Remember way back when Sufjan Stevens claimed he was going to write an album each for all 50 states in the Union? Those were the days. He was the naive, fresh-faced folkie with the completely impractical, overly ambitious dream, and people loved him for it. Then he got weird, said…
The Suffers Make Some Room EP Release with the Tontons and Fat Tony Club Dada, Dallas Sunday, January 25, 2015 “…Damn. Daaamn. DAMN. DAYUM!” Those were the words Kam Franklin belted out last night at Club Dada as The Suffers cooly dropped their version of Outkast’s “SpottieOttieDopaliscious” in a room…
The big event on the table this week is Super Bowl Sunday. The New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks will face off in Glendale, Arizona to determine who is the world champion of a sport played exclusively in the United States of America for the most part. So, there’s that…
Billy Joel With Jamie Cullum American Airlines Center, Dallas Thursday, January 22, 2014 I’ll tell you straight up: Billy Joel can do whatever the hell he wants. He’s been a shape-shifting musician throughout his mainstream career. He’s had about as many musical styles as any good chameleon should. His first…
The working week is over. It’s time to party and there’s a bunch of options to do so this weekend. Grammy Award winning band, Snarky Puppy, is putting on a show of a side projects from the members of the band. Post-rock band This Will Destroy You will hit the…
Okay, this one’s just kind of funny. Don’t get us wrong, we loved the ’90s. But in a strange way, we love ’90s reunion tours even more than we loved the real thing back in the day. Why’s that? Because with reunion tours you get something hilarious like a New…
It’s Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day today. You can do a number of things to pay homage to the civil rights activist like watch Selma, read up on his legacy or just plain be nice to one another. I suggest buying and reading How To Be Black, a satirical…
On an average Thursday night in the early spring of 2012, the Glass Cactus in Grapevine, next to the monolithic Gaylord Texan Hotel was empty. Such a scenario seemed stranger still, given the night club’s reputation as a prime cougar den and ideal spot for business travelers looking for a…
Do you have a heart? If so you should get your ass to Trees Saturday for the Have A Heart Benefit show. It’s objective is to raise money for John Bullard who has cerebral palsy. On the bill for the night: Beach Fossils, The Appleseed Cast, Leon Bridges, Son of…
Jason Isbell With Sturgill Simpson WinStar World Casino, Thackerville, OK Saturday, January 10, 2015 I’ve got a brother-in-law named Joe. He’s a good dude and he likes music well enough, but he isn’t the type to seek out new stuff, especially from lesser-known names. I took him to see Telegraph…
We are in a stage of grieving. Our Cowboys fought hard, but ultimately came up short in the Divisional round of the playoffs. It was a fascinating (stressful) season with plenty of ups and downs and we’re proud of a team that’s made it as far as they have. Better…
A lot of great shows are happening this weekend. Lenny Kravitz and Sting do some concerts for college football, Sturgill Simpson and Jason Isbell returns to our proximity, Mineral has a reunion show, Ex Hex puts a spell on us, and the Molly Ringwalds do 1980s music. We hope you’re…
Outward Bound Mixtape Sessions With Yells at Eels, Peladini, Viator and Burnt Bridge Road Crown & Harp, Dallas Monday, January 5, 2014 This week’s installment of Stefan González’s Outward Bound Mixtape Sessions ended with an incredible improvised set from Yells at Eels featuring John Dikeman, an American saxophonist now living…
There’s a ton of wonderful shows in Dallas this week. Native Texan Luke Wade, of The Voice fame, does a show at Trees. Lenny Kravitz and Sting play shows as a tie-in to the College Football postseason. Sturgill Simpson hits the casino gig after selling out Club Dada majorly in…
Hey, friend, it’s 2015. We’re living in the future. There’s the Instagram. The kids are doing the snapchatting and the twittering. You can watch a whole movie in the palm of your hand on a square that’s 1/4 of an inch thick. We’re in the future. But, where the hell…
Oh New Year’s Eve. The alcoholic in us all thinks of you as “amateur’s night,” all gaudy drunkenness and desperation. Why does it always happen like this? Well, New Year’s is inevitably a microcosm of our year past: We always head out with very high expectations and have them crushed…
Lights All Night Dallas Convention Center Friday and Saturday, December 26 and 27, 2014 “The thing that has been most notable in the past two or three years is the decline of EDM” –DJ Earworm discussing his year end Year of Pop mix with Billboard And we watched with bemused…
Well, what is your resolution? You don’t know yet? Get your house in order sirs and madams, it’s time to get ready for the New Year. Fortunately, even if you haven’t decided how to better yourself in 2015, there are at least plenty of ways to party this week. Spoon,…
The Christmas season is over. As is Hannakuh and Kwanzaa is just starting up. Shout out to all the people who are celebrating and celebrated their respective winter season holidays. The perennial party evening, New Years Eve is right around the corner, but before you hit that move, there’s a…
And so it ended. Last night almost two decades of brotherhood came to a close at sold-out Dan’s Silverleaf amidst cheers, tears, smiles and hugs. It’s hard to sum up the importance of Centro-matic to Denton (and to North Texas as a whole), but I think the clearest indication is…
Happy holidays from DC9. The Christmas is this week, but if you don’t celebrate the holiday, that’s chill. We wish you well. There’s a lull in shows this week and you can thank Jesus and Santa for that mess, but lull doesn’t mean nothing. There’s still plenty of activities with…
Red Bull Sound Select Yearender With Anamanaguchi, Mystery Skulls and Wrestlers Trees, Dallas Thursday, December 18, 2014 It was damn cold Thursday night, but an intensely spirited crowd still came out and filled Trees for the second night of Red Bull Sound Select’s massive Yearender blowout. After hosting the first…
