In this week’s paper (out now in some places, tomorrow at others and online soon), Catherine Downes tackles the topic of Owen Pallett, the artist formerly known as Cloud Strife Final Fantasy. Tomorrow night at the Granada, Pallett comes to town in support of his January-released debut under his new…
Skate rap icon Lupe Fiasco, who, if nothing else, might boast the coolest name ever, rolled through the House of Blues last night. And with him? Atlanta rapper B.o.B., who, last week, hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts with his song “Nothin’ On You”–just as predicted by…
Between Bro Fest and South by Southwest, we fell head over heels for Kelley, Jessi and Nikki Darlin, the sisters-in-fake-last-name who make up Those Darlins (along with, fine, drummer Linwood Regensberg, the lone male member of the quartet). Not hard to see why: These spitfires put on a hell of…
In addition to The Burning Hotels’ new release and the big major label debut from Jonathan Tyler & The Northern Lights, it looks like another big local release is up for the taking on iTunes. Though it won’t see a physical release until next Tuesday, Doug Burr’s new release, O…
On Friday night, with a gig at The Moon in Fort Worth, The Burning Hotels will celebrate the release of its sophomore album Novels, an album we reviewed in last week’s print edition. Also last week, we offered you a free mp3 of the new album’s lead single, “Austin’s Birthday.”But…
In this week’s paper, Darryl Smyers gave The Happy Bullets’ preview EP for its Hydroponic at the Natatorium LP a spin–and dug what he heard. Seriously. Writes Smyers:The effort is good enough to bring some much-deserved attention to The Happy Bullets once again. Continue reading…Like the days when the band…
Today marks the release of Punk Goes Classic Rock, the ninth installment of Fearless Records’ Punk Goes… cover songs series since its inception with 2000’s Punk Goes Metal. Back then, it wasn’t too shabby a concept; the original disc that boasted names like Strung Out, The Ataris, New Found Glory,…
Last time Colorado electro artist Pretty Lights rolled through town for a gig at the Granada, Lance Lester spoke with the artist over the phone, getting to the bottom of why he gives all his music away for free and how he hopes to keep audiences engaged despite the fact…
Tonight, on the eve of releasing Pardon Me, its major label debut for Atlantic Records, Dallas’ Jonathan Tyler & The Northern Lights will stop by Good Records to give the new disc one last local push. Starting at 9 p.m., the band will host a CD release party at the…
Bryce Isbell’s kind of an unassuming guy when you meet him. So maybe that’s why he’s donning a mask (of what, though, we couldn’t tell you) in FUR’s debut music video for “Clears Throat,” the lead single off his recently released (and well received by us and Pitchfork) Waaga Records…
First off: Let’s all say a prayer for Bret Michaels.Now let’s take a gander at what’s in store for this weekend. First, the shows we’ve already discussed.Saturday sees our poster-winning show from The Slider Pines, Kirby Brown and Glen Farris coming to life at the Double Wide. But, for the…
So. Two North Texas musicians pop up in this video. One should be obvious–hell, she’s part of the damn song. But can you find the other?…
As promised, LA’s Local Natives rolled through town last night and offered up a display well worthy of its critical acclaim. But we expected that much, really: Just like the band’s powerful SXSW showcases, last night’s set found the band revelling in all of its Yeasayer-meets-Fleet Foxes hype–and then some…
In previewing last night’s Yann Tiersen performance at the Granada Theater, Observer contributor Doug Davis promised a rare treat–and from the looks of Andrew Shepherd’s slideshow of Tiersen’s, Sleep Whale’s abd Doug Burr’s performances last evening, it looks like that’s just what the crowds at the venue received. Check the…
Your normal Poster of the Week captain is out of the office today, keeping busy with the things that he actually gets paid to do (what a jerk). So, once again, the task of picking this week’s winning poster falls all the way to me. My choice? The above image…
We’d been wondering when Erykah Badu would schedule a hometown performance in support of her new album, New Amerykah, Pt. 2: Return of the Ankh. Earlier this week, when Badu announced her tour schedule, we got our answer: She’ll be playing the Nokia Theatre in Grand Prairie on June 14…
After a few days of speculation in the wake of its canceled performance at Coachella, Frightened Rabbit finally circumvented the Icelandic volcanic ash cloud and arrived stateside yesterday afternoon. The bad news? The band landed in Los Angeles, and won’t make it to Dallas in time for tonight’s show. Kind…
In this week’s print edition, Doug Davis gets to thinking about Yann Tiersen, the man behind the Amelie soundtrack and, in turn, maybe the whole baroque twee movement of the mid-’00s. Writes Davis:A classically trained musician, Tiersen’s a multi-instrumentalist who rarely tours and, when he does, he’s as likely to…
Two dudes walk into a bathroom. They look a little partied out, if also a little victorious, smiling as they stumble toward the urinals. “Dude,” one of the pair says. “That was the best 16 dollars I ever spent.” His partner-in-pee-break concurs: “Seriously.” The first, pleased with his choir—and now…
It was close to midnight and Toby Pipes’ cell phone was blowing up with people trying to get hold of him. Just another Saturday night? Not really. “I got a lot of phone calls,” he says. It was overwhelming. So Pipes didn’t answer any of them—not until later on in…
Welcome to Staff Trax, the weekly feature here on DC9 where we shed some light on the music we’ve been enjoying of late, regardless of the touring or album release schedules that tend to bear the focus of most of our coverage. Consider it a chance for you readers to…
Listen: We probably won’t be doing giveaways to the free, Thursday concert series at Lochrann’s in Frisco forever. After all, the shows are free. But so long as Spune Productions, the coordinators behind the event, keeps making it worthwhile for us to send our readers to head up there and…
