With the arrival of fall, we’re knee-deep in festival season, and Spune Productions is testing its fest powers in the heart of Deep Ellum with this weekend’s first-ever Index Festival. The roster features a handful of locals (Yells At Eels, The Cush, Datahowler, The Angelus, Telegraph Canyon, A.Dd+, Low Dark…
Love This Giant, the debut collaboration between Dallas-bred guitarist Annie Clark (St. Vincent) and NYC icon David Byrne, could have gone totally outre, considering both of their more left-leaning musical paths, but they meet somewhere in the middle. The duo trades vocals with ease, Clark’s heavenly wisp picking up where…
Bryan Street Tavern, that East Dallas outpost of gin and sin, is marking its sixth year with a big fucking party, which will feature two stages and is FREE. Parade of Flesh is providing the entertainment for the night, including locals the Black Dotz, Spookeasy, We’ve Come For Your Daughter,…
Spune’s latest festival adventure blocks off Elm Street for two days, as GZA, Cold War Kids, Washed Out, Grimes, Heartless Bastards and more welcome the fall. See our preview on page 46. Audra Schroeder…
Dallas-bred singer Vanessa Peters released her Kickstarter-assisted album, The Burn The Truth The Lies, over the summer, and we’re still absorbing its lovely folk songs, namely standout “A Good Judge.” This Patio Sessions show pairs her with fellow singer-songwriter Nicholas Atlobelli. Free and BYOB. Audra Schroeder…
Getting to see Fuxa, the longtime electronic project of Detroit’s Randall Nieman, in an intimate space like Good Records should be enough to get the synth-heads out. The group’s latest release, Electric Sound of Summer, features vocal contributions from Dean Wareham and Britta Phillips and a cover of Fun Boy…
We’d like to point you to this Tweet from Mavs guard Delonte West, in case you needed another reason to love him. He’s down with SWV. Delonte, so am I. You single? In his downtime this summer, he’s been prepping a new mixtape as his rap alter ego, Charlee Redz,…
The last ten years have seen singer-songwriter Vanessa Peters roaming the globe, living in Italy, and touring across Europe and the States. That nomadic lifestyle is reflected in her lyrics, like those of “Drowning In Amsterdam,” from 2009’s Sweetheart, Keep Your Chin Up: “Well it could rain for days/and then…
With the arrival of fall, we’re knee-deep in festival season, and Spune Productions is testing its fest powers in the heart of Deep Ellum with this weekend’s first-ever Index Festival. The roster features a handful of locals (Yells At Eels, The Cush, Datahowler, The Angelus, Telegraph Canyon, A.Dd+, Low Dark…
Denton electronic duo Vulgar Fashion just cut their Violitionist Session, and the Q&A that follows is fairly illuminating, in terms of the spirit of the local scene, getting older and the experience of making music. Also, fingers crossed that they can indeed get sponsored by Virgin Airlines. Says singer Julie…
The North Texas Chevy Music Showcase – not to be confused with the Chevy Stage at the State Fair – is a documentary series featuring a dozen local acts, focusing on their place and time in the North Texas music community. Starting tomorrow night, the two-minute episodes will air on…
Will Johnson Monday, October 1, at Good Records/Tuesday, October 2, at Texas Theatre We chatted with Centro-matic frontman Will Johnson last month about his new excellent solo album, Scorpion, and how he finds time to record while also being in a bajillion side projects. He’ll be celebrating the release at…
Why all the confetti? Well, we love a good party here at the Observer. Basically, we ball just as hard tomorrow as the day before. Also, we pop bottles but we don’t pour. (Editor’s note: That second part is not true.) With the announcement of the 2012 Dallas Observer Music…
Local singer Sarah Sellers first came to my attention via Dallas jazz institution Damon K. Clark. But beyond that shining recommendation, I had no idea she’d been a contestant on American Idol, or that she had a pretty hefty series of YouTube song covers out there, reinterpreting Adele and Lana…
“I lost my old hair in Denver, girl, so I had to get new hair today,” Christeene Vale says over the phone. “But, ya know, I have to fuck it up, wash it in the sink.” Vale, who has been labeled a “drag terrorist,” a nightmarish gutter of filth, bruise…
“I lost my old hair in Denver, girl, so I had to get new hair today,” Christeene Vale says over the phone. “But, ya know, I have to fuck it up, wash it in the sink.” Vale, who has been labeled a “drag terrorist,” a nightmarish gutter of filth, bruise…
The Granada Theater is turning 8, and instead of begging for a sweet new dirt virtual reality bike or whatever kids ask for these days, they’re inviting us over for a drink and a show. Portland duo Menomena pump up the jams with tracks from brand-new album Moms. Australian experimental…
In its second year, Up To Eleven Entertainment’s musical gathering, Rock-a-Tron 5000, makes its way back to Fort Worth, where many of the bands on its lineup reside. Locals Sally Majestic, How’s My Driving?, Southern Train Gypsy, Here Holy Spain, Perdition, Mothership, The Dangits, The Phuss, One Fingered Fist and…
Last month, Stereogum ran a review of Animal Collective’s new album, Centipede Hz, which conceded that “we need to accept the possibility of a record so excellent we don’t understand it yet.” Laughable when talking about any new album, but especially a group like Animal Collective, which has whipped critics…
Nas, Lauryn Hill Palladium Ballroom, October 29, $54 Having seen Nasty Nas at SXSW this year, working an entire Austin City Limits stage solo for an hour while he performed Illamtic, this double-header looks to be one of the more solid Palladium shows this fall. The appearance of Ms. Hill…
Party Mouth, Matthew Posey’s latest play at the Ochre House, is a tale of two best friends named Baby Doll (Elizabeth Evans) and Bunny (Natalie Young). They shoot up, smoke, snort and drink a day away in a cramped Dallas apartment circa the late ’60s, while three n’er-do-well men and…
As a teaser for his upcoming album Writer Dye: Deux or Die, which comes out October 22, Dallas rapper Playdough just unveiled this video for “King of Queens.” The Queen part is taken literally, as the whole song hinges on a sample of “Bohemian Rhapsody,” which Playdough repurposes for his…
