Black Tie DynastySorry for the lapse in rumbles. Things are finally settling down enough to concentrate on the next round. Clearly, Lovie was the favorite in the last match-up against The Valentines…er…The Fieros. Not sure if it was name confusion or growing buzz about Lovie, but people commented big time…
So here’s some concert bad news and inconvenient news. In case you haven’t heard, the OneRepublic show at the House of Blues is now sold out. Sorry bubs, you missed out. For those with tickets, you’re going to have to wait a couple more weeks. House of Blues peeps mentioned…
Haste the Day. (Solid State)We’ll admit, this weekend was a lot of working for us. We’ve got big things coming on this blog in the next week or two – and guess when we were meeting with everyone? Yep, this weekend. Below are the two shows we loved from this…
Last night was the Mokah Music Summit and Showcase Dinner where the peeps over at Live @ Mokah invited a bunch of media folk, club owners, artists, record label guys and others to talk about the Dallas music scene and its problems. So, basically, it was Pandora’s Box. With free…
Aww. Marilyn and Twiggy back in the day.Typically, I wouldn’t make a mention of Marilyn Manson coming to town. Maybe it’s the heavy metal documentary I watched last night on VH1 Classic having a residual effect, but it looks like the shock rocker’s February 29 at the House of Blues…
The mash-up is a little weird, but we’re still stoked: Dallas’ Old 97’s will open for Wyclef Jean at a NHL charity shindig. The January 25 show, in Atlanta, benefits Usher’s New Look Foundation. The concert kicks off the 2008 NHL All-Star Weekend, which includes the all-star game (which those…
Not 15 minutes ago, Radiohead issued a press release announcing its 2008 U.S. tour. And while no specific dates are mentioned for the Good Records top-seller, specific cities are — and for the first time since March 1998, I believe, Radiohead will play Dallas. Also among the 22 cities is…
Ideally, the statue of Dimebag Darrell would be larger than this eight-and-a-half-inch, $99.95 figurine. The two dudes trying to erect a “Dimebag” Darrell Abbott statue in Dallas got a big boost this week: Revolver (“The World’s Loudest Rock Magazine!”) ran a little piece about the efforts of Houston’s Joey Riordan…
Our desire to see bands not of our generation (yeah, we’re youngin’s), the DC-9 crew is pretty stoked to hear Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band will be playing American Airlines Center April 13. We’re keeping our fingers crossed he’ll play “Born to Run.” Bruce switches up the set…
After months of searching, we’ve finally signed up a new music editor. Pete Freedman, who is currently the arts and entertainment editor at the Colorado Springs Independent, will step into the position February 4. Freedman met up with the Observer staff last week, and while in town made a point…
So, while we haven’t named the winner in the Lovie vs. The Valentines Rock ‘n’ Rumble (expect results very soon – or, you know, look at the comments), we do have news about The Valentines. Specifically, the band changed its name to The Fieros. Does the name change make the…
For those who have been on pins and needles about the Doritos “Crash the Super Bowl” contest, the company announced three finalists today, one being from Big D, based on nationwide online votes. The contest, which started back in October, asked unsigned artists to submit an original song and video…
We ended up at Club Dada twice this weekend for killer local shows and also watched some wrestler dudes damn near kill each other. XCW Wrestling in Denton Fighter Drunk Adam has light tube after light tube smashed over his back by Dave the Rave. (Melanie Gomez) We experienced some…
Dan Paul is Dallas’ renaissance man of the moment. He sings, he acts, he drags. As of tomorrow, call him Dan Paul Roberts, because he is also an artist and decided to change up his moniker for art’s sake. A new exhibition of his work opens at the Magnolia Theater…
People Magazine reports Jessica Simpson is going all Carrie Underwood on us. Simpson has headed to Nashville (hi, Matt Pulle) to begin recording, OK, wait for it, a country album. Not only that, she’ll also be penning some of the songs for the album saying, “Writing is a release for…
PorterdavisDan Barrett and Mike Meadows got their start playing music in Boston around the Porter and Davis squares subway stations. The pair forged a partnership based upon a shared love of the blues and named themselves Porterdavis, in honor of its humble beginnings. Moving to Austin in 2004, Barrett and…
So many parties, so little time. With 2008 a few days away, we here at DC-9 thought we’d help you sort out some of your New Year’s Eve club partying options. (See our NYE concert picks.) Everybody’s doing something around town but these top few stuck out to us with…
Money, parking, overcrowded venues and quality of music; these are just a few things that come to mind when deciding where to go this New Year’s Eve. Here is a list of 1- possibilities followed by a scaled score (10 being the best bet) to rate the perspective overall experience…
Burgeoning blues beau Jonathan Tyler and his talented stage posse will be rocking the damask walls of the Granada tonight in support of their surprisingly soulful album Hot Trottin’. As House of Blues favorites and recent targets of major label A&R pursuance, Jonathan Tyler and the Northern Lights are scaling…
Due to a major oversight on my part, the music and concert listings in this week’s issue are reprinted from last week. I offer my sincerest apologies to our readers, bands and the venues who allow me to include them each week. Shows for the dates of December 27 through…
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…
