While our reviewer didn’t have a great time at the Wakarusa Winter Festival, these ladies were having a great time. (Melanie Gomez) We hit up a couple decent shows (Gazelles, Darkest Hour), a lame one (Wakarusa Winter Festival) and heard some good news. Dive in: Wakarusa Winter Festival at Club…
Wakarusa Winter Classic featuring Spoonfed Tribe, Snarky Puppy, Catfish Whiskey and others February 8, 2008 Club Dada Better Than: A 15-hour Young Life ski trip sing-along in the back of a mildewed church van. Download: See 20 photos from last night’s show in our slideshow. Yeah, we get the jam…
Admittedly, I’m new to this. So if I’m missing something huge going on this weekend, blame me and me alone. As far as I can tell, though, it ain’t looking like too shabby a weekend here in the metroplex, though. Here’s DC-9’s picks on the best four shows to catch…
The South by Southwest folks finally released the giant list of bands playing this year’s fest. Dallas, Denton and Fort Worth are all representing. So if you were looking for another reason to spend the $600 (that price ends today, then it jumps to the door price of $650) for…
Steve Poltz is a Canadian-born singer-songwriter currently based in San Diego. Perhaps best know for co-writing “You Were Meant for Me,” the No. 1 hit for Jewel (and having a brief fling with her), Poltz’s songs are filled with satirical lyrics and simple melodies that often endear themselves to the…
Paco Estrada chatting it up with DC-9. (Angela Berg) Immortalized in Dallas rock history by its charming single “Dear Claudia,” its torrid and ultimately disappointing affair with MCA Records and its massive amounts of devout fans, SouthFM scorched the scene with lightening velocity. And, then, vanished into the sad, crowded…
And now for some shameless self-promotion. Our peeps over in marketing gave us the go-ahead to announce our plans for St. Patrick’s Day. You know we love the green day so much that we go and have a parade and then partake in drunken debauchery the rest of the day…
For 21-year-old Kelly Law-Yone, aka “the Tipper Queen,” years of preparation had gone into this show, the biggest night of her life. You could say she had been practicing for this gig ever since her first music instruction—piano lessons, beginning around the time she started grade school, followed by years…
Kelly Law-Yone’s road to virtual rock stardom began in Dallas, where she grew up and now attends school at UTD. As a child she took piano lessons and continued playing music in her high school band. Now, she’s a part-time traveling professional videogamer—as a member of gaming group Team Pandemic…
With beats that include everything from beatboxing to banjo, and a story-telling flow that varies from gruff rasping to dramatic singing, rapper Astronautalis has always been difficult to classify. He’s not making the pigeonholing any easier on his upcoming album, which will include sea chanteys and a song about the…
Just when those of us slow to adapt to change had finally stopped calling it “Starplex,” the Fair Park outdoor amphitheater that plays host to your burnout uncle’s favorite prog-rock reunion shows has been renamed again. Live Nation, the company that brought you House of Blues—the rock venue with valet…
Brothers Raul and Rene Espinosa have been involved in the Dallas music scene since the mid-’90s, first as key members of the post-punk band Swivel, then running an indie label (111 Records) and now leading Mahteo, a group unashamed of championing all that was/is new wave. From the first notes…
Dusty Springfield’s continued influence on country/soul is as warranted as it is overused. Dusty in Memphis, Springfield’s acknowledged magnum opus from 1969, is another one of those records that, despite commercial disappointment, remains a critical favorite. Ironically, the biggest hit from that record, “Son of a Preacher Man,” was thought…
UNT’s chapter of the Feminist Majority Leadership Alliance hosts this benefit show (with proceeds going to V-Day, a global movement to stop violence against women and girls) featuring a quartet of acts from around the metroplex. Oddly, only Grassfight includes a female member, so it will be left up to…
Drew Glackin was an obscure bass player for an obscure alt-country band from New York. A few weeks back, though, he passed away suddenly due to complications from an overactive thyroid. He was 45. The fact that Dan’s Silverleaf is throwing this memorial show should tell you a lot about…
Pikahsso filled us in on what he calls Pikahss-O-Vision, and this is worth taking a look at. You might recall he hosted a birthday party that was a benefit for the homeless and it looked like quite a turnout. D210, “a cutting edge, fast paced video/magazine show,” caught the party…
”This festival is designed to promote unity in the music scene that desperately needs it. Dallas, Fort Worth and beyond. I hope it helps.” That’s how Wanz Dover, the guy behind the Stereo on Strike blog, is describing the sixth Melodica music festival, a three-day fest held in five venues…
We didn’t make it out to last Friday’s Super Furry Animals show at the Granada (though, one of the DC-9 writers did, and he loved it). From the looks of the video the Granada just posted, we missed out. Check it out, and if you’re still aching for some Super…
Flogging Molly (Side One Dummy)Flogging Molly February 3, 2008 House of Blues Better Than: Thanking the sports gods for the defeat of the evil empire known as the New England Patriots. “In Ireland, we don’t have a super bowl,” said Dave King, leader of Celtic punkers Flogging Molly. “We have…
Dallas battle rapper Kris Misfit made it to the top 10 of a Vibe magazine video rap battle, Vibe Verses, in which emcees rap over free tracks and create their own videos. You can watch Kris Misfit’s entry below. Also, if you’re a Vibe Rap Battle Community Member (and who…
Flogging Molly (Side One Dummy)This weekend we caught a few fun bands and a funny guy Friday night, got our Irish punk on Sunday and mourned the loss of a great Dallas DJ. Angels and Airwaves at Palladium Ballroom Tom Delong’s Angels and Airwaves kept the Palladium crowd’s spirits lifted…
DJ Frantic, R.I.P.On Saturday, the Dallas Dance Music Forum posted the following: R.I.P. DJ Frantic Texas just lost one of its best DJs. Just got the word from Big J he passed away in a car wreck last night. My regards go out to all of his friends and family…
