New Found Glory The Loft (Palladium) Gilley’s April 6, 2009Better Than: Being one of those poor suckers who got their glasses smashed off by 250lb. hardcore dancers with flailing fists. Hey, it happened. Twice.Last night’s New Found Glory show was scheduled to take place in the Palladium’s Loft. Based on…
In true pop radio fashion, it’s another Two-fer Tuesday here on DC9, and we’re coming at you with a double-dose of Lek Brothers nightlife shots. Extreme enough for you?! Great.Saturday night’s birthday party at Zubar saw a few particularly enthusiastic dancers in tight blue clubwear, and things got a little…
First, she gets slammed by Eminem. Now it looks like she’s getting cut from her label. These things usually come in threes, though… so, uh, Tony, the floor is yours?[Tip o’ the cap.]…
According to Minc Lounge’s myspace page, the city has forced the club to repave its parking lot. That will shutter the club through April 25, according to the site. Which seems like an awfully long time to shut down for a repaving job. Does it really take three weeks to…
If, say, you are a high schooler in Burleson–and that’s clearly our target demographic here on DC9, I think–and you’re about to, say, bring a flare gun to school and get yourself slapped with a Saturday detention, may I suggest you do so on the week of April 27?’Cause, on…
I guess congratulations are in order this morning for Jessica Simpson and Tony Romo? Sure, why not? Dallas’ most famous glossy rag pair are slammed right from the get-go in the new Eminem video that premiered at 6 a.m. EST today on MTV. And the hating, I guess, is kind…
Your daily dose of national music news for Tuesday, April 7, 2009… Eminem stars in a video pick-me-up for his beloved Detroit. Kanye West has his own Nike shoe: Air Yeezy I shit you not, that is what they are called. It’s the first time a major musical artist has…
[Didn’t get around to doing a Last Night review of the Leonard Cohen show over the weekend, but I’d be remiss to let the day go by without recapping it to some extent. So here goes…]Leonard CohenNokia Theatre, Grand PrairieApril 3, 2009Better than: Pretty much anything.In total, Leonard Cohen treated…
Britney Spears @ the American Airlines Center, Tuesday, Mar. 31 This is the first edition of roundup since B. Spears graced the stage in Dallas last Tuesday. Bald and umbrella-wielding last year, the (un)disputed Princess of Pop has reclaimed her throne. Britney showed off her musicianship showmanship, and shook that…
Nothing like the announcement of a slow news day to jumpstart the late afternoon news items, I guess. For instance? This fun bit o’ news for Simon McDonald, owner of The Libertine, the best damn bar in town…With the bar’s weekly Monday night “Local Yokel” event (where DJ Deez spins…
Q: How do you make up for a slow news day? A: Hop on over to Hype Machine, click through pages and pages of free mp3s from the blogosphere and hope there’s something–anything–there worth linking to.And, oh boy! Over on this blog called Persona Sauna, you can check out the…
Amateur and wannabe DJ’s had their chance to shine Friday night at the Green Elephant, where the turntables were thrown open for 15-minute sets from all who’d volunteer.Check out the Lek Brothers’ photos from the night in our slideshow here…
Got more than $2,500 to spend on a big, big surprise for yourself? The University of North Texas is selling an unsorted collection of more than 11,900 vinyl records. The only thing the listing fails to describe is just what kind of records these are, though classical and/or jazz would…
Your daily dose of national music news for Monday, April 6, 2009…A hip-hop group named Smoke Jumpers has released a Chris Brown diss track. It’s not that surprising–it’s all part of “Hip-Hop 101” on how to raise your profile. I mean, did you ever hear of them before this? Didn’t…
Sorry this is coming a little late, folks. Been busy around here all day. In fact, I just left our first planning meeting for the 2009 Dallas Observer Music Awards. What can I reveal? Well, we turn 21 this year, so there’s that. Also, the showcase will fall on July…
Denton’s own Eli Young Band performed on Jimmy Kimmel Live last night as anticipated. Check out the video above to see the band performing its single, “Always The Love Songs” for a live, studio audience…
With a name like Three Cities Burning, you might think this Fort Worth quartet would play music of the generic Emo-punk variety. But they don’t call our western neighbor Cowtown for nothing, folks… Three Cities Burning is nothing more and nothing less than a mainstream country rock outfit. I wouldn’t…
Don’t look now, but there’s yet one more new live music venue set to open up in Deep Ellum come summertime. At 2826 Elm Street, right down the road from the still-relatively new The Lounge on Elm Street at the intersection of Elm and Malcolm X, the former home to…
THe BAcksliders will release Thank You, the follow-up to last year’s You’re Welcome, as part of a five-band bill Saturday, May 16, at House of Blues. Joining Kim Pendleton and Co. on the all-local bill are Somebody’s Darling, Escort Service, The Moncho Poncho and Cocky Americans. Tickets are $10 apiece,…
In this week’s print product, Elliott Johnston offers up his approval of noted underground eccentric Robyn Hitchcock, practically imploring you to check out his performance with his backing band, The Venus 3 (REM’s Peter Buck and Bill Rieflin, The Minus 5’s Scott McCaughey), tomorrow night at the Granada Theater.Need more…
Ohmigawd, guys. Ohmigawd.These pictures of Ms. Britney Spears after-partying it up at McKinney Avenue ultralounge Lotus post-her American Airlines Center performance on Tuesday night are just now making their rounds around the web today.And… like, ohmigawd, guys… from the looks of things, it went pretty much exactly like her show…
Hal Samples Carter Albrecht I was not ready to do this. For a couple of weeks, I’ve tried to mentally prepare myself to write a proper story about Carter Albrecht’s Jesus is Alive… and Living in London, the recently-released solo album that he was in the process of finishing at…
