Remember back in 2010 when the Toadies finally released that decade-old record called Feeler? It was supposed to be the follow-up to their classic Rubberneck, but Interscope canned it back in 1998. Eventually, the band went on to release Hell Below/Stars Above — but, before that, fans were scratching their…

Who would have thought when Clint Barlow and his wife reopened Trees in 2009, that they’d make it to their two-year-anniversary? We’re kidding, of course, but this weekend marks that milestone nonetheless, as the club continues going stronger than ever. Drowning Pool, Overscene, No Scope and Fantasma have all signed…

It’s been a while since we’ve heard from New York dance band The Rapture; their last release Pieces of the People We Love came out five years ago. But now they’re back with a new album, In the Grace of Your Love, which will earn its release on September 6.In tandem…

It’s hard to remember a time when Pleasant Grove weren’t stalwarts of the Dallas music community. But, this week in 1998, former Observer writer Christina Rees penned a piece about the band’s start, which took place only a few months before the story was written. So, for this edition of…

There was a time when Death Cab For Cutie would have Centro-Matic in the support slot of their regional shows. But those days are long gone. On Saturday, Death Cab will be at the Verizon Theatre in Grand Prairie with Frightened Rabbit. But if a Centro-Matic-less Death Cab doesn’t sound…

Going on tour is pretty much the funnest thing that a band can do, ever. On the road with your bros, drinking during the day, making tons of money, and so on and so on.Well, probably not that part about making money. Not early on in a band’s career, at…

Louisiana’ Curren$y’s been around for nearly a decade at this point, but it’s only been in the last few years that the rapper really seen his stock rise. Maybe it has something to do with the fact that he’s released more than 14 mixtapes since 2007? Probably. Anyway, he’ll be…

By the time the millennium changed 10 years ago, the Dixie Chicks were already more than a decade into their career. They weren’t on the best of terms with the Dallas Observer, though. One Robert Wilonsky had previously pissed the group off by accusing the band of forgetting their roots…

This weekend offers a pretty decent selection in the concert department. And if you’ll notice the exciting red and black signs just up above this blog and over to the sides, yes, Def Leppard and The Romantics are coming to the Gexa Energy Pavilion on Saturday.But if you need your…

Just last week, DC9 ran a review for the Gorilla Vs. Bear Festival that took place at the Granada Theater. The show, which featured 10 acts — from Shabazz Palaces to Preteen Zenith — was pretty great. But a big hot-button topic surrounded the venue’s “Twitter wall,” which showed unedited…

Canadian indie songstress Feist is in the process of building buzz for her forthcoming album Metals. The starlet’s record is set to come out on October 4, and she’s planning a tour to support the record. Interestingly enough, though, she’s only playing nine dates in the U.S., and since Dallas often…

Just over a decade ago, when The Deathray Davies got their start, they were sort of a reverse supergroup; just about everyone in the band has since moved on to perform with bigger acts. Lead singer John Dufilho now drums for Apples In Stereo; Jason Garner and Dylan Silvers are…

The biggest show this weekend, for better or for worse, is headlined by a group of Followills known as Kings Of Leon. The show will take place tonight at Gexa Energy Pavilion. And, with Band Of Horses as the opening act, we suggest that the tour be called The Bands…

We here at DC9 are deeply entrenched in the local music scene. Among the in-house writers alone, we’ve got at least a collective 60 years of experience in North Texas music.It’s also safe to assume that a good portion of our readers have been going to shows since they were…

Jimmy Swan remembers burying his face in his hands when he got the word: The year was 1997, and Swan, then only 19, had just learned he’d lost $35,000 promoting Tooth and Nail Weekend 2, a music festival held only a few miles away from Texas Motor Speedway in Fort…

​Last year, king of the hip hop mountain Kanye West topped year-end lists with the critically acclaimed My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. When he wasn’t hyping his music, he was hyping his lifestyle, name-dropping luxury brands and photos of gold crowns and goblets on Twitter.Now it seems he’s taking his…

Dallas music scene lifer James “Big Bucks” Burnett is known these days as the creator and curator of Deep Ellum’s The Eight Track Museum. But, as those with some time in the scene have long known, he’s not just a music fan with long hair and a beard. He’s also…