If you conduct a Wikipedia search for “Fair to Midland,” you find…well, the facts. Just the facts. And, in your wee hours of MySpace music hunting, you find that Fair to Midland is a band. A “Progressive / Folk / Metal” band with 38,812 fans, a partiality to swamp-pants and…
If you’re dying to something to listen to other than Perry Como holiday songs, we’ve got you covered. Listen to the classic and the amusing below. ”Christmas in Hollis” by Run-DMC. This late ’80s take on Christmas by hip-hop pioneer Run-DMC has worked its way into everyone’s top holiday tunes…
Still need a present for that one cousin or brother? Think you’re screwed? Not quite. We’ve been sharing shopping ideas throughout the month. Here are all of our ideas in one place. Go to town. 25 Toys for Those 25 and Older Yodeling pickles, boxing nuns, flying ninjas and four-legged…
From the 7th Annual Polyphonic Spree Holiday Extravaganza, last Sunday night at the Lakewood Theater. A dozen other options, from the John Lennon original to U2’s take, available here. –Robert Wilonsky…
This weekend should really be the time you finish up your holiday shopping and wrapping and cooking and whatever else you’re more than likely behind on. Or if you’re like me and waiting until Monday to do it, then we have a few shows to keep your mind off the…
We’re out to steer you toward the best in last minute stocking stuffers for the music junkie in your life. (We’re also quick to point out those gifts to avoid.) We’ve got five great picks — one a day this week. Our final piece is perfect for that person who…
Willy Braun’s other gig: Reckless Kelly. (Katie Garcia Photography)9th Annual Songwriter’s Showcase December 19, 2007 House of Blues Better than: Being at a BAR Association mixer. Last night, country hunk Roger Creager hosted the 9th Annual Songwriter’s Showcase at the House of Blues. Despite the Mavs/Suns game going on concurrently,…
We’re out to steer you toward the best in last minute stocking stuffers for the music junkie in your life. (We’re also quick to point out those gifts to avoid.) We’ve got five great picks — one a day this week. Part four is a decent compilation that doesn’t cost…
It’s the same for music as it is for love: The new ones, with oh-so-much potential in the beginning, are too often short-lived. Bad runs in dating I accept, but I want my music to be there for me. I find myself torn when I like a new band—they’re so…
In high school, I quit guitar lessons after just six months. I have really tiny hands and got frustrated just making chords—plus, my teenage self thought it’d be more fun to date an ax master than to be one. Later, I decided that writing about rock bands was a lot…
The Dallas Observer music section strives to be your go-to source for sports-talk radio news, naturally, so we’d be remiss not to mention the Orphanage Second Annual Christmas Benefit Show Friday night, December 21. As with the inaugural Christmas charity show, the benefit will be held at the Double-Wide Bar…
The best Christmas songs, whether they’re classic carols or new favorites, embody whatever you love about the holiday. The worst, on the other hand, are grim reminders of all that is unbearable about the season’s orgy of consumerism, exploitation of Christian tradition and ham-handed sentimentality. I e-mailed a few local…
With the weather so frightfully cold—at least when it’s not oddly warm—now might be time to inject a bit of summer cheer into the dreary season. Summer is also a peak time for CD new releases, and here are a few that somehow got lost beneath the pile. Out of…
Minus the terrible cover art and the aberrant jock rock boogie of the opening track, “Monkey,” the remainder of Richard Lloyd’s most recent solo outing falls comfortably within his angular and ordered realm. Since his heyday playing second fiddle to Tom Verlaine in Television, Lloyd has released several efforts that…
On the surface, the imagination boggles when confronted with a musical collaboration between two such seemingly polar opposite talents as Americana/bluegrass goddess Alison Krauss and shouting, yowling Led Zeppelin front man Robert Plant. But under producer/bassist T-Bone Burnett’s direction, there’s no superstardom at play here, just a cadre of singularly…
We’ve been thinking about it, and sometimes a Q&A doesn’t cut it when we’re talking about our favorite local bands. So, we’re trying something new: the video segment on our favs. This time out, DC-9 photographer/videographer Jonathan Finley met up with The Crash That Took Me at a recent show…
Last week, we mentioned a slight rumor abuzz that legendary lesbian nightspot Sue Ellen’s was getting an upgrade. Caven Enterprises announced today that that’s pretty much official. As of January 13, Caven closes bar turned two-story dance club, Throckmorton Mining Company to transform it into “a larger, more versatile venue…
One of the lovely Dirkx brothers was kind enough to provide DC-9 with this great video from Gerard Dirkx first solo show last week at Opening Bell. Here, he plays the classic Telefones tune “The Ballad of Jerry Godzilla.” Watch, enjoy, love. — Chelsea Ide…
We’re out to steer you toward the best in last minute stocking stuffers for the music junkie in your life. (We’re also quick to point out those gifts to avoid.) We’ve got five great picks — one a day this week. This third part is important to read if you’re…
Nothing says Christmas like mash-ups of hip-hop against old British dudes. Local producer LehtMoJoe stirred up 50 Cent, Paul McCartney and local band Free Agent into a decent and listenable holiday remix blending 50’s “In Da Club” and McCartney’s “Wonderful Christmas Time.” Agent’s somewhere in there, too. Take a look…
I may really be an idiot. I know for sure I’m not smarter than a drag queen, but I think, of all things, reality TV has gotten the best of me. I received word from the Turtle Creek Chorale today that they had been named semi-finalists in NBC’s new show…
We’re out to steer you toward the best in last minute stocking stuffers for the music junkie in your life. (We’re also quick to point out those gifts to avoid.) We’ve got five great picks — one a day this week. This second item will make your music historian friend…
