In late October, we had a party for our 2012 Dallas Observer Music Awards nominees, in which we loosened them up with free drinks and made them take photos. Here are a few of our favorites. See more of this craziness on Saturday, as we take over Deep Ellum with…
Flip on over to this week’s feature for a rundown of all the acts playing our big-ass showcase Saturday. Eight clubs, more than 60 bands. A snapshot of Dallas music in one night. Allt for $10…
It occurred to me recently that, within the DFW music scene, people really love to draw county lines. So what we were trying to illustrate with our 2012 Dallas Observer Music Awards nominees is that Dallas, Fort Worth and Denton aren’t three separate entities, but rather one big music community…
The new self-titled LP from Dallas’ Unconscious Collective, yet another group that counts members of Akkolyte and Black Dotz as members, gets released tonight. The seven-track album’s shortest song is six-and-a-half minutes, and its longest is nearly 15, but in those swaths of time, the metal improv trio pummels and…
Look, we’re all upset R. Kelly’s much-anticipated October “Love Letter Cruise” has been canceled. What better way to experience the white-hot firehose of sexuality that is R. Kelly than on a cruise to the Bahamas with thousands of other women? Now we’ll just have to settle for seeing him on…
Dirty South Rydaz Tum Tum and Big Tuck come together for the first times in years Thursday, on Dada’s outside stage, so there will no doubt be an appropriate amount of smoke. Joining them are fellow locals Dustin Cavazos and A.Dd+, plus a DJ battle between Sober and Q…
Leading up to our November 10 showcase, we’ll be getting you familiar with some of our Dallas Observer Music Awards nominees, either via past features we’ve done on them, or new ones. You can vote for your favorite acts, venues and more right here. Best Electronic Act Black Market Pharmacy…
We mentioned a couple weeks ago that Memphis punks Lucero will be performing at the Dallas Observer Music Awards ceremony on Tuesday, November 13. Local comedian Paul Varghese, who opened for Dave Chappelle a few months ago, will emcee the night, and hopefully pack some good “zingers” about the Dallas…
Fun Fun Fun Fest Auditorium Shores Friday, November 2-Sunday, November 4 In its seventh year, Fun Fun Fun Fest has settled into a very curious meta place. Standing in a crowd at any one of the four stages, you were often watching a show via someone’s iPhone or iPad. That…
Last weekend, Fort Worth’s 1919 Hemphill celebrated its 10th anniversary with three nights of punk and hardcore revelry. Not much different from what they do every weekend, though. Case in point: This heavy Sunday show, brought to you by Dallas Distortion Music, features performances from Denton’s metal machine Terminator 2…
While Halloween is over, we can always count on the Day of the Dead to give us one more reason to put on the corpse paint and slink around in the shadows. Friday at Texas Theatre, enjoy a screening of the ghoulish 1962 horror classic Carnival of Souls, which features…
I’ve been to every Fun Fun Fun Fest since its inception in 2006, back when it was a one-night event and Spoon played to a small crowd of very cold attendees. Since then, the fest has grown in scope and size, seen legends and up-and-comers grace its stages, and matured…
Leading up to our November 10 showcase, we’ll be getting you familiar with some of our Dallas Observer Music Awards nominees, either via past features we’ve done on them, or new ones. You can vote for your favorite acts, venues and more right here. If there’s one thing all of…
Last night, American Airlines Center was filled with the kind of sustained squealing only young girls (and, often, their mothers) in the white-hot throes of a pop crush can produce. Here are some of our favorite fan pics, plus a few of that guy who was performing too…
Leading up to our November 10 showcase, we’ll be getting you familiar with some of our Dallas Observer Music Awards nominees, either via past features we’ve done on them, or new ones. You can vote for your favorite acts, venues and more right here. This piece originally appeared on October…
Wipe the crust out ya eyes, it’s already time for 35 Denton to start making their initial round of announcements for the 2013 fest, which will go down March 7-10. Perpetually blunted metal figureheads Sleep and 13th Floor Elevators’ spiritual guide Roky Erickson are among the bigger names announced. What…
In the past few weeks, we’ve been getting you familiar with some of our Dallas Observer Music Awards nominees, and nudging you to vote daily, all leading up to our November 10 showcase, which is currently packing 60+ acts across eight stages in Deep Ellum. We’ve got the lineups, venues…
Memphis punks and Dallas favorites Lucero have been announced as the after-ceremony entertainment for November 13’s Dallas Observer Music Awards show at House of Blues. You can buy tickets here. We’ll have more info on the other musical acts for that evening in the next week or so, as well…
Leading up to our November 10 showcase, we’ll be getting you familiar with some of our Dallas Observer Music Awards nominees, either via past features we’ve done on them, or new ones. You can vote for your favorite acts, venues and more right here. This piece originally appeared in our…
We’ve got two pairs of tickets for two very different shows on Sunday, courtesy of Spune. At LaGrange, you’ve got roots duo Shovels & Rope, with openers Somebody’s Darling. Over at The Loft, Norman’s Stardeath and White Dwarfs are having a psychedelic party with New Fumes, Linear Downfall and Spaceface…
Leading up to our November 10 showcase, we’ll be getting you familiar with some of our Dallas Observer Music Awards nominees, either via past features we’ve done on them, or new ones. You can vote for your favorite acts, venues and more right here. Denton foursome the Atomic Tanlines stole…
Since fronting the Sex Pistols in the mid-’70s and branding the nascent punk rock genre with its promise of “No Future,” John Lydon, once known as Johnny Rotten, has appeared on Judge Judy, hosted a show on VH1 and used his name and face in commercials for Country Life butter…
