Morning Benders, Twin Sister, CultsThe Kessler TheaterSaturday, October 9Better than: Just about any show I’ve seen in several years. Morning BendersThe competition on Saturday night was stiff–maybe one of the toughest weekends of the year to draw a crowd. With the Austin City Limits spillover effect in full force, picking…
The xx, Warpaint, Zola JesusGranada TheaterOctober 8, 2010 Better than: the build-up to the lightning-hot London trio’s show. The xxThe xx making their Dallas debut came with much anticipation: After being sold-out since late summer, the attitude at the Granada Friday night was electric, with swooning the xx followers whipping…
The Gaslight Anthem, Rival Schools, Fake ProblemsPalladium ShowroomOctober 8, 2010Better than: staying home and watching the 20/20 special that spoiled the twist of Catfish. Gaslight AnthemThe Gaslight Anthem has always had a broader appeal than other bands who also claim punk rock as an influence–whether you have Darkness On the…
Your daily dose of national music news for Monday, October 11, 2010…Solomon Burke has passed away. Sure, he was a soul legend, but it’s not as impressive as the number of children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren he left behind.Natasha Bedingfield isn’t selling out, she’s buying in…Gene Simmons want to take your…
We’re just hours away from the end of the ACL, but the number of good bands left to play in day three is staggering. Band of Horses and the Flaming Lips are up next–and bleeding into the sky here is Robert Earl Keen’s “The Road Goes On Forever.” Before those…
Just hours before some serious dad-rock sets out to swoon ACL 2010 into that good night, the weekend’s deepest pool of day-timers is going full-tilt. Worthy options Shearwater and Warpaint split the early crowd difference in the earliest hours, then Ted Leo & The Pharmacists and White Rabbits drew the…
Day three and it’s starting to feel like Texas again. That is–the cool weather has vanished and it’s hot as hell balls again. Shirts are coming off in the crowd. No shirts is a good solution to the swelter, but some fans have been choosing the opposite. It’s mysterious. So,…
Here we are, final morning of Austin City Limits, and we’re getting all wistful and whatnot. It’s a busy day ahead filled with North Texas connections like whoa: 15-year-old Dallas-born fiddle wunderkind Ruby Jane kicks the entire day off with her 11:15 a.m. set; Midlake will somehow have to physically…
Night fell down on Austin Town and it figured it’d be a busy night. And with The xx and Temper Trap setting the table for LCD Soundsystem, Gogol Bordello, Monsters of Folk, Deadmau5, Matt & Kim, MIA and Muse, Saturday did indeed set it self up to be remembered as…
Patrick Michels Lots of tough choices to make today–like Bear in Heaven (above) or Pete Yorn early on. A busy afternoon session in Austin had heads spinning on Saturday afternoon–and that much is still the case, as The XX finishes up its set against the Temper Trap, leading into a…
In about half-an-hour, the Temper Trap will cause pelvises to thrust, Monsters of Folk will be thirty minutes from their beastly (two hour) set, and in about an hour LCD Soundsystem will be plugging in. All that’s followed by M.I.A., Deadmau5, Matt and Kim and Muse. Holy F***. The marathon…
Pete just wrapped up ACL Day One good and tight, with a nice cheat sheet-break down of what went down. Meanwhile, the crowd keeps growing for day two, and with cell service that rivals Alaska during 30 Days of Night, innovation is key to keeping your party together. After the…
Patrick MichelsJulian Casablancas wears his sunglasses at nights. Well, Austin City Limits, you redeemed yourself. After a slow start to the festivities, things picked up very quickly, as predicted, and, by three o’clock, things were in full swing. But Night One–despite names like Miike Snow, Girls, The Black Keys, Beach…
After the Strokes surprisingly brief (but crisp and solid as a big ol’ apple) set, a wave of dude bros and hipsters made their way back through through Zylker (or on to Sixth Street) to catch the end Phish . Which they had plenty of time to do, given the…
Cool-weathered Austin City Limits has finished day one. Night one, too, and there’s something in the air, aside from shoe dust and absurd amounts of pollen. What, you ask? Oh, well, it’s the lines that define generations. Friday night featured, on one hand, The Strokes breaking open City with their…
Of course, we’re just getting started down here at ACL. There is much more to come. Spoon, The Strokes, Ryan Bingham, Vampire Wekend and Phish are all on there way, and the sky’s clear as a bell. In the meantime–oh my, the crowd. While Pete was out there bringing-in-the-noise and…
You may remember when I mentioned Grand Prairie’s upcoming Fall Indie Fest in a story about suburban rock a few weeks ago. Well, Fall Indie Fest is finally here. While it doesn’t have quite the same fanfare of the little festival in Austin this weekend, there is still reason aplenty…
On Monday night, English post-punk act The Futureheads stop by for a gig at The Loft in support of their new, fourth studio full-length, The Chaos–and, for the first time in about a week or so, it’s a gig from a worthwhile band that isn’t just stopping through the region…
It’s the very early goings in the 2010 installment of Austin City Limits, and, apologies to all you die-hard Blues Traveler fans, but, so far, nothing’s really blown us away. Well, nothing except Those Darlins, who we already knew we loved.Oh, and the weather, which indeed is proving to be…
Well, we did this same giveaway last month, and it worked out so well, we’re doing it again. Local concert booking agency Parade of Flesh has kindly offered up a free ticket to two DC9 readers to go ahead and check out each and every one of the shows that…
Back in mid-September, when the Ace McNeely Foundation was announced as a response to the death of 30-year-old area musician, sound engineer and music teacher Ace McNeely, we passed along word that an eight-hour memorial and benefit concert was in the works, so as to help the fledgling foundation, which…
So it begins. Austin City Limits 2010 kicked off its heels this morning with Asleep at the Wheel, GIVERS and Charlie Mars. Thanks to the crisp, clear weather, we can show you some beginning pics. Of course, they’ll be a whole heck of lot more to come with The Strokes,…
