Bon Spengler is a mainstay in the underground house and techno scenes in Dallas. Along with her husband Corey Spengler (of the electronic duo Opencloud), she has been responsible for a series of notable parties featuring local and touring techno, tec...
Nevada Hill (center), the don behind Bludded Head's doom and gloom In 1919, Franz Kafka penned "A Country Doctor," a surreal short story about a physician who attempts to save the life of a young boy, but instead finds himself lost in a series of ...
Thumbs up to you, Sir Paul: The former Beatle played a makeup date at AAC Monday night Paul McCartney American Airlines Center, Dallas Monday, October 13, 2014 It's a funny thing, seeing one of the Beatles. On the one hand, it's not as rare of an...
For most bands, whenever they cut a few records without a founding member, those records are almost forgotten about when that founding member returns to the band. Whether it's Van Halen, Iron Maiden or Bad Religion, this happens all the time. With ...
Go to Dan's to see Sarah Jaffe, and get the perk of a great beer list. It's a win-win proposition Let's face it: Going out to catch live can be about a lot more than just the music. A lot of the time, it can also be about spending time with frien...
Johnny Stimson When Dallas-based singer and songwriter Johnny Stimson graduated from Texas A&M with a degree in finance, he had his dreams for a music career all planned out. He made, as he refers to it now, a "two-year, thought-out decision to m...
Michael Briggs, the man with the plan in Denton If Michael Briggs wants to see a show, record a band's EP or film a podcast, he doesn't have to step outside his own door. It is, shall we say, a bit of a luxury. In Denton's independent music scene...
Social Distortion opened the new Gas Monkey Live concert venue on Saturday night Social Distortion With Stone Foxes and Jonny Two Bags Gas Monkey Live, Dallas Saturday, October 11, 2014 With Gas Monkey Bar N Grill now entering its second year of ...
It's Monday and time to get back into the swing of things, but dearest DC9 reader, the swing of things for you is music. We've got a few shows we think would bode well with you this week. The one and only Sir Paul McCartney is playing at the American...
Transmission, the folks behind Fun Fun Fun Fest, will soon be bringing a lot of guitar face to Dallas You may not know the the name Transmission Events, but you sure know the work that they do. Based in Austin, Transmission are the folks behind F...
Yes, we'll even be using the patio at Club Dada -- IN DECEMBER It's been a little over a week now since voting opened, so we're just going to go ahead and ask: Have you filled out your Dallas Observer Music Awards ballot yet? If yes, congratulati...
In the wee small hours of the morning on Tuesday, September 30, Bryan "DJ Red X" Walker headed home after a routine night of DJing at KUSH Mediterranean Bar & Grill, where he held a residency. While in bed with his fiance, Melissa Pruitt, he began ...
As a child growing up in the tiny town of Niceville, Florida, McKinney transplant and country singer-songwriter Crystal Yates couldn't avoid the twangy sounds of country music even if she had wanted to. "My mom says I could sing 'Why Don't You Love M...
Social Distortion come to Dallas on Saturday to help christen the new Gas Monkey Live Another weekend is upon us in Dallas, which means more shows to partake in to take your mind off of the utter terror that is Ebola, but mostly because you love ...
Gas Monkey's owner Richard Rawlings and general manager Alex Mendonsa The combination of motorheads, good food and great live music probably is probably, well, music to some peoples' ears, and it's one that has worked really well for the brains be...
Club Dada, consistently one of the best places to see punk shows in North Texas Punk venues are a little like snowflakes: Each one is different and they're all uniquely special. Well, okay, maybe that comparison will be lost in this part of the c...
Some songs pop out of a writer's mind and onto tape in mere minutes. Other songs, however, require a journey with several stops in order to develop into the fully formed statement they need to be. Almost three years ago, during the Christmas season o...
St. Vincent was one of the highlights of Austin City Limits last weekend Annie Clark is having all the fun these days. She does her best to hide it, be it as a would-be cult leader or a guitar-shredding robot. But, as happened on several occasions...
Lazing on a sunny afternoon: Bethan has thrived on a relaxed, organic approach "Super group" is a term that's prone to overuse. Hyperbole is often too tempting to resist. But in the case of Bethan, a band whose music thrives on an appropriate degr...
Bryan Fajardo Perfectionism, particularly in a musician, is most often viewed as a liability. Rather than focusing on the life-affirming qualities inherent in the struggle for perfection, many attribute negative personal characteristics -- difficu...
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