So, 2010 finished its stride over the weekend. But our nightlife photographers Ray Lek, Peter Lek and Roderick Pullum still ventured into that ball-dropping madness and captured the scenes at Zouk, the Lizard Lounge, Elm Street Bar, Skye Bar and OE Penguin. Hey, there’s no way we were going to…
CakePalladium BallroomDecember 30, 2010 Better than (eventually): The insane traffic that was backed up from the venue, all the way down Lamar, down the ramp and onto freaking I-30. Cake has it figured out. For the uninitiated: The California-based nerdy rock outfit managed to not only blow up into big…
Hayes Carll, Bobby Bare Jr. and Travis LinvilleGranada TheaterDecember 30, 2010 Better than: attending an SMU fraternity keg party About three songs into his set, country singer-songwriter Hayes Carll addressed his crowded Granada Theater audience and brought up the ticket cost of this particular performance. “Twenty bucks?” a bemused Carll…
The Adolescents, Lower Class Brats and The ScandalsThe LoftDecember 29, 2010Better than: Staying home and watching Sid and Nancy. A surprisingly large collection of Dallas’ unwashed and unwanted gathered together at The Loft last night to witness a fine triple-bill of old-school punk rock.Headlining was The Adolescents, a semi-legendary hardcore…
Welcome to My First Show, where we give bands a chance to talk about the first shows they ever attended — no matter how uncool and embarrassing those tales may be. As impressive as their 2008 self-titled debut was, expect plenty of good things to come from True Widow in…
Ladies and gents, you may have noticed: We have a new commenting system. Sure, we’re going to miss the hell out of Captcha’s bizarre word combinations, and that hypnotic voice to soothe you with phrases like “booger humans” or “gladly tectonic.” Today, we got something we think is more interesting:…
Welcome to a new feature here on DC9 called My First Show, where we give bands a chance to talk about the first shows they ever attended — no matter how uncool and embarrassing those tales may be.If you’ve heard Taylor Young and John Pedigo perform as The O’s before,…
A couple of weeks ago on Unfair Park, Robert mentioned that the former Starck Club was set to reopen as Zouk. (It has a Facebook page and everything!) Sure enough, this weekend marked Zouk’s Grand Opening with — as you can see from the above photo — Diddy and his…
Wu-Tang Clan; La the Darkman; A.Dd+ with Picnictyme, DJ Sober and Sore Losers; Rob Viktum and Jay ClippGranada TheaterFriday, December 10, 2010Better Than: Even the most optimistic fan could expect a hip-hop clusterfuck with AWOL members and a late start to be. To say there was reason to be skeptical…
Greenhill School on Spring Valley got a nice treat yesterday, when Jonathan Tyler & the Northern Lights surprised students with a acoustic performance and question-and-answer session. It wasn’t the full band set-up, but Tyler, drummer Jordan Cain and keyboardist John Knudson were on hand to melt some classroom faces. Which…
Telegraph Canyon, Doug Burr, Seryn, Monahans, Birds & Batteries, Glen FarrisHailey’s Club, DentonDecember 4, 2010Better than: paying for your own wassail. The folks at Spune have not only established themselves as a leading local label and promotion company. They’ve also become quite the hosts. Every few months, the company puts…
Justin Townes Earle, Caitlin Rose, The O’sGranada TheaterDecember 3, 2010Better than: seeing a washed up, crappy honky tonk wannabe band in some two-bit bar. There’s a concept in the Orthodox Church that says, when you enter a worship service, you step outside of time into an eternal “now.” There’s no…
Chiddy Bang, Vonnegutt TreesDecember 2, 2010Better than: going to an actual SMU party. Lest there remained any question as to whom the music of Chiddy Bang is meant for, the Philadelphia-based, indie rock-sampling hip-hop duo provided the answer at Trees last night.Or maybe it’s more appropriate to say that their…
El DeBarge, Eric Benét, FantasiaVerizon TheatreDecember 2, 2010Better than: being bilked out of one’s hard-earned cash by fraudulent Christian faith healer Jonas Nightengale during one of his big tent revival meetings… A few times a year, I find it both incredibly enlightening and immensely entertaining to pick a show to attend…
Here is the sad thing: Last night, I did not wear my pair of 1981 Justin cowboy boots to the Winspear Opera House. This is largely due to the fact that I have literally worn the soles through as a result of wearing them practically every day for the last…
Some of you saved the relaxing and movie-watching for Thursday’s Thanksgiving feast-a-thon. It was certainly true at Plush and Aura, where Pre-Thanksgiving parties on Wednesday were the dance-ticket for Uptowners and Dallas-ites looking for good time before a restful Turkey Day (we hope). Jump over to Roderick Pullum’s slideshows to…
The Posies, Aqueduct, Salim Nourallah Granada Theater November 24th, 2010 Better than: staying home with your Posies records and trying to figure all of the various guitar tunings. Given that it was the night before Thanksgiving, Wednesday’s show at the Granada could have been a ghost town. By the time…
First of all, before the palace intrigue, we must wish you a Happy Thanksgiving. As we alerted yesterday, West Village-goers got a big treat from last night in the form of a massive country star: yes, oh yes, it was Keith Urban! As Robert reported over on Unfair Park, Urban…
Nitzer Ebb, //TENSE// Granada Theater November 23, 2010 Better Than: stomping the night away at the Lizard Lounge. With the strobe light pulsing around him and his bandmates furiously pounding the drums behind him, Nitzer Ebb’s lead vocalist Douglas McCarthy’s body convulsed like a man being electrocuted. The crowd danced,…
Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin House of Blues Cambridge Room November 23, 2010 Better Than: Watching old clips of Boris Yeltsin. When I walked into the Cambridge Room at the House of Blues to see Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin, two things were immediately obvious: there weren’t a…
Welcome to a new feature here on DC9 called My First Show, where we give bands a chance to talk about the first shows they ever attended — no matter how uncool and embarrassing those tales may be. Jon Auer and Ken Stringfellow have (save for a couple years apart)…
Better than: Seeing the Flatlanders at the Wyly or the Granada, where they’ve played their last two shows. The ballroom at the Sons of Hermann Hall is their natural element, as dusty and real as the colorful West Texas characters that populate the band’s best songs. The silver-haired hippies that…
