Gilbert Garcia covered a busy week for the Toadies in the March 5, 1992 edition of the Observer, in an article detailing the band’s upcoming trip to the finals of an MTV-hosted battle of the bands. Aimed to help get unknown bands get some national attention, the contest, called the…
Dropkick Murphys has been doing its jig-infused version of punk rock for nearly 15 years now. And, in that time, the band has seen its fan base expand greatly as its sound grew more and more Irish-inspired. Known for its beer-soaked live performances, the band is about to release its…
The second annual World Banana Day pub crawl took over a series of bars from Lemon Bar to the Uptown Bar and Grill Saturday night, in a benefit for the North Texas Food Bank. You can check out more photos of the banana-suited philanthropists in action here in our slideshow…
The Rocket Summer, Analog RebellionGranada TheaterFebruary 26, 2010Better than: blowing some kickass bubblegum bubbles. Holy crap. guys. People really love The Rocket Summer. Like really really.It’s not difficult to see why: At the Granada Theater-hosted CD release show for his new album Of Men and Angels on Friday night, Grapevine’s…
P.O.S., Dessa, AstronautalisHailey’s ClubFebruary 27, 2010 Better than: waiting in line for two hours. Here’s one thing can be said with almost unerring conviction: You’ve probably never been to a hip-hop show like the one held at Hailey’s on Saturday night. There was very little of what you’d normally see…
As promised, Ozzy Osbourne, the prince of mother-effing darkness, stopped by the Northwest Highway Barnes & Noble location in Dallas to sign copies of his new autobiography, I Am Ozzy, on Saturday afternoon.It was quite the scene, too, as photographer Spike Johnson found out while shooting this slideshow of pictures…
Your daily dose of national music news for Monday, March 1, 2010…The Guardian debates on whether or not the internet has killed the “rock star mystique.”Marie Osmond’s son has committed suicide.Looks like Carly Simon knows how to keep her name coming up in the news. Looks like she knows what…
Dessa was once known as one Margret Wander, a philosophy major and technical writer from Minneapolis. But after joining the campus slam poetry team, Wander evolved into hip-hop diva Dessa and quickly gained the attention of her hometown’s music collective known as Doomtree. Of course, it didn’t hurt that Dessa’s…
The sad news of Tommy Atkins’ death spread pretty quickly yesterday afternoon–and, just as quickly, helping hands have popped up, looking to help Atkins’ family and their friends in this time of need and grieving. Which brings us to this: On Sunday afternoon, starting at 4 p.m., the as-yet-unopened Kessler…
With endless amounts of downloadable mp3s stacking up on trendy well-clicked blogs and DJ equipment only a tab away on Amazon, it seems everyone and their cousins’ cousins can be, and , well, is a “DJ” these days. But there’s just a certain something, a je ne sais quoi–call it…
If you need to get into festival shape–so that you don’t have any trouble remaining on your feet all day during NX35 and SXSW next month–Sunday’s show at Lola’s Sixth will be a great training session. Beginning at 1 p.m. with Ginny Mac and closing with Whiskey Folk Ramblers’ midnight…
Along with inauguration of the Great North American Winter Gloat Fest 2010–32 medals last count–came the video for charity single “We are the World 25” for Haiti. Aw, charity. WHo doesn’t love it?Except, why does it seems so cheesy and self-aggrandizing? First of all, because its a remake: This is…
Sunday night’s double-headlining pairing of Vetiver and The Clientele at the Granada Theater sure is an interesting one, pairing together two relatively somber acts that excel with retrospective takes on similar–but definitely not the same–genres. And, if you’re super-competitive, it’s like a do-over of the Revolutionary War–or maybe more appropriately…
Last night’s album release show for the Nervous Curtains debut LP Out Of Sync With Time should have been a celebration of an excellent new album, but the death of Tommy Atkins cast a somber mood over the occasion. Atkins, bassist of Fort Worth’s The Great Tyrant, was a friend…
If we’re being perfectly honest here–and I think that’s the precedent set here on DC9–then I’ll admit that I don’t really get Leslie & the LY’s. I mean, I get it. It’s not like there’s not too too much to get, is there? It’s just boatloads and boatloads of supposedly…
In this week’s paper, Nic Hernandez talks shop on Saturday night’s hip-hop bill at Hailey’s, which features frequent collaborators P.O.S., SMU grad Astronautalis and Dessa (more on her later today). But, as Nic writes, while this might be a hip-hop show, don’t expect it to be your run-of-the-mill hip-hop offering.For…
Tegan & SaraPalladium Ballroom February 25, 2010 Better Than: Watching the U.S. women’s hockey team lose to Canada. At the Tegan & Sara concert Thursday night, everything went according to my prediction. The Palladium Ballroom was nearly filled to capacity with mallpunks, lesbians and hipsters. But I wasn’t prepared for…
Your daily dose of national music news for Friday, February 26, 2010…Aerosmith kiss and make nice just in time for a summer tour.Thom Yorke names his new band and plans its coming out shows.John Mayer discovered the ultimate mea culpa: play to the kids…
Welcome back, troopers. It’s that time of the week again to present our selection for the Poster Of The Week. Let’s see how many of you agree/disagree this time around, shall we? Anyway, on to this week’s winner…It seems that Gutterth Productions attracts a lot of graphically-inclined talent (whether it’s…
Last night saw some serious action on Erykah Badu’s always-active Twitter account–only, this time, Badu seemed to be making Twitter work for her.And how: Through a head-spinning array of tweets that started shortly before 9 p.m. last night and ended shortly after 1 p.m. this afternoon, Badu desperately tweeted at…
The music of Roy Robertson may border on indie-folk, but the native Texan is getting ready to show the Metroplex that his music really plunges much deeper than this well-explored territory. Perhaps this is but one explanation as to why there has been so much buzz surrounding the UNT junior…
On Tuesday, the release day for The Rocket Summer’s fourth full-length and second on major label Island/Def Jam, Of Men and Angels sat at No. 4 on iTunes’ album download chart. Yesterday, it fared even better, rocketing (pun absolutely intended) up to No. 1. And today, it’s still sitting fairly…
