Sad to say I’ve never had the pleasure of attending a gig at Denton’s Hydrant Café, but tonight’s bill at the little eatery just off the square might warrant the trip northward.Headlining country bluesman Charlie Parr has a story almost as good as his music: The 40-year-old from Duluth, Minnesota,…
One show that I’ve personally had circled on my calendar for some time now is tonight’s gig at the Loft with Ida Maria (see above) and Glasvegas. Why? Well, partially because Ida Maria’s Fortress ’round My Heart is one of the best releases of ’09 so far, but also because…
…and real soon, too. See, now that the complicated production details have been completed on the band’s upcoming, October 12 show with Muse at Arlington’s Cowboys Stadium, the promoters are releasing more tickets, at all price levels, for sale to the public, starting in, oh, 50 minutes or so, at…
Remember all that drama back in late January/early February when Broken Social Scene had to cancel its House of Blues gig because band founder Kevin Drew fell ill? Dallas fans took to Broken Social Scene’s web site to spit some hate at the band for canceling, and, in turn, the…
Remember a few weeks back when the All-American Rejects stopped by the House of Blues for a free, MySpace-sponsored show? Maybe? Yeah? Well, either way, the high-def footage shot for MySpace is making the rounds this morning, and that includes the above clip of the band performing its song “Dirty…
For a while there, it appeared as if this morning could be something of a judgment day for Fort Worth’s Ridglea Theater. Today, after all, was the day that the venue was set to face foreclosure, after the loan that the owners had received from a Dallas lender last year…
Your daily dose of national music news for Tuesday, August 4, 2009… I would’ve thought the guys of Kiss would’ve thought of this one a lot sooner: Limited edition Kiss M&M’s. Tom DeLonge may be touring with his old band Blink-182 this summer, but he still has his other band…
It was about a month ago now that we eagerly first passed along the news of Danny Balis’ upcoming solo debut, Too Much Living, which is set for a Tuesday, September 1, release.Today, though, Balis passes along his disc’s first single, “Tethered,” for DC9 readers as a free download. And,…
Normally, I find the terms “Christian” and “Metal” so mutually exclusive that I generally run from just about any band that uses both words in describing its music. Yet the generically named The Showdown are definitely a metal band (with southern rock roots) with lyrics that speak of certain themes…
Our nightlife photo team headed out to Fallout Lounge on Saturday night to catch a DJ set from Yppah at a release party for the Houston-based musician’s new album They Know What Ghost Know.Check out more photos in this week’s Night Moves set…
De La Soul at House of Blues on Friday, July 31Rather than worry about being pretentious hip hop superstars, De La Soul stayed true to what real hip-hop looks and sounds like on Friday night. With 20 years of contribution to the scene, De La Soul lives up to their…
In this past week’s print edition, Observer contributor Chris Parker chatted up rebel rocker Michael Franti, talking about his new reggae infused sound in Spearhead in anticipation of his show tomorrow night at Grand Prairie’s Nokia Theatre alongside Counting Crows and Augustana.Well, turns out Franti won’t be making the gig,…
Yet one more thing to add to the list of things that Dorrough has now done that his fellow rappers in the DFW scene haven’t: Right there in the Sunday edition of the paper, Dorrough’s debut album, Dorrough Music, received the review treatment from the New York Times. And while…
De La Soul with Kenan Bell and Rhythm Roots AllstarsHouse of BluesJuly 31, 2009Better than: shows from performers ten years younger than these headliners. It was interesting to see what the scene would look like for a rap act celebrating 20 years since its debut album; it seemed like it’d…
Your daily dose of national music news for Monday, August 3, 2009… Dave Grohl will had an alley named after him in the city of his birth Warren, OH. Turns out Kanye doesn’t think he’s the next “King of Pop.” But it’s easy to see why it’s believable; it just sounds…
The weekend’s finally here, boo-yah, and it’s a deceptively crowded one music-wise, actually. You should already know about the weekend shows we’ve already discussed here and in the print edition, but, in case you forgot, well, let’s recap. Well, now that I think of it, pretty much every show we’ve…
She waltzed into the room’s back entrance, quickly set a trail to the checkout counter and excitedly showed the few employees crowded around her the customizations she’d made to the mini-Munny she’d purchased after stumbling upon the new Mockingbird Station store on Wednesday afternoon–a quick drawing on the doll’s face…
Subdued singer-songwriter William Fitzsimmons may be Grey’s Anatomy-approved (take that however you wish), but he’s also phenomenally bearded. Denton-worthy stuff, for sure. So maybe its weird then that Denton’s the only point of our little Metroplex triangle being ignored by Fitzsimmons on his stop through the region this evening; according…
I don’t really have too much to say about long-running country music duo Montgomery Gentry–other than that there was a time back in 2003 when the band was almost unavoidable on CMT, thanks in no small part to the above video. Don’t really watch too much CMT anymore, though, so…
So there’s this three-day music festival of sorts happening next month in Forth Worth called, fittingly, the Fort Worth MusicFest. And it’s the fest’s third annual go-’round. And it helps raise money for college scholarships for area kids. And it takes place August 21-23, costing $15 per general admission ticket…
Tonight’s the big night for Grand Prairie native Vincent Sliva, aka LehtMoJoe, where he’ll host his free, debut CD release party over at the Granada with some help from his friends Mount Righteous, and Anonymous????, DJ Select and Free Agent.In addition to marking the release of Leht’s Spaghetti Western album,…
Pitchfork’s Stuart Berman reviewed Austin-by-way-of-Dallas garage rockers The Strange Boys’ The Strange Boys And Girls Club today, eventually giving the album a not-too-shabby 7.1 after establishing the premise that garage-rock is and always has been the realm of social misfits.The review suggests that the Boys “never actually blow their tops,”…
