Greenhill School on Spring Valley got a nice treat yesterday, when Jonathan Tyler & the Northern Lights surprised students with a acoustic performance and question-and-answer session. It wasn’t the full band set-up, but Tyler, drummer Jordan Cain and keyboardist John Knudson were on hand to melt some classroom faces. Which…
When we first heard about a planned Wu-Tang reunion tour that would be making a stop at the Granada Theater, we couldn’t help be just a little skeptical. Due to plenty of turmoil and drama among the group and its — at times extremely unpredictable — members, we’ve wondered aloud…
A quarter of a year has passed since Enrique Iglesias released his first hit in a couple of years with “I Like It.” I didn’t like it then, and I don’t like it now.With his latest material, Iglesias seems to be throwing off the suave, mysterious Latin male facade he…
New Riders of the Purple Sage are famous for their rambling brand of California country music, which is a lot like the original Southern stuff sans the vocal twang. Lumped in with artists like Dwight Yoakam, Merle Haggard and Buck Owens, they re-create the collective “Bakersfield sound” of the ’50s…
In 1981, a not-so-groundbreaking film called Zorro, the Gay Blade came into the world, only to be promptly forgotten. (The world wasn’t ready for a gay Zorro.) Twenty-five years later, a band in need of a name decided to pay homage to this long-lost non-classic, and so were born the…
To hear U-God, one of the eight surviving original members of the legendary New York-based Wu-Tang Clan, tell it, the hip-hop collective’s current 26-date tour of the United States is no big deal. “It’s what it is,” the rough-around-the-edges, oft-outspoken emcee says in a rather matter-of-fact manner. “We’ve been doing…
Back in July, this very column posed a question to Denton: “Can A Train Really Help The Denton Music Scene?” Half a year later, there’s still no answer. But the method by which the train will affect Denton’s music community has been retooled, beefed up and finally set in stone…
In Crazy Heart, Jeff Bridges plays a past-his-prime country singer named Bad Blake, who ekes out a living by playing bowling alleys and saloons throughout the American Southwest. So notorious a lush is Blake that the venues he plays typically refuse to comp him drinks for fear that he’ll more…
Here’s the ugly truth about Oak Cliff: Exciting and progressive a neighborhood as it may be, those arguing about its future as a musical epicenter for this city are doing little more than propagating myths. The infrastructure just isn’t there—not right now, and not in the foreseeable future. As a…
Not a bad mix of local and national talent performing around our area this hump day evening…
[Over the next few weeks, we’ll be presenting our favorite local songs of the year, counting down from No. 25 to No. 1, one track a day. Today we take an in-depth look at song No. 18 on the list — and, please, feel free to click after the jump…
A lot of people didn’t believe MLS could work. With so many other soccer leagues, what could make this one special? Well, fast forward 15 years and one Polyphonic Spree written anthem later, and MLS’s FC Dallas not only has dedicated stadium in Frisco, but they are also one of…
Over the weekend, at a loft venue in Brooklyn called The Schoolhouse, Jeff Mangum, the man behind the Elephant 6 record label and the band Neutral Milk Hotel, performed a rare surprise set for about 75 onlookers. At the performance, which can be heard over at International Tapes, he didn’t…
A few interesting musical offerings in our area this Tuesday evening. Ought to be something to catch your ears and eyes in this collection…..
Honestly, “The Star-Spangled Banner” can be a beating even when performed in a competent manner. Only a select few have ever really knocked it out of the park — Marvin Gaye, Jimi Hendrix, Jose Feliciano, etc. — and most of them had to change up the song considerably to do…
[Over the next few weeks, we’ll be presenting our favorite local songs of the year, counting down from No. 25 to No. 1, one track a day. Today we take an in-depth look at song No. 19 on the list — and, please, feel free to click after the jump…
Welcome to a new recurring feature here on DC9 where we talk to musicians about the music no one expects them to like. We’re calling it Unexpected Influences — because, we hope, that’s what it will show. Local hip-hop duo A.Dd+, rappers Paris P and Slim Gravy, has been on…
After last week’s adds to Denton’s upcoming 35 Conferette in March (Jessica Lea Mayfield, A Place to Bury Strangers, Nit Jewel) and the round of added performers announced prior to that one (Mavis Staples, Royal bangs, Reggie Watts, Damien Jurado) our take on the growing lineup card, as you might…
If this Christmas is anything like last year’s holiday season, then we’re in store for another white Christmas in North Texas–and Tyler-dwelling Max Bemis (of Say Anything) and his Tyler native wife, Sherri DuPree-Bemis (of Eisley) will get their wish. Yesterday, on DuPree-Bemis’ Tumblr page, the emo power-couple posted their…
Between NX35, SXSW and ACL, we probably have enough concert photos to create some sort of concert photos city (Concert Photoia, if you will) in this year of 2010. But wait. Wait! There’s more. Much more, as it turns out. Locally and nationally, there were a whole smorgasbord of knee-meltingly…
An interesting collection of shows highlights this first Monday evening in December. Wear a coat and check out one of these offerings…
[Over the next few weeks, we’ll be presenting our favorite local songs of the year, counting down from No. 25 to No. 1, one track a day. Today we take an in-depth look at song No. 20 on the list — and, please, feel free to click after the jump…
