In this week’s dead tree version of DC9, Observer contributor Eric Grubbs offers up tomorrow night’s Gaslight Anthem/Heartless Bastards show at the Granada Theater as one of our Critic’s Picks for the week. Why? Well, for a number of reasons, not the least of which is the fact that the…
Franz Ferdinand at House of Blues, Friday, April 24The popularity of these Scottish rockers exploded after the success of their 2004 self-titled debut album (which sold 3.6 million copies worldwide). And, I mean, their first single “Take Me Out” didn’t do too badly either! Did you know that band’s name…
Better Than: Staying at home and watching the Dallas Cowboys trade away their only Day One draft pick. There were three bands on the bill, but the night belonged completely to garage rock duo The Kills on Saturday at the Granada. And, it must be noted, the opening acts did…
Your daily dose of national music news for Monday, April 27, 2009…In a move that screams “contractual obligation,” The Killers are prepping a live DVD and covers album for release.Looks like the Today clip of Beyonce singing horribly was “just a goof” made by some dude.The girl who plays the…
Wow. This weekend is nuts-o busy, huh? And, really, we’ve already covered most of the big events in advance, so, lucky me, this’ll be a fairly short Good Friday…First, as always, the show’s we’ve hyped already in the blog or in print.On tap for tonight: Man Man, The Boom Boom…
We’ve mentioned the trip-hoppin’, Portishead-soundin’ locals in Shock of Pleasure a few times on here over the past year or so. And though the band continues to leave us scratching our heads by booking gigs to play places like the Mansion on Turtle Creek and the Shops at Legacy in…
For no apparent reason, this month’s Spin magazine–the one with the reunited No Doubt on the cover (see right)–is action-packed with interviews, props and nods to Dallas artists. By my count, there’s six call-outs in total… In the “Songs You Must Hear Now” feature, local hipster-hop duo (and noted DC9…
Bob Dylan and Friends, which friends include Willie Nelson and, umm, John Mellencamp, will play QuikTrip Field, home of the Grand Prairie Airhogs, August 7, according to the tour schedule on Bob Dylan’s web site and the Airhogs web site. Though the poster above fails to point out the time–or…
Dr. Dog, The Cave SingersLone Star Room at the Palladium/Gilley’s Industrial ComplexApril 23, 2009Better Than: The Pennywise/Pepper show going on at the Palladium last night, which I thankfully saw zero seconds of. Lindsey Moffitt Fans arriving at the Loft for last night’s Dr. Dog show were instead directed to head…
Your daily dose of national music news for Friday, April 24, 2009… Eminem seems to think that hip-hop will be a better place because he’s back. Will it Marshall? Will it really? Did you know that some of the guys in Mastodon love doing mescaline and playing Street Fighter? Universal…
When reached by phone, Bruce Richardson is a little timid. That’s understandable: Richardson doesn’t want to go down as The Man Whose Complaints Shut Down Good Records’ Party. “I’m just a guy who called and said I had noise coming into my house and followed up on it,” he says…
Maybe you told people you were hanging around, or even hooking up, at Lizard Lounge last Friday night — but unless you’re Tracie Hanna, you didn’t really mean it. Performing with Courtney Crave as the suspension queen Crash, she dangled from flesh hooks in her back and knees over an…
Even though all the pirate news lately has focused on the waters of Somalia, you’ve probably heard by now about The Pirate Bay’s founders, who were found guilty of copyright infringement having assisted in making copyrighted files available for download in a Swedish court last week. Today, though, news came…
I was pretty sure this week’s poster pick was from frequent Parade of Flesh designer James Heimer, but thought there was a chance it could have been his brother Sam’s creation. Turns out the siblings collaborated on the flyer, which promotes Friday night’s highly anticipated Man Man, The Boom Boom…
For more pictures from the event, check out our slideshow.In a town renowned the world over for its high-class strip clubs, it’s actually kinda surprising that more concerts aren’t held in the always super-friendly confines of Manana Drive’ finest business establishments. Because, really, oh how decadent such shows can be.Tuesday…
As space was pretty tight in the print edition this week, I wasn’t able to fit the entirety of my interviews with VEGA’s Alan Palomo or the Granada Theater’s Mike Schoder into the space for my column this week on the Crystal Castles cancellation at the Granada. Below, find the…
As space was pretty tight in the print edition this week, I wasn’t able to fit the entirety of my interviews with VEGA’s Alan Palomo or the Granada Theater’s Mike Schoder into the space for my column this week on the Crystal Castles cancellation at the Granada. Below, find the…
My Bloody Valentine Palladium BallroomApril 22, 2009Update, 4/27/09: Link to bootleg recording of show and set list after the jump.Better than: Standing in the exhaust path of a booster rocket, surviving an earthquake, sharing some communal mass hallucination, or any other comparison my exhausted brain could come up with. Right…
Your daily dose of national music news for Thursday, April 23, 2009… So, Beyonce’s daddy is all mad because Howard Stern played a clip over the air yesterday that “proved” she couldn’t carry a tune in a bucket. But it looks like the recording could be a fraud. Or not…
Maybe it’s to their detriment—or maybe these bands just happen to know exactly what their devoted audiences want—but Pennywise and Pepper preach to the choir. Keep in mind this is a choir large enough to fill a venue like the Palladium. Pennywise spreads its pep talks through mosh pits while…
Japanese collective Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O. is probably the trippiest band on the planet. The group—an ever-revolving lineup led by ridiculously prolific guitar guru Makoto Kawabata—has all the heroically indulgent gusto that most Western bands took off the table after This Is Spinal Tap. AMT’s mind-bleeding…
Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, children of all ages, if I may direct your attention to the center of the Big Top stage: Man Man’s musical three-ring circus is sure to amaze and amuse us all, as the band renders its sad songs through maniacal performance. Critics site an…
