Music

Perhaps you recall this Unfair Park item from early last month about the efforts to resurrect the Kessler Theatre in Oak Cliff? Well, either way, point is: It’s still happening. And former DC9 contributor Jeff Liles is a big part of that resurrection, helping to spearhead the process. But, beyond…

Tonight, my favorite indie espresso bar in Dallas’ kicks off the first of its formal concert series with an appropriately established-sounding title: “The Pearl Cup Presents: An Evening with Sarah Jaffe.” A text this afternoon informs that it’ll just be “Sarah and her geetar.” No frills.Ticket are  $22–which, sure, is…

Not too much to be had on ye ol’ Youtube today as far as this past weekend’s offerings of live music is concerned. Maybe it’s ’cause, y’kniow, it maybe wasn’t the greatest weekend ever for live music? Maybe. Alas, next weekend’s looking much better. But more on that as the…

Heard this above song, called “I Got It,” on K104 over the weekend. It’s the new single from Dallas’ own Big Hoodboss and it comes with some major help courtesy of verses from D-Town Boogie superstars Lil Wil and Tum Tum. Apparently, it’s just the latest single off Big Hoodboss’…

B.B. King took a seat on the House of Blues stage Sunday night, and with some help from young guitarist Tyler Bryant, the place lived up to its name for a night.Check out more photos from the show in our slideshow, courtesy photographer Roger Caldwell…

No Doubt had the whole white-costume thing going on Saturday night in Fair Park, but only after Paramore and The Sounds warmed up the crowd in the already-hot amphitheater.For more scenes from the show, check out Rachel Parker’s photos in our slideshow…

School’s not ending for most districts until Thursday, but those wanting to get an early start to their summer concert plans can do so this evening at The Loft as heralded wordsmith Mr. Lif (a.k.a. Jeffrey Haynes) brings his politically conscious hip-hop to town in support of his recently released…

Not exactly a ton of big names swinging through our area this weekend, but it’s a decent mix of local and out of town talent who will ply their craft this last weekend in May. First the shows we’ve already clued you to in print or via the blog: Tonight’s…

This week’s print supplement to DC9 includes my review of Little Black Dress’ debut album Snow In June. Little Black Dress, as you’ll recall, is a collaboration between Nolan Thies and Toby Pipes and is the first release from Idol Records imprint Exploding Plastic Records. Though he has a respectable…

This week’s featured poster was designed by Rick Hill, lead singer of The Atoms, which will headline Club Dada Saturday night; opening the show are The Drams. I loved the cartoon bird with its jug of moonshine, which looks like it stumbled right out of some Prohibition-era cartoon … until…

Kim Lenz, who Rolling Stone once praised by claiming that, “if Elvis had been a woman, he probably would have sounded just like Dallasite Kim Lenz,” may have relocated from our fair city to the left coast in recent years, but it’s still worth noting that, in just a few…

Judging by the amount of quality acts performing in and around our fair city tonight, you might think it was the week before SXSW. Well maybe not quite, but you get the idea: There’s a lot more going on than the sure-to-be-emotional Carter Albrecht CD release show at the Granada…

Matthew Gray, the Matthew in Matthew and the Arrogant Sea, is up to some real interesting things of late, not the least of which include his efforts with his Bee’s Fifth Collective and the music he’s been creating with his new, solo project with an ever-evolving, rotating cast of additional…