Good Friday: Terri Hendrix, Lloyd Maines, Richard Lloyd, Charlie Louvin, Kenny Chesney, Dave Matthews, Ghoultown, The Uncontrollable Urge, Jason Isbell, Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, Slow Roosevelt, Eleven Hundred Springs

Quite a variety of musical happenings this weekend; and it’s a nice mix of national and local fare. First the shows already covered in print or in the blog: Jesse did a nice job hipping you to tonight’s Chalie Louvin/AM Ramblers show in Fort Worth. I initially and erroneously told…

Echoes and Reverberations: “The War Across The Alley”

[Editor’s Note: This is the last time we’ll be running Echoes and Reverberations as a regular feature here on DC9. Will we see future installments? Don’t know yet. But in the meantime, a big thanks to Jeff Liles for the past 30 installments of the series. It’s been fun.] When…

Last Night: CAKE at the Palladium

CAKE Palladium Ballroom April 30, 2009 Better Than: The upcoming great food shortage After starting the show with “Short Skirt, Long Jacket,” CAKE singer John McCrea greeted the audience.McCrea: “Is anybody here sick tonight?” Crowd: Affirmative cheers from the back of the room.McCrea: “You guys are a bunch of assholes.”…

Last Night: Fleetwood Mac at the AAC

Fleetwood MacAmerican Airlines CenterApril 30, 2009Better Than: Seeing a Fleetwood Mac cover band at an AARP Convention. Seemingly every MILF in the greater Dallas/Fort Worth area made their way to the American Airlines Center last night to catch a truncated (but still powerful) version of Fleetwood Mac. The legendary rock…

Picture Show: Gaslight Anthem at the Granada

Doug has a rundown of Tuesday night’s show at the Granada here, which you might have caught on DC9 yesterday.Just to draw things out a little, though, we’re sharing shots of the show with you this morning — a slideshow of Gaslight Anthem and the Heartless Bastards’ sets at the…

Slow Roosevelt Joins The Reunion Trend

It’s been five years now since Slow Roosevelt decided to end its run as Dallas’ perennial Next Big Thing that never quite was. The band, which for most of its seven-year existence was the go-to choice for the top kinda-metal act in town (according, at least, to the vote counts…

The Make Believers Break Up

“Thanks,” Aaron White says to the crowd gathered in the living room of Dust Congress’ Nick Foreman. “We’re The Make Believers, and that was our last song,” White’s remarks, which could be dismissed as everyday post-performance banter, carry a dual meaning: Though no one acknowledged it during the Saturday afternoon…

The Guys Behind Spinal Tap Return, Unwigged and Unplugged

On the long-out-of-print 1998 Criterion Collection release of This Is Spinal Tap—the only DVD version of the 1984 film on which Michael McKean, Christopher Guest and Harry Shearer provide commentary as themselves, not their shaggy alter-egos—the trio offered generous insight into the band’s origins, which date back exactly 30 years…

Old Crow Medicine Show Hits The Road…Again

In 2000, the movie O Brother Where Art Thou? set events in motion that were unprecedented at the time: All of a sudden, there was a revival of old-timey string band music. People, it seemed, just couldn’t get enough of mountain music and traditional folk songs from Appalachia. Four years…

Sleepytime Gorilla Museum’s Almost As Trippy As Its Bus

A band as bizarre, diverse and complicated as Sleepytime Gorilla Museum couldn’t be expected to travel in any normal vehicle. So it’s only proper that once the band pulls up to New York’s Bowery Ballroom, the usually stoic NYC passersby stop, point and stare. These are pedestrians who don’t blink…

Cake

2009 marks 15 years since Cake debuted Motorcade of Generosity, an album that carved the band a niche with its low-key style and quirky lyrics. To celebrate, the band’s re-releasing Motorcade ahead of a new, yet-to-be-named record. Back when Motorcade came out, Cake frontman John McCrae was too cool for…

Shiny Toy Guns

Third time’s a charm. Things tend to happen in threes. Yadda yadda yadda. Whichever dictum you prefer, it seems to ring particularly true with the Los Angeles-based new wave pop-rockers in Shiny Toy Guns. There are three words in their name, sure, but that’s kiddy stuff. The band’s founding members,…