Motley Crue are a love-or-hate type of deal. From their look to their music, everything about them gets a reaction. And, for 30 years now, the Crue has refused to go away, still living as loudly as they play. Guitarist Mick Mars is known as the quiet, stoic member of…
Back in April, Chelsea Upton caught up with Bowling For Soup frontman Jaret Reddick in the wake of Denton band releasing its whopping 11th album, Fishin’ For Woos. The disc also serves as the band’s first release since splitting from its major label home of 10 years at Jive Records…
Chicks can too rock — and Saturday night’s offering at Rubber Gloves Rehearsal Studios act as proof, with the Denton venue hosting two vigorous bands featuring ferociously rocking females right up front and center in their lineups. Austin’s Ume, no stranger to these parts, opened up the festivities. Georgia’s Kylesa…
It’s coming: This weekend, in a video starring Dallas’ Own Rob Van Winkle (aka Vanilla Ice), the Insane Clown Posse announced the lineup for its annual Gathering of The Juggalos event, which this year will run August 11 – 14 in Cave-In-Rock, Illinois.What’s kind of crazy, though, is that, aside…
Quite the extra busy start to the week we have here. Gotta be something for just about everyone music wise this particular evening…..
Denton has had more of its share of musicians cut their teeth in North Texas and then leave for greener pastures. A certain few, though, find their way back. This edition of This Week In Dallas Music History focuses on Stumptone mastermind Chris Plavidal, who in 1999, had just moved…
Face to Face, Strung Out, Blitzkid, The Darlings Granada Theater June 5, 2011 Better than: punching a hole in your TV after the Mavericks’ game. Face to Face didn’t hit the stage until late in the evening (five minutes after 11, to be exact), but the large crowd that gathered…
Eisley, The Narrative, Christie DuPreeGranada TheaterJune 4, 2011Better than: the band’s Good Records in-store performance a few months back.Two-thirds of the way through Eisley’s 70-minute, Saturday night offering at the Granada Theater, the band, which had already performed a mostly tight, swirling set up to this point, unleashed quite the…
It’s not the strongest weekend we’ve seen here lately, but there are still some worthwhile shows to get out and see. Namely, Eisley, who’ll perform at the Granada Theater along with their kid sister, Christie DuPree, and The Narrative. This will be their first full-on show in town since the…
So, this morning, Joe Jonas, after months of threatening to do so, released the lead single off his upcoming full-length album, which is pertinent news to us here in Dallas because, like seemingly every other Disney-backed teen star of the post-millennium, the middle JoBro’s family calls the Dallas area home…
The first Friday of June marks National Doughnut Day, folks. True story. Our co-workers over at City of Ate even got Homer Simpson to comment on it.Anyway, since we love foodie holidays here at the Observer — especially ones celebrating sweet, deep-fried, ring-shaped balls of dough — we thought it…
We here at DC9 listen to you, dear readers. Your comments and views are near and dear to our black little hearts. And, after our last facial hair post got a ton of responses, we’ve figured out what you want. You want more beards. We’ll, we’re here to give them…
Hope Adele’s break-up songs have helped y’all learn how to cope with loss, because this one might hurt a little bit: After already having canceled five shows (Minneapolis, Salt Lake City, Vancouver, Seattle, Portland) due to problems with laryngitis, the singer, who is straight destroying the Billboard charts these days,…
From his home in New York, singer-songwriter Chip Taylor sounds invigorated. At 71, the guy could easily sit back and cash in on his past accomplishments. Or, he could just live off the family name. After all, this is the guy who wrote “Wild Thing,” one of the all-time classic…
Smile Smile’s Jencey Hirunrusme made the best of the way-too-hot weather at the AT&T Performing Arts Center patio during yesterday evening’s DC9-sponsored free show, as the sun beat down on the keyboardist/vocalist and the rest of her indie-pop outfit.”I’m getting a suntan,” she joked to the crowd watchig her band’s…
Almost two years after the announcement of its inception, a year and a half after its uh, let’s say perplexing launch, a good year after it started openly looking for a program director and, oh, six months or so after the shitstorm that was #kxtfail, it seems that the folks…
The Granada’s pitching a cool concept surrounding their Peter Bjorn & John concert tonight. They’re throwing what they’re calling an “indie crawl,” in which they encourage concert attendees to check out this evening’s “official pre-party” for the PB&J show at Smile Smile’s Patio Sessions performance at ATTPAC (and sponsored by…
Chances are, you probably haven’t heard of R. Stevie Moore. And, yes, that’s something of a disgrace. Since 1968, the dude has recorded over 400 albums worth of material, all in his bedroom, most on cassette and CD-R. For the most part, it’s great, lo-fi stuff, running the gamut from…
Speaking of Maleveller (kind of): Aside from being the cherry atop the clear choice for local bill of the night tonight, the brooding metal quartet’s gig at La Grange tonight comes with a little extra news — namely, the fact that it’s looking like it will be the band’s final…
What a busy musical evening we have on our hands tonight! The only problem? Making a decision on where to go. Anybody got a coin?…
It’s hard not to love Shaq. He’s managed to create a superstar persona out of being a lovable oaf. Oh, and there’s that whole basketball thing. He’s one of the greatest players of all time, if only because of his size. But, yesterday, the Big Diesel finally went and announced…
Two years after the release of her sophomore (and breakout) album, Actor, the Dallas-born guitar heroine Annie Clark, who performs hauntingly gorgeous music under the name of St. Vincent, has just announced that her third full-length album, Strange Mercy, will be released via the 4AD label on September 13. As…
