It’s always memorable to see a band during a transitional phase, as was the case last night at Three Links in Deep Ellum, where La Luz played their first Dallas show. Incidentally, it will also be the last time we see the current incarnation of the band, what we will…
Every aspiring metal band knows that if they want their band truly to soar into the major leagues of arena playing, they need a drummer. Not just any drummer, but one who can keep the rhythm of the song and also provide the guttural devastation that lends depth and power…
Neko Case blew into Dallas on the whiplash end of the reversing polar vortex. Fortunately, Case’s Thursday night Granada Theater performance generated a lush, radiating warmth. Along with her band mates, Case is touring in support of her recently Grammy-nominated album, The Worse Things Get, The Harder I Fight, The…
Where to begin? We have a jarring amount of noteworthy shows on this week’s calendar. Starting tonight with Neko Case at the Granada Theater, and ending on Wednesday when Parade of Flesh and Red Bull Sound Select bring Fucked Up to Dada- this is the first big show week of…
There is an eight-show outdoor concert series in the middle of the summer in Dallas. None of the artists have been announced yet. So why might you be tempted to spend $180 right now on a season pass to such a thing? Barefoot at the Belmont, KXT’s now five-year-old series…
In-store performances are tricky, unpredictable little miscreants. Unlike a standard club show, where one typically understands the general, unwritten crowd rules, a record store gig can be awkward or intimate. It’s doubtful that one can be both, and such a show rarely falls in a gray middle. It’s a fine…
The Vliets (Pronounced Vleets) describe themselves as ‘experimental rock’ , which seems an accurate enough description if you’re a fan of understatement. If their name offers any indication, it’s an homage to Don Van Vliet, the experimental musician better known as Captain Beefheart, a longtime collaborator of Frank Zappa’s. Lead…
For a guy from Pittsburgh who started out in the catering business, All GoodCafé owner Mike Snider knows a lot about Texas music. Sitting in a barbeque joint, Snider reminisces over his two decades of booking shows in Dallas. “It all started on January 14, 1994,” he says between bites…
Starting soon and continuing for a little more than a month, Escape the Fate will perform with Falling in Reverse, the band that features Ronnie Radke. Which is surprising, given that the singer was unceremoniously dumped from Escape the Fate back in 2008. Robert Ortiz, drummer for Escape the Fate,…
Things are starting to pick back up around here, Dallas. More than halfway through the first month of the year, the show calendar has returned to it’s regular active programming. The week we’ve got lined up couldn’t be a more diverse range of ground covered. Starting off, we’ve got one…
As trendy food-trucks and high-class chocolate descend on Lowest Greenville, at least one older business can still be seen with a crowded patio on most warm nights. The Crown & Harp isn’t much, just a small room and a shotgun bar below it, but the concert calendar just gets more…
The rock musical On the Eve debuted last year to so much acclaim you could barely get seats at its Magnolia Lounge run. The musical is back, with shows at Theatre 3 from January 16 to February 9. It’s the story of…well, it’s complicated. But we love it — here’s…
On Friday night, some of most focused, purposeful artists of any genre or even medium took to the temporary boxing ring at the Granada. Anchored by a generous set by A.Dd+, the hip-hop duo we’d take in a heavyweight matchup against just about anyone, the evening offered a glimpse at…
Here’s a question no one will probably ever ask you again: how early do you need to get to the mall in order to see a one-hit wonder from 27 years ago sing in the food court? It’s currently 2:45, so I hope the answer is “45 minutes.” Tiffany, if…
Earlier this week, we told you about our North Texas hip-hop showcase prize package, which includes (among other things) the best seats in the house at the big event tonight at the Granada. That event, again: Six of the area’s best hip-hop artists, plus singer Jaeson Green and DJ Jay…
We here at DC9 At Night are excited for Friday. In partnership with The Granada Theater, we’re bringing you a showcase including some of the most exciting voices in Dallas’ hip-hop scene. Everyone’s favorite Nawfside duo, A.Dd+ will headline the bill with support from Blue The Misfit, Sam Lao, -topic,…
Yesterday, a deadline loomed. La Rondalla, a free after-school music program for students in Oak Cliff and Dallas, was running out of funding options, and a Kickstarter campaign spearheaded by founder Dennis Gonzalez was still shy of its goal of $15,000. But with time winding down, the meter tipped north…
What are you waiting for, Dallas? We’ve got a throwback teenybopper pop star, a sampling of some of the best local hip hop this city has to offer, one of the heaviest metal bills we’ve seen in a good while, and Deep Ellum’s first arts and music festival of 2014…
Friday, Friday, Friday! The North Texas Hip-Hop Showcase, presented by us here at the Dallas Observer, brings heavyweights under the bright lights at the Granada Theater. In addition to -topic (pictured above), the show will feature Blue, The Misfit, Sam Lao, Lord Byron, Jaeson Green, AV the Great and your…
Some things are just timeless: among them a fine wine, a François Truffaut picture and seeing ’80s pop princess Tiffany perform in a shopping mall. This Thursday, the seminal bubblegum one-hit wonder will hit Lewisville’s Vista Ridge Mall. If you were born before 1990, you probably remember the music video…
Two days, 12 hours in, and I feel like a stuck balloon. No energy drink can pull me from the oppressive blankness that clouds my mind. I lie in a broken, noodle-like mass on the floor outside of the main stage, searching for restful escape in an iPhones’ application folder…
Well folks, we’ve got a slow show week upon us. Which makes sense, considering we’re all taking our Christmas trees down and recovering from all the holiday hoopla that has taken over our day-to-day lives for the last couple of months. Though quantity may be low, quality is high. Between…
