Email AuthorGavin Cleaver
Mastodon at South Side Music Hall, 10/22/14
October 22, 2014 in DC9 At Night
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Mudsmith & The Londoner To Open Downtown
October 21, 2014 in City of Ate
Catherine DownesHow many animals will be needed to adorn the walls of the new downtown Mudsmith? News reaches us that Lower Greenville's fanciest coffee shop/bar/place to look at people using Apple...
Our British Texan Discovers the Dallas Stars and Falls Madly in Love with Weird-Ass Hockey
October 21, 2014 in Unfair Park
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20,000 Days on Earth Is Showing at Texas Theatre Until Thursday, and You Need To See It
October 06, 2014 in The Mixmaster
Screengrab of the movieThis isn't even a real place Nick Cave is writing in. I spent last night at the fabulous Texas Theatre watching 20,000 Days on Earth, the new documentary...
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The Double Wide Needs To Book More Outdoor Shows
October 06, 2014 in DC9 At Night
Gavin CleaverRoky Erickson Double Wide 11th Anniversary With High on Fire, Roky Erikson, the Derailers and Riverboat Gamblers Double Wide, Dallas Saturday, October 4, 2014 After 11 years of being the Double Wide, it's surely...
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A Guided Tour of Addison Oktoberfest 2014
September 26, 2014 in City of Ate
Videographer Kathy Tran is your guide through the beer and bratwursts of Addison's yearly Oktoberfest. Many, many beers are contained within....
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Valets Suck, So Here Are Five Ways To Mess With Them
September 17, 2014 in The Mixmaster
TheeErin via...
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Death From Above 1979's First Album in 10 Years Is Terrible
September 09, 2014 in DC9 At Night
Pete FreedmanJesse from DFA at ACL in 2011 Death From Above 1979, who I will now shorten to DFA, released their debut album 10 years ago. It was, until today, their...
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Sammy's Bar-B-Q Has a Great Location, a Great Patio and Great Sides, But ...
September 09, 2014 in City of Ate
Gavin CleaverThe patio is just delightful, and completely unused.Imagine somewhere in Uptown, right in between Oak Lawn and the Arts District, had a gigantic patio, shaded under greenery, full of...
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Is This the Best Rick Perry Photo of All Time?
September 08, 2014 in Unfair Park
via Rick Perry's TwitterThey say a picture speaks a thousand words. This picture poses a thousand questions.This morning, Texas Governor Rick Perry tweeted a photo encapsulating what is no doubt...
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The Don't-Over-Think-It Guide to Dallas Sports Bars
September 04, 2014 in City of Ate
This is exactly how you want Sunday to end. It's all very well and good being Scott the Food Critic and having a fancy list of hip and happening Dallas restaurants...
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Twitter's Worst Reactions to Michael Sam Signing with the Dallas Cowboys
We Apologize in Advance for This Particular Item
September 03, 2014 in Unfair Park
Jerry Jones in simpler timesFootball-wise, it seems obvious by now that the Cowboys defense is destined to be so incredibly bad, they could use all the help they can get....
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Hutchins BBQ in Frisco Is Easily a Top Ten DFW BBQ Joint
September 02, 2014 in City of Ate
Rachael Cleaver"I mean, you could actually, really, physically have sex with that plate." -- Scott ReitzAmerican football. It's a real thing. You know it, I know it. We've all seen...
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The Best Dallas Punk and Metal Concerts in September
September 02, 2014 in DC9 At Night
Mike Brooks 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,...
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Our Favorite Rick Perry Mugshots
We Apologize in Advance for This Particular Item
August 20, 2014 in Unfair Park
Now, we're not sure if you live on the moon, under a rock, or under a rock on the moon, but you probably noticed Rick Perry handed himself in yesterday...
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Today Marks the Beginning of the End of Dallas' Great Summer
August 18, 2014 in Unfair Park
Artist's depiction of the city of Garland So, Dallas, that was the summer of our lifetimes. Today marks the day where average temperatures begin to drop, continuing their inevitable decline towards...
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Oaktopia Is Back, and It's Way Bigger
August 15, 2014 in DC9 At Night
Ed SteeleOaktopia 2013 Last year, first-time Denton festival Oaktopia delivered on content but not so much on attendance. As Aaron Ortega reported in November, the largest crowd was 200 or so,...
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Gas Monkey Live Makes Play For Mid-Size Dallas Venue Gap
August 13, 2014 in DC9 At Night
Mike ScottThe current set-up at the outdoor section of Gas Monkey Bar & Grill The weird entertainment complex loop at the corner of I-35 and Northwest Highway is one of northwest...
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Texas Music Needs Cedric and Omar To Be OK
August 06, 2014 in DC9 At Night
Mike BrooksCedric Bixler-Zavala at Trees last night Antemasque/Le Butcherettes Trees 8/5/2014 We've all had friends who got married to each other. It's strange when these friends fight with each other. It's even stranger when...
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The Best Smoking Patios in Dallas
August 05, 2014 in DC9 At Night
Mike BrooksSmokers of the world unite! Look, fellow smokers, it's probably for the best we can't smoke indoors at shows any more. It was pretty sad for everyone, and dry ice...
Last Night's Pitch Invasion at the Cotton Bowl Was an Embarrassment to Dallas
July 30, 2014 in Unfair Park
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Polar Vortex 2: Electric Boogaloo
July 28, 2014 in Unfair Park
Catherine DownesA group of people who have just been told about the temperatures this week. USA! USA! USA! That was a crap weekend, wasn't it? Well it was if, unlike me,...
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A Guide to Eating in Carrollton, Which Is Much Nicer Than It Sounds
July 25, 2014 in City of Ate
Kimchi: Stylish Korean Kitchen via FacebookKimchi Kitchen's cold-smoked pork bellyAs a resident of Carrollton, I feel like we get a raw deal in the media. We're not in any of...
What It's Like To Attend an ACL Live Taping
July 22, 2014 in DC9 At Night
In Most Addison Move Ever, TGI Friday's to Open Across the Street from TGI Friday's
July 18, 2014 in City of Ate
