With North Texas serving as a natural stopping point both on the way in and on the way out of Austin’s South by Southwest Music Conference and Festival, fans in the region have always had scores of great shows to see a little closer to home before and after SXSW—but…
Geographically speaking, it makes perfect sense why we see so many shows in town come mid- to late March. Yet, every year, it manages to surprise us. Below is a breakdown of some of the more promising shows coming through as a result of South by Southwest overspill. But it’s…
If there is a good side to the term “corporate rock,” local quartet Inner Frequency may have claims to such a region. Singer Cara Young and the rest of the band look marvelous; the hair is perfectly disheveled as each member does his/her best to look seriously contemplative. Yep, Inner…
Stardeath & White Drawfs is a single entity, an experimental rock band from Norman, Oklahoma. And, led by singer Dennis Coyne (nephew of Wayne Coyne, lead singer of The Flaming Lips) Stardeath serves as this evening’s headliner. But the real attraction (at least for me) is Wintersleep.Hailing from Nova Scotia,…
Your daily dose of national music for Wednesday, March 18, 2009…50 Cent is releasing not one, but two albums this year–and he’s joining Fall Out Boy on tour for selected dates. Who woulda thunk it? Hopefully he’ll be able to find time to take unnecessary jabs at Rick Ross…Jessica Simpson…
Just a warning that things might fall about out of uniformity over the next couple of days as not one, not two, not three, but FOUR (!) DC9 staff members head southward tomorrow morning to cover SXSW and all that it entails.(And you thought the economy was going to stop…
The realm of guitar gods, much like the beardo deities promoted by organized religions for centuries, is overwhelmingly dude-centric. Whether biblical originators (see Clapton, Hendrix and Paige) or post-modern satirists (see Angus Young and Nigel Tufnel), we know the routine: We worship at the altar of extravagant shedding, our fists…
Gotta love that SXSW backwash that brings so many quality bands into our region. Three of these make their way to City Tavern tonight in a show that offers, besides some great music, an odd animal motif.Twin Tigers, Sleepy Horses and Gift Horse all hail from Georgia and all three…
To cap off our NX35 coverage, we’re including a slideshow of photos from a handful of shows on Friday and Saturday night. It’s a large set, so to help you navigate through the shots, we’ll break it down band-by-band…GrassfightClint NiosiTrue WidowPossessed By Paul JamesThe Theater FireThe Chameleon Chamber GroupBilly Roy’s…
We’ve got a couple items regarding local music and cinema to share this afternoon. First, local country innovators Whiskey Folk Ramblers, a Dallas Observer favorite, will be featured in The Other Side Of Paradise. According to bassist Jack Daw Russell, the band was filmed for an important country-dancing bar scene…
To those of you who think we only post about the Jonas Brothers on here: Boy, are you misinformed! For instance, we also post items about Colleyville’s own Demi Lovato, who, you might have already noticed, has her new video plastered all over Myspace today under the guise that she’s…
With so many talented local acts, like Fishboy and Shiny Around the Edges, and touring acts, like Casiotone for the Painfully Alone and Moth Fight, it’s really difficult not to let the insanity that was Monotonix’s packed-out show at Hailey’s overshadow all the other bands that played NX35 on Sunday…
Your daily dose of national music news for Tuesday, March 17, 2009…Kelly Clarkson is busy fighting off rumors that she’s a lesbian.Kid Rock and Lynyrd Skynyrd are going on a joint tour again this summer.M.I.A’s former producer, Diplo, is joining forces with her current producer, Switch, to become Major Lazer…
As promised, our photos from the show, in all the high-contrast, white-striped, goodness that has got to be Polaroid, are up in this slideshow.It was quite the show, too. Monotonix’s three members led the Hailey’s crowd all around the venue, from the stage, to the floor, to the sound booth,…
BANDS: Lydia and PlayRadioPlay! VENUE: Rubber GlovesTIME: 10:30pm After prying myself away from Billy Roy’s One Man Show on the Square, I grabbed a bite to eat. Then off to Rubber Gloves it was. And, actually, the atmosphere inside the venue was stifling. Walking from the bar into the performance…
For anyone out partying on Greenville Avenue early Saturday, it took either incredible stamina–or an afternoon nap–to make it back out to the clubs that night. But the biggest party day of the year finished off with a few big, vaguely Irish parties.Guest DJ J Boogie spun at Zubar, Zephyrs…
Denton was the place to be for live music this weekend, hands down. With the first ever NX35 festival all wrapped up, I wanted to pay it some well-deserved homage with a special edition of Weekend Roundup… Enjoy! Monotonix at Hailey’s, Sunday, Mar. 15This garage rock band played in Denton’s NX35 by way…
Devin the Dude played a smoky set at the Lounge on Elm Street on Friday night, and Gloria Levario was there to get shots for us. Check them out in our slideshow here…
English trip-hop pioneer Tricky stops by the Granada Theater this evening, and, like so many other artists stopping through town this week, he’s doing so en route to SXSW, where he’ll perform later this week. Should be a low-key, but highly enjoyable time.Interested in checking it out? Perfect, ’cause the…
If you managed a band in 1999 and told your clients to forget the major labels and focus on “social networking” while giving away free tracks–you wouldn’t have lasted long enough to even be working today. But at least you could say “I told ya so.” Ten years (and countless…
We’ve got pictures from Rachel Parker of this nearly sold-out show in our slideshow here…
Photos from the show, courtesy Rachel Parker, are up in our slideshow here…
