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…
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,…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
While we’re waiting for a story to come in, here’s yet another hilarious collaboration from Justin Timberlake and Jimmy Fallon. It’s no “Barry Gibb Talk Show,” but it’s still pretty brilliant. And there are some local ties. The two roll over a few seconds of Vanilla Ice’s “Ice Ice Baby,”…
Just last month, DC9 reported that Dallas’ own (Westlake, to be exact) Joe Jonas would be branching out on his own solo project. Seems the middle JoBro was feeling pigeon-holed in the Disney set, so he has taken a sort of bad boy approach with his new stuff. His people,…
A few weeks ago, we were sad to announce the postponement of Adele’s House Of Blues show due to an illness. However, the British singer has announced that she’ll be back, only this time it’ll be at the much bigger, and probably more suitable Verizon Theater on Friday, October 21. All…
It seems that it’s nearly impossible to show up at a performance of one’s favorite musical act these days and not run into this most uninhibited concert goer. Granted, according to popular behavior, indie-rock shows are best watched while frozen in the upright position. But concert dancers have never heard…
Little bits and pieces of news regarding Neon Indian’s highly anticipated forthcoming record continue to surface leading up to its release. Yesterday, the band, fronted by Denton’s own Alan Palomo, announced that the album, called Era Extraña, will be released in North America on September 13. The album, produced by…
With the unveiling of Tim DeLaughter’s new act Preteen Zenith upon us this weekend, it seems more than fitting that we opened up a copy of The Observer from this week in 2000 and found that The Polyphonic Spree had just played their first show, opening for Grandaddy and Bright…
Late on Friday, Preteen Zenith tweeted a message to its followers to visit its newly designed website, on which there is a sneak peak of an outro of a song called “Abstraction.”We jumped at the chance to hear a little bit more from the band, seeing as all we’ve had…
In the latest issue of Playboy, the magazine synonymous with naked ladies and nightlife, the publication’s editors compiled a list of the 14 best nightlife hot spots across the US. And we’ll be damned if Dallas wasn’t included. The uber-trendy Travis Street night club Rio Room made the cut –…
There will probably be a lot of Annie Clark, or as she’s known on stage St. Vincent, news on DC9 in the coming weeks. Call it a hunch.Fresh off the heals of announcing a September 13 release date for her third record Strange Mercy, and a Sunday, October 23, Kessler…
While definitely not the biggest show this weekend, we thought the above concert promo video for tonight’s show at Dada deserved a view. If only we had a “Concert Trailer of the Week” feature on DC9…Oh well. Still pretty cool, though.But if the above lineup featuring Analog Rebellion, Gallerycat, Larry…
The so-called urban sprawl has created an interesting scenario in the Dallas music scene these days. Back in the late ’80s and ’90s, Deep Ellum acted as a strong central location for the North Texas music community. But, over the years, as people have gotten more and more spread out,…
The Civil Wars, Rayland Baxter Texas Theatre July 13, 2011 Better than: any other concert ever performed at the Texas Theatre. The name The Civil Wars suggests that the two members, Joy Williams and John Paul White, are at odds with each other — except the opposite is true. Williams…
Bright Eyes is the biggest band to come out of Omaha ever. Fronted by indie-rock icon Conor Oberst, around whom the entire city’s scene more or less revolves, they’re one of the most revered acts of the last decade. But that hasn’t stopped them from trying their hands at some…
Last Thursday, we caught wind of a publicity stunt being pulled by Drowning Pool member Stevie Benton. And, of course, we took the bait. He announced via Facebook that he and fellow Drowning Pool member, drummer Mike Luce, would be tending bar at his newly purchased and reopened club The…
