It’s a weekend chock-full of holiday parties. The Granada Theater is throwing one, DayBowBow has one in Denton, The O’s have one at Sons of Hermann Hall, and “The Orphanage” is hosting their fifth annual Christmas party at the Double Wide on Saturday night. The two slackers who host the…
Dandee Fleming’s favorite hobby, apart from playing bass in his Albuquerque, New Mexico-based band Lousy Robot, is making low budget music videos for his favorite songs. He’s made several for his own band, and a few for I Love Math, including this snowday video for their song “Josephine Street.” Today, on…
Fresh off the release of yet another critically acclaimed album Forgiveness Rock Record, Broken Social Scene is planning a North American tour that will pass through Dallas at House Of Blues on Saturday, February 19. The aptly named band, a revolving door of Canadian indie-rock all stars (Feist, Stars, Metric),…
A few weeks ago, our ears perked up when we first heard that former Lift To Experience frontman Josh T. Pearson is planning to release his long awaited solo debut Last Of The Country Gentlemen on Mute Records in March of 2011.Sure, it’s been years since Pearson lived in town…
They’re an indie rock band that just about every music fan in western civilization has heard of. But 10 years ago, The Polyphonic Spree had only played three shows.In this edition of This Week In Dallas Music History, music writer Jessica Parker introduces Dallas Observer readers to the new brainchild…
The biggest concert this weekend is undoubtedly the already sold-out Wu-Tang Clan show at Granada Theater tonight. With the obvious exception for Old Dirty Bastard, every member of the Wu will be at the performance except for RZA. But even without the drum machine genius, this is one of the…
There’s no denying that we’ve done a whole lot of talking about Eisley lately. In a recent story in the print edition, we went back–way back–to the exciting beginnings of the Tyler-based family band, and tracked the ups and downs that have led them to where they are now. After…
Ever since Fergus & Geronimo won the Dallas Observer Music Award for “Best Funk/R&B Act,” there’s been plenty going on in their camp. First, they announced their signing with the Sub Pop imprint Hardly Art. But when they sent us word of the January 18, 2011, release date of their…
Over the weekend, at a loft venue in Brooklyn called The Schoolhouse, Jeff Mangum, the man behind the Elephant 6 record label and the band Neutral Milk Hotel, performed a rare surprise set for about 75 onlookers. At the performance, which can be heard over at International Tapes, he didn’t…
If this Christmas is anything like last year’s holiday season, then we’re in store for another white Christmas in North Texas–and Tyler-dwelling Max Bemis (of Say Anything) and his Tyler native wife, Sherri DuPree-Bemis (of Eisley) will get their wish. Yesterday, on DuPree-Bemis’ Tumblr page, the emo power-couple posted their…
In this edition on This Week In Dallas Music History, we look back to 1998, when former Observer music editor Zac Crain wrote about Robert Brooks, a Dixie Chicks superfan. The Chicks had just gone double-platinum from their major-label-debut Wide Open Spaces, but Brooks had been a fan for far…
It doesn’t feel like the holiday season yet, but Spune Productions is ushering in the holiday spirit with its sixth annual Christmas Party tomorrow night at Hailey’s Club in Denton. The festivities will include free (Christmas?) tacos, free wassail, and, of course, music. Telegraph Canyon is headlining the shindig, which…
Few bands are as synonymous with indie rock as Sebadoh, whose original members, including the prolific Lou Barlow, reunited in 2007 and have since been touring in support of some early record reissues. They’ve got more on the way in 2011, too, which is why we can expect them to…
New York’s Blonde Redhead is fresh off the release of their eighth studio album, Penny Sparkle, which sees the band forging ahead into new musical territory, and passing through Dallas at the Granada Theater tonight. And while the new album has been compared to Cocteau Twins, My Bloody Valentine and…
In this edition of This Week In Dallas Music History, writer Amanda Traphagan introduces Observer readers to Macavity, a band who was just coming into their own when this article was published in 2001.You might recognize two of the youngsters in the above photo as current local music veterans Beau…
If you’ve already picked up a copy of this weeks Dallas Observer, you might have noticed our music feature on Tyler band Eisley, who will be in town at The Loft on Saturday night with Ives The Band, and Christie DuPree. The story sheds light on the ups and downs…
Ran Jackson sounds chipper and happy, despite the fact that he’s not sure exactly where he is. His band, The Daylights, has been touring rigorously in support of their new self-titled, self-released record. They’re in the middle of a 45-show run, with only two days off. The reason they’ve become…
It isn’t quite dark yet outside Deep Ellum’s Club Clearview when a Chevrolet Suburban pulls into the parking lot. The doors open to reveal a vehicle crammed with musical equipment and Eisley, a family band comprising members of the DuPree family and their neighborhood friend, bassist Jonathan Wilson. They’ve just…
The Nightmare (on Elm Street) in Deep Ellum wasn’t open long enough for most people to get the joke. Five months after opening, owner Victor Villalobos is shutting the short-lived venue’s doors for the last time. According to website of John Iskander, the promoter who operates The Nightmare’s booking under…
The Flaming Lips have been performing in Dallas for over two decades. The last time they came through town, they stopped short just north of Big D, for a headlining performance at the 2010 NX35 Conferette, during which the power blew several times. Hopefully, they won’t have as much trouble…
There’s been a lot of uncertainty about the future of Fort Worth’s Ridglea Theater ever since its owners filed for bankruptcy last summer. For a while there, it looked like Bank Of America was going to purchase and remodel the historic theater–and they had every right to, seeing as the…
School Of Seven Bells are still going strong despite the recent departure of their third member Claudia Deheza. They just announced an upcoming tour with Interpol, which kind of brings the band back to their origin. See, as Alejandra Deheza explained in a recent article in the Observer, the members…
