Ugh, next week is going to be gross. Not only are you going to be about 10 pounds heavier from gorging yourself on holiday fare, exhausted from all the passive-aggressive family drama shooting across the dinner table and just all around grumpy from your Black Friday sleep deprivation, but also…
It’s always tough to know the significance of a moment in time as it’s happening, so we wouldn’t say where the current North Texas hip-hop scene rates. What we do know for sure is that the genre is represented by a powerful and diverse array of voices in the area…
Fight the power! The Door in Dallas has just announced they’re bringing Public Enemy to town on December 29. Tickets are set to go on sale this Thursday, November 21…
Dallas synthpop sweetheart Taylor Rea is no stranger to the stage. Since 2010 when she joined the electronic outfit Ishi, she’s been one of the most recognizable names in the local scene. Rea has worked venue and festival stages high and low in this city. In 2011, when Rea and…
Here it is, the moment we’ve all been anticipating and dreading at the same damn time. With cold fronts moving in, the first freeze of the year already behind us, Winter-time is upon us. If you’re brave enough to bare the elements, there are plenty of great shows going on…
A knight wearing a cardigan steps into a mosh pit. Men and women resembling barbarians, vikings and neanderthals – with long hair matted, sweat soaking their black t-shirts with the words “Slayer” written in blood across their chest and shoulders – surge like an angry sea all around him. Upside…
Look, you work too hard for blank walls. And that swath of white above your couch, everyone is talking about it. It’s time to pony up, and the conspiracists have your back. This year’s Art Conspiracy is conveniently scheduled for Saturday, November 16, right after pay day, so instead of…
Last year, when Drake hit the road to support Take Care, he ended up headlining the highest grossing rap tour of 2012. The critically revered Club Paradise tour earned $42 million worldwide and included guest appearances from Nicki Minaj, Kendrick Lamar, A$AP Rocky, Meek Mill and 2 Chainz. It will…
The Days began the evening’s soul session with a short, grimy set of swamp rock and countrified R&B numbers. Quickly, the Expressions stepped on stage, calling the main service to order with a rumbling instrumental. But the crowd hesitated to dance or approach the stage too closely, worrying, perhaps, that…
Beats Antique sold out Trees in Deep Ellum on Friday night, while on tour promoting their new album, A Thousand Faces- Act 1. I have purposely held off on watching any live videos of the band, since I was told the magic lies in their live performances, and wanted to…
Eli Young Band have made it a long way from their UNT origins. Darius Rucker just announced them as support for his upcoming tour, their latest single is in the top ten on the US Country Chart and tomorrow they’ll kick off what they hope will be an annual show…
We here at DC9 at Night have just now shaken our hangovers from this past week’s 25th Annual Dallas Observer Music Awards. Now, we’re refreshed, excited, and full of warm fuzzies from celebrating some of our most loved local musicians. The timing is ideal because we’ve got a full week…
No one is safe from Miley Cyrus. Sure, you could blow up your computer and find your way in the world with nothing but a compass and a flip phone, but she’ll just come to you. Miley has announced a 2014 tour that includes a Dallas show at American Airlines…
We recommend lots of shows here. Every week we tell you about the ten or so concerts worth your hard-earned money and limited time. So I understand that we’ve kind of diluted our ability to be adamant. But let’s try anyway: Lee Fields & the Expressions will play Sons of…
Happy Halloween, ya freaks! Our favorite holiday is officially here, and boy are there a lot of different ways to celebrate this year. Throw on your costume tonight and catch a free copy of the latest Track Meet DJ Crew compilation, one of the best local rap bills of the…
I have unapologetically loved Alkaline Trio since I was 15 years old. Everything about them worked for me: the skate-punk chord progressions, the gothic imagery, the smart-ass cynical lyrics. I’ll never forget the first time I heard their music, the first time I saw them live or the era of…
The first annual Halloween Hootenanny happens this Saturday, on the second day of November, which is obviously not Halloween. But the spooky season can always be a few days longer, and most of us will still be buzzing from sugar highs or breathing in the fumes of latex masks. So…
When this show first popped up on the calendar, it raised a lot of eyebrows. Club Dada? For Odd Future offshoot, MellowHigh? Seeing as though the full collective packed out Palladium Ballroom last time they came to town, it didn’t seem feasible that a club as small as Dada would…
Halloween is the best holiday, and that is just a fact. Christmas presents and Thanksgiving dinner are all well and fine, but how often do you get to get shitfaced wasted at a block party dressed as Miley Cyrus or a Ninja Turtle? Probably not enough. This weekend, the holiday…
During Julieta Venegas’ 20-year artistic career, the Tijuana-via-Long Beach songstress has been described as both “mainstream” and “alternative,” but both are been misguided ways to describe Venegas. After finding cult-like support with her first two releases, Buenviento and Aqui, both of which forever shook the Mexican pop/rock landscape, Venegas started…
Anything, absolutely anything, can now happen in Dallas. I know that’s true because I witnessed this miracle on Friday night. Performing underneath Dale Chihuly’s “Hart Window,” a wreath of blown glass platters that rises majestically north in the DMA’s grand Atrium, A.Dd+ refused to give up and call this set…
Often erroneously lumped into softer, newer corners of the heavy music world, California’s Avenged Sevenfold are much more influenced by the old school metal of Judas Priest and Thin Lizzy than some realize. And that was on display Saturday night at the American Airlines Center as the band (plus a…
