Jeff Liles, the talent buyer at the Kessler Theater and resident local music aficionado, has been promising a big headliner for the third-annual North Oak Cliff Music Festival. Well, this is a big one, and has plenty of significance for Oak Cliff, too. Edie Brickell, who was born and raised…
Hey, country fans, ready to see some shows? As always, there are many great rootsy acts that will swing through North Texas throughout September, so get ready to gas up the truck, fill the flask and put some miles on those tires. Here are most can’t-miss shows of the lot,…
Oh, Free Week. It’s officially September and school is back into full swing for UNT and TWC up in Denton. Fortunately, Rubber Gloves is doing its part to help ease the dread by hosting its annual Free Week festivities to promote local Texas music and make the kids forget about…
Inside of the half-empty Clearfork Music Festival in Fort Worth this past Saturday, it was impossible to not wonder what exactly constitutes a true festival. Any view of the festival grounds at Panther Island Pavilion from one of the slightly elevated spots of the land provided a view of a…
Grouplove and Portugal. the Man With STRFKR South Side Ballroom, Dallas Saturday, August 30, 2014 If there’s one thing Dallas/Fort Worth does right, it’s long weekends. Venues, cities, promoters, party throwers and citizens — they all tend to seize on the idea and go all-out to throw the wildest shows…
A quick glance at our comprehensive Dallas concert guide might give you the impression that this month is stuffed with some real crap, metal-wise. Linkin Park, Limp Bizkit, Godsmack, Seether; it’s like an endless parade of nightmares that has no place in 2014. So we here at DC9 thought we’d…
We don’t even know if the term “festival” has much meaning around these parts any longer. It gets thrown around like so many of Tony Romo’s practice balls during training camp and seems to now apply to any concert that has more than two artists and has at least a…
King Camel celebrates its one year anniversary this Saturday at Club Dada. With the anniversary show’s stellar lineup, you would that think prior to becoming a promoter, King Camel’s Jeff Brown was already a fixture and popular guy around Dallas’ music scene. But that isn’t exactly the case. Sure, Brown,…
It’s the Friday before a three-day weekend! We apologize for the exclamation mark, but our excitement is something we’re not capable of hiding at this point. Mondays suck, so getting to skip them is kind of great. (Besides, we’ve already chronicled our love for Sunday fun days.) This weekend is…
Bilal 8 p.m. Friday, August 29, at Dada, 2720 Elm St., dadadallas.com, $25-$30 Fun fact about critically acclaimed neo-soul singer Bilal (born Bilal Sayeed Oliver): He was discovered in his teens by none other than the drummer of the Spin Doctors. Did you also know that the band that would…
OneRepublic With Christina Perri and Jamie Scott Gexa Energy Pavilion, Dallas Tuesday, August 26, 2014 It was a typical midsummer show at Gexa Energy Pavilion last night as pop stars OneRepublic hit town. Even late into the night, it was hot — temperatures hung in the 90s — and the…
Last year Denton’s Eli Young Band packed country into Globe Life Park in Arlington for the first installment of its cheekily named House Party concert. Last night Young and company revealed their plans for the follow-up at the home of the Texas Ranger, which will be held Novemeber 8. This…
For once, going back to work on a Monday comes with a pay-off in sight: This week we’ll get a three-day weekend, courtesy of Labor Day falling a week from today. So that, at least, is something to take comfort in. What else is there to be excited about? Why,…
Aerosmith With Slash Gexa Energy Pavilion, Dallas Friday, August 22, 2014 When Aerosmith hit the stage at American Airlines Center on Friday night, Steven Tyler appeared dressed in a sparkly long coat and top hat. He was posed with guitarist Joe Perry in the middle platform as the band launced…
Panic! at the Disco South Side Ballroom, Dallas Friday, August 22, 2014 From an outsider’s perspective, it would seem Panic! at the Disco sings to the age of teen angst — when you’re too young to go anywhere without your parents, when school and life is miserable, and when black…
Sarah Jaffe With Josh Pearson Majestic Theatre, Dallas Saturday, August 23, 2014 As local artists go, few in the Dallas scene are as widely beloved as Sarah Jaffe. After the 2010 release of “Suburban Nature,” it was almost a foregone conclusion that Jaffe was destined for a long career as…
Currently based in Saint Louis, the Bottle Rockets have long been a band singing songs for all working-class folks in America. Since their first record was released in 1992, the Brian Henneman-led group has been closely associated with the alt-country boom of the mid-1990s thanks, on the one hand, to…
It’s Friday and that can only mean two things: You survived the week and you deserve to reward yourself. This weekend’s concert lineup might have something for everybody in the family. There’s rock legends Aerosmith on Friday and then boy band heartthrobs One Direction on Sunday. We foresee both shows…
With two very high-profile opening gigs happening in North Texas in the next few days, singer/songwriter/producer Jamie Scott doesn’t sound nervous at all. You see, Scott isn’t just opening for any couple of bands. On Sunday, August 24, he performs with One Direction at AT&T Stadium. Then on Tuesday, August…
Panic! at the Disco With Youngblood the Hawke and Walk the Moon, 7 p.m. Friday, August 22, at South Side Music Hall, 1135 S. Lamar St., 214-421-2021 or southsidemusichall.com, $39.50-$45 Man, Las Vegas is weird. Look at the list of bands from there: The Killers, Imagine Dragons and Friday night’s…
When XXL revealed its Freshman Class of 2009 much of the hype went to Asher Roth, but it was B.o.B. who would see the most commercial success. In 2010 the Atlanta based rapper unleashed The Adventures of Bobby Ray on the world and quickly shot up the billboard charts with…
It seem hard to believe, but it’s already that time again: school is just around the corner. (Granted, if you’re reading this there’s a good chance that school isn’t really at the forefront of your mind, but whatever.) That means that there are only so many more summer nights left…
