Slayer, Megadeth, AnthraxSuperpages.com CenterSeptember 24, 2010Better than: getting sick from fried Oreos at the State Fair. Dylan HollingsworthSlayer’s Kerry King was beaming on Friday night.Usually, it’s a proving ground when a band plays before Slayer. And, if you’re worthy of sharing the stage with the legendary thrash act, you’re on…
Your daily dose of national music news for Monday, September 27, 2010…Divorce news that sucks as bad as your parents calling it quits: Nancy Wilson and Cameron Crowe are getting divorced. Members of The Hold Steady lend their support for the Minnesota Twins with a new song.Toby Keith may play…
Jen Sorensen Frisco Rock CityFor two weekends in a row, the biggest show in town is in Frisco. There is, in fact, something fishy going on up there, and you can read about that here. While you’re at it, make plans to attend the inaugural Oysterfest at Lochrann’s Irish Pub…
Having grown up in the ’80s, DJ Sean Michaels gives credit to the era for the his diverse taste in music, and he claims that much of his inspiration came from the time period as well.”My music pallet is not just one type of music,” he says. “Some of my…
We’re pretty unabashed fans of Dallas’ own True Widow here at DC9 HQ, where we still spin the band’s incredible self-titled debut from 2008 on about a weekly basis–or pretty much whenever we need our fix of surprisingly melodic and heavy dirge rock. (Happens fairly regularly, actually.)So we’ve been sitting…
Doug Davis caught up with Jamie Lidell recently in advance of the genre-blending blue-eyed soul and electro artist’s upcoming gig at the Granada Theater tomorrow night. Read the fruits of Davis’ labor, as saeen in this week’s print edition, right here–but pay special attention to this telling quote, which aptly…
Even though we wrote about Frisco in this week’s paper in anticipation of tomorrow’s Oysterfest, it looks like that city’s got some competition on the horizon in its attempt to bring the rock to the suburbs. The City of Carrollton has just announced their lineup to this year’s inaugural Festival…
Black Rebel Motorcycle ClubWe’ve been doing a lot of talking about that pesky Black Rebel Motorcycle Club show that was originally scheduled at Lizard Lounge next week and then got postponed. BRMC was on tour with Stone Temple Pilots, and, since Scott Weiland and Co. decided to re-route the thing,…
Torche, House Harkonnen, White Mountain The NightmareSeptember 23, 2010(A Little) Better Than: Torchy’s Tacos. Torche brought their Florida stoner metal prog rock to 60 or so people at The Nightmare in Deep Ellum last night, and took them all along for a head-banging journey…
Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, Grace Potter and the NocturnalsPalladium ShowroomSeptember 23, 2010Better than: well, not beholding the power of music that can make a white man try to dance. Last night, an audience of about 600 people at the Palladium Showroom (formerly Gilley’s Saloon) were treated to the power…
Kings of Leon, The Black KeysSuperpages.com CenterSeptember 23, 2010Better than: the last time Kings of Leon came through town. It just felt so comfortable–all of it, from the band’s performance to their crowd’s reaction and their own on-stage demeanor. Kings of Leon, for better or worse, is finally comfortable with…
Shiner Rising Star Competition: Semi-Finals, Night One.Hat Tricks, LewisvilleSeptember 23, 2010After eight weeks worth of first-round performances, and then last week’s wild-card round, the semi-finals of the annual Shiner Rising Star contest, hosted by KHYI-95.3 FM The Range and Shiner Bock Beer, began in earnest. To open up the semis…
Your daily dose of national music news for Friday, September 24, 2010…Katy Perry’s cameo appearance on Sesame Street has been axed because of “boob complaints.” It’s really never too early to learn about anatomy though, right?Lyfe Jennings credits a prison stint for turning his life around. However, he didn’t appear…
Crazy busy night, huh? Thursdays really must be the new Fridays…..
Is it Raiden from Mortal Kombat? Darkwing Duck? Hell if we know. But, hey, whoever this character is, look at that, he’s carrying a torch! Which is kind of like Torche!…
A week ago today, we passed along word of the still-circulating rumor that the Black Eyed Peas would be the performers at Super Bowl XLV, which, you surely already know, is set to take place at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington on Sunday, February 6.We’ve yet to squash that rumor–the closest…
Between the goings-on at Oysterfest up in Frisco, Jamie Liddell playing the Granada and Jeff the Brotherhood playing The Nightmare, Saturday’s concert calendar is already looking like a busy one. But don’t let this show pass you by: At the Kessler Theater in Oak Cliff that night, Marc Ribot will…
Not too many bands blow up behind Internet swells–OK, more do these days than ever before, but still–and yet that’s just how The Drums first popped onto DC9’s horizon about a year ago. Devout fans of Vimeo (the quality’s just so much better than Youtube), we stumbled across the above…
Yesterday, in our weekly Show Announcements post, we noted that, on Saturday, November 27, everyone’s favorite Tyler-based family band of indie pop-rockers, Eisley, would be coming to Dallas for a show at The Loft. Well, today, we’ve got some more information on that return to town.Namely? It’s the last date…
There are only a few people that will ever try naming themselves after a pun of their home state…
Smashing PumpkinsPalladium BallroomSeptember 22, 2010(A Little) Better Than: Staying home and listening to the first four Smashing Pumpkins’ albums. This show at the Palladium last night, featuring Bill Corgan and a whole new cast of Smashing Pumpkins behind him, was said to be a sell out. It was also supposed…
Your daily dose of national music news for Thursday, September 23, 2010…A documentary about A Tribe Called Quest is getting finished up.After collapsing onstage last week in Philly, Charlatans’ drummer Jon Brookes has been diagnosed with a brain tumor. Miley Cyrus wants people to know that she’s not engaged. And,…
