Consider the damn state of things when a songwriter with a decade-plus experience, in front of an adoring sellout crowd at the Granada Theater, says the following halfway through his set: “Alright, we’re gonna do a Harlem Shake video.” Bob Schnedier pulled on a Luchador mask after he said it…
For anyone whose grown-up in the Metroplex, Billy Bob’s Texas is as synonymous with this region as the Dallas Cowboys, Six Flags Over Texas or Reunion Tower are. Since opening in the equally iconic Ft. Worth Stockyards in 1981, the cavernous space has been the go-to spot for Country stars…
The internet is a perfectly efficient outrage generator. People need things to be super-pissed about, so that they can express their social positions to their friends; they burn through that outrage in an orgy of vague, well-intentioned social media protest; they look for something else to be super-pissed about, having…
Lil Wayne has just released his tenth studio album, I Am Not a Human Being II. It’s been 18 years since his first album: True Story as one half of The B.G.’z. In that time, he’s been a lesser-known member of an embattled southern hip-hop group, a scrawny kid, a…
Editor: Welcome to our weekly rundown of our nine favorite shows, all of which are better than this new Lil’ Wayne album. It’s terrible, guys. If you’re looking for loud, head to Dada for The Casualties and awesome friends. If you’re looking for something a little more multi-generational on this…
Since winning Best Rock Act at the 2012 Dallas Observer Music Awards, The Breakfast Machine has been in the process of recording their newest album; which will be released in the next couple of months. Until then, they are releasing exclusively here on DC9 at Night a video for their…
Nestled in a residential area off Cesar Chavez Boulevard in Austin was a hidden gem for the hip-hop community at South by Southwest this year. Away from downtown, the Rap Genius Ranch was an oasis from all the day party chaos. Mystikal, Ab-Soul, Mike G and Chance the Rapper were…
Back in the mid ’80s, you couldn’t find a more fun experience than catching Southern Culture on the Skids. Rick Miller’s psychobilly/surf rock creation could turn even the most modest of crowds into a seething, food throwing collection of fools that seemed to feed on the music’s trailer park charm…
It’s all pop stars and mainstreamers today. Lil Wayne, P!nk, John Mayer, Mumford & Sons … this is a show announcement post that doesn’t happen all too often. Soak it in. But let’s not lie, the biggest announcement is Lil Wayne’s tour, especially since we’ve all been wondering if he’s…
Denton death-synth duo Vulgar Fashion is about as enigmatic as it comes. If you’re scouring their website or Facebook profile for a crisp, straightforward shot, you’ll turn up empty-handed. The only real way to see and experience them–Julie Mckendrick and Andrew Michael, who fantastically go by the stage names Kubic…
If you’re someone who enjoys what social media has done for the band-fan relationship, the new video sharing app Vine offers awesome new horizons. For those of you who aren’t familiar with Vine, it’s basically a way for people to make short gif-like post that last six seconds each. As…
This is not your everyday Billboard chart. Each week, we’ll tell you which bands are selling in the fine record shops in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex, where we consumers of music have impeccable taste. Local performer, Wayne Hancock recently released his new album Ride and reaches top ten in sales…
Weekly Wax was an idea for a blog born in Denton by Lumberjack Fest creator Harlin Anderson and his buddy and debt collector, Richard Oram. One night after tailgating at a UNT game, the two went back to Anderson’s house and started listening to records. “We decided that we would…
The Supreme Court is debating the legality of Prop 8 and possibly also DOMA by extension today. Maybe they will establish the Constitutionality of same-sex couples right here, and it seems like a foregone conclusion that even if they don’t, the end of this particular discrimination is nevertheless in sight…
All photos by Jacob KatelWelcome to Twerklandia.Getcha, getcha, getcha, getcha, getcha freak on! We all know that there are lots of ways to become immortalized at a massive outdoor music gathering like Ultra Music Festival. Say, humping a tree. Or dancing naked while getting arrested. But yo’ momma would probably…
Talented artists are spreading their works of art all across the great city of Dallas through magnificent music flyers. Each week we’ll spotlight our favorite poster picks for upcoming shows in the Metroplex. Deep Ellum will be hosting it’s second annual Big Folkin’ Festival at The Prophet Bar this weekend…
When Soul Asylum hit it big with 1993’s “Runaway Train,” the band itself may have been as surprised as anyone. This natty little punk band from Minneapolis was now playing arenas and enjoying all the accoutrements that go along with such success. Problem was Soul Asylum were never really cut…
You, as a resident of Dallas, should know the story of the Relatives by now. For anyone that doesn’t, a quick refresher — formed in the 1970s and dissolved in 1980, the Relatives, led by the Reverend Gean West, left little evidence of a mesh of gospel and funk that…
Rock Band is over. Well–kind of over. It’s been “over” in the people-who-wouldn’t-otherwise-touch-a-Playstation-caring-about-it sense since a few months after Beatles Rock Band came out, but now it’s “over” inasmuch as after April 2, when “American Pie” will be released (nice timing), developer Harmonix will shut down the downloadable content pipeline…
On the main stage of Billy Bob’s Texas, past the mechanical bulls and the neon lights and the line-dance floors throbbing to the “Cha-Cha Slide,” Randy Travis, the reed-thin king of country, looked out onto the crowd of thousands he still drew in the twilight of his career. Through the…
Photo by George Martinez With the rise of the ubiquitous Internet, street fashion trends rolled in, heavy and dark like a storm cloud, over the style world. Instead of dressing sorta like supermodels on the catwalk, we had to start wearing exactly whatever some fashion editor in Italy was sporting…
Kellychristinephoto.comWhere the weed at?This week the Golden, Texas native Kacey Musgraves finally releases her eagerly-awaited debut album, Same Trailer, Different Park. Indeed, it’s fitting that she’s from a town named Golden, as the new album is but the most recent example of some serious Solid Country Gold that’s come from…
