As we’ve noted in recent weeks, there are a good bit of things that a live-show patron can do to keep other concert-goers from enjoying a given show. All too often, these things are carried out with an air of obliviousness that’s probably just as offensive as the actual concert…
Tim DeLaughter and his new band Preteen Zenith made their live performance debut on Saturday night at the Granada Theater, where over 1,000 music fans converged for the first ever Gorilla Vs. Bear Festival. But it didn’t go off without a hitch: A long delay before the band’s start cut…
Mission of Burma, Ume and Tre Orsi Granada Theater July 24, 2011 Better than: watching the new episode of Breaking Bad, because you can’t DVR a live concert. The Granada Theater was barely half-full for Mission of Burma’s 30-years-later return to Dallas, but the band played liked the place was…
It’s impossible to extricate the actual Preteen Zenith, a distorted-pop sextet with all of a week’s worth of full-band practice under its belt before its first gig, from the hype that was inevitable from the moment Tim DeLaughter announced that he was getting back together with latter-day Tripping Daisy guitarist…
Gorilla Vs. Bear FestivalGranada TheaterJuly 23, 2011Better than: being in a confined space where an actual gorilla and an actual bear are fighting. On Saturday night at the Granada Theater, the Dallas-based taste-making heavyweight blog Gorilla Vs. Bear held its first ever festival, and, aside from a few train-wreck moments,…
A Perfect Circle, Red Bacteria Vacuum Verizon Theatre in Grand PrairieJuly 23, 2011Better than: seeing a cover band devoted to Tool and A Perfect Circle songs. It’s one thing to throw in a couple of cover songs in a set. It’s a whole other thing to devote a majority of…
If you’ve been keeping up with DC9 in any capacity over the last few weeks, or if you’ve seen the cover story of this week’s Observer, then you know we’re pretty psyched about Gorilla Vs. Bear Festival this weekend. Not only is there a carefully curated handful of brilliant national…
Boston’s Mission of Burma is one of those legendary post-punk outfits that seemingly pop into just about every up-and-coming band’s list of influences. The bands two main songwriters, guitarist Roger Miller and bassist Clint Conley, originally got together in the early ’80s and developed a very unique sound that has…
The brain trust behind Violitionist Sessions have a good thing going. As seen on their most recent session with Fair To Midland, this grassroots Denton-based organization recruits artists coming through Denton to sit in their living room (from the looks of the video, it’s indeed a living room in someone’s…
For those DC9 readers who don’t have young children, Gustafer Yellowgold is the main character in a children’s DVD series created by Morgan Taylor, an artist who has performed Gustafer’s live show at Polyphonic Spree and Wilco concerts.Gustafer is a yellow cartoon sun dweller who landed on earth in Minnesota,…
Eels, SubmarinesGranada TheaterJuly 21, 2011Better than: being mistaken for a terrorist at an airport. From frontman Mark Oliver Everett’s dramatic entrance after his band had already begun their opening number, to his exit before they had finished their last one it was clear every moment of Eels’ performance last night…
Better than: whatever you were doing on a Thursday night. These bands were way cooler than those CSI reruns. Last night’s Locals Only! show at Jack Daniel’s Saloon, put on by, well, us, showcased a couple of up-and-coming Denton bands that managed to put on an impressive show in spite…
Just a few days ago, we heard news that St. Vincent’s forthcoming, Oak Cliff-recorded album Strange Mercy would see its release on September 13. That announcement, followed by a handful of Tom Waits covers, has put the St. Vincent new album buzz full speed ahead.But the biggest news yet comes…
This year’s Electric Daisy Carnival, which packed over 20,000 people into Fair Park, proved that electronic dance music hasn’t waned in popularity over the years. Dallas is rife with performers who are breaking new ground in the EDM world. One prime example of innovation in EDM is the Silent Disco…
We here at DC9 are pretty proud of the shows we put on. It’s lots of fun for us to throw a party and book our favorite bands to play. This summer’s Patio Sessions were a smash hit, and we’re pretty stoked about the continuing Locals Only! shows at Jack…
Interestingly enough, not only are there a lot of posters floating around for this weekend; there are a lot of posters floating around for Gorilla Vs. Bear Festival, which will take place at The Granada Theater on Saturday, July 23. Easily, the most highly anticipated performance of the festival will…
For the four-year period between 2005 and 2009 Mark Oliver Everett didn’t release any new material with his alt-rock outfit Eels. But it didn’t mean he was resting on his laurels. Quite the opposite, actually, as the privilege of hindsight reveals it as one of the truly prolific periods of…
As you can see from the cover story this week, blog culture has undoubtedly changed the face of the North Texas music community. The sheer amount of blogs here in the metroplex is evidence that some feel their favorite artists are not being represented. But nowadays, bands who would have…
Speaking from a McDonalds in Independence, Kansas, Galib Singh, guitarist for New York’s Cattle Drums, is as polite is he is laid back. “I’m inside so I better be careful about what I say.” Thankfully, his band doesn’t follow suit. Brash and irreverent, the music of Cattle Drums is a…
American Idol Live Verizon Theatre at Grand Prairie Wednesday, July 20, 2011 Better than: Watching paint dry. I think. I don’t remember if there was ever a talent show episode on the original Beverly Hills 90210. But if there had been, I imagine it would have looked a lot like…
It’s a funny thing growing up hearing about Britney Spears. I remember conversations between my friends and me in the school cafeteria about how much we loathed her. Somewhere along those acne-anointed, styrofoam-tray screeds, we got to asking whether Britney Spears could retreat from pop and do another genre. The…
In the world of children’s cartoons, sensory overload seems to be the best way to keep the attention of little ones — at least according to the majority of programs aimed at this demographic. Morgan Taylor, the creator of Gustafer Yellowgold, tends to disagree. But Gustafer’s character — a sun-dwelling…
