The folks at the Granada Theater must’ve been pleased as pie on Friday night, having sold out of tickets for its fifth anniversary celebration an all.Of course, it helps that the venue had some local favorites on the bill to help draw in the crowds: Openers Danny Balis and Macon…
Brothers Todd and Greg Brin used to front Magneto Combo which released four albums starting in 2001 and culminating with the magnificently titled Betty White Knows Her Porn in 2007. But since Magneto Combo bit the dust, the brothers Brin have honed their skills and incorporated the more modern sounds…
Holy late ’70s, early ’80s mellow rock flashback, Batman! Tonight’s bill at the Meyerson Symphony Center features two giants of smooth cheese: Australia’s legendary Air Supply and San Antonio’s own Christopher Cross.Back when I was just getting into high school, you couldn’t make it half a block in your car…
Incubus at Superpages.com Center Saturday, August 22 It’s been nearly 15 years since Incubus released its first album, and even if you aren’t crazy about the newer stuff (ahem….”Anna-Molly”) this performance is a reminder as to how Incubus stole your heart in the first place…
Leon RussellGranada TheaterAugust 23, 2009Better than: Hearing a medley of classic Leon Russell songs sung in an Asian karaoke bar, but not much better… During the 1960s and ’70s, Leon Russell was the consummate sidekick and bandleader–and he was even solo star in his own right. Hanging with the Stones,…
Old 97’s, Telegraph CanyonBass Hall, Fort WorthAugust 21, 2009Better than: a night at the opera. Make no mistake: The crowd came to Bass Hall–some dressed in their operahouse best, others in more dive bar attire–for the Old 97’s. And though they’d sure get the Old 97’s–to the tune of a…
Your daily dose of national music news for Monday, August 24, 2009…Something about Lady GaGa screams “LOOK AT ME!” Is it the outrageous outfits? Sure. Or maybe it’s the fact she says things like this: She wants to have a gang bang with ’90s British boy band Take That. Annie Clark,…
Feels like this week has flown by, but maybe that’s because I’m back in the saddle again here at DC9. Which means, yep, it’s on me again to put together your weekend show list. So, without further ado, here it is. First, the show’s we’ve already brought to your attention–and…
Check out more photos from the night in our slideshow.The weirdest moment at last night’s Hard Rock Cafe grand opening party? Take your pick, but I’ll say it was right at the end, when it turned out the winner of the night’s big raffle was with the band.After a night…
Should be quite the celebration tonight on Lower Greenville as the beloved Granada Theater celebrates its fifth anniversary tonight with a powerhouse bill headlined by a reunited Slobberbone and featuring two other local favorites, Macon Greyson and Danny Balis, both of which will be hocking new discs at the show…
Denton-based The River Mouth formed late last year, and, though the band hasn’t managed to find a frontman/lead vocalist, the rest of the group has certainly been doing just fine without a singer because it seems like the band’s name pops up on a show poster just about every week…
Psych-folk fans should be freaking out–and rightfully so–about tomorrow night’s show at The Loft, featuring Woods, Denton’s own Matthew and The Arrogant Sea, and Sweden’s Dungen, the last of which Observer contributor Andy Tennille geeks out on in this week’s paper. In particular, Tennille extolled the virtue’s of Dungen’s latest,…
Michael Maney, multi-instrumentalist for the local act The Farstar, is super hyped over his band’s upcoming EP–so much so that he just sent over a yet-to-be-mastered cut from said EP for the edification of DC-9 readers. And, bonus, it’s not the same one that’s been all over KDGE 102.1 FM’s…
The folks at Pitchfork have taken the week of from reviewing new music–although, to their credit, they’ve been quite busy with another entertaining task: Counting down the top 500 tracks of the ’00s. (Sidenote: The locally based Gorilla Vs. Bear blog also released its favorite tracks and albums of the…
VEGA got jacked.According to a blog post the band put up on its MySpace page yesterday, someone stole the band’s gear on Wednesday night as the band toured through Sacramento, California.As of yet, Alan Palomo and Co. have not canceled VEGA’s show with Grizzly Bear in New York City, festival…
Bat For LashesThe LoftAugust 20, 2009Better Than: Staind, who played downstairs at the Palladium. As lightning from a distant storm flashed through the windows of The Loft, Natasha Khan (aka Bat For Lashes) proved herself to be an entertainer equal to her reputation. With the support of a fantastic band…
Your daily dose of national music news for Friday, August 21, 2009…Robert Zemeckis is planning on remaking the Yellow Submarine movie for Disney. Since it’s Disney, there will probably be plenty of vampy teens in it. Liam Gallagher says he and brother Noel do not speak to each other anymore…
Captain Incredible, Hellbound Hooligans, MercyKill, Lust For Lucy, How Fiction Ends and Resonant Chamber will all rock the hell out of the Skillman Street Bar this Sunday. Musically, the lineup varies from greasy hard-rocking punk to metal. More interesting is the contrast in lyrical themes. Captain Incredible gives a shout-out…
The late-night tweets came fast and furious from area MCs and radio personalities alike, each relayed with a certain tone of shock.The surprising word was spreading fast: Earlier in the evening, at approximately 10 p.m., Dallas urban radio personality Nate Quick passed away, apparently due to liver complications. According to…
According to a press release that apparently went out to every media outlet in the world today, Dallas’ own Norah Jones has a new album coming out in November–her fourth overall, and first in two years. After the jump, the press release in full, since it features some Jones quotes…
In this week’s print edition, Observer contributor Doug Davis talked shop with indie rock chanteuse Natasha Khan, or, as he puts it, “the wildly creative force behind Bat for Lashes.” It’s a great interview, explaining the British Khan’s love/hate relationship with America, and how that relationship helped shape the idea…
Ticket re-sale web site StubHub announced its annual “Most Rockin’ City of the Summer” list this morning, and, according to its numbers, Dallas, is the No. 7 most rockin’ city in the U.S. of A. this season. Or, for those of you playing at home, three spots up from last…
