Last we heard, QueFest was a festival happening in Rowlett on July 4 weekend, featuring performances from Joan Jett and the Blackhearts and the reunited-for-this-one-show Black Tie Dynasty. That much hasn’t changed, but turns out the festival, which will take place at Elgin B. Robertson Park on Lake Ray Hubbard…
Ah, Denton. So many years of music, so many articles that set the scene by mentioning Morrison’s Corn-Kits’ 186-foot grain elevators or the impressive Courthouse-on-the-Square Museum. Well, this week’s Denton-based blast from the past from the June 10, 1999 edition of the Observer mentions both skyline landmarks while setting the…
About two months ago, we told you about Responsible Johnny frontman Rob Michaud’s plans to release a Deep Ellum compilation called Wish You Were Here…Love, Deep Ellum. When the local punk singer informed us of his whole-hearted effort to revitalize the music scene in Deep Ellum, we said “kudos”–and basically…
Friday night at the House of Blues, Ruby Revue presented their “Burlesque on the Go-Go” tour featuring Anita Cookie, Clams Casino, Darlinda Just Darlinda, Gigi La Femme, Minnie Tonka, and local performers Ginger Valentine and Black Mariah. As you can see, their June 11 performance “Dangerous Curves Ahead,” was aptly…
So it’s hot as hell outside. What do you do? Strip. Duh.M Street Club on Lower Greenville is featuring “Uncensored Saturdays” this month with King James on the Mic and video backup by DJ Ivy. Barcadia also held it’s two-year anniversary party Saturday, June 12, with DJ Redeye spinning a…
Eleven days ago today, our month was made with the announcement that the Pixies (DC9’s favorite band ever, so you know) are coming to Grand Prairie’s Verizon Theatre on September 19 to their seminal album, Doolittle, in full. Today, tickets for that show go on sale–at the top of the…
BuzzcocksThe LoftJune 11, 2010Better than: nostalgia. Buzzcocks (a more appropriately named band escapes me at the moment) roared into The Loft on Friday evening delivering on the promise of the Another Bites tour premise: The band roared through their first two albums–and a few other gems–in a virtually non-stop 90-minute…
Your daily dose of national music news for Monday, June 14, 2010…Hopefully Weezer’s World Cup anthem will help boost the US team. But maybe they should just rely on good play.Sometimes you gotta get 70,000 people to serenade a girl with “Happy Birthday,” ya know?Sometimes all it takes to end…
This weekend wishes a farewell to two Dallas gems, the supersaturated fun that is Giggle Party and the dance hip-hop twosome Sore Losers. Giggle Party is set to leave for San Francisco next week and will have its going away celebration tonight at bassist Jason Reichl’s homemade venue, The Handsome…
This week, DC9er takes it’s readers behind the booth with Jonathan Graham–or as he’s perhaps better known, DJG. Graham started his career as a DJ nearly a decade ago in Austin, then migrated north to kick-start the ever-popular “80’s Dance Night” at Hailey’s Club in Denton. Since then, DJG has…
Listen: I’m not gonna waste your time or mine explaining the greatness that is Erykah Badu. For one, if you’re reading this, you presumably live in Dallas and already should know about the Queen and all that she brings to the table. If not, well, you can read this blurb…
The past year or so has seen a tremendous upswing in the quality and skill in the Dallas area underground hip-hop scene. But one of the brightest gems in that group, Sore Losers, is now taking its show on the road. The duo plans to move to Los Angeles next…
It’s somewhat surprising that Philadelphia’s Good Old War’s self-titled, second album debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard Heatseeker chart this week–but not entirely. The band’s rootsy, folk-inspired singalongs are highly enjoyable–and their 2008 debut, Only Way To Be Alone, which featured the above, phenomenal cut, “Coney Island,” was probably…
You may (or may not) recall a story I did in the print edition a few months back where I chronicled the mass amount of cover/tribute acts that call Dallas-Fort Worth home. Well, several of the acts mentioned in my story will gather this Saturday at Lee Harvey’s for something…
Mumford & Sons, The Middle EastHouse of Blues’ Cambridge RoomJune 10, 2010Better than: being at the show that was taking place in the House of Blues’ main hall. The Wonder Girls? Really? Inside of the sold-out Cambridge Room at the House of Blues on Thursday night, there was little room…
What would you do if you had a million dollars? Would you buy nice cars? A nice house? Or would you be like Peter from Office Space and do absolutely nothing? Unfortunately, inflation requires that you demand even more money than that to fulfill your dreams, folks. Now, we all…
On their own, Thao Nguyen (known best for her work in Thao and the Get Down Stay Down) and Mirah are two of the more recognizable female voices in the indie rock scenes of the Pacific Northwest (Sna Francisco and Portland, respectively). For much of 2010, though, the two have…
Bad news, fans of things that are fun: Giggle Party is bailing on Dallas-Fort Worth for the greener pastures of San Francisco. Right after this weekend, in fact. Turns out bassist Jason Reichl is headed that way for real-life, not-at-all-music-related career reasons–and GP keyboardist Kat Michie (aka Mrs. Jason Reichl)…
In many ways, the Toadies’ announcement about the impending re-release and in-process re-recording of its “lost” 1997 album, Feeler, yesterday afternoon wasn’t very surprising. Hell, we guessed as much back in January. We also postulated that there’d be another disc from the Toadies in 2010 as well–this one comprised of…
MOJO, the UK-based, self-proclaimed “world’s best music magazine,” announced yesterday the musicians who took home the top prizes in their 2010 Honors List (finalists were announced back in early May). And look at this: Denton’s own Midlake took home “Best Live Act” honor.The Honors List, which can be found in…
Your daily dose of national music news for Friday, June 11, 2010… Is it really fair to call a supergroup a combination of Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin when there isn’t a real Zeppelin member in the band?I realize the members of Pearl Jam and their team aren’t from the…
In this week’s paper, Doug Davis checks in with Pete Shelley, frontman for legendary Brit punks the Buzzcocks, who, tomorrow night, stop through Dallas for a gig at The Loft–the second-to-last stop on the band’s two-year world tour. One of the original pop-punk acts, Davis extols the Buzzcocks’ efforts, calling…
