QueFest Is More Than A Black Tie Dynasty Reunion, Turns Out.

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…

Whatever Happened With That Deep Ellum Compilation?

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…

Picture Show: Ruby Revue Burlesque on the Go-Go (NSFW)

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…

Over The Weekend: Buzzcocks at The Loft

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…

DC9er Mixtape, Vol. 14: DJG

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…

Giveaway: Three Pairs to Monday Night’s Good Old War Show at The Loft

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…

The Problem with Travie McCoy’s “Billionaire”

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…

Q&A: Giggle Party Tells Us Why It’s Bailing On Dallas.

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)…

More Than A Feeler: Toadies Announce Impending Recording Of Another Album.

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…

Midlake Wins Best Live Act Award From MOJO

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…