There was a whirlwind of press releases in the past few weeks leading up to tonight’s scheduled benefit featuring Prince and Erykah Badu. First, it was happening in a tent at the old Reunion Arena location. Then, it had been moved to the InterContinental Hotel. And then, just this afternoon,…
Finally, the weekend we’ve been anticipating for nearly four years has arrived. All that build-up and excite will all culminate in Arlington on Sunday for Super Bowl XLV.And, trust us, the parties surrounding the event are many. So many, in fact, that we’ve created our own Super Bowl event page,…
Giant scarves were necessary for the Wayans Brothers last night, who faired the snowy streets of Dallas in their limo to check out Skye Bar. The snow might have weeded out most folks, but Shawn and Marlon Wayans — stars of film gems like White Chicks and Little Man –…
List the things you might expect to see in the front row at a show by The Fray, and a fistfight would probably be one of the last things you’d come up with — lower, even, than a “Presented by KXT…” banner. But there it was last night, two songs…
Occult Detective Club may have started as the solo side-project of Secret Bangs’ Alexander Anguiano, but once Secret Bangs officially dissolved and Anguiano devoted more time and energy to crafting his catchy garage-punk songs, it quickly became apparent that this new project was going to eclipse his previous act.Especially when…
Lots going on today with tonight’s benefit concert for the Goss-Michael Foundation, featuring Prince and Erykah Badu. After initially being scheduled to take place in a tent that was to be erected at the old Reunion Arena location and moved to Addison’s InterContinental Hotel, a press release this morning announced…
Toward the beginning of last night’s show at the Palladium, as Daniel Huffman’s New Fumes project washed the slow-to-arrive Flaming Lips crowds over with his own, instrumental brand of psychedelic pop, Good Records, Polyphonic Spree and Tripping Daisy mastermind Tim DeLaughter was ambling about the floor, taking in all he…
We here at DC9 HQ were quite looking forward to Wednesday night’s shared bill between experimental musicians Yann Tiersen and Deerhoof at The Loft. But, like so many other events set to take place this week, the weather got in the way of its coming to fruition. Late on Wednesday…
The Flaming Lips, Neon Indian, New FumesFebruary 3, 2011Palladium BallroomBetter than: realizing that you have the most beautiful face. In many regards, last night’s performance from the Flaming Lips was exactly like the two previous ones we’d seen in the past year — first at NX35 2020 and again at…
This morning in Uptown, a couple of Steelers fans — they were wearing ponchos — drank coffee in the ankle-high snow. Store owners raked mounds of white off their walk-ins, and Dallas folks screamed at cars driving slowly on McKinney avenue: “Go home!” Several hours before this morning’s snowpocalypse, which…
The NFL Pepsi Fan Jam with Kid Rock, Duran Duran and Jason DeruloVerizon Theatre, Grand PrairieFebruary 3, 2011 Better than: Finding out your girlfriend has Hepatitis C On a night where camera crews were absolutely everywhere (including two large camera cranes) and where directors kept giving instructions over the PA…
Well, all right! Tonight’s the night: We’re finally starting to feel the effects of Super Bowl XLV in tonight’s goings-on in the form of two pretty major concerts. But for those local die-hards hoping to avoid the madness, there are still some other fine options. Just be sure to be…
There’s a lot to like about this crisp design promoting a killer bill on Friday night at 2826 Arnetic — a show that promises performances from some of the region’s finest up-and-coming rap talents…
The big news today about the Big Game’s halftime show, in case you haven’t yet heard, comes via an Associated Press story published early this morning by football writer Howard Fendrich, which quotes a “person familiar with the plans for Sunday’s halftime show” and claims that the Black Eyed Peas’…
The fact that the biggest song spawned by Dallas’ homegrown D-Town Boogie movement isn’t from Dallas at all, but rather from a group of performers out of Inglewood, California, has been an obvious point of contention in Dallas hip-hop over the past year or so. But it’s a truth: Cali…
Less than a year ago, Tobacco, the Pennsylvania-born electronic musician and frontman for the experimental group Black Moth Super Rainbow, released his latest solo album, Manic Meat, a dark and seedy work that outshone its 2008 predecessor, Fucked Up Friends. As a solo artist, Tobacco ditches the lighter, poppy sound…
For the past couple of years, local shredders Free Reign have been making their case as being the “heaviest” metal band around. And, with a lineup that boasts the 6-foot-8, 315-pound Dallas Cowboys tackle Marc Colombo on rhythm guitar and vocals, 6-foot-6, 355-pound Cowboys guard Leonard Davis on bass, and…
This Friday and Saturday night, the Dallas Symphony Orchestra will perform “Gamelan D’Drum,” a concert percussion piece written by Stewart Copeland. The former drummer of The Police was specifically commissioned to write the concerto for the Dallas Symphony in conjunction with the local drum ensemble D’Drum. And though the piece…
As a man, I don’t think I’ll ever get the appeal of the group Train. Before I heard “Drops of Jupiter” all those years ago, the name Train brought to mind the show Soul Train, suggesting a funk and soul character. Now, every time I hear that name, I always…
DeerhoofThe LoftFebruary 2, 2011Better than: Ice, ice baby It was a stroke of good luck, aided with a bit of coaxing by Loft promoter Kris Youmans, that got two luminaries to agree to share the bill on Wednesday night at The Loft. And, for fans of more experimental music, the…
Denton’s musical and artistic community owes a debt to certain people. Some of them are musicians, some are visual artists and others are curators of art that allow for freedom of expression and interpretation. Lars Larsen fits all three of those descriptions. From 2003 to 2010, Larsen lived in Denton…
Repeat after me: I will not bitch about the Super Bowl. I will not complain about the added traffic. I will not roll my eyes at that the influx of people who will make ordering a drink at my favorite watering hole that much more of an ordeal. I will…
