This edition of This Week In Dallas Music History isn’t exactly from this week in Dallas music history. It’s a few months off, actually. But we hope you’ll look the other way on that minor discrepancy. After all, we’re taking a look back to the Observer issue that came out…
This weekend’s concert portfolio is strong to quite strong. Interestingly enough, though, the biggest local show will be happening at one of the area’s smallest venues, as John Congleton’s new band The Nighty Nite make their Dallas debut at Double Wide on Saturday. They’ll be sandwiched between headliner True Widow…
Less than a year ago, we told the tale of Frisco’s burgeoning music scene. But it seems that, as quickly as it appeared, the Frisco scene has now officially burned out. At least for now. Matthew Harber of Wellhouse Co., the entity behind Frisco’s musical growth, confirmed to DC9 yesterday…
Anyone who has visited Austin’s South By Southwest music festival more than once over the last decade has noticed a huge evolution in Austin’s music scene. Most of Austin’s longtime music lovers repeat the same cry year after year — that this one is always worse than the last.This week’s…
The Antlers, Little ScreamThe LoftJune 9, 2011Better than: Being in some hospice somewhere. When DC9 spoke with The Antlers’ keyboardist Darby Cicci for a piece we ran in last week’s paper edition, he mentioned that on the band’s new critically acclaimed album Burst Apart, he’s carrying more weight than he…
This week’s show announcements come to us in the form of a one-two punch. TV On The Radio are fresh off the release of their brilliant new album Nine Types Of Light, and Broken Social Scene pretty much haven’t released a bad album to date. Now, the two have teamed up…
Well, the big announcement came yesterday — that Apple would be getting into cloud technology, rendering all of its current devices compatible with new iCloud service. With CEO Steve Jobs at the helm, Apple hopes the announcement will drastically change how Mac users store their information. In the case of…
Denton has had more of its share of musicians cut their teeth in North Texas and then leave for greener pastures. A certain few, though, find their way back. This edition of This Week In Dallas Music History focuses on Stumptone mastermind Chris Plavidal, who in 1999, had just moved…
It’s not the strongest weekend we’ve seen here lately, but there are still some worthwhile shows to get out and see. Namely, Eisley, who’ll perform at the Granada Theater along with their kid sister, Christie DuPree, and The Narrative. This will be their first full-on show in town since the…
It’s hard not to love Shaq. He’s managed to create a superstar persona out of being a lovable oaf. Oh, and there’s that whole basketball thing. He’s one of the greatest players of all time, if only because of his size. But, yesterday, the Big Diesel finally went and announced…
Being a band in Brooklyn is no easy task. Just ask the members of The Antlers, who over the last few years, have fought to stand out among about 150 or so neighborhood Animal Collective wannabes. Luckily for the band, they don’t have to worry about being lumped in with…
This week’s most notable show announcements come our way via huge corporate sponsorships — one from Honda Civic, and the other from 7-Eleven. The former, which features the newly reunited pop-punk forefathers Blink-182 and their minions in My Chemical Romance, will take place at Gexa Energy Pavilion on Tuesday, September…
This week, since we won’t be around on Monday, we’re going to include Monday’s shows in this here weekend round-up of sorts. And it just so happens that what may be the biggest show of the weekend is on Monday: The Twilight Singers and Margo & The Nuclear So &…
Not exactly sure what Erykah Badu’s fixation on 3:33 is, but today, at 3:33 p.m. Central Time, she released a video for her song “Out My Mind, Just In Time,” via Twitter. The video only lasts 2:58, far shorter than the album version of the song, which is 10:22. Perhaps…
From the looks of things, the AT&T Performing Arts Center is trying its hand at rock and roll. On Friday, September 16, Explosions In The Sky will perform the venue’s first ever ticketed rock show at the adjacent Annette Strauss Square, an outdoor grassy plaza with about 2,200 seat capacity…
Here We Go Magic, Caveman, Carlo CanlasDadaMay 24, 2011Better Than: Sitting in a bathtub at home with a dog and a baby both trying to eat each other. First, there was a crash, followed by a series of booms, and then some smashing sounds.None of that happened at the Here…
In this edition of This Week In Dallas Music History, we look back at an infographic we here at the Observer published to chart the career arc of The Toadies, following the release of their seminal record Rubberneck and through the production of their at-the-time unnamed follow-up.If you have a…
Not the strongest weekend we’ve ever had, but there are still some pretty solid shows happening around town. The show scheduled for Saturday at the Taste Of Addison Main Stage isn’t really one of them, but it’s definitely the weirdest bill we’ve seen in a long time: Third Eye Blind…
Luke Temple sounds like he’s in the middle of an afternoon party—as he talks over the phone, his sentences are cut off with background laughter and shouts of glee. In reality, he’s just in a van with his four fellow musicians from Here We Go Magic, rolling down the highway…
Since the mid-’70s, Willie Nelson has been doing three things: smoking pot, playing music and throwing a Fourth of July picnic. They’ve always been huge ordeals, attracting A-list celebrities, top country music artists and, of course, country music fans. Nelson even held the festival in the Fort Worth Stockyards for…
The saga surrounding the Irving Entertainment Center looks like it’s only going to continue for the next couple of weeks, as the Irving mayoral race will now go to a runoff election, set to take place on June 18. This time, though, the center isn’t being challenged by former Irving…
In this edition of This Week In Dallas Music History, we point you in the direction of a piece penned by former Observer music editor Zac Crain that ended up as the cover story back in 2001. The subject of Crain’s lengthy story: The pop-rockin’ Chomsky, which appeared poised to…
