What a great shot this is! (Pete Freedman) Driving to and from lunch today, we noticed something going on at the old Tower Records location on Lemmon Avenue. You might remember it going out of business about a year and a half ago? Anyway, there were people there today! Doing…
Quiet Life Quiet Life is an up and coming alt-country quartet hailing from Connecticut. Act Natural, the band’s stellar debut, came out a few weeks ago and features an intriguing mix of Wilco and the Black Crowes. The group stops at Club Dada tonight on its way to SXSW. Quiet…
Hoots and Hellmouth. (Doug Seymour)Would it behoove any venue to simply have its own mini-fest while all these bands are migrating south to Austin for SXSW and back north when it’s done? I can appreciate the slew of shows happening all over DdFW, but cover charge and tickets start to…
We — and probably a decent number of you guys — hit up the Centro-matic/South San Gabriel/Robert Gomez show this weekend. If you came by the site yesterday, you saw Melanie Gomez’s photos from the stellar show. However, if photos weren’t enough, the lovely folk at the Granada posted this…
Centro-matic’s Scott Danbom at Saturday night’s Granada Theater show. (Melanie Gomez)We spent our weekends with indie rockers (Centro-matic), geeks (All-Con) and guitarists (Texas Guitar Competition). And you? Centro-matic at Granada Theater Despite things being cold outside, the Granada was packed Saturday night when we showed up to see Centro-matic, Robert…
There’s something about a musician alone on a the stage with an acoustic guitar that always feels special. Maybe it’s that it always feels more intimate, just by the stripped-down nature. I’m not sure. I do know that those of you who like Paul Thorn will love watching him perform…
The Rocket Summer playing at the House of Blues last September. (Jonathan Finley) Apparently Alternative Press is all over Dallas right now. The Rocket Summer is on the current cover, and now the annual Alternative Press Tour is about to launch and the Big D is representing on the bill…
Just sayin’. — Pete Freedman…
St. Vincent spills the beans. Everyone’s favorite Polyphonic Spree member-turned-Sufjanite, St. Vincent’s Annie Clark,was interviewed at length by the Pitchfork folks for a Q&A the site posted on Tuesday. The piece won’t change your life, although there are some interesting tidbits thrown in there, like: – Clark learned guitar while…
Singer/songwriter and Flatlanders member Joe Ely.As some of you know, this blog takes its name from the Flatlanders song “Dallas.” Legendary Texas singer/songwriter Joe Ely has probably performed the song a million times by now (though it was actually penned by bandmate and fellow Lubbock maverick Jimmie Dale Gilmore). We…
For an additional local music morning fix, we suggest you watch this video of Jonathan Tyler and The Northern Lights performing at the Granada last Saturday, March 1. Check out the intensity in Tyler’s voice. — Chelsea Ide…
We’re aching for some new Old 97’s around here. The band’s new album — its first in four years — will be hitting stores in mid-May. That’s too long. Looks like the people at Hypeful agree. The site has posted an mp3 of Old 97’s new single, “Dance With Me.”…
Team Robespierre live.I’ll admit, I’m prepping for SXSW already. I’ve looked at some schedules and the like trying to decide what bands will need attention on this lovely blog. After watching our sister paper’s “Indie Cribz” segment today, I think Team Robespierre may need our love. In the flick, we…
The official spark starting the official battle royale between Jessica Simpson and Carrie Underwood could be starting here, no thanks to Tony Romo. As you may know, Simpson is planning on making the move to the country music scene and was apparently none too encouraged by her beau. Meanwhile, Romo’s…
During my 3 a.m. YouTube surfing early this morning, I came across a live performance of The Simpsons theme song. I assumed it would be something along the lines of watching that kid play the Super Mario Bros. theme song on his guitar. Totally not what it was. In this…
Every Time I Die will bring its metalcore style to the House of Blues this Wednesday. Between last week and the rest of this one, it feels like we’re in metal heaven here in Dallas. Everyone from Napalm Death to Every Time I Die to Through the Eyes of the…
Our lists are frighteningly similar. And I don’t know how I feel about it. John Norris, meanwhile, seems giddy about her choices. I don’t know how I feel about that either. I definitely know, however, that this a perfect example of why MTV News has become a huge waste of…
Eddie’s under the weather. Looks like the guitar god has fallen a bit ill. Per the press release we just got from Live Nation, the reason for all the Van Halen cancellations is a suspicious mystery medical ailment of Eddie’s: “According to Eddie Van Halen’s physician, he is undergoing a…
Can’t we all just get along? In case you haven’t been over to Unfair Park yet today, Wilonsky spilled the beans on the fact that tonight’s Van Halen show has gone the way of the two before it on this tour, just as we’d feared. Everyone’s got the story by…
So, leap day was busy. I know last week I asked who actually celebrates leap day, but there were lots of killer shows on February 29. We managed to get into the sold-out Marilyn Manson show (and brought our camera, of course), caught Dan Dyer’s two-hour set and witnessed a…
Sarah Jaffe is scheduled for 7 p.m. at the Springtime Halloween show at Strawberry Fields. (Sarah Jaffe)What’s with all the holiday-themed shows this week? Is it just that people can’t wait for St. Patrick’s Day, and need a reason to party? I have no idea, but two shows stick out:…
While we here at DC-9 will be down in Austin at South by Southwest mid-March, we know not everyone is dropping the big moolah for the festival. A great in-town alternative is the “South By So What?!” fest. (They’ll be more on the SXSW overflow shows and South By So…
