Email AuthorAudra Schroeder
Look At This Poster: Lechuguillas, Terminator 2, Bludded Head, Eccotone and Secret Cakes at Rubber Gloves
April 09, 2012 in DC9 At Night
At The Drive-In To Play Intimate Gig At Trees Tomorrow
April 09, 2012 in DC9 At Night
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After a Wednesday Night Altercation, 1919 Hemphill's Left With a Broken Window and a Few Bruises
April 09, 2012 in DC9 At Night
These kids don't want no trouble.There aren't a whole lot of venues like Fort Worth's 1919 Hemphill anymore: all ages, volunteer-run, existing on donations, bringing in great hardcore and punk...
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Girls Rock Dallas Is Looking For Volunteers For This Weekend's Deep Ellum Arts Fest
April 05, 2012 in DC9 At Night
There is a lot going on this weekend, from the Pet Parade to The Relatives and Bobby Patterson to the general people-watching of those fearless Dallasites in full Easter regalia....
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The Strange Resonance of Chloe Lum's Requiem For a Scene
April 05, 2012 in DC9 At Night
AIDS Wolf"I've been in bands since I was 17 and I'm now 34. My self image is that of a jammer. A scroungy jammer. If I don't have a band...
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Were You at Tripping Daisy's First Show? Jeff Liles Has Been Archiving Your Dallas Concert Memories.
April 04, 2012 in DC9 At Night
As someone who didn't grow up in Texas, I've been looking through Jeff Liles' recent Dallas concert video postings and feeling oddly nostalgic. Skinny Puppy at the Bronco Bowl in...
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Tatsuya Nakatani - Smoke and Mirrors Art Gallery - 4/3/12
April 04, 2012 in DC9 At Night
Audra SchroederTatsuya totally bowing for it.Tatsuya Nakatani Smoke and Mirrors Art Gallery Tuesday, April 3 Drummer Stefan Gonzalez and saxophonist Mike Forbes opened last night's intimate gig at Smoke and Mirrors, which I...
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Pinkish Black Gets Love From Pitchfork, Inadvertently Soundtracks The Dallas Twisterfuck of 2012
April 03, 2012 in DC9 At Night
Just as I pressed play on Pinkish Black's new track, "Bodies in Tow," which debuted on Pitchfork today, we at the Observer were ordered into the stairwell. So the track...
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Put This Is In Your Ear: Ynfynyt Scroll's "Snap It Back"
April 03, 2012 in DC9 At Night
My God is a based God. I've been jamming this new, uh, jam from Ynfynyt Scroll, one of the DJs and producers behind the decks of DFW's Track Meet collective,...
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Poster of the Week: White Denim at the Granada
April 03, 2012 in DC9 At Night
I know it's only Tuesday, but this poster from Justin Blanks for White Denim's Thursday show reminds me of one of those coming-of-age movies from the '80s where a boy...
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Mixtape Monday: Power Trip, Charlie B and More DFW in Your Monitors
April 02, 2012 in DC9 At Night
Charlie BThere are quite a few notable local albums coming down the mountain, either now or in the near future. Look, I even made a short list: Power Trip, "Brainwave" Dallas'...
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Final Club Debuts Two New Songs on The Latest Violitionist Session
April 02, 2012 in DC9 At Night
Final Club's 2011 LP, Blank Entertainment did that neat trick of forging an old sound into a new sound, which there's nothing wrong with, as long as it advances your...
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Poster of the Week: The Lion Den's April Fools' Show
March 30, 2012 in DC9 At Night
Forgive me, I don't know who created this poster, but the lineup is pretty great. And The Lion's Den was the scene of the infamous SlimeRave 2012, which people are...
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Tonight: Better Than Something, the Jay Reatard Doc, Lands at The Texas Theatre
March 30, 2012 in DC9 At Night
A scene from Better Than SomethingEven if you weren't a big fan of Jay Reatard or one of his countless bands, you can't help but tear up a bit at...
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Dallas' Pour le Corps Mines Texas' Experimental Underside, Via Vinyl and Cassette
March 29, 2012 in DC9 At Night
Pour le Corps label has been on my radar for a few months now, mainly because of their limited-edition theory and vinyl/cassette format. I appreciate that approach, as someone who...
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Today In Inspiring Videos: One Drunk Guy's Rendition of "Bohemian Rhapsody" From the Backseat of a Police Car
March 29, 2012 in DC9 At Night
There's a lot that makes this video, which seems to have originated on Indiana's River City Rocker site, great. But how many of us could recite THE ENTIRETY of Queen's...
Wanna Play Homegrown Festival? First, YOU MUST BATTLE.
March 28, 2012 in DC9 At Night
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On The Passing of Local Music Writer Lee Jackson, and Six Degrees of Separation
March 28, 2012 in DC9 At Night
Lee (left) and Jonathan Horne in AustinI didn't know Lee Jackson, a North Texas music writer who passed away on Sunday after a battle with ALS. But the number of...
Perfume Genius - Dan's Silverleaf - 3/26/12
March 27, 2012 in DC9 At Night
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Homegrown Fest Adds Black Joe Lewis, The Bright Light Social Hour and More
March 26, 2012 in DC9 At Night
The Bright Light Social HourThe all-Texas lineup for the third annual Homegrown Fest is quickly expanding, with the addition today of Austin's Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears and The...
Want Two Tickets To Tomorrow's Polyphonic Spree Show at Dan's Silverleaf?
March 26, 2012 in DC9 At Night
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I Poured Flaming Lips Vinyl, and Boy Are My Arms Tired
March 23, 2012 in DC9 At Night
One-eyed fish vomiting into a fiery sea. I really didn't know what pouring vinyl entailed when local musician Daniel Huffman asked if I wanted to sit in on a job...
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Tonight: KXT's Triple Play Part Three Hits the Kessler with People on Vacation, Little Black Dress and Andrew Tinker
March 22, 2012 in DC9 At Night
People on VacationThe third installment of KXT's Triple Play series tops itself with tonight's DFW uppercut. People on Vacation, the Dallas duo of Bowling For Soup's Jaret Reddick and Smile...
Poster of the Week: Young the Giant at The Prophet Bar
March 22, 2012 in DC9 At Night
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Dispatches From Buckslandia: Bucks Burnett Threatens To Open Another Eight Track Museum
March 22, 2012 in DC9 At Night
"Let me be honest, no one comes to see this place. I designed it that way. I knew there'd be attention on the front end, but this is over. And...
