currency of big festivals is electricity. You, might, if you wanted to make a terrible pun, say it is the current-cy. No, keep reading. It gets better, I promise. A few years back, we all had cell phones that could seemingly hold a charge forever. The trade off…
On Saturday, as the rain poured outside of the historic Southfork Ranch in Parker, just east of Plano, nothing could dampen the beautiful and electric vibes inside the complex’s conference center where the annual Texas Music Revolution (hosted by KHYI 95.3 The Range) was taking place. The 17th edition of…
It was pure luck that I got to talk briefly to Thurston Moore. I had volunteered to be a stage crew flunkie once a friend of mine asked me if I was interested. I gave my friend a tentative yes. Fast forward to the final day of the festival, after…
The foundation of Justin Timberlake’s fame–broad-based and consistent and weirdly resistant to automatic internet backlash–is that it came, originally, from looking this ridiculous, and he seems to accept that. That’s the only thing I can come up with to explain just how many people I heard talking about his appearance…
There is no physical way you could carry or wear enough clothing to properly prepare for Texas weather. I thought at the beginning of the day that a sweater might have been overkill. About two hours later I felt distinctly underprepared. Actually, given that it was too much in warm…
Saturday night, 9:20 pm, Inside The Hive The woman I indirectly report to slides a clear storage box at me in the green room area just behind the stage. The box is filled with plastic-ware, individual sized chip bags, bottled water and napkins. “Make it look pretty!” she says, not…
The other day I told you about all of the super cool unofficial house shows and day parties that this 35 Denton has to offer. Turns out they don’t disappoint. Or, at least the one all-day house show at 1401 Bolivar St. yesterday didn’t. It had all of the correct…
Just Kidding! 8:17: Solange is inside at The Hive, officially. Again: Solange will perform inside. Final update, 7:40 p.m. Killer Mike is at The Hive at 8 p.m. and Solange will be on Main Stage One at 9 p.m. Registration is open at Little Guys Movers next to Dan’s Silverleaf…
The nerd. Joey Liechty, also known as DJ Yeahdef, has the following in his pockets: – Nintendo DS -Envelope full of cash -Cutter cassette tape…
By the calendar, we’re halfway through 35 Denton 2013, though much of the good stuff is yet to come. Keep checking DC9 for daily updates from the fest. The highlights below are in a very (very) loose chronological order. In cases where the photos don’t refer directly to the words…
It’s no accident that the name 35 Denton finally settled on features its hometown’s name so prominently. The organizers of the festival want nothing so much as to champion Denton, and to that end they have created a gathering place for not just musicians, but fans and businesses from around…
The festival now known as 35 Denton first set up its permanent residence in the city five years ago. More than 20 musicians from the area have played all four previous incarnations and will be back again this year. We asked a few of them to share their thoughts on…
We’re eight days from Dallas’ favorite family-friendly holiday. And with it comes the Snoop Dogg concert we’ve been telling you about for several weeks now. Get excited, everybody: Tickets are $15 and on sale now…
Work is miles away; the real world is even further. It is festival season. We begin at Hailey’s in Denton. Terminator 2 kicks off the official portion of 35 Denton with a flexing of enormous sound. My everything shakes involuntarily, and it is perfect. –Kiernan Maletsky Before there was a…
In a last-minute booking snafu, John Wesley Coleman’s management accidentally booked flights for members of his garage-pop band out of the DFW airport and on their way to Chicago, where they have a show later tonight. Coleman was also booked on a flight to the Windy City, but there was…
When you go on the 35 Denton website, it becomes clear that most of the bands sent in their own descriptions. Some are standard musical lexicon-run-of-the-mill “Such and such band emerged from the Bumville scene in 19-dickety-two and have been playing since blah blah blah…” type of stuff. Some are…
Kenny Loggins is in a country band. If you don’t believe me, watch the Today Show until they’ve cycled through all the other people who are promoting big 30th-anniversary tours and new country albums on the Today Show. It’s called the Blue Sky Riders, and they’re playing SXSW on March…
